Whales Auxiliary Force

Whales Auxiliary Force
Active	1704 AN
Country	Whales (Western Natopia)
Allegiance	Prince of Whales
Type	Demesnal Defence Force
Role	Combined Arms Force
Size	14,332 personnel
Garrison/HQ	Mandible Hill
Commanders
Brigadier	Carsten Faust

The Whales Auxiliary Force (WAF) is the demesnal defence force of the Principality of Whales, tasked with fulfilling the obligations of the demesne with regards to defence and security under the Caprine Code and the Constitution of Whales. Established by decree on 24.VI.1704 AN, the WAF replaced previous ad hoc and unofficial defence arrangements. The purpose of the WAF therefore is to defend the territorial integrity of Whales against incursions from the Green and also to patrol and protect the territorial waters and airspace of the Principality. The WAF would also serve as an auxiliary force available to the Natopian Defense Force and Western Natopian Demesnial Forces elements deployed to Cibola under the command of the Continental Theatre Command of the Raspur Pact.

Structure

Structure of the Whales Auxiliary Force, 1712 AN.

Military Household

The Prince of Whales, residing in Walstadt, serves as commander-in-chief of the WAF, where he is served by a military household, established within his primary official residence, comprised of an adjutant with the rank of colonel, eight junior officers serving as his aides-de-camp, and twelve non-commissioned officers serving as his batmen. The civilian staff of his military household includes an eight-man close protection detail provided by the Security Directorate of the Honourable Company, a physician, and forty domestics (cooks, clerks, manservants, drivers).

General Headquarters

The General Headquarters (GHQ), headed by a Brigadier, is headquartered at Mandible Barracks in Walstadt. The Brigadier has responsibility for the day to day command and control of the WAF, and is supported in this by a Colonel serving as his Executive Officer.

Directly subordinate to GHQ at Mandible Barracks are the following units:

• GHQ Troop: 40x command and control staff.
• GHQ Signals & Courier Troop: 1x radio equipped Snatch Land Rover, 20x off-road variant motorcycles and 40x support troops.
• GHQ Motorised Squadron: 4x Horjin CV56 IFV 16x Snatch Land Rovers, 40x light infantry and 120x support troops.
• GHQ Area Defence Squadron: 4x Silver Hammer short-range defence systems, 6x M1701 158mm MLRS, 20x light trucks, and 120x support troops.

From the inception of the force in 1704 until 1730, the officer commanding as brigadier of the WAF was Frederik Anders the Younger, albeit the majority of responsibilities had been passed off to subordinates already after 1719. He was replaced in this post by Carsten Faust, the concurrent head of ESB corporate security in Whales, replacing Frederik in that role also.

Military Districts

There are five military districts, corresponding to the provinces of Whales. These being:

• Asara Eliana, abbreviated Æ.
• Monovia, abbreviated M.
• New Territories, abbreviated N.
• Szintakuszima, abbreviated S.
• Volksburg, abbreviated V.

Each military district is under the command of a Colonel, with a Lieutenant-Colonel as his Executive Officer. The Colonel, as Commandant of a military district, receives a commission from the Prince to generate within his area of responsibility:

• 1x command and control regiment, under the command of the Executive Officer for the military district, comprising of the following assets:
  • 1x HQ Troop: 40x command and control staff.
  • 1x HQ Signals & Courier Troop: 1x radio equipped Snatch Land Rover, 20x off-road variant motorcycles and 40x support troops.
  • 1x HQ Motorised Squadron: 4x Horjin CV56 IFV 16x Snatch Land Rovers, 40x light infantry and 120x support troops.
  • 1x HQ Area Defence Squadron: 4x Silver Hammer short-range defence systems, 6x M1701 158mm MLRS, 20x light trucks, and 120x support troops.
• 1x regiment of light infantry, under the command of a Lieutenant-Colonel, consisting of 120x command and control staff, 360x light infantry, 720x support troops, 80x Snatch Land Rovers & 30x light trucks.
• 1x Logistics Depot, under the command of a Lieutenant-Colonel, consisting of 1,200x support troops and 60x light trucks.
• 1x Naval Station, under a Lieutenant Commander ashore, consisting of 120x naval ratings and 1x harbour defence vessel.

Aerospace Support Service

The Aerospace Support Service, under the command of a Group Captain appointed directly by the Prince, consists of 1x Jackal-class Gravimetric gun-cutter donated by the Benacian Union, 6x Dingo-class shuttles leased from Dingo Exploration Corporation, 40x command and control personnel, 40x pilots and crew, and 120x groundcrew. The Aerospace Support Service also operates an ex-Alexandrian C-11 Mula for light transport and communication duties.

Maritime Support Service

Two Polar Star-class icebreakers were ordered from the Pontecorvo shipyards of Nouvelle Alexandrie during 1708 AN. Until such time as the icebreakers were delivered into the custody of the Whales Auxiliary Force, the obligations of the same with regards to maritime security operations were fulfilled by the SATCo Two Martyrs Whaling Fleet on a contracted basis.

The establishment of the Maritime Support Service in 1708 AN therefore consisted of a Naval Station in each military district with a corresponding coastline, under a Lieutenant Commander ashore, consisting of 120x naval ratings and 1x harbour defence vessel.

The four harbour defence vessels, being converted private motorboats armed with pintle-mounted light machine guns, were rated as suitable for in-shore patrol work in the absence of significant ice flows and accordingly to be brought onto the land and placed under cover during the long months of the southern hemisphere winter.

The Delfinenstrand Naval Guard was quietly incorporated into the Maritime Support Service of the WAF in 1729 AN, netting some additional Pontecorvo Firm patrol boats for the force.

Equipment

Land Vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Combat Vehicles
CV-56 Horjin	ESB Group (Keltia)	Multi-Role Armoured Fighting Vehicle	24
Support Vehicles
Snatch Land Rover	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle	502
Truck, Light	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle
Truck, Medium	Shireroth	Spt Vehicle

Vessels

Name	Origin	Type	№ in Service	Image	Notes
Patrol
Napoleon -class	Pontecorvo Firm	Maritime security cutter	2		Ordered 1714, received 1717.
Piriya-class	Pontecorvo Firm	Coastal patrol ship	10		Ordered 1714, received 1715 to 1719. Initially unarmed. Local armament fitted after 1729.
Auxiliary
Harbour Defence Boats	Local conversions	Boom defence	4		Converted private motorboats
Logistic Support Vessel	Allied Production Matrix	Fleet auxiliary	1		Delfinenstrand Guardian (ex-Basileous Theophilos)
Polar Star-class	Pontecorvo Firm	Icebreaker	2		Initially ordered in 1708.
Decommissioned
Ordered