TNE: *Shall Not Perish* Regency Military Forces

Gentlesophonts:

Steve Charlton [email removed] writes:

> If it comes to a choice between TCS fleet sizes vs 5FW fleet sizes, I would
> have to pick the economy-jumbo-sized TCS fleets.  Not for any reason
> of playability or historical realism, but mostly because I have too many
> middle and high-ranking Imperial Navy PCs and NPCs in my campaign
> to have anything less than several thousand warships in each sector.

This is a good point on which to redirect this discussion back to the
original purpose.  How do we determine naval and army (ground/air/sea)
force composition and organization for the Regency?  I don't care whether
we use *5FW*/*RS* protocols or *HG*/*TCS*/*POT* protocols.  I made an
initial suggestion for the Sword Worlds using my best guess at *5FW*/*RS*
protocols which got the shorts of a lot of TCS-ites in knots.  Fine.
So will some of those TCS-ites *please* make an alternate suggestion?
I'd do it myself but I don't have *TCS* or *POT*.

Here are some questions to consider:

How are Regency naval and army forces organized at the subsector and sector
level?

What is the overall composition of Regency military forces?

What is the compostion of a `typical' Regency naval squadron and a `typical'
army battalion/regiment/division/corps/whatever-you-think-the-`basic'-unit-
ought-to-be?

Who are the major military figures in the Regency?

> I certainly dont see why suggesting 5FW force levels would generate
> so much dismay.

I don't either.  I'd really rather see folks suggestion *alternatives* to
any point *anyone* makes rather than merely trying to rip holes in a position
they disagree with.  The latter course is neither interesting *nor* useful.

Let's get back to our TML Regency sourcebook, *Shall Not Perish*.

Peace and Happy Travelling,

David Johnson
Houston, Texas, USA