The Martian Colonists: Officers and Command Squads

Let us continue our guided tour of the Colonist book.  The second Core entry is for Officers and Command Squads. 

You use this entry to purchase Officers, regardless of their rank.  Exactly which rank your Officer has will depend on what level of force you're playing with.  A platoon level force will have one Lieutenant.  A Company level force will have a Captain and two to three Lieutenants.

Each Officer is accompanied by a Command Squad of 2-5 Soldiers.  These model represent aides, runners, bodyguards, and the like.  They follow the Officer around and when he Attaches to a Squad, they Attach too.  They may have a few options, such as SMGs, a Truck or Half-Track, depending on the Quality of your force.  So the Command Squads and their extra weapons and bodies can bolster squads on the battlefield. 

However, this is not their main purpose. Instead, the Officers are most useful for activating your force's Doctrines.  There are some Doctrines that only Officers can activate, such as the ability to recover immediately from a failed Leadership test.  Therefore, it is important to keep your Officers alive and place them near the Squads you want to stay in the fight, or whose abilities you most want to improve.