Insurgency: Sandstorm – RTO’s Training Manual
- TM-RTO-W1
- “Observer” class
The Observor class, herein known every bit the RTO (Radio Telephone/terminal Operator), is the communication link for the Commander class; an adept rifleman alongside neither delusions of grandeur nor demand for self-gratification.
RTO’s Training Manual
Antennaes Batteries Freqz in addition to Bullets
In a chaotic smoke in addition to boom filled battlefield, the RTO’s duties extend beyond but a radio mouth-piece for the commander. For the RTO, the commander is the most pregnant entity on the field; every bit such, it is inward a RTO’s best involvement that the commander stay alive.
As far every bit the commander in addition to airsupport needs are concerned, the RTO is the most pregnant of assets. Without this partnership, the squad is without indirect heavy/air back upward in addition to probable to survive overrun, if non but pinned to the betoken of resources depleation.
Whips in addition to Clicks
Radio operations
The radio is the telephone commutation of this degree yet, useless without an authorized request. For the radio to survive of whatever utilization to the commander (ie. authorized request), the RTO must survive inside earshot nether all conditions. The make meter is located at the HUD’s bottom left.
Know the Commander icon in addition to survive mindful of it’s location at all times. Learn to “read” the edge-of-HUD icon. If the icon gets lost, radio squad or banking concern gibe the roster or map.
It is NOT plenty but to relay command’s request, the RTO must consummate transmission; engaging, jumping, or beingness hit/suppressed/stunned/burned/killed volition interrupt the transmission. Only receiving asking confirmation volition consummate the task. Best to cause got comprehend to avoid sniperfire, stray rounds, and/or explosions until confirmation.
Deringer garter, deadly on the hip
Covering command
The RTO is but a rifleman alongside a hefty fellowship radio. Without a commander this equipment is but extra weight in addition to missed deployable resources.
The RTO is the commander’s slackman, comprehend where your partner is NOT looking (take-up the strength out sector slack). And when the binocs are deployed, comprehend 360; utilization the edge-of-HUD icon to rails exterior the FOV. Always call upward the riflemans’ mantra, shoot-move-communicate.
In a “command down” scenario, Continue-Mission (objective) in addition to radio province of affairs if necessary.
When reinforcements become far contact the ascendence grouping in addition to linkup (transition), securing command’s ingress every bit needed.
Call the Arriving
Confirm call-in
An RTO is an intergral purpose of the greater whole. Once the asking has been sent in addition to confirmed, the RTO’s labor is non done. Given the din of the chaos, to a greater extent than or less squad members may non cause got heard/read the asking in addition to sequential confirmation; allow your squad know what’s close to happen. Learn the smoke in addition to know the compass.
Tag Team
RTO Redundency
Spacing
When the RTO is inward redundancy, survive aware of spacing. H5N1 good placed grenade/RPG/heavy-strafing and/or bullet-passthru volition eleminate bunched units. Be aware of counterparts in addition to leverage the afforded enviroment.
Assuming role
If the other RTO(s) is cutoff or downed, confirm supposition of primary role via squad radio; provides province of affairs study for commander in addition to team.
After Party Glow
Closing
The rigors of life RTO is to a greater extent than ofttimes than non a thankless labor but, cause got solace rifleman for at that spot is no demand to bargain alongside things such as:
- Frequencies in addition to RF calculations
- Encryption-notes in addition to equipment
- Bulk D-cell batteries
- Antenna arrays
- Spools of wire, wiring tools, spare parts
- Sensetive materials sterilization
- Prophylactic dust/water-proofing
- etc…
Keep your signal strong, a construct clean six, in addition to ascendence tight.
