Imperial Army
Active: | 6149 ASC - Present | ||
Motto | Ignis et Victoria | ||
In use by: | Imperial Forces | ||
Allegiance: | Shireroth | ||
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Type: | Land Forces | ||
Size: | 275,000 | ||
Nickname: | None yet | ||
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Current Commander: | Minister Thorgils Tarjeisson | ||
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).
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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 |
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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 | 120 | 24-80 | 8–10 | 4 |
Commanded by | Magister Militum | Imperial Legate | Dux | Legate of the Legion | Tribune Laticlavius | Tribunus Angusticlavius (Major) or Primus Ordinus (Senior Centurion) |
Centurion (Captain) or Optio (Lieutenant) |
Decanus (Corporal) |
Chosen Man |
Table of Organisation
Palatini Corps
Unit Name | Commandant | Anunia Points | Personnel | AFV/Artillery | Support Vehicles | |
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Corps of the Old Guard | . | . | . | . | . | 120 ESB Imports Mi-24 attack helicopters |
Corps of the Middle Guard | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Corps of the Young Guard | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
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.
Unit Name | Commandant | Anunia Points | Personnel | AFV/Artillery | Support Vehicles | Aircraft/Rotorcraft/UAV |
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Compagnia Familia del Merrick | Legatus legionis Titus Flavius | 1,983.00 | 1,163 (Lictores: 168 Aeneatores et Praecones (C4ISR): 878 Castrorum (Commissariat): 117) |
10 Command Vehicles (EW) 4 ESB Imports ZU-23-2 4 ESB Imports Avenger SAM Battery |
3 staff cars 47 ESB Imports HX60 4x4 trucks |
1 ESB Imports ScanEagle X200 |
1st IA Division "Mishalanski" | Dux Alexi Zaitsev | 55,535 | 20,000 (4 legions: Legio I; Legio II; Legio III; Legio IV.) |
212 ESB Imports T-90 MBT; 13 ESB Horjin Light Tanks; 320 ESB Horjin AFV; 102 ESB Horjin APC; 153 ESB Horjin Scout; 424 L118 light gun; 66 ESB Imports Avenger SAM Battery. |
70 ESB Imports Land Rovers; 305 half-tracks. 1,800 trucks 1,500 motorcycles |
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2nd IA Division "Tymarian Dawn" | Dux Ferdinand von Urach | 44935 | 20,000 (4 legions) |
13 ESB Horjin Light Tanks; 320 ESB Horjin AFV; 102 ESB Horjin APC; 153 ESB Horjin Scout; 424 L118 light gun; 66 ESB Imports Avenger SAM Battery. |
305 half-tracks 1,800 trucks 1,500 motorcycles |
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Limitanei (Frontier) Army
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Cedrocomando Security Force | . | . | 28,800 | . | . |
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Ripenses (River) Army
Responsible for the defence of the River Elwynn and the approaches to Shirekeep.
Unit Name | Commandant | Anunia Points | Personnel | AFV/Artillery | Support Vehicles |
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Classis Rubrum | . | . | . | . | . |
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.