how do I create a custom OHQ?

[VladK02]

I want a custom OHQ.

In my case, I want a recon formation of buggies - for deep penetration and territory/logistics disruption. You know how AI concentrates all its combat assets along a long front line, and leaves nothing in the back? Yeah. Break through with heavy armor, and a bunch of over-powered engine recon buggies with Blitzkrieg for even more action points, can really sprint through the opening and create all sorts of havok in the backline. Roads, rails, airfields....even cities :)

But. I dont see how to create a OHQ for my recon formation. Buggies come only as independent, and you cna only attach 2 to an armor formation. I dont want that. I want a pure buggy formation. No tanks.

5x recon units, and the OHQ to tie them together, and so I can apply Blietrzkrig to them.

As a workaround, I tried creating a light armor formation with tanks, then disbanding all the tank regiments from the tank OHQ. Thinking, i will disband the tanks, and attach buggies instead.

But it did not work. the disbanded tank regiments are still in there, as empty icons. Like in screenshot

https://gyazo.com/c77ec360e57c8bfa50d636e82fbaa166

So, that did not work.

I will try sending empty regiments to a crime-infested city, so crime syndicate can kill them off in a few turns - yes, crime kills units inside the city hex, and you wont even notice it. Lost all my AA batteries in 10 turns, and I was wondering, where are my units periodically disappearing to?? But I am skeptical this will work either.

I did not see a pure recon formation in the advanced research tree either, I think.

So, is this doable in the game, or not, at the moment? raise empty custom OHQ and attach recon buggies to it?

[VladK02]

edit - crime killed off empty token regiments, but you still can only attach 2 buggies per OHQ. Bummer.

[CHOO CHOO]

Yeah, you can only have two auxiliary units per OHQ, and there are no buggy-centric formations.

You can make a custom battlegroup, though I don't think you can play strategems on those.

[VladK02]

Cry... How will I get my Mad Max desires fulfilled.... Raiding and slaving in ancient ruins and deserts.... Oh, there is no 'chained guitarist on the hood of the truck' feat, either.

Should be a formation for raiding, with OHQ, and a feat for it.

[CHOO CHOO]

Problem is there already are tons of formation types, tons of units that don't belong to any formation type, and a UI and staff council that do that terrible job of presenting it all.