Lazarus

Cossack Peoples wrote:

As for doctrine, don't get tripped up on one simple thing; tactics are not strategies are not doctrine. Beloved buzzwords for NS'ers are 'Defense in Depth' and 'Combined Arms', etc. These are strategies, or perhaps not even that, just ethos. Don't summarize your military's behaviors into buzzwords. For doctrine, understand that it is the highest level of military thinking, so much so that it nearly blends into geopolitics rather than just warfare. As such, don't say how your troops will fight (tactics) or how your generals will direct them (strategy), but list the perceived threats to your nation (such as specifically !NotRussia, nude libertarian terrorists, or emerging nuclear powers (Cough !NotNKorea)), the present ability of your nation to counteract them or fight them should war occur (economic strength of MIC, political alliances or diplomatic geography, technological readiness, overall capability to wage war or otherwise) and where the nation's leaders or military thinkers hope to see development in the military if they are coming short of complete assurance of victory.

Also making factbooks for military equipment is badass is useful for referencing original (therefore generally interesting) military equipment for writing posts and understanding how your military would work, but should not be the end-all I-Win-You-Lose-At-War statement. Also, in terms of RP'ing, don't lose focus of what you're trying to do. Writers, particularly on NS, have a thing where they ramble about the technical specifications of a goddamn boat for a hundred words and people start wondering why they just didn't link a factbook and be done with it. You are trying to write a story, hopefully, and not a number-laden flex of imaginary military might. Give your readers a story, not a factbook. That's what factbooks are for.

Edit2: Also, since I see you already have equipment factbooks, consider reexamining what you have rather than try to make a single explanation for the stuff you have. Ask yourself, 'does my military need this?' 'What real purpose does it serve?' 'Is there anything else that does this same job?' and so forth.