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Why do Security Teams have a modifier to the ship's ORat? It seems they only serve a defensive function. Shouldn't Troops also have a DRat modifier as they can help defend a ship as well?
Troops can't defend a ship. This was a left-over of some other rule before-hand, and I think Dan never remembered to take it out...:D
Security Teams should have an ORat. They help defend against marines, after all, and I think its another left-over from when we had transporters.
Right, Dan? 
I think that you are correct about Troops not being able to defend ships. I have gone back through my copies of Starmada X and Brigade X and cannot find the reference to Troops being able to help defend against boarding attacks that I remembered reading. See what happens when you get old?
As for the Security Teams having an ORat modifier, I still do not see the reason for that. They cannot attack another ship, only defend their own. Yes, a DRat modifier is appropriate but I do not feel an ORat mod is. Of course, I am frequently wrong (or so my wife says).
Why do Security Teams have a modifier to the ship's ORat? It seems they only serve a defensive function. Shouldn't Troops also have a DRat modifier as they can help defend a ship as well?
Troops may not defend... it's assumed that they are about as effective on board ship as any other crew. Security teams, on the other hand, are specially trained and equipped for repelling boarders.
Please make a note of it. 
Regarding Security Teams adding to the OffRat, that's because they are expendable equipment -- you'll note that all such items add to both the OffRat and DefRat. It's just my way of fitting them into the formula; there's no Deep Reason for it.
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