Black Legions

Central Banner Group
Active:	1646 AN – present
Allegiance:	Shireroth / Raspur Pact
Personnel:	Special Forces: 3,960 1st Line Imperial Forces: 28,800 2nd Line State Forces: 126,967 Auxiliaries: 316,967 Combat Support Personnel: 65,075
Type:	Banner Group
Nickname:	Red-Hand Survivors
Current Commander:	Frumst Frainan The Prince of Modan
Conflicts & Deployments	Fall Raþ Bivarhin

Order of Battle

• Central Banner Group (Stagguskrupp)
  • Hvaszunig Stagguskrupp (HSk)
    • No. 246 Squadron (Air Logistics Support)
    • No. 190 Area Defence Squadron (Air Defence Command)
    • Control Vexillation (Corps of Auxiliaries)
  • IV Corps (Imperial Army) - Lachmeren
    • Hvaszunig Uihmanz
    • Streïkrupp Woyrsch (I Salb)
    • Streïkrupp Vithimiris (II Salb)
    • Streïkrupp Barsamian (III Salb)
    • Streïkrupp Salza (XIII Salb)
    • Streïkrupp Rorkfesten (XIX Salb)
    • Streïkrupp Kelb (XX Salb)
    • Supply Column (Corps of Auxiliaries)
  • Combined Arms Corps - Amokolia
    • Konkordskaya Bratva (Corps of Auxiliaries)
    • Supply Column (Corps of Auxiliaries)
  • Inner Benacian Force
    • Hvaszunig Uihmanz bi Uaneill
      • Streïkrupp Kasha
        • Vexillation II (Force Security Bureau)
        • Vexillation XI (Operations Bureau)
        • Vexillation XII "Vouruskasha" (Operations Bureau)
        • Cohort XV (Metrological Service)
    • 1st Mechanised Division (State Guard of Modan, undergoing collapse)
    • Lywall Defence Force (State Guard of Modan, undergoing collapse)
    • Šlomxala Flotilla / Task Force 110 (Western Armada & Coastal Command)
    • Supply Column (Corps of Auxiliaries)
  • Combined Arms Corps - Hither & Thither Tellia
  • Combined Arms Corps - Mishalan
    • Mishalan Afzælt (Corps of Auxiliaries)
    • II Aviation Division (Bomber Command)
    • No. 10 Group (Fighter Command)
  • MoMA Station Sabatini
  • Commissariat - Distributed in depot detachments established in urban municipal (MCS) level Bailiwicks throughout regional theatre

Establishment

Unit Type	№ in Service	HSk	IV Corps	CAC-Amokolia	IBFOR	CAC-Angularis	CAC-Mishalan	MoMA Station Sabatini	Commissariat
Special Forces	3,960	0	0	0	3,960	0	0	0	0
Imperial Army	28,800	1,200	27,600	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Armada	14,400	1,200	0	0	12,000	0	0	1,200	0
Coastal Command	11,190	1,200	0	0	9,990	0	0	0	0
Imperial Shirerithian Air Forces	39,485	1,200	240	120	120	7,200	30,485	120	0
Corps of Auxiliaries	142,000	7,200	7,200	28,800	3,600	3,600	7,200	42,000	42,400
Goldshire Regulars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Order Force of Modan	150,967	120	0	0	51,127	50,500	49,220	0	0
State Guard of Modan	126,967	120	0	0	60,400	65,247	1,200	0	0
Konkordskaya Bratva	24,000	120	0	23,880	0	0	0	0	0
Clinger Bomb, Adhesive Anti-Tank Grenade	30,420	420	5,000	5,000	10,000	5,000	5,000	0	0
CP 60 "Cherry Picker" 7.62 mm sniper rifle	15,210	0	0	0	7,605	7,605	0	0	0
Cudgel	40,560	560	0	0	0	0	0	20,000	20,000
Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick)	466,440	40	0	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	30,000	36,400
Hatchet	3,566	6	800	300	800	800	800	30	30
LTM 60 "Trouble Maker" 9 mm submachine gun	40,560	560	0	0	20,000	20,000	0	0	0
M14 Fragmentation Hand Grenade	202,800	800	202,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
M1486 Webb-Lee 11.6 mm Revolver	2,920	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,800
M15 White Phosphorus Grenade	101,400	400	101,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
M1508 Martini-Rossi 11.56 mm Rifle	30,420	0	0	10,000	5,000	5,000	10,420	0	0
M1525 9 mm Pistol	40,000	1,200	2,500	10,000	6,000	8,000	8,000	2,500	1,800
M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine	6,312	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,312	0
M1591 7.62 mm Rifle	20,280	0	20,280	0	0	0	0	0	0
M16 Mustard Gas Grenade	101,400	400	101,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
M1610 7.9 mm Rifle (Semi-Automatic)	16,123	1,200	14,923	0	0	0	0	0	0
M1656 9 mm SMG	33,158	158	0	10,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	3,000
M18 Red Smoke Grenade	202,800	800	202,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pattern 1496 Sabre	8,246	100	1,080	7,066	0	0	0	0	0
Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle (Anti-Materiel)	101	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG	42,000		3,600	8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000	6,000	400
Wren 7.62mm LMG	4,056	56	3,600	0	0	0	0	0	400
9K37 Buk mobile SAM batteries	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GV(LU)-3 Boojum	117	0	110	0	0	0	0	7	0
Trump Radar Tracking Autocannon	46	6	0	10	10	10	10	0	0
Waspsting Man-portable Air Defence System	42	2	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hornet 84 mm Recoilless Rifle (Anti-Tank)	152	2	150	0	0	0	0	0	0
105 mm Light Gun	50	0	0	0	25	25	0	0	0
80 mm Field Gun	50	0	0	25	0	0	25	0	0
82 mm Mortar	1,255	120	1,080	10	10	10	10	15	0
GV(CV)-4 Red Queen	365	0	365	0	0	0	0	0	0
GV(MBT)-1 Bandersnatch	423	0	423	0	0	0	0	0	0
GV(MCB)-7 Leviathan	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
GV(SPG)-2 Jabberwocky	234	0	234	0	0	0	0	0	0
Horjin CV35	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Horjin CV56(S/N/E)	4,000	49	2,760	20	570	300	300	1	0
IMW-2 Spidertank	212	0	212	0	0	0	0	0	0
IMW-3 Snark	7	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0
GV(CT)-6 Walrus	292	0	292	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pod Personnel Carrier	1,977	77	500	200	400	200	200	200	200
Snatch Land Rover	71	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Truck, Light	1,501	1	500	200	200	200	200	200	0
Truck, Medium	243	3	0	0	0	0	0	40	200
A-10 Kambera	13	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
A-6 Pundarikam	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
AH-1Z Viper	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
AV-8B Harrier II	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
B-49 Delta	238	0	0	0	0	0	238	0	0
B-66 Vulcan	23	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0
EA-6B Prowler	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
F-8 Shrike	175	0	0	0	0	0	175	0	0
GAV(AS)-1 Snaggletooth	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
GAV(P)-5 Nereid	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
GAV(U)-4 Jackalope	101	0	101	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gravrig Cruisers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nimrod MRA4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R-1 Whirdlebird	40	0	0	20	0	10	0	10	0
RAS Kestrel Mk.II Gravship	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spiegelflügel-Taube Amphibious Aircraft	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
T-2 Saeqeh	51	1	0	0	25	25	0	0	0
T-3 Akintos	23	1	0	0	11	11	0	0	0
Transport Airships (various)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UH-1Y Venom	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Wildcat ASW helicopters	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
F-10 Carnifex	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
AGM-84 Harpoon	41	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0
Armed yacht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aurangzeb-class Missile Defence Battleship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cargo Submarine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
City-class Diesel Submarine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coastal Patrol Craft	51	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	0
Duchy-class Destroyer	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Elwynn-class Corvette	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Grifos Class Battleship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Icebreaker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Logistic Support Vessel	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Merchant Vessel (Cargo & Passenger, Ice)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merchant Vessel (Cargo & Passenger)	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Merchant Vessel (Cargo)	20	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0
Merchant Vessel (Livestock)	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Mortis-class Aircraft Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil Tanker	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Project 941 Nuclear Submarine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Protector-class OPV	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Raynor-class Cruiser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swift-class Offshore Patrol Vessel	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Type 2400 U-Boat	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Viviantia-class LSV	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

Training

Under the Prince of Modan discipline became a core trait instilled amongst troops assigned to the Central Banner Group. They 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. Legionaries, auxiliaries, and state troops were forbidden to pillage, steal or molest civilians, accept gifts, have relations with women, eat meat or drink alcohol. An Inspectorate of Training and Discipline was established with inspectors for Imperial, Auxiliary, and State forces under the authority of an Inspector General reporting directly to the Prince. Officers were forced to undergo examinations to assess their familiarity with New Zimian Manoeuvreist principles and Nova English Fire Team tactics, largely with the intention of weeding out those still wedded to set piece actions and frontal assaults.

All non-commissioned personnel assigned to the Banner Group, whether Imperial, auxiliary, or Modanese, 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 and denizenship. 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 S.W.O.R.D. operatives dressed up as Laqi bandits. 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 community servants equipped with riot guns and cudgels, who had been promised their freedom if they successfully survived the drill. None did.

At the conclusion of the three weeks each participant was given a weeks leave, a pint of grog from the academy canteen and an enamelled lapel badge featuring a blood-red hand held palm upwards.