Black Legions
 Banner of the Black Legions | |
| Period Active | 1671 AN-1703 AN |
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| Type | Armed Forces |
| Role | Territorial Defence, Expeditionary Warfare |
| Headquarters | Panopticon Citadel, Merensk |
| Part of | Benacia Command |
| Size | 1,752,073 personnel |
| Engagements | |
| Type | Koïsoßwerke |
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| Industry | Defence |
| Founded | |
| Headquarters | Merensk, UGB |
| Area served | Benacia |
| Parent | Benacia Command |
| Website | merensk_node/kernel71/adjunct25/BL.ugb |
- For the legions after their incorporation into the Benacian Union Defence Force, please see the Corps of the Black Legions
Overview
As the Kalirion Fracture led to the unravelling of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, the Imperial Forces themselves began to disintegrate. However, as the main driver, in terms of contributions of personnel, equipment, and financial support, to the Raspur Pact, Shireroth was too invested in the Pact, and the Pact was too invested in Shireroth, for the falling away of the formerly paramount power of the Benacian continent to be countenanced. Fall Luikur would see Pact-Loyalists ruthlessly turn upon the remaining Imperialists in order to secure 25% of land forces, 50% of naval forces, 75% of aviation assets, and 75% of auxiliary forces, only to be defeated in their ultimate objective of a complete takeover of the Imperial Forces by the scale of the popular uprisings against the Imperial system and the sheer scale of the territorial dispersion of the isolated garrisons, depots, and manufacturies. In spite of this ultimate failure, the Benacian Stabilisation Force remained true to its objective - a Benacian continent, unified and obedient, secure as one of the foremost powers of the grand anti-USSO coalition. In consequence, the Black Legions were formed from the remnant of the Imperial Forces who had remained true to the vision of Nationalist-Humanism which had animated the Imperial Republic during its apogee as a global power.
Doctrines
The strategic objectives of the Black Legions, informed by the political imperatives of Benacia Command are, in their most succinct summation at least, refreshingly straightforward:-
- The reunification of the Benacian continent into a Commonwealth;
- The adherence of that Benacian Commonwealth to the Raspur Pact;
- The fullest possible assertion of the Human Supremacy over the resulting polity;
- The systematic and sequential reduction, by political and or military means, of all forces opposing or capable of opposing the implementation of the above points.
The doctrine that these objectives then proceed to inform however, being impacted by adverse political, economic, societal, geographic, and military realities, is rather more elaborately involved and less open to pithy summarisation.
The Black Legions, obligated to act on a continental level to advance the interests of the Pact, and on a local level to defend the territories under its direct administration, prepared interlinked strategic and operational doctrines with additional adjuncts regarding naval and air warfare.
Strategic
The Black Legions are responsible for the defence and security of the territory under the direct administration of Benacia Command as the Unified Governorates of Benacia. Beyond this their primary function is to serve as a force multiplier for the armed forces of the allied members of the Raspur Pact situated on Benacia. This entails making available legion sized combined arms formations to serve as spearheads in manoeuvre warfare, as well as the provision of strategic and tactical air power, and the maintenance of a continental network of bases and supply depots for the benefit of all allied forces.
Operational
The legacy of Imperial attitudes can be found most clearly in the realm of counter-insurgency operations, where the old punitive expeditionary model - that of the "butcher and bolt" mission - evolved into a more systematic approach towards the pacification of rebel areas that was once described succinctly as "herd, sift, slaughter, and then repeat".
In an era when the burden of policing the high seas and assuring protection to allied trade fleets now falls squarely on the shoulders of the Natopian and Constancian navies, the priority for the Black Legions is the defence of the littoral waters of Benacia. With what remained of the Imperial Navy of Shireroth's captial fleet now gently rusting at anchor in the harbour of Marinestation Sabatini, the main means of force projection available to the Maritime Forces of the Black Legions are the collection of missile corvettes, fast attack boats, offshore patrol vessels, and logistic support vessels built up in the aftermath of the War of Lost Brothers. Naval doctrine emphasises the importance of fast-paced and aggressive swarming attacks against enemy task forces, carried out in coordination with airborne and land-based stand-off missile barrages, with the intention of disrupting and overwhelming the opposing force before it is able to put troops ashore.
In the unsettled conditions of the early 1670's, the Maritime Forces have been obliged to improvise, and to use such assets as were available to them, in order to secure their immediate objectives, be they the conducting of anti-piracy sweeps in the Iridian Isles, the putting of troops ashore on Florencia, or the Isle of Benacia, or the evacuation and then subsequent reoccupation of the former MoMA naval bases in the Khaz Modani archipelago. The Black Legions will readily commandeer civilian vessels for military operations and their attitude generally has been that if a boat floats and can house a containerised modular missile launcher then it can and must be made available for service as and when required. The Maritime Forces may be said to have a capability gap when it comes to anti-submarine warfare, and it is for this reason that Benacia Command lavishly sponsors the operations of ESB industrial-archaeology teams operating out of Rothaven and Šlomxala.
In spite of still possessing a solitary aircraft carrier, the Mortis-class Kaiser Mors VI, Benacia Command considers the age of the aircraft carrier to be effectively over. The venerable and timeworn flattop was effectively mothballed in place, serving as a barracks ship whilst its capacious hangers were re-purposed and used as repair workshops.
Air and Space
Training
Training for the Black Legions follows the pattern established under the Prince of Modan for the discipline of Imperial troops assigned to the Central Banner Group of Benacia Command.
Those who dedicated themselves to the black banners of the new legions swore absolute obedience to their commanders, who in turn sore unquestioning obedience to their commanders and so forth all the way up the chain of command. Soldiers, irrespective of their origins, were forbidden to pillage, steal or molest civilians, accept gifts, have relations with women, eat meat or drink alcohol for the term and duration of their service, except during specified and authorised respite periods. An Inspectorate of Training and Discipline was established with inspectors for the separate legions under the authority of an Inspector General reporting directly to the Marshal. Officers were forced to undergo examinations to assess their familiarity with Kalgachi battle drills, New Zimian Manoeuvreist principles and Nova English Fire Team tactics, largely with the intention of weeding out those still wedded to the set piece actions and frontal assaults which characterised the old Imperial way of war.
The main objects of legionary training were fourfold: firstly, to produce a spirit of discipline and comradeship, second to none of the armed forces of any power; secondly, to learn the lesson that darkness is a help and not a hindrance; thirdly, to endow the legionary with a degree of physical fitness approaching that of a trained athlete, and at the same time to give him skill in handling all infantry weapons liable to be encountered on the battlefield; and finally – the most consistently reinforced message throughout training to make the legionary eager always to attack as and when opportunity permitted, even – especially – when the odds were not in his favour.
The legionary was expected, and required, to cultivate a spirit of continual aggression that would hold up under any circumstances, fair or foul; moreover, to attain this versatility, the legionary was expected to acquire a mastery of the art of war in all conditions, not only on land, his natural element, even when that land was a precarious foothold on a steep mountain crag, or a tangle of woodland brush and bog sown with dread-nettles and shrapnel-lilies, but also on sea, and, if need be, in the air.
Induction
Basic training for all personnel enlisted with the forces under the direct control of Benacia Command is the responsibility of the Inspectorate of Training and Discipline whose primary establishment is located within the Zitadelle of Merensk. Volunteers for the legions, and all personnel assigned to the legions must be volunteers, are normally recruited from amongst the wider pool of personnel maintained by the General Inspectorate, as well as the Aerospace and Maritime Forces maintained by Benacia Command. N&H and ESB paramilitaries are also eligible to volunteer although they, being blessed with their own defined career paths and material comforts, typically tended not to avail themselves of this opportunity.
Berht Klarænst, known to those passing through it as the "Depot"[1] is situated within an eponymous bailiwick that has been depopulated by the expulsion of the Black Lach. One thing would become apparent from the beginning for new arrivals: officers, non-commissioned officers, and men alike, all went through the same training, leapt or clambered over the same obstacles, learned to handle the same weapons in the most efficient way, and lived the same hard life together.
The physical part of the legionaries training had its impact upon their state of mind. As the days went by and the legionary became able to march faster and still faster for longer and longer distances with heavier and heavier loads until he could cover 15 kilometres in ninety minutes, and 55 kilometres in nine hours, the innate pride born of an awareness of one's own strength took a hold on him. The legionary, spurred on by healthy competitive rivalry with his comrades, became more and more a man apart, as indeed he was by reason of his own conscious decision to join; thus the constant series of physical efforts the legionary undertook were, in and of themselves, an excellent form of mental training.
Hardening
After basic training was completed the inductees were cycled through three week courses of so-called "spiritual hardening", inspired apparently by the methods and insights of the Urchagin. Those who flunked the course would be cashiered and their records stamped, in green ink, with the initials LMF ("lacking moral fibre") effectively rendering them unemployable upon their return to civilian life anywhere in the territories of the Unified Governorates of Benacia. The motto of the training regime henceforth was that 'Faith and Endurance surpasses Might'. The hardening process began on the first day with trainees forced to line up in files of ten and, at a charge, bayonet a row of live pigs suspended from the rafters before them. Each file would train together, be rewarded together, and be punished together, they were solemnly warned, for the remainder of the three weeks. As an illustration of this the files where any member had baulked at bayoneting a live squealing animal would be denied food and sleep but would be instead assigned to punishment details for the entirety of the rest period while everyone else enjoyed pork stew and a good night's sleep. As first two weeks progressed the trainees were subjected to a barrage of assault courses, long forced marches along wilderness tracks, and competitions where the files were set against one-another to obtain dispensation vouchers for meat and alcohol or else merely to avoid bringing up the rear and being assigned to yet another punishment detail. The final week consisted of tutorials on living off the land, vehicle dismount drills, counter ambush drills, and close quarter combat practice against veteran legionaries dressed up as Laqi bandits. One of the perks for the old-timers was the opportunity to inflict upon the new recruits all the nasty tricks, traps, and humiliations, that had been heaped upon them during their own induction. The concluding action of the week was a bunker clearance drill focusing on oblique angles of approach with use of stealth and concealment, forced entry with demolition charges, room to room clearance with gas grenades and thermite sticks followed by the gunning down of those still standing and the bayoneting of those prostrate on the ground. To add an extra dimension of realism each of the practice bunkers was held and defended by a detachment of surplus protected persons, tethered in place but equipped with riot guns and cudgels, who had been promised their freedom if they successfully survived the drill. None ever did.
At the conclusion of the three weeks each participant was given a week's leave, a pint of grog from the Depot canteen and an enamelled lapel badge featuring a blood-red hand held palm upwards.
Vaszvaþnur
The old Imperial practice of targeting minority groups for the purposes of sharpening a unit's blood-lust and improving situational awareness has continued into the present practices of training cohorts, with regular deployments of Fiþn (Troop) sized contingents into Lach infested territory. These raids would be conducted usually via a nighttime "vertical insertion" utilising re-purposed "Walrus" gravimetric transporters escorted by Whirdlebirbs. Once delivered into hostile country, via the hair-raising practice of "grav-tank desant", the troop would be obliged to utilise the time honoured practice in dealing with the Lach and to bring a specified quantity of tongues (including some with the bodies of their owners still attached) to the prearranged extraction point within a set number of hours or days. It should be noted that gravimetric vehicles were gradually superceded by more conventional rotorcraft during the 1680's.
In addition to serving as an introduction to the basics of field craft, these "vaszvaþnur" also helped to thin out the numbers of Black Lach who might otherwise be tempted to filter southwards over the old frontier from Inner Benacia into Upper Lywall.
Since 1686 the Vaszvaþnur has been mostly conducted against recalcitrant and or primitive communities in the Upland Confederation and the Iridian Isles under the guise punitive expeditions to deter or punish banditry and piracy.
Sifting
Survivors of their first vaszvaþnur received a silver-gilt lapel badge, tastefully depicting a dagger embedded in a Lach skull, a five year service bond of ₦50,000, and a fortnight's leave. As a test of the initiate legionaries initiative, the cohort upon being dismissed would be instructed to reassemble at the end of the fortnight period at a new location, entirely removed from the Depot, anywhere on the Benacian continent. The exact location and time was spelt out. How the recruits would make it to the destination was their own affair. Those who failed to be present and correct on parade at the time and place specified would be returned to the ranks of the General Inspectorate. For the most part the locations would prove to be somewhere absurdly remote and inhospitable within the Raspur Pact's sphere of operations - New Blackstone and Raikoth were popular choices for testing an initiate legionary's ability to organise his own travelling arrangements on the fly. One, somewhat rakish, instructor specified that his recruits were to assemble on the steps of a specific gin house in Shirekeep's entertainments district[2] - which they did, prompting a riot amongst the bar's patrons and obliging the Palatini Corps to send an armoured personnel carrier equipped with a high-pressure water hose in order to quell the disorder.
These excursions, and the subsequent return journey to the Depot, would provide one final opportunity for the instructors to evaluate their charges before the final sifting. By this stage those unable to make the grade ought to have either been flushed out of the system or else solemnly cremated with all due ceremony on a pyre at the edge of the Depot's hinterland of cleared forest. This then, barring mishaps, was the opportunity to pick out candidates for commissioned and non-commissioned officer training, as well as those who might be suited for specialist training in the armoured, aerospace, or maritime arms of the Black Legions.
For those remaining at the end of the sifts however, assignment to the legions awaited. Although the need to replace casualties would sometimes override other considerations, normal practice would be to assign the newly minted legionary to a cohort at some considerable remove from his place of origin.
Cultivation
One of the more unusual aspects of legionary training was the insistence upon each trainee, as a part of his assigned section, tending to an allotted plot of land in which it was their duty to plant, tend, and cultivate a variety of vegetables during their time at the Depot. The purpose for this becomes more clear when the trainees are expected to first clear a patch of the forest adjacent the depot, a forest teeming with deliberately planted urtica terribilis, primula ballistis and lilium discerptionis. For the ordinary legionary it provides an education on how to recognise, avoid, or neutralise the most noxious and fatal reminders of Benacia's legacy of reckless bio-engineering by the Transhumanist foe; for junior officers on the other hand it is an opportunity to contemplate the difficulties inherent in uprooting and containing persistent rhizomic structures.
The other positive is that it helps keep catering costs for the establishment at Berht Klarænst under control.
Specialist Training
Further training would be provided for those personnel selected to perform specialist functions within the legions or else according to their assigned functions within the Aerospace and Maritime Forces of the Black Legions or the General Inspectorate.
The School of Engineering, located at St Riksburg in the Severnaya Gubernya, provided a wide range of training not only in the engineering disciplines that would be fundamental for the Engineers of the General Inspectorate but also: Canine Attack Handlers; Explosive Ordnance Technicians; and Foremen and Project Managers.
Formation and structure of units
The Black Legions retained, at least at the outset, the administrative structure inherited from the Imperial Army resulting in the formation of two Combined Arms Corps (IV & VI) reporting to the Inspectorate of Land Forces and assigned respectively, for operational purposes to the Central and Southern Banner Groups of Benacia Command.
| Type of Unit | Hohm (Field Army) | Uihmanz (Corps) | Salb (Legion) / Afzælt (Division) | Gauht (Cohort) / Furgsaddâ (Vexillation) | Opratzt (Maniple) / Haß (Squadron) | Aht (Watch) / Fiþn (Troop) | Tiï (File) / Droþ (Lance) | Fire Team/Detail |
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| Contains | 3 Corps | 8 Legions 3 Divisions |
3 Cohorts 3 Regiments |
3 Maniples 10 Squadrons |
3 Watches | 5 Files | 2 Fire Teams | 4 Individuals |
| Personnel | 123,120 | 8,640 Cohort Infantry 32,400 Specialists |
1,080 Cohort Infantry 3,600 Specialists |
360 Cohort Infantry 1,200 Specialists |
120 | 40 | 8 | 4 |
| Commanded by | Magister Militum (Lt General) / Frainan Hohmin | Magister (Maj General) / Frainan Uihmanzis | Legate / Salbnan | Spear (Infantry): Cohort Tribune / Ahmst Tazstraneï Lance (Specialist): Tribune Laticlavii / Ahmst Bræþstranin |
Spear (Infantry): Ordinate / Opratzan Lance (Specialist): Decurion / Fiþnan |
Spear (Infantry): Tesserarius / Ahtaldan Lance (Specialist): Draconarius / Golsapbir |
Prime / Frum | Chosen Man |
Units are divided into Spear units (i.e. Infantry), Lance units (i.e. Cavalry, Pioneers, Special Forces, etc), and Ballista units (i.e. Artillery).
Spear units form the organic components of the standard salb (legion), which are organised into constituent cohorts, which themselves are composed of maniples. Lance units are organised into specialist corps comprised of independent vexillations, which are composed of squadrons. Ballista units are also organised into specialist corps consisting of independent divisions, which are composed of batteries.
Vexillations and Divisions may function independently (e.g. special forces, THAAD, etc), or are attached to legions in order to provide combined-armed support. Independently-deployed vexillations and divisions will have other support units attached to it. Vexillations serve as a primary source for fresh commissioned officers and are intentionally officer-heavy as a result.
Legions may be designated as Light or Heavy, depending on the level to which its cohorts are equipped and trained for mechanised and air-mobile armoured combat.
Maniples are named with the number of their cohort followed by "Hastati", "Principes", or "Triarii", thus the third maniple of the 1st Cohort is referred to as "1st Triarii" or 1T.
| Composition | Cohort | Maniple | Troop |
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| Field Officers | 4 | 1 | - |
| Squadron Officers | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| NCO's | 61 | 19 | 5 |
| Other Ranks | 282 | 96 | 34 |
| Total | 360 | 120 | 40 |
| Composition | Vexillation | Squadron | Troop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Officers | 11 | 1 | - |
| Squadron Officers | 91 | 9 | 1 |
| NCO's | 194 | 19 | 5 |
| Other Ranks | 904 | 91 | 34 |
| Total | 1,200 | 120 | 40 |
Combat Groups
Legions are nominally organised into ten cohorts of infantry with other units attached in support. When deployed, the legion is reorganised into ten Combat Groups, built up around each of the legion's cohorts. The combat support units' staffs join the Legionary HQ in order to provide continuing support to Legionary HQ and to their own distributed sub-units. When a legion is significantly reinforced by additional afzælt (divisional) units of specialists, auxiliaries or allied troops, the Legate will receive a brevet promotion to Dux (Major General / Frainan Uihmanzis) for the duration of his expanded command.
Combat units may be deployed independently of the remainder of the legion. Under these latter circumstances they are often referred to as streïkruppis.
Organisation
Land Forces
I Uihmanz
Formed from locally recruited Yehudim, augmented by Mishalanski levies at the culmination of their basic training, Babkhi recruits called to the colours by the preaching of a Humanist jihad in southern Elwynn, and transferees from the Maritime Forces made available after the decommissioning of old capital ship. The particular circumstances brought about by the Kalgachi occupation of the Upland Confederation meant that these new legions were formed up in place, with troops being rotated out of the line at the individual and squadron level to complete their hardening and specialist training at the Depot in Upper Lywall. Armed and equipped with the glut of hardware spewed forth from the manufacturies of Mishalan and Lachmeren, these new legions would nonetheless lack the polish and hardened elan of their veteran counterparts garrisoned in Upper Lywall and Drak-Modan for some considerable time to come.[3]
| Unit Name | Commandant | Order of Battle | Personnel | Establishment | Insignia | Location |
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| Hvaszunig Uihmanz | Frumst Þeïn Zacharias Avon-El |
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Litkov |
| Ænst Streïafzælt (1st Battle Division) | ||||||
| Hvaszunig Streïafzælt | Afzælthvaszhaldan Hydericht Kalends | Berht Sankt Elmo | ||||
| Streïkrupphvasza-A | Salbnan Hostilian Gortz |
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Sector North, facing towards Karelshoogh | ||
| Streïkrupphvasza-B | Salbnan Veren Metris |
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Sector North, facing towards Karelshoogh | ||
| Salb IV Aurangzeb | Salbnan Rustam Shahrokh |
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Litkov | ||
| Salb V Fretensis | Salbnan Tiberius Sourdust |
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Istenbruck | ||
| Salb VI Jahangir | Salbnan Ardashir Jahangir |
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Sector North, facing towards Karelshoogh | ||
| Salb VII Siqari'im | Salbnan Gustav Vermilion-Krust |
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Istenbruck | ||
| Tasz Streïafzælt (2nd Battle Division) | ||||||
| Hvaszunig Streïafzælt | Afzælthvaszhaldan Piroz Jalal Akbar | Leegveldt | ||||
| Streïkrupphvasza-C | Salbnan Salbnan Salbnan |
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Sector South, facing towards Waldenstein | ||
| Streïkrupphvasza-D | Salbnan Valdegar Forgern |
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Sector South, facing towards Waldenstein | ||
| Salb VIII Anandja | Salbnan Domnik Grifos |
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Daschau | ||
| Salb IX Kokhba | Salbnan Corderwell Muzzlehatch |
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Sector South, facing towards Nieuw Ingelheim | ||
| Salb X Kana'im | Salbnan Selder Dreesbach |
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Sector South, facing towards Nieuw Ingelheim | ||
| Salb XI Svyashchennaya Druzhina | Salbnan Xaverevich Chaldernik |
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Abatis Lines | ||
| Ænst Berhtnaz & Holïursafzælt (1st Fortress & Artillery Division) | ||||||
| Hvaszunig Berhtnaz & Holïursafzælt | Afzælthvaszhaldan Waldemar Thorgilsson | Berht Sankt Guido | ||||
| Berhtkrupphvasza | Salbnan Ziemke Traktuyev |
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| Holïurskrupphvasza | Salbnan Mordecai Morden |
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Assigned to formations | ||
IV Uihmanz
IV Uihmanz, comprising of four armoured and six mechanised legions, was attached to the Central Banner Group of Benacia Command. The 3rd Battle Division, comprised of two armoured and three mechanised legions, was deployed into Amokolia and Mishalacia to reinforce the UDF's 2nd Pansararmé in the Northern Banner Group of Benacia Command during the Second Elwynnese Civil War (1692 AN – )
| Unit Name | Commandant | Order of Battle | Personnel | Establishment | Insignia | Location |
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| Hvaszunig Uihmanz | Frainan Uihmanzis Felix Lenz |
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Sansabury (Governorate of Upper Lywall) |
| Þresz Streïafzælt (3rd Battle Division) | ||||||
| Streïkrupphvasza-E | Salbnan Saam Massoud Karimi |
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Amokolia / Mishalacia | |
| Streïkrupphvasza-F | Salbnan Ardeshir Farhad Alinejad |
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Amokolia / Mishalacia | |
| I Salb | Salbnan Rowland Colton | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Amokolia / Mishalacia |
| II Salb | Salbnan Othmar Merlyn | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Amokolia / Mishalacia |
| III Salb | Salbnan Lamar Pettigrew | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Amokolia / Mishalacia |
| Division-level Units |
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Amokolia / Mishalacia | ||
| Fiursz Streïafzælt (4th Battle Division) | ||||||
| Streïkrupphvasza-G | Salbnan Babak Farrokh Ebrahimi |
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Upper Lywall | |
| Streïkrupphvasza-H | Salbnan Sadeq Abolfazl Shirazi |
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Upper Lywall | |
| XIII Salb (The Tee-al Busters) |
Salbnan Eckehard Maier | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Lachdolor |
| XIX Salb | Salbnan Alexander Muller | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Upper Lywall |
| XX Salb | Salbnan Tobias Strobel | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Lachdolor |
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Upper Lywall | ||
VI Uihmanz
VI Uihmanz, comprising of six legions, was attached to the Southern Banner Group of Benacia Command. Legions garrisoned in Drak-Modan (XXXI, XXXIII, XXXIV & XXXV) deployed to Sathrati in 1676 (Operation Winter Sun). Withdrawn to mainland UGB, 1685 AN.
| Unit Name | Commandant | Order of Battle | Personnel | Establishment | Insignia | Location |
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| Hvaszunig Uihmanz | Frainan Uihmanz Akbar Jalal Alinejad | . | . | . |  |
Merensk, Lachmeren |
| XXX Salb | Salbnan Amalric Voigts | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Capitolia, Florencia | |
| XXXI Salb | Salbnan Stefan Tudor Adam | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Rothaven, Lachmeren | |
| XXXIII Salb | Salbnan Arnold Ernst Lacey | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Gibbet Cove, Lower Lywall | |
| XXXIV Salb | Salbnan Darius Hludowig Derban | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Klymdown, Lower Lywall | |
| XXXV Salb | Salbnan Bahman Eskandar Alinejad | 3x motorised infantry regiments |
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Klymhigh, Lower Lywall |
Szodanin-Uihmanz
The Szodanin-Uihmaz (Sovereign's Corps) originated from the defecting operatives of the Shirerithian special forces unit S.W.O.R.D., grouped as a part of Streïkrupp Kasha, who had remained steadfast in their loyalty - remaining at their posts in their isolated Inner Benacian cantonments whilst blockaded and besieged by Lach insurgents for the better part of two years. Whilst it might seem paradoxical for a unit comprised of defectors to be lauded for their dedication, the unedifying spectacle of the Imperial Government willingly abandoning members of the Imperial Forces to their fate rather than bestir themselves to confront a minor rebellion was in many respects the catalyst that set in motion the Kalirion Fracture by destroying the confidence of the armed forces in the political leadership of Shireroth. Extricating those left behind in Inner Benacia therefore became a point of honour for the Black Legions and a capstone upon the edifice of its legitimacy. Those veterans, with their prior elite training and the mass of experience garnered from a prolonged period in the wilderness of Inner Benacia, therefore were a natural choice to serve as the cadre around which the Sovereign's guard corps would be established.
Performing a similar remit to the Palatini Corps of the Imperial Regency, the Szodanin-Uihmanz provided a guard for the Commander-in-Chief and the General Staff of Benacia Command whilst also providing a reserve of manpower available for specialist actions at the direction of the Chiefs of Staff, often at the behest of the Military Intelligence Directorate or through the Special Operations Group of the Political Directorate.
Since 06.XV.1676 The Szodanin-Uihmaz has assumed responsibility for the administration of legionaries deployed outside the Benacian Continental Theatre Command Area of Operations in support of Raspur Pact Military Missions.
| Unit Name | Commandant | Order of Battle | Establishment | Location | Affiliations / Alliances |
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| Sazn Þeïnszæhan Furgsaddâ The Guards Pathfinder Regiment |
Bivarhins Salbnan Melkdan Haltorthen |
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879 x M1687 9 mm pistol 870 x M1686 7.62 mm assault rifle 9 x M1686 7.62 mm präzisionsschützengewehr |
Isle of Benacia | |
| Saznan Darneï The Secret Guard |
Bivarhins Salbnan Linus Truls Thorgilsson |
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3,960 Guardsmen 3,960 x M1686 7.62 mm assault rifle |
Merensk | |
| Overseas Deployed Formations | |||||
| 135th Motorised Infantry Regiment |
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Vesüha International Airport (Hurmu) |
AMEAHL | |
Varþataræn
"Homeland Defence" is the umbrella term for all of the second line formations assigned to combat support and rear area duties formerly under the control of the General Inspectorate until the reorganisation of forces in 1676 intended to allow for a more rational separation between the fighting forces and the support services of the Black Legions.
The force is comprised of a mix of reservists, N&H party activists, and surplus personnel from the General Inspectorate who were presently without billets. Members of this Varþataræn (Homeland Defence) force would be embedded at the local level, billeted with families if not already a part of the community to which they had been assigned. The Varþataræn, when not on active duties, are free to find work in the community, subject to being available for indoctrination and training on the 4th and 6th day of each week. Musters held monthly at the squadron level and quarterly for the regiments helped to maintain the semblance of unit cohesion while biennial whole-force manoeuvres, conducted within each Governorate, kept the regiments raised in neighbouring locales in contact with one another and familiarised them with large scale operations.
The permanent formations of the the Varþataræn are the command and control, security, engineering, and transportation regiments tasked with connecting the 1st line legions with the depots and support services of the General Inspectorate controlled depots to the rear, ensuring that communications and supply corridors between the two remain open. These elements are grouped under the Force Sustainment Command and organised into "supply trains" and "support columns" attached to at the corps and legion level respectively. It should be noted that the term "train" here has no connection to the railways but instead refers to the wagon trains that would follow in the wake of the feudal hosts of ancient Benacia.
Second-line regiments, those embedded in the community, are only listed upon their activation and for the duration of their active service - being grouped under the Mobilisation Centre responsible for covering the territorial location in which the regiment is raised.
| Unit Name | Commandant | Order of Battle | Personnel | Establishment | Area | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Force Sustainment Command | ||||||
| 1001st Supply Train | x14 numbered support columns (1001/100–1001/113) | 50,400 supply troops in x42 regiments | Siyachia | I Uihmanz "Siyacher" | ||
| 1002nd Supply Train | x7 numbered support columns (1002/100–1002/106) | 25,200 supply troops in x21 regiments | Gloomburg, Lachdolor, Litel, Transelwynn, Upper Lywall & Amokolia, Mishalacia | IV Uihmanz | ||
| 1003rd Supply Train | x5 numbered support columns (1003/100–1002/114) | 18,000 supply troops in x15 regiments | Lachmeren, Lower Lywall | VI Uihmanz | ||
| 1004th Supply Train | x2 numbered support columns (1004/100–1004/101) | 7,200 supply troops in x6 regiments | Merensk, Florencia | Szodanin-Uihmanz | ||
| Mobilisation Centre – North | ||||||
| 201st Streïafzælt "Lachvaþnur" | x6 light infantry regiments
|
7,200 men in x6 regiments |
|
Amokolia & Mishalacia | IV Uihmanz | |
| 202nd Streïafzælt | x6 light infantry regiments
|
7,200 men in x6 regiments |
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Amokolia & Mishalacia | IV Uihmanz | |
| 203rd Streïafzælt | x6 light infantry regiments
|
7,200 men in x6 regiments |
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Amokolia & Mishalacia | IV Uihmanz | |
| Mobilisation Centre – East | ||||||
| Mobilisation Centre – South | ||||||
| Mobilisation Centre – West | ||||||
Maritime Forces
List of ships of the Maritime Forces
The once formidable capital ship force of the Imperial Navy had, by time and neglect more than enemy action, been whittled down to the point where, at the moment of fracture, only two ageing battleships (of the Aurangzeb and Grifos classes respectively) and an aircraft carrier (Mortis) were capable of leaving harbour under their own power. In spite of this, the maritime component of the Black Legions was far from being an inconsequential force, with Pact Loyalists managing to cobble together, during the course of 1671 AN, an armada comprising of 3 destroyers, 12 submarines, 20 corvettes, 38 oil tankers, 49 logistic support vessels, 50 off-shore patrol vessels, 166 cargo vessels, and 250 coastal patrol boats. This fleet reflected the shift in production priorities for the Raspur Pact during and in the aftermath of the War of Lost Brothers and the preference of the admiralty - in the aftermath of the debacle of the Battle of Carama Bay - for small and fast missile carriers.
Unfortunately for the Black Legions the temporary loss of the MoMA Naval Stations (Sabatini and Sagittarius) in the Khaz Modan island chain denied the fleet access to long established deep water anchorages and dockyard facilities. While the ex-Imperial port facilities at Klymdown, Rothaven, and Slomxala, were being repaired and expanded by contractors assigned to the task by the General Inspectorate and working at a frantic rate this still left the fleet dispersed and reliant upon access to safe anchorages along the coastlines of the various Pact-aligned 'vulture states', particularly Drak-Modan and Elwynn, during the early months of 1672.
The primary remit of the Maritime Forces is to support landward forces and to defend the littoral waters of the Benacian continent from USSO intrusion. Maritime Forces are therefore structured so as to permit naval task forces (built around corvettes and logistic support vessels) to support the Banner Groups whilst flotillas of missile and torpedo armed patrol vessels and attack craft support Combined Arms Corps where their areas of operation border onto the maritime environment.
In early 1674 it was announced that the two battleships would be scrapped in place by the ESB Group over the course of the next two years, commencing with the immediate removal of the ship main armaments and their transfer to the Land Forces on the Benacian mainland.
Coastal Defence
Coastal defences consist of harbour defence forces, drawn from local Varþataræn detachments, established in all "notified"[5] coastal settlements and military installations in the UGB and also legacy gun-emplacements found in the Circuit of Jahid Khaz Modan (United Isles) that have been garrisoned and operated by personnel drawn from the Corps of Invalids. These forces come under the command of an officer of tribunal rank from the Maritime Forces of the Black Legions. Surplus Maritime Forces personnel will also be assigned to coastal defence duties as they are required or available.
These harbour defence forces usually comprise a "demi-regiment" (600 men) drawn from the sources mentioned above and provided with such emplaced artillery tubes, range finding equipment, and small vessels as may be found.
Aerospace Forces
The reorganisation of personnel and aviation assets recovered from the Imperial Shirerithian Air Forces began in 1672 at a point when the Aerospace Forces were in the novel position of enjoying a bonanza of hardware but a shortage of fuel and components, in addition to difficulties in marrying up operational units with operational airfields in the wake of the unfortunate incident with the Palatini Corps over Shirekeep-Foley Aerodrome in the preceding year.
There were, as of 1672 , four major regiment "types" within the Aerospace Forces; these are:–
- Tactical Effect Regiments, assigned as flight-level detachments to provide close-air support for ground forces.
- Operational Effect Regiments, attached to Combined Arms Corps.
- Strategic Effect Regiments, attached to Banner Groups.
- Aerospace Superiority Regiments, directly assigned to Benacia Command.
In early 1673 these squadrons, whilst still fulfilling the above roles, were reorganised and grouped into three division types with one of each division attached to Banner Groups directly; these being:–
- Holïurs Afzælt-bi-Łoïd (Bombardment Division).
- Vaþnur Afzælt-bi-Łoïd (Pursuit Division).
- Brunïak Afzælt-bi-Łoïd (Air Cavalry Division).
In addition the Aerospace Forces maintain the Aerospace Training Establishment and Air Transportation Service, both collocated at Sansabury Aerodrome.
After several years of improvised and ad hoc arrangements, naval aviation was folded into the organisational structure of the Aerospace Forces as the Naval Air Division in 1677.
Aerospace Training Establishment
| Formation | Aircraft | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Training Division (Basic Training) | ||
| 101 Training Regiment | Te.42 Sagittario | 13 |
| 102 Training Regiment | Te.63 Cicogna | 6 |
| 103 Training Regiment | T-2 Saeqeh | 16 |
| 104 Training Regiment | Gliders, various | 24 |
| 2nd Training Division (Advanced Training) | ||
| 201 (Jet) Training Regiment | T-3 Akóntio | 24 |
| 202 (Gravimetric) Training Regiment | Gravimetric Testing Rig | 16 |
| 203 (Rotorcraft) Training Regiment | R-1 Whirdlebird | 16 |
Air Transportation Service
The backbone of the Air Transportation Service is provided by one-hundred TR-279 Dront organised into four independent aviation regiments administratively headquartered at Łoïdhafen Sansabury but with assets dispersed throughout the wider Benacian theatre as operational requirements necessitate. Additional logistical and transportation capacity is provided by the civilian registered airfleet of the state-owned Łoïdnos airline. These assets amount to sixty-three Floret passenger aircraft as well as one-hundred and sixty-two flying boats of varying configurations.
Central Banner Air Force
| Formation | Aircraft | Number | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Holïurs Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 301 Strategic Effect Regiment | B-49 Delta | 72 | Łoïdhafen &zeter |
| 302 Strategic Effect Regiment | B-49 Delta | 72 | Łoïdhafen Merensk |
| 303 Strategic Effect Regiment | B-49 Delta | 72 | Marinestation Klymdown |
| 304 Strategic Effect Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen Sansabury |
| 305 Pathfinder (Electronic Warfare) Regiment |
|
Łoïdhafen &zeter | |
| 6th Brunïak Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 601 Air Assault Regiment |
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Łoïdhafen Capitolia, Florencia (UGB) |
| 602 Air Assault Regiment |
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Łoïdhafen Capitolia, Florencia (UGB) |
| 603 Air Assault Regiment |
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Łoïdhafen Capitolia, Florencia (UGB) |
| 604 Air Assault Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen Capitolia, Florencia (UGB) |
| 7th Vaþnur Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 701 Tactical Effect Regiment | T-2 Saeqeh | 50 |
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| 702 Tactical Effect Regiment | T-3 Akóntio | 48 | Dispersal Airfields, Siyacha |
| 703 Operational Effect Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen Sansabury |
| 704 Operational Effect Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen Merensk |
| 705 Maritime Operations Regiment |
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|
Marinestation Klymdown |
| 706 Maritime Operations Regiment |
|
Marinestation Šlomxala | |
| 8th Brunïak Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 801 Air Reconnaissance Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen &zeter |
| 802 Air Assault Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen &zeter |
| 803 Air Landing Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen &zeter |
| 804 Rescue & Evacuations Regiment |
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|
Berht Litkov |
Eastern Banner Air Force
Disestablished 1689 - assets transferred to Grand Army of Ransenar
Northern Banner Air Force
Southern Banner Air Force
- Disestablished 1689 - assets transferred to Central and Western Banner Air Forces
- Reactivated – 1699 AN.
| Formation | Aircraft | Number | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Vaþnur Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 501 Operational Effect Regiment | F-9 Ashavan II | 72 | Dispersal Airfields, Florencia |
| 502 Operational Effect Regiment | F-9 Ashavan II | 72 | Dispersal Airfields, Florencia |
| 503 Operational Effect Regiment | F-9 Ashavan II | 72 | Dispersal Airfields, Florencia |
| 504 Operational Effect Regiment | F-9 Ashavan II | 72 | Dispersal Airfields, Florencia |
Western Tactical Air Force
| Formation | Aircraft | Number | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th Holïurs Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 401 Strategic Effect Regiment | - | - | Awaiting operational conversion. Dispersal Airfields, Naudia'Diva |
| 402 Strategic Effect Regiment | - | - | Awaiting operational conversion. Dispersal Airfields, Naudia'Diva |
| 403 Strategic Effect Regiment | - | - | Inactive |
| 404 Strategic Effect Regiment | - | - | Inactive |
| 405 Strategic Effect Regiment | - | - | Inactive |
| 9th Brunïak Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |||
| 901 Air Reconnaissance Regiment |
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|
Łoïdhafen Watson |
Territorial Air Defence Force
Established 17.XIII.1675, to group together mobile ground-based air defence systems, radar stations, observation posts, air traffic control networks into a single integrated system of command and control built around VLS-Flaktowers under construction at various strategic locations including Łoïdhafens, marinestations, arsenals, depots, and power stations.
- XLIX Air Defence Corps
- Air Traffic Flaktower I, Verkehrsflughäfen Merensk
- Air Traffic Flaktower II, Łoïdhafen Sansabury
- XXXXIX Air Defence Corps
As a consequence of remaining closely embedded with the Maritime Forces the majority of naval aviation assets remain stationed at Maritime Forces facilities when not deployed aboard auxiliary platforms at sea. Force Headquarters, maintenance, and operational training establishments are concentrated with 1000 Naval Air Regiment. The 1001 Naval Air Regiment was disbanded in 1692 following its surrender at Wolfraven during the Second Elwynnese Civil War. 1002 Naval Air Regiment was also disbanded in 1698 AN to provide for the transfer of airframes to the Apollonian Theatre of Operations as part of Operation Deadlift.
| Formation | Aircraft | Number | Shore Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 Naval Air Regiment (Force HQ) | NH-76 Dromosker | 16 | Łoïdhafen Merensk (UGB) |
| 1003 Naval Air Regiment | NH-76 Dromosker | 64 | Marinestation Sabatini (D-M) |
| 1004 Naval Air Regiment | NH-76 Dromosker | 64 | Marinestation Sagittarius (IRS/UGB) |
| 1005 Naval Air Regiment | NH-76 Dromosker | 64 | Marinestation Šlomxala (UGB) |
General Inspectorate
Garrisons of Inspectorate Troops (auxiliaries and commissariat) were maintained in the Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic, Lachmeren, Lywall, Mishalan, New Blackstone, So-Sara and the Sovereign Confederation. In a manner similar to the old Corps of Auxiliaries of the Imperial Republic, these Inspectorate Troops were responsible for providing the full range of combat, non-combat, and administrative support, that the Legions, as well as their Aerospace and Maritime Services, might require. To them fell also the responsibility for the defence of facilities and lines of communications - which brings with it obligations of near-continuous anti-partisan warfare in certain parts of Benacia.
In 1676 the field formations of the General Inspectorate were separated out to form the Varþataræn (Praeta: Homeland Defence), a force dedicated to combat support services, garrison duties, the protection of lines of communications, and the provision of a reserve of recruits and replacements for the legions. This separation allowed the General Inspectorate to refocus its mission upon force generation and sustainment.
In 1678 the Inspectorate of the Commissariat assumed responsibility for carrying out visitations upon Benacian settlements to confirm their suitability, or lack thereof, to sustain a deployed force from their own available resources. These inspections would become a continent-wide bane upon the populace of Raspur Pact member states.
Organisational overview
- Quartermaster General's Office
- Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces
- Inspectorate of the Commissariat
- Acquisition Corps
- Finance Corps
- General Service Corps
- Inspectorate of Land Forces
- Logistics Corps
- Ordnance Corps
- Transportation Corps
- Inspectorate of Naval Forces
- Naval Oceanographic Corps
- Naval Replenishment & Supply Corps
- Inspectorate of Training and Discipline
- Adjutant General's Corps
- Aerospace Training Establishment
- Basic Training Establishment
- Land Warfare Establishment
- Maritime Training Establishment
- Sanitäts Uihmanz
- Veterinarian Service
- Corps of Invalids
Depots, Garrisons & Stations
Formations not assigned to a depot, garrison, or duty station amongst those listed below are normally deemed to be either in the field or billeted with the civil populace at their last stated location.
| Garrison Flag | Garrison Name | Location | Parent Inspectorate | Units Headquartered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berht Benac | Benacia Isle, Benacia–Iridia (UGB) | Inspectorate of Land Forces |
| |
| Berht Klarænst ("The Depot") |
Upper Lywall (UGB) | Inspectorate of Training and Discipline | Land Warfare Establishment | |
| Berht Litkov | Siyacha (UGB) | Inspectorate of Land Forces |
| |
| Berht Raynor | Raynor's Point, Capshire (DM) | Inspectorate of the Commissariat |
| |
| Berht Sankt Elmo | Sankt Elmo, Siyacha (UGB) | Inspectorate of Land Forces | Ænst Streïafzælt, I Uihmanz "Siyacher" | |
| Berht Sankt Guido | Sankt Guido, Siyacha (UGB) | Inspectorate of Land Forces | Ænst Berhtnaz & Holïursafzælt, I Uihmanz "Siyacher" | |
| Cortallia-Rathwood Arsenal | Cortallia-Rathwood, Suthergold (ELW) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces |
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| Łoïdhafen &zeter | &zeter, Upper Lywall (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces |
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| Łoïdhafen Lune Villa | Lune Villa (RAN) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces | 5th Vaþnur Afzælt-bi-Łoïdi | |
| Łoïdhafen Capitolia | Capitolia, Florencia (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces |
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| Łoïdhafen Merensk | Merensk, Lachmeren (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces |
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| Łoïdhafen Peroz-Liv | Bailiwick of Peroz-Liv, Trans-Elwynn (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces | ||
| Łoïdhafen Sansabury | Sansabury, Upper Lywall (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces |
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| Łoïdhafen Watson | New Blackstone (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces |
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| Marinestation Doyle | New Blackstone (UGB) | Inspectorate of Naval Forces | ||
| Marinestation Klymdown | Klymdown, Lower Lywall (UGB) | Inspectorate of Naval Forces |
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| Marinestation Norestria | New Harbor, Norestria (ELW) | Inspectorate of Naval Forces |
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| Marinestation Sabatini | Sabatini Isle, So-Sara (DM) | Inspectorate of Naval Forces | 1003 Naval Air Regiment | |
| Marinestation Sagittarius | Naudia'Diva, Benacia–Iridia (IRS/UI) | Inspectorate of Naval Forces |
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| Marinestation Šlomxala | Šlomxala, Lachmeren (UGB) | Inspectorate of Naval Forces |
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| Medical Services Station | Altan, Lachmeren (UGB) | Inspectorate of the Commissariat |
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| Panopticon Zitadelle | Merensk, Lachmeren (UGB) | Quartermaster General's Office |
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| Rothaven Arsenal & Depot | Rothaven, Lachmeren (UGB) | Inspectorate of the Commissariat | ||
| Verkehrsflughäfen Merensk (Garrison Cantonment) |
Merensk, Lachmeren (UGB) | Inspectorate of Aerospace Forces | Air Traffic Control Flaktower I | |
| Zitadelle Bratva | Severnaya Gubernya (UGB) | Inspectorate of Land Forces |
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| Zitadelle Merensk | Merensk, Lachmeren (UGB) | Inspectorate of Training and Discipline |
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| Zitadelle Nuï Sartfals | New Blackstone (UGB) | Inspectorate of the Commissariat |
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Sanitäts Uihmanz
Established in 1673, the Sanitäts Uihmanz (Medical Corps) is a formation of the General Inspectorate, subordinate to the Inspectorate of the Commissariat, that delivers medical, veterinary, dental and nursing services for the Black Legions. In contrast to the former Imperial Forces, the Black Legions takes seriously its obligations regarding the health and welfare of service personnel. The primary mission of the Sanitäts Uihmanz is therefore to maintain the health of legionaries, so they can carry out their duties; and to deliver health care during wartime. The tasks of the Sanitäts Uihmanz include medical testing and screening of recruits, emergency medical treatment of personnel wounded whilst on operations, and the maintenance of physical standards of legionaries in the service of Benacia Command.
The central hub of Sanitäts Uihmanz is the Medical Service Station located in Altan, Lachmeren, but the support network extends, via field hospitals, triage stations, and ambulances, all the way down to the troop level with provision for every forty legionaries deployed on operations to be supported by a squad of eight medically trained orderlies. The Sanitäts Uihmanz employs 211,186 personnel in 65 hospitals, 412 clinics, and 414 dental clinics at facilities across the continent of Benacia.
In 1674, following a sudden uptick in sightings of cerahippos, kraugasos, and other engineered horrors brought forth by the biomancers of old, by ESB personnel sent out to investigate the natural gas fields of Lachdolor[6], the Veterinarian Service was established within the Medical Corps with a remit to draw together health and welfare services for working animals employed in the service of the Black Legions[7] and to study the impact of the hostilely reworked and corrupted environment upon those creatures whose service was and remained essential to the preservation of the Human Supremacy over Micras rested.
Corps of Invalids
Since the reoccupation of the United Isles, the policy of Benacia Command was to transfer into the Corps of Invalids all personnel from the Black Legions who had completed their service obligations either up to the full term of their enlistment (twenty-five years), or until the occasion of their being recorded as no-longer fit for active service on account of injury. This excluded the rank-and-file personnel of second line and general inspectorate formations who were expected to return to life in their communities but included all officers, legionaries, and personnel of the aerospace and maritime forces.
The main duty of the Corps of Invalids was to garrison the island of Florencia, the transferring of personnel and their families to the island at the end of their career representing the opportunity to colonise the island with loyalist settlers. Being of a more favourable climate than the Benacian interior this is a not unpopular end of service posting.
Equipment
Aerospace
| Type | Image | Origin | Class | Role | In service | Number | Producer | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Air | ||||||||
| B-49 Delta | Shireroth | Jet | Strategic Bomber | 1636 | 1,130 | Imperial Fabricators | To be retired after 1700 AN | |
| B-66 Vulcan |  |
Shireroth | Jet | Strategic Bomber | 1636 | 162 | Imperial Fabricators | To be retired after 1700 AN |
| B-67 Shahrukh |  |
UGB | Jet | Strategic Bomber | 1675 | 60 | Allied Production Matrix | qty 3 transferred to the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie (1697 AN). |
| F-8M Shrike |  |
Shireroth | Jet | Multirole | 1559 | 940 | Allied Production Matrix | |
| F-8M-T Shrike | |
Shireroth | Jet | Two-seat trainer/Multirole | 1654 | 24 | Allied Production Matrix | |
| F-9 Ashavan II |  |
Talenore | Jet | Superiority Fighter | 1676 | 1,280 | Allied Production Matrix | |
| F-10 Carnifex |  |
Natopia | Spaceplane | Superiority Fighter | 1653 | 19 | Dingo Engineering Aerospace Division | |
| Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance | ||||||||
| AEW-1 Floret |  |
Kalgachia/Constancia | Turboprop | Airborne Early Warning Aircraft | 1676 | 6 |
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| GAV-1(AS) Snaggletooth |  |
Shireroth | Gravimetric | Attack Scout | 1644 | 14 | Red Bear LLC | |
| GAV-5(P) Nereid |  |
Shireroth | Gravimetric | Patrol Aircraft | 1659 | 348 | Allied Production Matrix | |
| GAV-6(P) Zephyr |  |
Natopia | Gravimetric Spaceplane |
Patrol | 1657 | 50 | Allied Production Matrix | |
| VT-UAV 1 Tadpole |  |
Constancia | UAV | Fire Support Scout | 1674 | 600 | Allied Production Matrix | |
| Air Mobility | ||||||||
| GAV-4(U) Jackalope | Shireroth | Gravimetric | Utility Transport | 1652 | 726 | Allied Production Matrix | ||
| TR-279 Dront |  |
 Sanama |
Tilt-Rotor | VTOL Transport | 1679 | 96 | Brightworks | 100 purchased |
| Helicopters | ||||||||
| AH-75 Cobra |  |
Sanama | Rotary Wing Aircraft | Utility Transport | 1675 | 42 | Brightworks | Purchased under the Gemstone Arms Agreements (1675–1677) |
| CH-276 Camel |  |
Sanama | Rotary Wing Aircraft | Utility Transport | 1675 | 88 | Brightworks | Purchased under the Gemstone Arms Agreements (1675–1677) |
| NH-76 Dromosker |  |
Sanama | Rotary Wing Aircraft | ASW Patrol | 1675 | 272 | Brightworks | Purchased under the Gemstone Arms Agreements (1675–1677) |
| UH-76 Dromosker | |
Sanama | Rotary Wing Aircraft | Utility Transport | 1675 | 142 | Brightworks | Purchased under the Gemstone Arms Agreements (1675–1677) |
| Trainers | ||||||||
Land
Maritime
| APMI № | Unit Item | Vessel Type | Image | № in Service | Central Banner Group | Western Banner Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | Florimell-class Troop Landing Ship | Auxiliary | 390 | 310 | 0 | |
| 109 | Merchant Vessel (Cargo & Passenger) | Auxiliary |  |
13 | 10 | 3 |
| 110 | Merchant Vessel (Cargo) | Auxiliary | |
25 | 20 | 5 |
| 111 | Merchant Vessel (Livestock) | Auxiliary |  |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | Oil Tanker | Auxiliary |  |
10 | 8 | 2 |
| 95 | Elwynn-class corvette | Corvette |  |
5 | 4 | 1 |
| 93 | Duchy-class destroyer | Destroyer |  |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 211 | Montran-class destroyer | Destroyer |  |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Logistic Support Vessel | LSV |  |
6 | 5 | 1 |
| 131 | Viviantia-class LSV | LSV | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| 85 | Armed yacht | Patrol | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 91 | Coastal Patrol Craft | Fast Attack | 100 | 51 | 49 | |
| 121 | Protector-class OPV | Patrol | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 124 | Swift-class Offshore Patrol Vessel | Patrol |  |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| 126 | Type XIV U-Boat | Submarine | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 202 | Type XXV U-Boat | Submarine |  |
18 | 12 | 6 |
| n/a | Type XXVI U-Boat | Submarine | File:U-113 (UGB).png | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| n/a | Seafox-class corvette | Corvette |  |
12 | 0 | 12 |
Ranks & uniforms
| Lance | Spear | |||
| General Officer |
Magister Primarius / Frumst Frainan | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magister Militum (General) / Frainan Streïakeï | ||||
| Magister (Lt General) / Frainan Hohmin | ||||
| Dux (Maj General) / Frainan Uihmanzis | ||||
| Legate (Brig General) / Salbnan | ||||
| Field Officer |
Tribune Laticlavii / Ahmst Bræþstranin | |||
| Tribune Cohortis / Ahmst Tazstraneï | ||||
| Tribune Angusticlavii / Ahmst Mairstranin | ||||
| Company Officer |
First Decurion / Ænst Fiþnan | First Ordinate / Ænst Opratzan | Ordinary | |
| Decurion // Fiþnan | Ordinate / Opratzan | |||
| Draconarius / Golsapbir | Tesserarius / Ahtaldan | Principal | ||
| Squire / Silbir | ||||
| Signifer / Tzæknak | ||||
| Supplier | Prime / Frum (Specialist) | |||
| Prime / Frum | Specialist | nu Saltznân without fatigues | ||
| Soldier | Trainee | mi Saltznân with fatigues | ||
References
- ^ Named in the Minarborian era for one Clarence Etzeterra, mechanically-augmented lich and father of Mondo. The ironic implications of training for a vernichtungskrieg against Benacian transhumanity in a venue named for a noted specimen of the latter has doubtless popularised the "Depot" designation as an more ideologically-palatable alternative.
- ^ It was subsequently discovered that the establishment had reminded this particular instructor of his overdue bar tab once too often.
- ^ Some would go so far as to call them a "damned wretched and wasteful meatshield, only useful for slowing the mountaineers down for a day or so if the abominations ever at last decide to descend upon the lowlands."
- ^ On loan from Natopian Spacefleet
- ^ Recorded with the MCS and entered upon the map.
- ^ Formerly the Minarborian province of Novodolor, latterly overrun by the Red Lach during the fleeting independence of Inner Benacia
- ^ It would eventually be claimed that the Black Legions showed more care for their dogs and horses than the old Imperial Forces ever evidenced for their human servicemen.
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