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The (unsorted) laws of CIC (TRUTH)
All orders have a 50 percent to be followed. Either you will be heard or not.
Above is especially true if dealing with people with ADHD.
The more likeable you are at the start, the faster you become jaded.
Whatever happens to you, it has previously happend to others.
Never lead someone crazier than yourself.
Nobody really cares or understands what you are or anyone else is doing.
To be disliked by your marines, try to gain their favor.
Never change your plans because of otherās opinions.
Important information occurs only when you are away from CIC.
Smooth progress is anything but.
Itās always CICs fault.
Nobody loves a CIC that wins all the time.
Win or lose, you lose.
Nothing can be done in a single announcement.
If everything is coming according to plan, the xenos are in the other side of the map, preparing a flank.
There is no chaos until you are starting a briefing.
Clarity in orders is next to impossible.
The more you prepare, the less people are willing to follow.
Leadership is what nobody notices until itās not active.
The OB you need is not chambered.
If its chambered, the SOs forgot to dial the coords.
If the SOs dialed the OB, the SL is dead.
Every new order breeds new casualties.
When things canāt get any worse, they will.
Anytime the operation appears to be going better, the backliners have whiped the IOs.
The most vital part of a plan is the one that marines fail to follow.
Marines follow orders so that they can ignore them later.
Everything depends.
Nothing is always.
In order for a xeno to die someone has to be alive to kill it.
But you can get everyone dead without getting a single xeno kill.
Friendly fire kills people faster than xenos.
If you donāt care about winning, you havenāt lost.
An FOB retreat is a situation where you canāt say: āWe can still win here.ā
Good CIC judgement comes from bad experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Leadership isnāt the act of inspiring but the form of guiding people to the least probable places where FF can happen.
You cannot stop FF.
If the CIC laws can go wrong, they will.
THE CYCLE
ADJUST PLAN TO NEW DATA: Receive latest frontline updates (spec status, chokepoints, OB/CAS status)
Identify active threats (Xeno castes, queen sightings, backliner presence, IOs status)
Check squad cohesion (Whoās alive, flank probabilities, whoās where they are not supposed to be in)
ANNOUNCE ORDERS: Reinforce possible flanks or vulnerable squads.
Adjust plan based on latest intel.
Assign fall-back positions if overrun risk exists.
COORDINATE SUPPORT JOBS: Request OB coordinates and alert friendlies to clear from blast zone.
Request medics to specific wounded locations.
Coordinate with CTs for barricades, and with SLs for supply front coords, OBs and CAS.
EXECUTE ACTIONS: Dial in OB (state location to all).
Announce OB fired and follow with push/rotate if safe.
Perform pincer attack or flank maneuvers if choke persists.
MAINTAIN AWARENESS: Call out xeno casualties and locations.
Track queen status and announce if spotted/killed.
Monitor and report xeno movements/attempts (flanks or retreats).
ADJUST COORDINATION: At choke points: Decide to Hold / Rotate / Retreat. The worst thing you can do is not deciding, the second worst is deciding the wrong thing.
If push possible: Order push and reinforce.
If fallback needed: Assign defensive positions (barricades or FOB)
UPDATE MAP AND RESET THE LOOP: Give general direction in your map updates.
Cycle back to gathering and assessing Intel to adjust plan.
The cycle should always be a flexible tool, train yourself to use each individual part of it on command rather than letting it command you.
FOREWORD
Is a decent take on SLs and hereās a small tierlist on their equipment:
Additionally, I highly reccomend not to bother with Solaris with Z levels, its a chaotic map with extra managment on the CIC side that I personally find too taxing for minimal returns. Currently the go-to maps for CIC are LV and Chanceās claim, lowkey shivas and sorokyne are good too, while Hybrisa is peak slop (my hottest take so far)
Wait who the fuck are you?
Iāve played as Sam āRiversideā Catcher shedding my skin as a snake from the Hind surname to seek greener pastures, all of this is a compilation of what Iāve (re) learned, grinding mostly on command or SL roles trying to be a menance to everyone in my proximity for the sake of creating chaos, hereās me flashing my medals, surprisingly I got a few new ones
Anyways iāve been spending most of my time learning german than playing this game, so donāt expect me to see me around for a while again, bye bye again CM
