User blog comment:Ygrain/Long Days, Long Nights 2/@comment-5267262-20120922195353/@comment-2228120-20120923051632

Yeah, I had a platoon on mind - or rather, I was told that 50 marines would be a platoon, 'cause playing ME is the closeset I ever got to military experience in RL :D I did ask about this and that, to get some idea how things work, but mostly, I'm taking the ideas from the game, so 50 marines make five squads, consisting of 3x3 teams plus the sergeant, and given the distances they have to explore, they get the Makos, just like we did ;-)