Gentlesophonts:
Okay, we've started with the Regency Navy, now let's take a look at the
Regency Army. By `army' I mean `mobile' ground forces available for off-
world actions.
I'm using the article "Troops in the Fifth Frontier War" from *JTAS* #10
as a reference for determining troop availability. Thanks also to Steve
Bonneville for `grepping' data on Deneb high-tech worlds in TML msg
592/7421 from May 4th.
At TL 16, only worlds with Pop 7+ will have mobile troops. The only Regency
world that meets this criteria is Vincennes. At Pop A, Vincennes can
support three (3) `army'-sized (combat factor 5C) units (3 x 5C-16).
For convenience let's identify these units as follows:
1st Vincennes Army (TL 16)
2nd Vincennes Army (TL 16)
3rd Vincennes Army (TL 16)
TL 15 worlds also must have pop 7+ in order to support mobile troops. In
the Regency, Magash (pop 9), Starn (pop 9), Dekha (pop A), Rhylanor (pop 9),
Mora (pop A), Glisten (pop 9), Trin (pop A in the Rebellion era - but
destroyed by the Virus in TNE) and Lintl (pop A) meet this requirement.
Dekha, Mora and Lintl will support three armies like Vincennes:
1st Dekha Army (TL 15)
2nd Dekha Army (TL 15)
3rd Dekha Army (TL 15)
1st Mora Army (TL 15)
2nd Mora Army (TL 15)
3rd Mora Army (TL 15)
1st Lintl Army (TL 15)
2nd Lintl Army (TL 15)
3rd Lintl Army (TL 15)
The pop 9 worlds can support four (4) `corps'-sized (combat factor 1C)
units (4 x 1C-15) as follows:
1st Magash Corps (TL 15)
2nd Magash Corps (TL 15)
3rd Magash Corps (TL 15)
4th Magash Corps (TL 15)
1st Starn Corps (TL 15)
2nd Starn Corps (TL 15)
3rd Starn Corps (TL 15)
4th Starn Corps (TL 15)
1st Rhylanor Corps (TL 15)
2nd Rhylanor Corps (TL 15)
3rd Rhylanor Corps (TL 15)
4th Rhylanor Corps (TL 15)
1st Glisten Corps (TL 15)
2nd Glisten Corps (TL 15)
3rd Glisten Corps (TL 15)
4th Glisten Corps (TL 15)
These 16 corps are equivalent to three `armies' (with one corps remaining).
Regency troops at lower tech levels can be developed from the UWP values
using the *JTAS* #10 article. I'm not sure what the TL cutoff is but
regular `Imperial' troops do not go below TL 13 or so. Can someone with
*5FW* help us out here?
This basis should provide a similar starting point for development as did
the Regency Navy post: what are the deployment, organization, commanders,
etc. of these Regency Armies?
Happy Travelling,
David Johnson
Houston, Texas, USA