Armed Forces of Nova Caradia

Armed Forces of Nova Caradia
Flag of the Nova Caradian Defence Force
Country	Nova Caradia
Founded	1690 AN
Branches	Defence Force
Headquarters	Brațav
Leadership
Marshal	(Only occupied in wartime)
Minister of Defence	Adeni Averescu
Vice Marshal	Pândi Procescu
Manpower
Military age	18–65 years old
Conscription	No
Active personnel	2,700
Reserve personnel	1,900
Expenditures
Percent of GDP	1.7%
Domestic suppliers	Pavelescu & Dragavei (P&D) Zagravescu Firearms (ZFA) Scriitor Viteză Mașini (SVM) Zboruri la Orizont (ZLO)

The Nova Caradian Armed Forces (Sarnechi: Forțele Armate din Nova Caradia), which at the time of its creation consisted only of the Defence Force of the Republic (Sarnechi: Forța de Apărare a Republicii), is the national military of the Republic of Nova Caradia. It's main tasks are the protection of the integrity and sovereignty of the republic, and protecting the lives of the population from danger, whether that be foreign aggression, natural disasters, or otherwise.

The armed forces is headed in peacetime by the Minister of Defence, and the President of Nova Caradia, who is ranked as the Vice-Marshal. During wartime, the President appoints a Chief of General Staff as well as a Marshal to head the forces.

History

Defence Force of the Republic

Upon the creation of the nation, the need for a national protection force was immediately felt by the republic, as the civilian farms that surrounded the mainland city of Brațav were subject to raids by bandits from the Euran Green. Civilian militias sprang up around the frontier country, with the citizens drawing upon the mandatory service they'd gone through in the former Duchy of Caradia to form mostly effective fighting groups to combat the raids. Though the attacks died down once it became evident that the citizenry of the republic were possessed of adequate self-defence capabilities, the republican government was concerned over the prospect of sharing a continent with other nations, a new concept to Caradia as their previous homeland had been extremely isolated. Thus, the first Prime Minister of Nova Caradia formed office of the Minister of Defence, who set about creating a leadership for the armed forces to organise the countryside militias into an official fighting force.

At the time of the force's creation, entrance into the force was restricted to avoid unnecessary spending of the new nation's limited resources and to hopefully prevent the possibility of violent unrest in the wake of intense political change between the Duchy and the republic. However, there are plans to reintroduce mandatory military service once the republic secures a more stable position in the world.

In mid X.1690, the oversight of the armed forces undertook an updating and standardisation regimen to upgrade and replace the equipment in use by the defence force to new equipment produced by private Nova Caradian firms rather than the older equipment salvaged from Caradia and Cira as part of the Genesis Initiative. The orders placed were expected to be delivered between 1691 and 1693 AN.

Ranks

Officer
OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1
General	Lieutenant-General	Major General	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Major	Captain	Lieutenant	Sublieutenant
Enlisted
OR-9	OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4	OR-3	OR-2	OR-1
Master Sergeant	Sergeant-Major	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	Senior Corporal	Corporal	Junior Corporal	Leading Soldier	Soldier

Current Deployments

Image	Name	Duration	Location	Objectives	Notes
	1st Border Defence Initiative	1690 - 1690	Nova Caradian mainland frontier	Secure the border between the mainland territory and the Green to allow for the harvesting of resources in the area.	Ended 1.XIII.1690 when responsibility of border defence was transferred to Operation Green Hammer.
	Operation Green Hammer	1690 -	Nova Caradian mainland frontier Strigăt Island	Eliminate threat from organised raiding bands and establish formal Nova Cardian control over frontier farmland

Equipment

With the devastation of the Caradian armoury after the Caradian Civil War, the ordinance of the Nova Caradian armed forces was limited to what could be salvaged and scavenged from the remnants of the large Caradian army (with some stolen from the Ciric army). Nova Caradian equipment was not produced domestically until purchases made as part of the Genesis Initiative.

New Nova Caradian infantry equipment and land vehicles have a standardised naming system. The formulae for weaponry names are as follows:

Infantry weapons: (abbreviation of manufacturer) (abbreviation of weapon type)-(year of design)

Land vehicles: (abbreviation of manufacturer) Type (model number)(vehicle type abbreviation)

Abbreviations:

• P = Pistol
• MC = Machine carbine
• BC = Burst-fire carbine
• SC = Semi-automatic carbine
• MR = Designated marksman rifle
• S = Submachine gun
• LMG = Light machine gun
• MMG = Medium machine gun
• HMG = Heavy machine gun
• GL = Grenade launcher
• M = Mortar
• AC = Armoured car
• MG = Mobile gun (infantry fighting vehicle)
• LT = Light tank
• MBT = Main battle tank
• AG = Artillery gun

Equipment is inspected and listed at the end of each year or whenever war is declared on or by the republic.

Name	Origin	Type	Photo	No. in Service	Notes
Infantry Weapons
Lupei Utility Knife	Nova Caradia	Combat Knife		600 (On Order: 900)
FG-2	Nova Caradia	Fragmentation Grenade		2,000 (On Order: 4,000)
P&D P-90	Nova Caradia	Pistol		900 (On Order: 1,600)
P&D MC-90	Nova Caradia	Machine Carbine		300 (On Order: 550)
P&D BC-90	Nova Caradia	Burst-fire Carbine		500 (On Order: 600)
P&D MR-90	Nova Caradia	Marksman Rifle		200 (On Order: 300)
P&D S-90	Nova Caradia	Submachine Gun		500 (On Order: 250)
P&D LMG-90	Nova Caradia	Light Machine Gun		150 (On Order: 200)
P&D MMG-90	Nova Caradia	Medium Machine Gun		80 (On Order: 70)
ZFA GL-90	Nova Caradia	Grenade Launcher		130 (On Order: 170)
ZFA M-90	Nova Caradia	Mortar		40 (On Order: 60)
Land Vehicles
SVM Type 5AC	Nova Caradia	Armoured Car		20 (On Order: 25)
CAAT V-7	Caradia	IFV		2
CAAT V-9	Caradia	IFV		11
SVM Type 3MG	Nova Caradia	IFV		12 (On Order: 18)
CAAT T-3	Caradia	Light Tank		6	1 destroyed at Tor Gol
SVM Type 2MBT	Nova Caradia	Main Battle Tank		3 (On Order: 7)
CAAT C-19	Caradia	Towed Artillery		6
Ships
Arvar Class Patrol Boat	Cira	Patrol Boat		8
Type 03-A Patrol Boat	Nova Caradia	Patrol Boat		3 (On Order: 5)
Mako I Class Fast Attack Craft	Nova Caradia	Fast Attack Craft		1 (On Order: 4)
Haven Class Missile Corvette	Cira	Corvette		1	The Nova Caradian armed forces do not possess any missiles for this craft
Standard Class Corvette	Caradia	Corvette		2
Piatra Class Corvette	Nova Caradia	Corvette		(On Order: 2)
Flacără Class Cruiser	Caradia	Cruiser		1	The Nova Caradian armed forces do not possess the manpower to crew this craft, and it is currently moored in Rorfast shipyard until such a time as its service is desperately needed
Aircraft
Lunar Class Airship	Caradia	Airship		2	The Nova Caradian armed forces do not possess the manpower to crew these crafts, and they are currently docked in Mina Mițura; the armed forces possess an additional airship, but it is in the process of being scrapped for resources and to reverse engineer its design
ZLO Albatross Class Airship	Nova Caradia	Airship		1 (On Order: 1)
Astral Class Fighter	Caradia	Fighter		5	The top speed of this craft was found to be seriously lacking compared to what was professed by the Caradian government