Keltia Command
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| Active: | 1646–the present |
| In use by: | Natopian Defense Force |
| Allegiance: | Shireroth & Natopia / SANE |
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| Type: | Command |
| Size: | >226,600 (1655) 274,600 (1656, before GEK) 490,419 (1656, after GEK) |
| Nickname: | Forgotten Command Thirsty Arselings |
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| Current Commander: | Admiral Giustinianni |
| Conflicts & Deployments | Strait of Haifa Campaign War of the Casks |
Keltia Command is a theatre command established by the SANE alliance as part of its global strategy to defend against the threat of Jingdaoese (later USSO) hegemony, facilitating the integration of allied units (primarily Shirerithian and Natopian) into a single integrated chain of command for operational matters.
By virtue of having the largest continental possessions on the Keltian continent the Keltia Command is controlled by the Natopian Defense Force. Established in 1646 AN, it's first mobilisation occurred in 1655 as the War of Lost Brothers became global in scale. Sometimes known as the Forgotten Command in contrast to better resourced counterparts in Apollonia, Benacia, Tapfer and Trans-Eura, it nonetheless imbued itself with the martial ethos of Normark, in whose lands it was established, and made a vital contribution to the emerging world war against Passio-Corum.
Operational Activity
| Date | Formation | Subject | Summary |
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| 08.II.1656 | Musican Fleet | Bombardment of Blore Heath | The primary target of the attack was the city's commercial district, home of a crucial east Keltian brokerage, allowing for the plundering the shoreline and waterways around Blore Heath under the cover of the bombardment, the attack also served in part as a reprisal for the role played by the Jogi Regiment in raids on the Natopian settlements of Elijah's Rest. |
| 12.II.1656 | Normark Army Group | Committees of Defence, Elijah's Rest | Following escalating raids against civilian settlements on the eastern and southern frontiers of Elijah's Rest, the Elian Militia begins to organise committees of defence, to better coordinate the hitherto unorganised response of local vigilante groups to the violent attacks by members of the Stripping Path, seeking to make abductions for the varying purposes of sacrifice and indoctrination. |
| 12.IV.1656 | 2nd (Bombardment) Group (temp. deployment) | Ardclach Orbital Strike | NSS Damocles on temporary assignment from allied Space Command. |
| 24.IV.1656 | Black Angel Squadron | Anti-shipping sweep, Gulf of Jangsong | Strike package to (qty 1 Virgo-class scout ship, qty 2 Stealth fighter "Black Angel") engage and neutralise Palliscian-Haifan shipping transiting between Ardclach and Jangsong/Elijah's Rest. |
| 24.IV.1656 | Political Directorate | Counter-espionage, Elijah's Rest | Coordination of pre-dawn raids with Imperial Natopian Constabulary results in arrest of qty 9 USSO-aligned spies and qty 4 civil servants plus qty 1 militia officer suspected of corruption and collusion with a hostile foreign power. A further qty 12 suspects perished whilst resisting arrest. |
| 24.IV.1656 | 3rd (Support) Group | Anti-shipping sweep, Talenore | On temporary detachment from allied Space Command, qty 12 Virgo-class scout ships to conduct anti-shipping operations directed at Voorpost. Aim for complete eradication of Voorpost Detachment maritime assets and harbour air defences. |
| 24.IV.1656 | Area Defence Vexillation | Air defence operations, Talenore | Consistent with previous engagements, counter any radar contacts designated as unidentified or hostile on an approach to Talenore with maximum available force. Engage at optimum range with remaining Buk surface to air missiles once targeting solutions are acquired and deploy Trump autocannons for point defence of MoMA Station and harbour district. |
| 13.XII.1656 | All Forces | The Great Enterprise of Keltia (GEK), Theatre-wide | The Great Keltian Enterprise marks Shireroth's entry into theatre, a second advent, for which the passage of the Musican Fleet was merely a prelude. With deliberate and overwhelming force, allied forces will liberate Nova England from pernicious influences, impose terms for a truce, and end the so-called Cod War in the Great Western Sea. At the Day and Hour of the commencement of GEK, the Shirerithian Steward, Burgrave Zinkgraven, shall assume temporary command of Keltia Command on the basis of seniority. In anticipation of GEK biometric screening is mandatory for all allied and affiliated personnel from this moment forward and will be enforced by regular, randomised, spot-checks. Any person who fails to submit to screening and or cannot recount the watch code for the hour must be immediately detained. Any person engaged in a flagrant breach of general orders, or of a narratively improbable act, may be summarily executed on the authority and concurrence of the relevant unit commander and political officer. |
Sponsored Militias
Sponsored militias are paramilitary orces which exist outside of the direct chain of command, but which enjoy access to arms and equipment provided from the Sxiro-Natopian Production Matrix and support and training provided by military and PMC advisers.
| Date | Group | Subject | Summary |
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| 21.IV.1656 | Tuktuvut Confederation | Raising of the banners, Elkheim | On this day the Tukudiggi, the assembly of the Tuktuvut clans, elected Jegerdatter as war-leader after receiving weapons, food and ESB-minted imitation Kalgarrands, from Keltia Command. Resentment had been mounting steadily as Haifans became more numerous along in the northern reaches of the eponymous strait. With raids affecting settlements along the eastern and southern frontiers of Elijah's Rest, these resentments had broken out into open conflict as the Tuktuvut began taking the side of Normarker vigilante groups engaged against the marauding devotees of the Stripping Path. |
Establishment
| Unit Type | # in Service | # Lost (Before GEK) |
# Lost (After GEK) |
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| NDF Personnel | 3,600 | 0 | TBC |
| Shirerithian Special Forces | 3,600 | 0 | TBC |
| Shirerithian Auxiliaries | 41,847 | 153 | TBC |
| Maritime Auxiliaries | 42,963 | 3,837 | TBC |
| State Troops (Zjandarian Guard) | 57,600 | 0 | TBC |
| Feudal / Local Levies (Tuktuvut Confederation, Talenore Defence Force) | 53,240 | 91 | TBC |
| Jaysh al-Sathrati | 47,421 | 0 | TBC |
| Elian Militia | 161,778 | 19,222 | TBC |
| Kontraktniki | 73,825 | 1,554 | TBC |
| Musican Marines | 4,545 | 255 | TBC |
| M14 Fragmentation Hand Grenade | 249,560 | N/R | TBC |
| M15 White Phosphorus Anti-Lich Grenade | 150,000 | N/R | TBC |
| M-16 Mustard Gas Anti-Singer Grenade | 150,000 | N/R | TBC |
| M18 Red Smoke Hand Grenade | 150,000 | N/R | TBC |
| Sticky Bomb, Anti-Tank Grenade | 215,000 | N/R | TBC |
| Florian Cocktail (Tar, sulphur, petrol, sand, & wick) | 1,139,100 | N/R | TBC |
| M1656 Demolition Kit (9.1 kg C4) | 1,200 | N/R | TBC |
| Hatchet | 116,740 | N/R | TBC |
| Cudgel | 131,200 | N/R | TBC |
| Gladius / Acinaces | 112,431 | N/R | TBC |
| M1523 9mm Pistol | 146,200 | N/R | TBC |
| M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine (OAH Khaybar SMG) | 60,108 | N/R | TBC |
| M1591 7.62 mm Rifle | 31,542 | N/R | TBC |
| M1610 7.9mm Rifle (Semi-Automatic) | 10,000 | N/R | TBC |
| Wren 7.62mm LMG | 4,000 | N/R | TBC |
| Polybolos .50 HMG | 4,192 | N/R | TBC |
| Vickers Machine Gun | 152 | N/R | TBC |
| Tankgewehr 13.2 mm Rifle (Anti-Materiel) | 231 | N/R | TBC |
| Hornet 84 mm Recoilless Rifle (Anti-Tank) | 436 | N/R | TBC |
| Waspsting Man-portable Air Defence System | 105 | N/R | TBC |
| 81mm Mortar | 304 | N/R | TBC |
| 82mm Mortar | 201 | N/R | TBC |
| RPG-29 | 1,900 | N/R | TBC |
| FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile | 304 | N/R | TBC |
| Type 87 (automatic) grenade launcher | 1,748 | N/R | TBC |
| 9K115-2 Metis-M | 6,954 | N/R | TBC |
| FN MINIMI | 1,748 | N/R | TBC |
| Horjin AFVs | 6,878 | 0 | TBC |
| Pod Personnel Carrier | 7,953 | 96 | TBC |
| Snatch Land Rovers | 475 | 5 | TBC |
| Trucks, Light | 3,270 | 506 | TBC |
| Trucks, Medium | 5,801 | 69 | TBC |
| 9K37 Buk Air Defence System | 3 | 0 | TBC |
| Trump Radar Tracking Autocannon | 1,073 | 2 | TBC |
| 80mm Field Gun | 1,140 | 0 | TBC |
| 105mm Light Gun | 110 | 20 | TBC |
| Hover Kitty-class Aircraft Carrier | 1 | TBC | |
| Mortis-class aircraft carrier | 2 | 0 | TBC |
| Viviantia-class LSV | 50 | 0 | TBC |
| Aurangzeb-class Missile Defence battleship | 1 | 0 | TBC |
| Yvain-class Battleship | 2 | 0 | TBC |
| Grifos-class battleship | 1 | 0 | TBC |
| Raynor-class Cruiser | 1 | 0 | TBC |
| De Drie Hertogdommen-class Cruiser | 3 | 0 | TBC |
| Aurangzeb (Musican)-class Destroyer | 1 | 1 | TBC |
| Duchy-class destroyers | 8 | 0 | TBC |
| Elwynn-class Corvette | 11 | 0 | TBC |
| Asleep-class Nuclear Submarine | 6 | 0 | TBC |
| Project 941 nuclear submarines | 2 | 0 | TBC |
| City-class diesel submarines | 10 | 0 | TBC |
| Type 2400 U-Boat | 6 | 0 | TBC |
| Coastal Patrol Boat | 400 | 0 | TBC |
| Logistic Support Vessel | 1 | 0 | TBC |
| Landing Ship, Tank | 157 | 0 | TBC |
| Merchant Vessels | 295 | 0 | TBC |
| Elwynn (Musican)-class Corvette | 7 | 2 | TBC |
| Diana-class Minesweeper | 3 | 2 | TBC |
| Trawlers (various) | 1,322 | 159 | TBC |
| Private boats | 850 | 0 | TBC |
| Medusa-class gravship | 1 | TBC | |
| Virgo Class tactical scout vessel | 1 | TBC | |
| RAS Kestrel Mk II hybrid airship | 4 | 1 | |
| P-1 Spiegelflügel-Taube maritime patrol aircraft | 6 | 0 | TBC |
| Black Angel stealth fighter | 5 | 0 | TBC |
| F-8 Shrike strike aircraft | 45 | 0 | TBC |
| AV-8B Harrier II strike aircraft | 30 | 0 | TBC |
| T-2 Saeqeh | 10 | 0 | TBC |
| GAV(AS)-1 Snaggletooth | 20 | 0 | TBC |
| Dromosker Attack Helicopters | 17 | 1 | TBC |
| AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter | 12 | 0 | TBC |
| UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter | 84 | 0 | TBC |
| Mondesian Utility Helicopters | 8 | 4 | TBC |
| Transport Airships (various) | 50 | 0 | TBC |
| Banshee cruise missile | 113 | 0 | 85 |
| AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile | 400 | 0 | TBC |
| Moraquine SRBMs | 13 | 7 | TBC |
Order of Battle
- Keltia Command (Elijah's Rest)
- Great Enterprise of Keltia
- Retinue of Burgrave Zinkgraven
- Scholae Palatinae
- Imperial Press Corps
- Task Force 100 (Great Western Sea)
- TF 100 Battleship Division
- ZNS Aurangzeb's Revenge (missile defence)
- ZNS Kaiseress Anandja I
- Scouting Group
- Destroyer Group
- U-Boat Group
- TF 100 Amphibious Division
- GEK Land Forces
- Command Control Group (x1)
- Regimental Combat Team (x13)
- Combat Engineer Group (x1)
- Force Security Group (x1)
- Works Units (x20)
- TF 100 Battleship Division
- Task Force 101 (Great Western Sea)
- TF 101 Carrier Division
- TF 101 Reserve Division
- GEK Reserve & Support Forces
- Works Units (x20)
- Medical Services Group (x16)
- Retinue of Burgrave Zinkgraven
- Army Group Normark
- NDF Garrison (Nynormaksudda)
- 1st Combined Arms Regiment (1,200)
- Air Defence Artillery Force (2,400)
- Imperial Air Training School (120)
- Army of the Littoral (117,500)
- Mobile Division (19,466)
- Committee of Defence for Elijah's Rest (25,481)
- Area Defence Regiment (1,200)
- Nordiskehjem's Committee of Defence (27,809)
- Alattio's Committee of Defence (21,087)
- Sjørsborg's Committee of Defence (23,657)
- Riddersborg's Committee of Defence (7,681)
- Army of the Wilderness (63,500)
- Eikbu Column
- Fanghorn Column
- Skien Column
- NDF Garrison (Nynormaksudda)
- Defence of Talenore
- MoMA Station Talenore (45,600)
- Musican Fleet (Temporary)
- Department of Military-Industrial Relations
- Normark Industrial Archaeology & Reclamation Group
- Armaments & Munitions Working Group
- Sårensby Industrial Area
- Area Defence Regiment
- Sårensby Industrial Area
- Committee for Economic Mobilisation
- Department of Political Warfare
- Great Enterprise of Keltia
Commanders
Magister-Generalissimus
General Harlech Fulcher, Natopian Army, 1647–1656
Admiral Isacco Giustinianni, Natopian Navy, 1656
Burgrave Zinkgraven, 1656–the present
Great Expedition of Keltia
Grand Admiral Tiberius Homburg, C-in-C (Western Armada), 1647–the present
Admiral Ryabin Lord Chryse, Commander - Aurangzeb Banner Group, 1647–the present
Commander - TF 100, 1656
Admiral Lucius Globus, Commander - Noor Banner Group. 1647–the present
Commander - TF 101, 1656
| Name | Rank | Command |
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| Flavius Magnus | Magister Equitum (brevet) | GEK Land Forces |
| Pierre Claesson | Rear Admiral | TF 100 Battleship Divison |
| Aquila Bäcker | Rear Admiral | TF 100 Amphibious Division |
| Gotthilf Kneib | Rear Admiral | TF 101 Carrier Division |
| Chlodulf Halle | Rear Admiral | TF 101 Reserve Division |
| Julius Gerard | Palatine Legate | Scholae Palatinae |
