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  "id": "margin-aces-unit-infantry-squad",
  "name": "Rifle squad",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictional",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "A small ground formation with a brief, pulsed rifle volley.",
  "traits": [
    "The rifle squad is a low-cost pressure role that can overlap larger threats. Its grouped silhouettes describe a unit rather than a single named character. Rifle fire damaging an aircraft with this frequency is an arcade abstraction, not a claim about normal infantry effectiveness.",
    "Fictional arcade role · generic illustration, not a documented unit or person."
  ],
  "style": [],
  "collections": [
    "margin-aces"
  ],
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    "url": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-infantry-squad-v1.png",
    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-infantry-squad-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Rifle squad in the original game artwork.",
    "caption": "Authored game sprite, frame frame-0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Margin Aces authored unit sprite",
    "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/assets/2d/infantry-squad-cycle.png",
    "sha256": "1de14b913675a4e1382eea21e96943eb528020779490b13e41f947501c771026",
    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-margin-aces-unit-infantry-squad-v1-1200.webp",
    "selectedSha256": "f5f65a8e872650b21bda175a25b5fbe6bd0eda158c9bbaba2e47135d283e0dd9"
  },
  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Margin Aces encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/",
      "collectionId": "margin-aces"
    },
    {
      "title": "Rifle squad animation lab",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/character-labs/infantry-squad.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "margin-aces-encyclopedia",
      "title": "Margin Aces encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/marginaces/"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "text": "Added from the named source to the Field Guide."
    }
  ],
  "spoilers": [],
  "questions": [
    "Why can studying a unit in isolation give a misleading picture? Its effectiveness depends on support, coordination, terrain and the wider operation. A weapon’s headline statistics cannot explain the whole battle."
  ],
  "references": [],
  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}