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Responsible for the defence of the River Elwynn and the approaches to Shirekeep.
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Revision as of 23:55, 2 December 2016

Imperial Army
New flag Shireroth.png
Active: 6149 ASC - Present
Motto Ignis et Victoria
In use by: Imperial Forces
Allegiance: Shireroth

Type: Land Forces
Size: 275,000
Nickname: None yet

Current Commander: Magister Primum
Conflicts & Deployments


The Imperial Army is the principal land warfare force of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth. The force is administered by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The professional head of the Imperial Army is the Magister Primum, who is head of the Collegium Magistri Militum or College of the Magisters (i.e. the General Staff).

Formation and Structure

The structure of the Imperial Army is relatively streamlined into administrative divisions and operational legions. A legion will have at least three core regiments that pertain to its mission function as well as any additional squadrons or troops required to perform operationally. A legion on operations therefore is the beating heart of a battle group, known as a vexillatio.

Legions may be transferred into and out of territorial Divisions

Structure of Units

The most typical variety of Imperial Army units are structured as follows:

Type of Unit Field Army Corps Division Legion Regiment Squadron Troop Section Fire Team/Detail
Contains 2+ Corps 4+ Divisions 2–3 Legions 5 Regiments 10 Squadrons 4 Troops 3-8 Sections 2 Fire Teams 4 Individuals
Personnel 100,000+ 40,000+ 12,000+ 6,000+ 1,200-3,200 120-320 24-80 8–10 4
Commanded by Magister Equitum Magister Militum Dux Legatus Imperii Tribune Laticlavius Tribunus Angusticlavius
(Major)
or
Primus Ordinus
(Senior Centurion)
Centurion
(Captain)
or
Optio
(Lieutenant)
Decanus
(Corporal)
Chosen Man

Table of Organisation

Palatini Corps

Palatini Corps Commander: The Prime Kampioen - Home Base: Shirekeep
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles Aircraft/Rotorcraft
Corps of the Old Guard . . 25,000 . . .
Corps of the Middle Guard . . 25,000 . . .
Corps of the Young Guard . . 25,000 . . .

By a minor historical quirk, the Kaiser's personal bodyguard, the Kampioen Guards, was for a time placed under the command of the Imperial Navy. After the re-establishment of the Imperial Army, the Kampioen Guards were re-brigaded into the Old Guard as part of the Palatini Corps of the Imperial Army.
The Kampioens were supplanted in their role by the Order of the Sentinels, which reported to the Kaiser directly and sat entirely outside the structure of the Imperial Forces.

Comitatus (Field) Army

Example Table of Equipment (TOE) for a Legate's command troop in the Field Army
Example Table of Equipment (TOE) for a Comitatus Squadron in the Field Army
Example Table of Equipment (TOE) for a troop of Anti-Tank Infantry in the Field Army

The comitatenses comprised the field army of the Imperial Republic, capable of dispatch to conduct fully mobile, mechanised and expeditionary warfare, in contrast to the primarily defensive frontier troops.

I Corps Commander: Magister Militum Royston Merrick the Younger, Dominus, Vir Egregius, Dux Bellorum & patronus di familia.
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles Aircraft/Rotorcraft/UAV
Compagnia Familia del Merrick Legatus legionis Titus Flavius . . . . .
1st IA Division "Mishalanski" Dux Alexi Zaitsev . . . . .
2nd IA Division "Tymarian Dawn" Dux Ferdinand von Urach . . . . .
3rd IA Division "Semper Fidelis" . . . . . .
4th IA Division "Ferrata" . . . . . .
II Corps Commander: Imperial Legate
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles Aircraft/Rotorcraft/UAV
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VI Corps Commander: Imperial Legate
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles Aircraft/Rotorcraft/UAV
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Limitanei (Frontier) Army

III Corps
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles
. . . . . .
IV Corps
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles
. . . . . .
Cedrocomando Security Force . . 28,800 . .
5th IA Division "Dietsland"(detached to the PGA) Imperial Legate & Dux Laqi Hyrrion . 18,000 . .
1st (Soviet) Corps
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles
. . . . . .

Ripenses (River) Army

Responsible for the defence of the River Elwynn and the approaches to Shirekeep.

V Corps
Unit Name Commandant Anunia Points Personnel AFV/Artillery Support Vehicles
Classis Rubrum Praefectus Classis Lucanus Caecilius Popescu 123,230 38,066 242 52
Classis Album . . . . .
Classis Puteulanum . . . . .

Ships:
Trireme - 36 Marines, 4 crew
Quadrireme - 1,500 Marines, 300 crew
Quinqereme - 22 Horjin Armoured Fighting Vehicle, 217 marines, 98 crew

Command Ranks: Non-commissioned and Junior Officer ranks as Imperial Army standard > Trierarchus/Trierarchi (pl.) (Captain: commander of 1 ship) > Nauarchus (Colonel of Ships: commander of 10 ships/a squadron) > Nauarchus Princeps (Brigadier of Ships: commander of two or more squadrons) > Praefectus Classis (Fleet Prefect: commander of a fleet) > Corps command ranks as Imperial Army standard

Recruitment and Training

The Imperial Army recruits exclusively from Shirekeep and the Imperial Dominions as well as any territory that they might temporarily occupy, such as Goldshire during the period of martial law.

Recruitment can include the taking in of volunteers, but also frequently relies upon forms of impressment, notably the Press-Gang. This Press-Gang, also known as the Impressment Service operated on a large scale with a force of men in likely river ports and towns in the Imperial County and Mishalan. These men were armed and possessed "warrants" from the MoMA for their operations. Their "catches" were conveyed to Receiving Ships in the midstream of the Blue and White branches of the Elwynn which then, when their cargo holds are full, take their "haul" downriver and out to sea - eventually depositing them on the island of Zy-Rodun for personality adjustment, indoctrination and basic training.