[gurps] Starship Troopers, Ch. 2-5

[Rupert Boleyn]

Onno Meyer wrote:
> So if aTerran general wants to task-organize a MI battalion with a 
> skinny regiment, he needs the OK from each individual trooper? 
>   
If they're to be taking orders from Skinnys, likely.
> Under that interpretation, the Terrans cannot have allies. They 
> can only have poodles.
>   
They can have allies, it's just that if the allies are in the chain of 
command above a Federation member that member is not obliged by their 
oath to obey them. Therefore either every memeber gives their personal 
consent, or you don't mix units.