OK so a few sessions into my RT campaign i'm finding a bit of a problem which i hope you experienced GMs can give me some wisdom on.
The problem:
So here's the scenario:
The PCs lead a landing party - Captain (Rogue Trader), Arch militant, and Tech Priest. They bring with them a team of 30 soldiers, 20 "scientists", and 10 work-Servitors, and set up a camp on the planet ready to explore.
While out on a patrol, the Arch militant, together with 10 soldiers, encounters an ambush by 12 feral orks.
So the problem is, how do you run this sort of mixed combat where you have PCs and "mooks" (or redshirts, or whatever term you like).
If the PC isn't present i simply roll the Soldiers' 30% skill to make a judgement call on wether they fight off the orks, or get butchered (making the decision based on DoS/DoF).
But when the PC is there...it gets complicated.
Have i missed some rules for this somewhere?
How have you handled these situations?