"HQ" or "Base" is useful for missions were the your virtual main base radios the units... I can't see your problem
papabear is an variable. [west,"hq"] is an array. So:
instead of having - [west,"hq"] sidechat "ksbdfhdf"
you could just have - papabear sidechat "ksbdfhdf"
Understood??
Its like
FX="PutDown"
"_x playmove FX" foreach thislist