[Widigo]

Who do you have that is already trained in those areas listed, and is it the cell's responsibility to keep up withe every advance in tech that could compromise a mission. It just seems a little unrealistic to have a small group of people: working jobs, taking from the "enemy", defending themselves, advancing their own tech (if they are not properly supplied then they will spend a lot of time mending boots, wounds, and fixing guns and preparing ammo and explosives), and train their subordinates, as well as normal stuff (dishes, trash, showers and eating. It seems like having to keep up with the enemy as well will take a toll on the cell. You could wind up with groups of men with no quality of life and no reason to die for you, who are now overworked.

My thing is that it could work, but if I were to approach this as an enemy I see a few key weaknesses. The lack of prowess, the crudeness, and the overall workload of soldiers turns what should be a tool made for killing (a soldier) into something that is having to do everything else. Rank can not fix that entirely. There is also the fact that individual cells are easy to remove. They would not be fully informed on the tech advances and strategies of the enemy as a whole, so they would not know to advance or change tactics themselves. You made a system that is hard to remove, but not overly threatening. Sure they could hurt outlaying settlements, but a cell is easily removed because of the workload and minimal size, and it would take huge coordination of blocks of troops to overthrow the enemy. Which means you are putting the faith of anywhere from a hundred to thousands of men in your hands based on the theory that you can lead them all to push the right settlement at the right time to destroy an empire. A lot of pressure on you, and not a huge moral booster.

it could work, but I think that there are areas in which the simple plan of not having specific forces, and not having key money making areas and substance providers could hurt in the grand scope. Also, armys need a face. It's a moral thing. Nobody dies without cause, they do it for money or love, that's all that really motivates men.