Hurmu Peace Corps

Hurmu Peace Corps
Active:	1694 AN – 1720 AN
Motto:
In use by:	Hurmu
Allegiance:	Order of the Holy Lakes
Type:	Civic Protection & Humanitarian Force
Role	Combined Arms
Size:	308,190 contracted personnel
Branches:	Headquarters Air Department Land Department Sea Department Peace Academy
Current Commander:	Senate of the Lakes
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The Hurmu Peace Corps was the branch of the Hurmu government tasked with protecting the peace of the people and state of Hurmu. The Hurmu Peace Corps was established in 1694 through a constitutional amendment after it was found that the Hurmu Constabulary, being Hurmu's police force, was not legally sanctioned to provide for the protection of the peace in a more preventive manner. It was abolished in 1720 AN with its assets and personnel transferred into the Hurmu Fyrð.

The Hurmu Peace Corps was thus tasked with preventing breaches of peace of Hurmu and the state of Hurmu. It did so through gathering such information as necessary, under the law, to provide for the peace of the people and the state. It also organised volunteers from all over the world to aid in providing for the peace of the people and the state of Hurmu. However, the Hurmu Peace Corps was also authorised under the constitution to defend the peace of Hurmu's people and state through armed means. Further more, the Hurmu Peace Corps could, on the order of the Senate (the collective head of the Hurmu Peace Corps), be deployed abroad or to the Green if it was in the interests of the peace of the people and state of Hurmu or necessary to uphold the peace in a territory ravished by war, calamity or natural disaster.

Those who pledged their service to the Hurmu Peace Corps were collectively known as peacekeepers.

Due to being established only in 1694 by an Act of Parlerment, there was an initial lack of officers and enlisted members in the HPC. As such, the Parlerment also provided for accepting commissions and enlistments from other countries with which Hurmu has treaty relations as equivalent for the rank at hand in the Hurmu Peace Corps, provided the individual applies for provisional Hurmu nationality. Such provisional nationality allowed for the family of the peacekeeper to settle in Hurmu (i.e. the peacekeeper acts as sponsor for his family)

Hurmu nationality would be then granted upon the foreigner peacekeeper (and those he or she sponsored) upon honourable discharge or ten years' service, whichever came sooner. Exceptions occured if the peacekeeper, or a person whom he or she sponsored, had been found guilty of an offence of which a custodial sentence was indicated in the criminal code).

Organisation

The Hurmu Peace Corps was headed by Chief Commissioner of the Peace Corps, who answers directly to the Senate's appointed Secretary of State for Peace. Where the Constabulary answers to the Hurmu Executive (and thus ultimately to the Assembly), the Peace Corps ultimately answers to the Senate. Both Senate and Assembly are involved in budgetting and legislating for both corps.

The Hurmu Peace Corps was divided into four departments, supported by the Peace Academy:

• Sea Department
• Land Department
• Air Department
• Psychology Department
• Peace Academy

Ranks

Regardless of department of service, all peacekeepers have the same structure of ranks.

Rank code	Name	Comment
OF-10	Senate	Equivalent to Commander-in-chief
OF-9	Secretary of State for Peace
OF-8	Chief Commissioner of the Peace Corps
OF-7	Commissioner of the Peace
OF-6	Chief Director of the Peace
OF-5	Director of the Peace	Requires a master's degree in peacekeeping or equivalent
OF-4	Chief Superintendent of the Peace
OF-3	Superintendent Inspector of the Peace
OF-2	Inspector of the Peace
OF-1	Officer of the Peace	Upon graduation from the Academy of Peace with a bachelor's degree in peacekeeping, or equivalent
OF-D	Aspirant Officer of the Peace	Requires passing OR-1, and then admitted to the Academy of Peace
OR-9	Non-commissioned officer of the Peace
OR-8	Senior Ranger of the Hurmu Peace Corps
OR-7	Junior Ranger of the Hurmu Peace Corps
OR-6	Senior Warden of the Hurmu Peace Corps
OR-5	Junior Warden of the Hurmu Peace Corps
OR-4	Senior Specialist of the Hurmu Peace Corps
OR-3	Junior Specialist of the Hurmu Peace Corps
OR-2	Volunteer of the Peace Corps
OR-1	Trainee of the Hurmu Peace Corps

Regimental structure

The administrative foundation of the HPC is the regiment, comprised of 1,200 peacekeepers under arms divided between three cohorts each under the command of a Superintendent Inspector of the Peace, with 360 men per cohort, and an HQ & Supply Echelon squadron of 120 peacekeepers under the command of a Inspector of the Peace who serves as the regimental adjutant. The regiment itself is commanded by a Director of the Peace, supported by two Chief Superintendents of the Peace who serve as Executive Officer and Quartermaster respectively. If required the regiment will divide its strength into two demi-regiments, each under the command of one of the two Chief Superintendents of the Peace, with the third cohort of the regiment dividing so as to reinforce each of the remaining two cohorts with a squadron-strength detachment, with the third squadron of the third cohort amalgamating with the HQ & Supply squadron.

Cohorts divide into three squadrons, each of 120-men each and led by an Inspector of the Peace. These squadrons in turn divide into three troops of 40-men each which are led by an Officer of the Peace supported by a non-commissioned officer known as a ranger. Troops breakdown into sections of 8-men, each one led by a non-commissioned officer usually a warden.

Each regiment can expect to have up to 70 supernumerary officers of the peace assigned to their formation for the purposes of pay and administration. Unless called upon by higher authorities for other duties, these supernumerary officers remain available to the Director of the Peace to serve as his staff, couriers, close-protection detail, and any other role he may assign them too that is commensurate with their grade.

The ranks of non-officer volunteers within the regiment are assigned by the Director of the Peace on the advice of his Executive Officer and the Non-commissioned Officer of the Peace who has responsibility for the discipline, health, and proficiency, of all other ranks in the regiment.

Regiments are assigned to one of the four departments or the Peace Academy and focus accordingly upon developing specialist skills and modes of operation appropriate to the department to which they have been assigned. As the HPC expanded, three regiments were assigned to the formation of a General Staff to support the Chief Commissioner.

Allocation of regiments (1700 AN)

Department	Regiments assigned
Sea Department	32
Land Department	80
Air Department	30
Psychology Department	2
General Staff	3
Peace Academy	1
Total	148

Defence Services Command

The Defence Services Command, established on 6.VI.1700 AN, formalised existing contractual and legacy arrangements by establishing liaison staff teams attached to those entities upon whom the Peace Corps relied for critical defence related services.

Defence Service Agreements

Contracted service	Contractor(s)	Contract duration	Notes
Current Contracts
Allied Mission in Eastern Apollonia, Hurmu & Lyrica	Apollonia Command	1685 AN–	Supports Air Policing Mission, Visiting Forces Agreement & Hurmu Constabulary
Visiting Forces Agreement	Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie	1691 AN–	Treaty of Ciudad Howard
Territorial Defence	ESB-Holïurs-Afzælt ESB-Jagdverbände Society of Yeshua	1714 AN–1724 AN	Standard Terms of Service. Ten year term of engagement (renewable). Wages paid for personnel deployed, plus ten percent per deployed person as commission. See also: Operation Bauk
Air Policing Mission	ESB Aviation Group	1714 AN–1724 AN
Amaland Garrison	ESB Group (Keltia) United Free Company	1714 AN–1724 AN
Karnamark Garrison	Army of Karnamark	1714 AN–1724 AN
Internal Security Tasking	5th Vanguard Division	1719 AN–1729 AN	Standard Terms of Service. Ten year term of engagement (renewable). Wages paid for personnel deployed, plus ten percent per deployed person as commission.
Expired Contracts
Air Policing Mission	Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie	1691 AN–1701 AN	Treaty of Ciudad Howard
Maritime Security (Warring Islands)	Maritime Support Group	1699 AN–1719 AN	Darley-Osman Pact. Terminated with the entry into effect of the Treaty of Chryse (1710 AN)
Territorial Defence	ESB-Holïurs-Afzælt ESB-Jagdverbände Society of Yeshua	1700 AN–1710 AN	Standard Terms of Service. Ten year term of engagement (renewable). Wages paid for personnel deployed, plus ten percent per deployed person as commission. See also: Operation Bauk
Air Policing Mission	ESB Aviation Group	1703 AN–1712 AN	Contract awarded 13.VIII.1703 AN. Contract extended 1.XIII.1707 AN.
Amaland Garrison	ESB Group (Keltia) United Free Company	1707 AN–1712 AN	Contract awarded 1.XIII.1707 AN
Karnamark Garrison	Army of Karnamark	1707 AN–1712 AN	Formalisation of prior arrangement. Contract awarded 1.XIII.1707 AN

Equipment

The majority of equipment initially available to the Peace Corps was confiscated from rebel Elwynnese and Zeedic contingents, formerly associated with the Allied Mission in Eastern Apollonia, Hurmu & Lyrica, that had interned during the Second Elwynnese Civil War. While the Zeedic personnel were recruited wholesale into the Peace Corps, the conflict in southern Eura effectively preventing their return, the former UDF personnel of the 51^st Division elected to be repatriated to rebel-held Cimmeria and Raikoth. The condition of Apollonia Command for the granting of safe passage on the open-seas for the repatriation vessels was that the rebels were to sail wholly unarmed, leaving all of their interned weaponry, munitions, and stores behind in Hurmu. This proved to be a great boon for the Peace Corps, and the foundation of its inventory.

A shortage of small arms obliged the HPC to issue cudgels, pikes, and locally manufactured Florian Cocktails to volunteers, with officers, non-commissioned officers, and peacekeepers on deployment receiving priority for the available stock of firearms. To remedy this deficit, large quantities of assault rifles, machine-pistols, and medium machine-guns were ordered in 1697 AN.

Air equipment

Articles in service as of 1700 AN

Item	Manufacturer	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
IE-7 Songbird	IDB-10 IrenEnt	Trainer / Light Attack	40
T-2/A-2 Saeqeh	Mishalan Arsenal	Trainer / Light Attack	238		Taken from storage and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
T-3 Akóntio	Ergostásio Aeroskafón	Jet Trainer / Light Attack	100

Articles operated by the ESB Aviation Group

Item	Manufacturer	Type	Quantity	Image
AEW-1 Buscadora	ESB Susa	Airborne Early Warning	5
Javelin M-2 Dragoon	Javelin Industries	UAV	60
P-2 Navegador	ESB Susa	Air Policing / Maritime Patrol	24
R-2 Krähenwürger	Javelin Industries	Heavy Assault Rotorcraft	146
T-6 Preceptora	ESB Susa	Trainer	120

Land equipment

Inventory as of 1703 AN

Item	Origin	Type	Quantity	Image	Notes
Clinger Bomb, Adhesive Anti-Tank Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	35,682		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
CP 60 "Cherry Picker" 7.62 mm sniper rifle	Shireroth	Small Arms	17,522		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
Cudgel	Hurmu	Small Arms	985,949		Local production taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick)	Hurmu	Small Arms	8,211,508		Local production taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
LTM 60 "Trouble Maker" 9 mm submachine gun	Shireroth	Small Arms	1,177		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M14 Fragmentation Hand Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	5,891		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M15 White Phosphorus Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	46,935		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1508 Martini-Rossi 11.56 mm Rifle	Shireroth	Small Arms	36,443		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1525 9 mm Pistol	Shireroth	Small Arms	25,259		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine	Shireroth	Small Arms	4,181		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1591 7.62 mm Rifle	Shireroth	Small Arms	23,450		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1610 7.9 mm Rifle (Semi-Automatic)	Shireroth	Small Arms	1,443,015		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1656 9 mm SMG	Shireroth	Small Arms	38,134		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1686 assault rifle (7.62×67mmB)	Javelin Industries	Small Arms (Rifle / Carbine)	200,000		Delivered 1697 AN–1700 AN
M1690 machine pistol (9x19mm)	Mishalan Arsenal	Small Arms (Pistol / SMG)	50,000		Delivered 1697 AN–1700 AN
M1693 medium machine gun (8x80mm RP)	Luix-Satyria Scientific-Production Association LLC	Machine Gun	25,000		Delivered 1697 AN–1700 AN. Assigned 30x per regiment of peacekeepers.
M1700 82mm Recoilless Rifle	Mishalan Arsenal	Regimental Gun	40		Donated by the Benacian Union Defence Force, 1703 AN. Assigned 2x per regiment of peacekeepers.
M18 Red Smoke Grenade	Shireroth	Small Arms	5,891		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle (Anti-Materiel)	Shireroth	Inf Spt Wpn	1		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Pike	Hurmu	Pole Arm	100,000		Local production Issued to basic training regiments
Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG	Shireroth	Machine Gun	90		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Wren 7.62mm LMG	Shireroth	Machine Gun	35,102		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) Transferred from BUDF, 1708 AN.
Hornet 84 mm Recoilless Rifle (Anti-Tank)	Shireroth	Anti-Tank	3		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
M1703 "Hurmudakka" 40 mm Autocannon	Benacian Union	Artillery	212		ex-naval anti-aircraft gun; refurbished as towed direct-fire infantry support gun at Mishalan Arsenal; taken from stores and transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN).
M1584 80 mm Field Gun	Shireroth	Artillery	1,602		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) Modernised by Javelin Industries (1700 AN) 1,566x transferred to Hurmu under the Osman-Spiik Accord (1703 AN) 108× earmarked for harbour defences. (1719 AN)
82 mm Mortar	Shireroth	Artillery	450		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN). Assigned 3x per regiment of peacekeepers.
105 mm Light Gun	Shireroth	Artillery	24		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN) Modernised by Javelin Industries (1700 AN)
BK-III Verteidiger	Unified Governorates	Main Battle Tank	18		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Bytestridsvagn	Honourable Scrap Metal Company of Lontinien	Main Battle Tank	255		256 built up from the recovered relics of the many conflicts of Apollonia. 1x destroyed during the 1719 Hurmu government crisis
Horjin CV56	Shireroth	AFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle	243		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Pod Personnel Carrier	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	46		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Rz.Kfz 1714 Razkampfwagen	Ahvaz Automotive Engineering Company	MRAP	524/800		Ordered (1714 AN); To be assigned to Peacekeeper Regiments.
Truck, Light	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	2,673		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)
Truck, Medium	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	5		Confiscated from interned Elwynnese rebels (1693 AN)

Manpower

Manning Return for 1700 AN

Manpower category	Strength	Demographic data	Status
Local Volunteers	192,160	32% – Corian 27% – Lontinian (Blue & White) 25% – Hurmu Norse 16% – Other	57% – available for duty 41% – undergoing basic training 2% – graduated from Peace Academy
Foreign Enlistments	116,030	30% – Elwynnese 22% – Constancian 15% – Benacian 15% – New Alexandrian 9% – Zeedic 5% – Stateless 4% – Other	59% – available for duty 37% – undergoing basic training 4% – graduated from Peace Academy

Officers

Figures from 1700 AN:

• 1 Chief Commissioner of the Peace Corps
• 5 Commissioners of the Peace (1 per district)
• 5 Chief Directors of the Peace (1 per department)
• 148 Directors of the Peace (1 per regiment)
• 297 Chief Superintendents of the Peace (1 per demi-regiment)
• 494 Superintendent Inspectors of the Peace (1 per cohort)
• 1,483 Inspectors of the Peace (1 per squadron)
• 4,450 Officers of the Peace (1 per troop)
• 1,601 Officers without billets (assigned the rank of Inspectors of the Peace and available for individual assignments)

Other ranks

Note: 49% of new foreign enlistments in 1704 were of Benacian Umraid origin.

Uniforms

In spite of protests in Ayreonist circles at the perceived militarism of wearing a uniform, the HPC had adopted, by the time of the Barikalus-Hurmu war, a uniform that consisted of olive-drab fatigue overalls, an olive-drab or black t-shirt, and a light blue beret.

In a concession to Ayreonist sentiment, still traumatised by the Scouring in Elwynn, the uniforms are not issued with epaulettes, unit and rank badges are removed whilst in civilian areas, and saluting a superior officer is formally a disciplinary offence.