COMPARISON OF 'MILITARY CAPACITY' OF THREE SECTORS:
I got curious about the relative military strengths of the region sur-
rounding the Domain of Deneb in the Rebellion Era, since I am hoping to get my
own campaign through the Fifth Frontier War. Previous discussions on the net
have revolved around the question of whether or not the Aslan have the raw
military strength necessary to overrun the Imperial sections of the Trojan
Reaches. For the purposes of this analysis, I have used the Spinward Marches
and Trojan Reaches data from sunbane/DGP, and the Gvurrdon data from Alien
Book 3: Vargr. Deneb and the corresponding Vargr sector to the coreward have
been ignored. They may not really cancel each other out, but lets assume that
they do. For purposes of comparing strength, I have noted some of the perti-
nent data regarding 'important' worlds below. What counts as important is
something of a floating scale: Generally, I've included any planet with a TL
of 13 or better and a population digit of 9 or higher, and TL12 planets with
population digits of A. Based on fairly extensive experience with High Guard,
I've elected to apply a factor of 1/2 to each TL below 15. Thus, 8 billion
TL14 people are rated as equal to 4 billion TL15 people, or 16 billion TL13
people. In practice, the relative value of the ships built at differing TLs
is strongly dependent on the computer value, and other more difficult to
calculate factors such as whether the lower tech force is faced with a uniform
high tech force, or a force of mixed tech levels.
Now for the data:
Gvurrdon, Spinward Marches, and Trojan Reaches
Spinward Marches
Population
Name Hex Port (Mult/Exp) TL Alignment
Efate 1705 A 8/9 D Dd
Rhylanor 2716 A 8/9 F Dd
Lunion 2124 A 8/9 D Dd
Strouden 2327 A 9/9 D Dd
Pallique 3029 A 3/9 E Dd
Mora 3124 A 1/A F Dd
Glisten 2036 A 8/9 F Dd
Trin 3235 A 1/A F Dd
Imperial
TL15 36 billion
TL14 3 billion
TL13 25 billion
Trojan Reaches
Trossachs 0310 B 2/A C Fl
Strend 0505 B 8/A!! F Na!
Neumann 3105 B 1/A D Dd
Floria 0213 A 6/9 F Fl
Albe 2211 A 2/A E As (Former Imp?)
Tobia 3215 A 2/A F As (Former Imp?)
Hreahya 0229 B 9/A!! D As
Vadada 0523 A 8/9 F As (Former Imp?)
Htourlao 1028 B 5/9 E As
Hliyh 1323 B 1/A E As
Tyokh 2226 B 2/A E As
Ftoakh 0236 E 2/A E As
Irlaiw 1236 C 8/A!! D As
Prewar
Imperial Aslan Florian Strend
TL15 28 billion - 6 billion 80 billion
TL14 20 billion 55 billion - -
TL13 10 billion 170 billion - -
TL12 - - 20 billion -
Current
Imperial Aslan Florian Strend
TL15 - 28 billion 6 billion 80 billion
TL14 - 75 billion - -
TL13 10 billion 170 billion - -
TL12 - - 20 billion -
Gvurrdon
Saezghen 0216 B 4/A C Vp
Jdiprqrafr 0232 B 9/A C Zh
Gzolakhgha 0317 B 3/A D Vp
Roekhnugroe 0410 B 9/A!! C Vp
Gvurrdon 0821 B 5/9 C Va
Saell 1027 A 1/A F Vn
Lloursouth 1717 A 6/A C Vd
Gkakhaellan 2002 B 3/A E Vg
Lluezukgzang 2701 A 1/A F Vg
Vargr Factions
TL15 20 billion
TL14 30 billion
TL13 30 billion
TL12 240 billion
Calculations 1TL15=2TL14=4TL13=8TL12
Prewar strengths (Later)
Imperial : 84.25 46.25
Aslan : 70 108
Florian : 8.5 8.5
Strend : 80 80
Vargr : 72.5 72.5
Are you still with me?
The biggest single contribution to decrease in Imperial strength is the loss
of Tobia, right on the pre-Rebellion Aslan border. If this one world was
convinced somehow to join the Aslan voluntarily, it becomes quite believable
that the Aslan would be able to push all the way to Glisten with the new
balance in forces.
Also, note the existence of Strend in subsector A of the Trojan Reaches. I've
never combed the Trojan Reaches data before, but this single world has TWICE
the combined population of Mora, Trin, Glisten and Rhylanor combined, and
therefore twice the potential military strength. I suddenly realize that the
diplomatic maneuvering by EVERYONE centered around this world must be the real
driving force behind all diplomatic efforts in the Domain and the surrounding
regions. Given that Norris has to divide his strength between guarding against
the Vargr and Aslan both, not to mention the Zhodani, whose strength was not
calculated here since too little of it is actually in the available secotr
data, it looks like the Archduke has his work cut out for him.
Anyway, on the surface of it, there would seem to be no reason at all why the
Aslan could not take Glisten, especially if Tobia were to change sides.
Rob Dean