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As the [[Kalirion Fracture]] led to the unravelling of the Imperial Republic of [[Shireroth]], the [[shire:Imperial Forces|Imperial Forces]] themselves began to disintegrate. However, as the main driver, in terms of contributions of personnel, equipment, and financial support, to the [[Raspur Pact]], Shireroth was too invested in the Pact, and the Pact was too invested in Shireroth, for the falling away of the formerly paramount power of the [[Benacia]]n continent to be countenanced. [[Fall Luikur]] would see '''''Pact-Loyalists''''' ruthlessly turn upon the remaining '''''Imperialists''''' in order to secure 25% of land forces, 50% of naval forces, 75% of aviation assets, and 75% of auxiliary forces, only to be defeated in their ultimate objective of a complete takeover of the Imperial Forces by the scale of the popular uprisings against the Imperial system and the sheer scale of the territorial dispersion of the isolated garrisons, depots, and manufacturies. In spite of this ultimate failure, the [[Benacian Stabilisation Force]] remained true to its objective - a Benacian continent, unified and obedient, secure as one of the foremost powers of the grand anti-[[USSO]] coalition. In consequence, the '''Black Legions''' were formed from the remnant of the Imperial Forces who had remained true to the vision of [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|Nationalist-Humanism]] which had animated the Imperial Republic during its apogee as a global power.


|align=center colspan=2 | <center>'''Central Banner Group'''
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|'''Active:'''|| 1646 AN &ndash; present
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|'''Allegiance:'''|| [[Raspur Pact]]
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|'''Personnel:'''||<small>Special Forces: 3,960<br/> 1st Line Imperial Forces: 28,800<br>
2nd Line State Forces: 126,967<br/>
Auxiliaries: 316,967<br/>
Combat Support Personnel: 65,075</small>
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|'''Type:''' || [[Banner Group]]
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|'''Nickname:''' || ''The Black Legions''
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|'''Current Commander:'''|| ''TBC''
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|'''Conflicts & Deployments'''||[[Fall Raþ Bivarhin]]<br/>[[Fall Luikur]]
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==Training==


==Order of Battle==
Training for the Black Legions follows the pattern established under the Prince of Modan for the discipline of Imperial troops assigned to the Central Banner Group of [[Benacia Command]].  
 
*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) <small> - Lachmeren</small>
***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)
**[[IBFOR|Inner Benacian Force]]
***Hvaszunig Uihmanz [[Aodh bi Uaneill|bi Uaneill]]
****Streïkrupp [[Rofolo Nur Pinito Kasha|Kasha]]
*****{{Tooltip|Vexillation II|Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition}} ([[shire:S.W.O.R.D.|Force Security Bureau]])
*****{{Tooltip|Vexillation XI|Long Range Surveillance}} ([[shire:S.W.O.R.D.|Operations Bureau]])
*****{{Tooltip|Vexillation XII "Vouruskasha"|Special Operations}} ([[shire:S.W.O.R.D.|Operations Bureau]])
*****{{Tooltip|Cohort XV|Temporal Adjustments Bureau}} ([[shire:Vigiles Arcani|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 <small> - Distributed in depot detachments established in urban municipal (MCS) level Bailiwicks throughout regional theatre</small>
 
==Establishment==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" border="1"
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! scope="col"|'''Unit Type'''
! scope="col"|'''№ in Service'''
! scope="col"|'''HSk'''
! scope="col"|'''IV Corps'''
! scope="col"|'''CAC-Amokolia'''
! scope="col"|'''[[IBFOR]]'''
! scope="col"|'''CAC-Angularis'''
! scope="col"|'''CAC-Mishalan'''
! scope="col"|'''MoMA Station Sabatini'''
! scope="col"|'''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.
Those who dedicated themselves to the black banners of the new legions 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 militia were forbidden to pillage, steal or molest civilians, accept gifts, have relations with women, eat meat or drink alcohol for the term and duration of their service. An Inspectorate of Training and Discipline was established with inspectors for the separate legions under the authority of an Inspector General reporting directly to the [[Constantine Loup|Marshal]]. Officers were forced to undergo examinations to assess their familiarity with Kalgachi battle drills, New Zimian Manoeuvreist principles and Nova English Fire Team tactics, largely with the intention of weeding out those still wedded to the set piece actions and frontal assaults which characterised the old Imperial way of war.


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.
All non-commissioned personnel assigned to the Legions, along with new inductees, 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. 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.
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.




[[Category:Raspur Pact]]
[[Category:Raspur Pact]][[Category:Shireroth]]

Revision as of 20:38, 19 April 2019

As the Kalirion Fracture led to the unravelling of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, the Imperial Forces themselves began to disintegrate. However, as the main driver, in terms of contributions of personnel, equipment, and financial support, to the Raspur Pact, Shireroth was too invested in the Pact, and the Pact was too invested in Shireroth, for the falling away of the formerly paramount power of the Benacian continent to be countenanced. Fall Luikur would see Pact-Loyalists ruthlessly turn upon the remaining Imperialists in order to secure 25% of land forces, 50% of naval forces, 75% of aviation assets, and 75% of auxiliary forces, only to be defeated in their ultimate objective of a complete takeover of the Imperial Forces by the scale of the popular uprisings against the Imperial system and the sheer scale of the territorial dispersion of the isolated garrisons, depots, and manufacturies. In spite of this ultimate failure, the Benacian Stabilisation Force remained true to its objective - a Benacian continent, unified and obedient, secure as one of the foremost powers of the grand anti-USSO coalition. In consequence, the Black Legions were formed from the remnant of the Imperial Forces who had remained true to the vision of Nationalist-Humanism which had animated the Imperial Republic during its apogee as a global power.


Training

Training for the Black Legions follows the pattern established under the Prince of Modan for the discipline of Imperial troops assigned to the Central Banner Group of Benacia Command.

Those who dedicated themselves to the black banners of the new legions 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 militia were forbidden to pillage, steal or molest civilians, accept gifts, have relations with women, eat meat or drink alcohol for the term and duration of their service. An Inspectorate of Training and Discipline was established with inspectors for the separate legions under the authority of an Inspector General reporting directly to the Marshal. Officers were forced to undergo examinations to assess their familiarity with Kalgachi battle drills, New Zimian Manoeuvreist principles and Nova English Fire Team tactics, largely with the intention of weeding out those still wedded to the set piece actions and frontal assaults which characterised the old Imperial way of war.

All non-commissioned personnel assigned to the Legions, along with new inductees, 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. 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.