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| ==Lachdolor==
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| Situated in the eastern portion of [[Inner Benacia]] occupied by the [[Black Legions]] at the culmination of a brief armed confrontation with [[Kalgachia]], Lachdolor remains - however nominally - a part of the Republic albeit one whose obligations and ties to the Dolmen at Stonetree have been all but dissolved by the ebb and flow of incessant war.
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| The occupation of the region provided a pale of settlement into which could be deposited those recalcitrant Lach of the [[Unified Governorates]] who have refused to sign the covenants demanded of them by the state. By this means the Red Lach are divided into the Registered Lach, those who have signed the covenant and who may reside in Lachmeren, and the Forest Lach obliged to remove themselves into Lachdolor on account of their refusal of fealty.
| | Until the [[Sathrati]] situation was dealt with, [[Shireroth]] would not be able to bring the full force of its might down upon the [[Benacian Union]]. To leave some of the most populous Imperial dominions, on the southern islands astride the maritime routes of the [[Shire Sea]], in the hands of a rogue regime aligned to the northern foe would be unconscionable. |
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| Whilst the Registered Lach in the Governorates are obliged to surrender their children to the state at the age of seven for enrolment in Boarding Schools established for the purpose in [[Port Benacia]] the Forest Lach are explicitly prohibited from providing their children with any more than education than a basic grounding in Istvanistani and arithmetic.
| | However, the extent of the defensive preparations undertaken by the [[Council of Sathrati]], the logistical and economic support provided to Sathrati by blockade-runners sponsored by the [[Honourable Company]], and the altered political dynamics of the Emirate in the aftermath of the [[Articles of Just Secession]], all meant that the rapid successes of the conquest of [[Zy-Rodun]] were unlikely to be repeated on [[Amity]], [[Mirioth]], or [[Yardistan]]. Yet it would also be intolerable for the status quo, punctuated only by periodic blockade enforcement actions, to continue into {{AN|1731}}. A demonstration of overwhelming Imperial might would have to be given. |
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| The Garrison of Lachdolor comprises of the First Legion and the [[Konkordskaya Bratva]]. The clans of the Forest Lach are left pretty much to run their own affairs provided that they refrain from banditry and remain available for service at the behest of the occupiers as and when required.
| | ===A year of preparation=== |
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| The region holds significant natural gas reserves and the desire to exploit these was one of the driving impulses for the occupation of this otherwise woefully under-developed wilderness region. A wholly owned subsidiary of the [[ESB Group]] - '''Dolor Gas''' - was formed in late 1674 to map out the gas fields and begin commercial extraction.
| | *Requisitioned merchant shipping |
| | *Conversion of barges for use in open seas |
| | *Assembly of the invasion flotillas in the So-Sara isles |
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| [[Konkordskaya Bratva|Tee-al]] infestation remains an abiding problem in spite of the implementation of extermination protocols first pioneered by the Black Legions in [[Upper Lywall]].
| | ====Unprecedented economic mobilisation==== |
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| ===Etymology===
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| Lachdolor is a compound name formed of "Lach", the Praeta for the Laqi tribesmen who for a time infested southern Benacia, and "dolor", an archaic Istvanistani word for a unit of suffering.
| | *Shipyard Labour Force: |
| | **At least 250,000 skilled shipbuilders and trades workers |
| | **Drafting approximately 10% of auxiliaries into shipyards |
| | **Supplemented by tens of thousands of conscripted unskilled civilian labourers |
| | **Mass reallocation of workers from other manufacturing sectors |
| | **Likely requiring two 10-hour shift cycles to maintain round-the-clock production |
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| The name of Dolor can be traced, via the Minarborian settlement of the land as Novodolor (New Dolor) to the Barony of Dolor in the Duchy of Brookshire, comprising the historic counties of Woodshire, Caverden, Monty Crisco, and Alexandretta. How that region of Eastern Benacia acquired the name is another story, but succinctly it refers to the ''Via Dolōrōsa'' or Way of Sorrow followed by the warlord armies of the First Era progressing northwards along the western shore of the Red Elwynn towards the bloody enthronement of their chieftain as the latest fleeting Kaiser in Shirekeep, leaving a trail of destruction and misery in their wake.
| | *Raw Material Mobilisation: |
| | **Over 5 million tons of steel required for hull construction |
| | **Equating to at least 25% of annual steel output of a major industrial power |
| | **15 million board-feet of lumber for hulls, decking, installations |
| | **Drafting excessive timber from national forests/reserves |
| | **Large quantities of coal, piping, wiring, steam engines and auxiliary components |
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| The name was taken into exile by [[Minarboria|those traitors]] who fled the [[Shireroth|Imperial Republic]] and settled in the ungoverned territories of Central Benacia after the fall of [[Ashkenatza]], establishing Novodolor in remembrance of their abandoned homeland. With the necrotic demise of the Minarborian Empire the lands fell into the possession of various Lach brigands who, for a time, confederated around a pact sworn before the Dolmen of [[Stonetree]]. This alliance proved to be unsustainable and [[Inner Benacia]] was, in due course, crushed between [[Kalgachia]] and the [[Black Legions]].
| | *Production Facilities: |
| | **Requiring over 100 coastal shipyards operating at emergency capacity ([[Duchy of Modan]] and [[So-Sara]]) |
| | **Many new slipways, drydocks, workshops constructed in just months |
| | **Rail network upgrades to transport material stocks to shipyards |
| | **Prefabricated components moved from inland factories on crash basis |
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| The land that is now named for the suffering of the Lach has become a reservation for those unwilling to pledge to the covenant demanded by authorities in [[Merensk]].
| | *Logistics & Manpower: |
| | **Feeding and housing a workforce of over 400,000 in shipyard towns |
| | **Retasking whole sectors of the merchant marine for supply chain conveyancing |
| | **Mobilising tens of thousands of dockworkers, mechanics, riggers, etc. |
| | **Mass call-up of civilian mariners and naval reserves to crew ships |
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| | *Management & Oversight: |
| | **Centralised authority controlling design, costs, labour, material flows |
| | **Demanding unrealistic production quotas met through martial enforcement |
| | **Likely making extensive use of forced/conscripted labour sources |
| | **Cutting corners on quality, safety protocols given rushed timeframe |
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| ====Minarborian Period====
| | Producing an invasion armada of this size within just 15 months would require staggering economic disruption and commitment of national resources. It would consume a lion's share of raw material stockpiles, industrial capacity, and labour forces diverted from other sectors. |
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| | Pushing shipyards and supply chains to their absolute limits could see production rates quadrupled through totalitarian management. However, even then quality would be severely compromised along with massive waste, inefficiency and human costs. Only through complete martial mobilisation of society and industry could such a gargantuan naval armada potentially be completed in little over a year - and at a potentially ruinous price. |
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| The Lichgraviate of Novodolor was a territory of the northeastern Imperial Shrublands of [[Minarboria]] and part of the Lichnina. It was settled during the Great Replanting by a mixture of Overdolorish pioneers from Lichbrook, roving bands of Laqis from the south who had accepted the banner of Minarbor, and Mishalanski refugees fleeing the collapse of Jeannite Amokolia. It became apparent that the integration of these dissonant populations into a state of Shrubly amity could only be achieved by the dead hand of the necrarchy itself, and Novodolor was duly incorporated into the Lichnina with the passage of the old Root Law in {{Tooltip|??? AN|800 AF}}.
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| For some time after its foundation, the greater part of Novodolor was a lawless and plague-stricken place that was almost reduced to complete anarchy by the disastrous emergence of Tyrannocricetus aliger in {{tooltip|???|847 AF}}. This did, however, create a lasting strain of dry fatalism and rugged temperament in the population, whose unflappable work ethic contributed much toward the development of Novodolor's southern industrial belt as well as giving local Shrubbery-backed paramilitary groups such as the Lichniks and the Karymovka Host the status of the most uncompromising lichmensch.
| | ====The "auxiliary armada"==== |
| | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
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| | ! Vessel Type !! Quantity !! Gross Tonnage (each) !! Personnel Carried !! Stores/Cargo Carried |
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| | | Gunboat-Barges || 1,000 || 150 tons || 50 troops || Light Artillery |
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| | | Horse Transports || 2,000 || 60 tons || - || 30 horses |
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| | | Small Landing Craft || 2,000 || 20 tons || 30 troops || Light Supplies |
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| | | Artillery Barges || 200 || 300 tons || 30 crew ||Heavy Artillery |
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| | | Gunboats || 100 || 400 tons || 60 crew || Medium Artillery |
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| | | Pioneer Ferries || 1,000 || 1,500 tons || 200 troops || 30 Tanks/Vehicles |
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| | | Marine Barges || 630 || 500 tons || 120 troops || 6 Light Tanks |
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| | | Assault Boats || 3,000 || 20 tons || 30 troops || Light Supplies |
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| | | Artillery Lighters || 250 || 150 tons || 15 crew || Light Artillery |
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| | | Troopships || 200 || 7,500 tons || 1,500 troops || - |
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| | | Cargo/Supply Ships || 130 || 3,000 tons || 50 crew || 3,000 tons stores |
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| | | Hospital Ships || 25 || 6,000 tons || 500 medical staff || 1,000 casualties |
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| | | Auxiliaries/Lighters || 70 || 100 tons || 10 crew || 100 tons supplies |
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| Novodolorsk was characterised by the three cities on its periphery; the capital Novodolorsk, the sprawling and ancient metropolis of Benacia Hamlet, and the frontier city of Vein. Between these cities were once the farmlands of the & Valley, the barren wastes of the eastern gas fields, and the fringes of the Octavian mountain range in the west. All of these rural areas were of relatively sparse habitation due to the T.aliger infestation, although the constriction of the creatures' containment zone by constant military action did, for a time, facilitate the slow re-population of its fringes by civilians.
| | The invasion flotillas combined commercial vessels requisitioned from industry alongside a multitude of scratch-built small craft, to create an armada of over 8,600 vessels totaling nearly 10 million gross tons. |
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| The Novodolorish, while undeniably dour in character and dark in humour, accepted the tenets of Minarborealism as their prime motivation for improving the state of their bleak homeland into something altogether more jolly. The supremacy of Novodolor's undead caste through membership of the Lichnina existed hand-in-hand with Deep Singer influences from nearby Whisperwood, gave the place a quintessentially 'Minarborian' character; albeit not as pretty as [[Lachmeren]] and not as jolly as [[Lywall]]. The 'harder' nature of Novodolor was, however, rather appropriate in view its position as a likely first battleground in the event of a land invasion by a [[Shireroth|foreign power]]; the level of military recruitment and deployment in Novodolor, for both convential forces and partisan irregulars, was amongst the highest in the whole Empire of Minarboria, and the grim but dutiful acceptance of the population that being wiped out for the mere sake of stalling an invading army was the subject of much gallows humour among them.
| | It could transport an initial assault force of over 450,000 troops along with 2,000 horses, 1,200 armored vehicles/tanks, and 1,500 artillery pieces. |
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| A state of rivalry existed between Novodolor (particularly the city of Novodolorsk) and the Marquessate of &zeter; with the latter regarded as an overly-liberal nest of effete cultural elitists with dangerous revolutionary tendencies, who in turn regarded the Novodolorish as a swathe of boorish provincials and wilful bigots of little use to society except as cannon fodder. It is perhaps this rivalry which prevented the more militant ideas of the [[Harvestfall Revolution]] from spreading across the Imperial Shrublands - demonstrating, at least for the credulous credants of the Church, that the Garden knew best in the end.
| | Immense quantities of supplies could be carried, including over 2.5 million tons of ammunition, construction materials, fuel, food and other stores to support the invasion force. |
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| | Over 100 hospital ships could evacuate up to 25,000 casualties from the beachheads. |
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| ==Sathrati==
| | Supporting the invasion force would be 1,550 gunboats, artillery barges and coastal defense craft providing offshore fire support. |
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| <div style="padding: 1px; text-align:left; margin:auto; border:1px solid #7BA05B; color:#000000; width:90%;">{{quote|<center>'''The First Protocol (Public Administration) of the Technical Cooperation Agreement Between the Raspur Pact and Emirate of Sathrati'''</center>
| | While an astounding logistical feat to assemble, the sheer size of this armada showcased the massive maritime resources that the Imperial Republic would have to marshal for an island hopping campaign against Sathrati. |
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| The accredited representatives of Benacia Command, on behalf of the Raspur Pact, and the Postmaster of the March on behalf of the Emirate of Sathrati together with the Imperial Dominion of the Marquessate of Zy-Rodun and the Counties of Yardistan, Amity, and Mirioth, having met at Erudition on the island of Amity, on 24.I.1675, confirm their assent to the following Protocol which shall be considered to be binding upon both parties:
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| # The Government of the Constituent Counties of Amity, Mirioth, and Yardistan, now in the possession of the Corporation of the Seneschal of the march, and all powers in relation to Government vested in or exercised by the Corporation of the Seneschal of the march on behalf of the Corporation of the Marchioness of Zy-Rodun, shall cease to be exercised by the said Corporation; and all rights vested in or exercised by the said Corporation shall become vested in the Honourable Corporation of the ESB-Jörmungandr Group, and henceforth may be exercised by the said Honourable Corporation in the name of the Corporation of the Marchioness of Zy-Rodun.
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| # The Constituent Counties of Amity, Mirioth, and Yardistan shall be governed in the name of Her Majesty the Emira of Sathrati, and these Constituent Counties shall hereafter be referred to as "Sathrati".
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| # All rights, incidental to the Government of Sathrati; and all the territorial and other revenues arising in Sathrati, and all tributes and other payments received in respect of, or in the name of, the Emira, shall henceforth be within the Gift of the Honourable Corporation to collect and bestow in the name of, and on behalf of, the Emira.
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| # In case His Excellency, the Director of Benacian Operations for the Honourable Corporation, shall be pleased to appoint a Principal Secretary of State for Sathrati, there shall be paid out of the revenues of Sathrati to the Principal Secretary of State and to his Under-Secretaries respectively the appropriate yearly salaries as may, for the time, have been paid to any Imperial Commissioner or Lord Lieutenant of the Fourth Grade in the Table of Ranks and Nobility.
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| # There shall be established a council, to be styled the Council of Sathrati, and henceforth the Council of Sathrati shall comprise of accredited representatives of the following entities, appointed under their warrant and seal:
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| #* The Board of Directors of the Honourable Corporation;
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| #* The Permanent Commission of the Raspur Pact;
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| #* The Command Executive of the Unified Governorates of Benacia;
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| #* The Council of Elders of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion.
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| # The Council of Sathrati shall, under the direction of the Secretary of State, conduct the business transacted in relation to the Government of Sathrati, save that every order or communication shall be signed by the Principal Secretary of State.
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| # It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to divide the Council into committees for the more convenient transaction of business, and from time to time to rearrange such committees, and to direct what departments of the business in relation to the Government of Sathrati shall be under such committees respectively, and generally to direct the manner in which all such business shall be transacted.
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| # The Secretary of State shall be the President of the Council, with power to vote, and it shall be lawful for such Secretary of State in Council to appoint from time to time any member of such Council to be Vice-President thereof, and any such Vice-President may at any time be removed by the Secretary of State.
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| # Every order or communication proposed to be sent to Sathrati by the Secretary of State shall, unless the same has been submitted to a meeting of the Council, be placed in the Council room for the perusal of all members of the Council during twelve norton days before the sending or making thereof, except in the cases hereinafter provided; and it shall be lawful for any member of the Council to record in a minute book, to be kept for that purpose, his opinion with respect to each such order or communication, and a copy of every opinion so recorded shall be sent forthwith to the Secretary of State.
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| # The expenditure of the revenues of Sathrati, both in Sathrati and elsewhere, shall be subject to the control of the Secretary of State in Council, and no grant or appropriation of any part of such revenues, or of any other property coming into the possession of the Secretary of State in Council shall be made without the concurrence of a majority of votes at a meeting of the Council.
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| # The Jaysh al-Sathrati shall be deemed to be the military and naval forces of Sathrati and shall be under the obligation to serve Her Majesty through the orders of the Council of Sathrati and shall be liable to serve for the same terms only, and be entitled to the like pay, pensions, allowances, and privileges, and the like advantages as regards promotion and otherwise, as if they had enrolled in the Black Legions: such forces, and all persons hereafter enlisting in or entering the same, shall continue and be subject to the articles of war, and all other laws, regulations, and provisions relating to the Honourable Corporation's military and naval forces respectively; and the pay and expenses of and incident to Her Majesty's Sathrati military and naval forces shall be defrayed out of the revenues of Sathrati.
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| *[[Constancia]]
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| **[[Five Year Plan (Constancia)]]
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| **[[Education in Constancia]]
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| *[[Unified Governorates of Benacia]]
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| **[[UGB Bureau of Sports|Sport]]
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| ***Association Football
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| ***Field Hockey
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Thuylemans' offensive
(Bringing the Sathrati Emergency to its agreed end state)
Background
Until the Sathrati situation was dealt with, Shireroth would not be able to bring the full force of its might down upon the Benacian Union. To leave some of the most populous Imperial dominions, on the southern islands astride the maritime routes of the Shire Sea, in the hands of a rogue regime aligned to the northern foe would be unconscionable.
However, the extent of the defensive preparations undertaken by the Council of Sathrati, the logistical and economic support provided to Sathrati by blockade-runners sponsored by the Honourable Company, and the altered political dynamics of the Emirate in the aftermath of the Articles of Just Secession, all meant that the rapid successes of the conquest of Zy-Rodun were unlikely to be repeated on Amity, Mirioth, or Yardistan. Yet it would also be intolerable for the status quo, punctuated only by periodic blockade enforcement actions, to continue into 1731 AN. A demonstration of overwhelming Imperial might would have to be given.
A year of preparation
- Requisitioned merchant shipping
- Conversion of barges for use in open seas
- Assembly of the invasion flotillas in the So-Sara isles
Unprecedented economic mobilisation
- Shipyard Labour Force:
- At least 250,000 skilled shipbuilders and trades workers
- Drafting approximately 10% of auxiliaries into shipyards
- Supplemented by tens of thousands of conscripted unskilled civilian labourers
- Mass reallocation of workers from other manufacturing sectors
- Likely requiring two 10-hour shift cycles to maintain round-the-clock production
- Raw Material Mobilisation:
- Over 5 million tons of steel required for hull construction
- Equating to at least 25% of annual steel output of a major industrial power
- 15 million board-feet of lumber for hulls, decking, installations
- Drafting excessive timber from national forests/reserves
- Large quantities of coal, piping, wiring, steam engines and auxiliary components
- Production Facilities:
- Requiring over 100 coastal shipyards operating at emergency capacity (Duchy of Modan and So-Sara)
- Many new slipways, drydocks, workshops constructed in just months
- Rail network upgrades to transport material stocks to shipyards
- Prefabricated components moved from inland factories on crash basis
- Logistics & Manpower:
- Feeding and housing a workforce of over 400,000 in shipyard towns
- Retasking whole sectors of the merchant marine for supply chain conveyancing
- Mobilising tens of thousands of dockworkers, mechanics, riggers, etc.
- Mass call-up of civilian mariners and naval reserves to crew ships
- Management & Oversight:
- Centralised authority controlling design, costs, labour, material flows
- Demanding unrealistic production quotas met through martial enforcement
- Likely making extensive use of forced/conscripted labour sources
- Cutting corners on quality, safety protocols given rushed timeframe
Producing an invasion armada of this size within just 15 months would require staggering economic disruption and commitment of national resources. It would consume a lion's share of raw material stockpiles, industrial capacity, and labour forces diverted from other sectors.
Pushing shipyards and supply chains to their absolute limits could see production rates quadrupled through totalitarian management. However, even then quality would be severely compromised along with massive waste, inefficiency and human costs. Only through complete martial mobilisation of society and industry could such a gargantuan naval armada potentially be completed in little over a year - and at a potentially ruinous price.
The "auxiliary armada"
| Vessel Type |
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Personnel Carried |
Stores/Cargo Carried
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| Gunboat-Barges |
1,000 |
150 tons |
50 troops |
Light Artillery
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| Horse Transports |
2,000 |
60 tons |
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30 horses
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| Small Landing Craft |
2,000 |
20 tons |
30 troops |
Light Supplies
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| Artillery Barges |
200 |
300 tons |
30 crew |
Heavy Artillery
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| Gunboats |
100 |
400 tons |
60 crew |
Medium Artillery
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| Pioneer Ferries |
1,000 |
1,500 tons |
200 troops |
30 Tanks/Vehicles
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| Marine Barges |
630 |
500 tons |
120 troops |
6 Light Tanks
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| Assault Boats |
3,000 |
20 tons |
30 troops |
Light Supplies
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| Artillery Lighters |
250 |
150 tons |
15 crew |
Light Artillery
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| Troopships |
200 |
7,500 tons |
1,500 troops |
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| Cargo/Supply Ships |
130 |
3,000 tons |
50 crew |
3,000 tons stores
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| Hospital Ships |
25 |
6,000 tons |
500 medical staff |
1,000 casualties
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| Auxiliaries/Lighters |
70 |
100 tons |
10 crew |
100 tons supplies
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The invasion flotillas combined commercial vessels requisitioned from industry alongside a multitude of scratch-built small craft, to create an armada of over 8,600 vessels totaling nearly 10 million gross tons.
It could transport an initial assault force of over 450,000 troops along with 2,000 horses, 1,200 armored vehicles/tanks, and 1,500 artillery pieces.
Immense quantities of supplies could be carried, including over 2.5 million tons of ammunition, construction materials, fuel, food and other stores to support the invasion force.
Over 100 hospital ships could evacuate up to 25,000 casualties from the beachheads.
Supporting the invasion force would be 1,550 gunboats, artillery barges and coastal defense craft providing offshore fire support.
While an astounding logistical feat to assemble, the sheer size of this armada showcased the massive maritime resources that the Imperial Republic would have to marshal for an island hopping campaign against Sathrati.
