Regency force structures

I think that the rebellion will have an impact on regency force
structures but I think that the rebellion's influence is minimal compared
to the influence of the black war and Virus.

Imagine if you will that some common item in your life was discovered to
be deadly.  Take light bulbs for example, suppose tommorrow morning you
discover that having a common ordinary screw in light bulb turned on in
your presence WILL KILL YOU!!!  Naturally people wouldn't use them
anymore.  In time another method of illumination would be discovered that
would not be hazardous.  Converting over to this new illumination method
will be very expensive though.  Imagine getting rid of all of the light
bulbs.  It's just too big to really do...

Now put yourself in the Regency.  Virus has made every piece of
electronics potentially dangerous.  Maybe it will get infected and try to
wipe you out.  Maybe it will just hold an egg to infect something
bigger.  The threat Virus poses is very real.  Dealing with this threat
will profoundly change the Regency.  Think of all of the computers and
electronic they must have.  Why to convert them to safer configurations
could take decades...

Any formation of Regency Military Forces must have an Electronic Warfare
Unit.  This unit would provide Virus protection in addition to more
traditional EW functions.  I imagine it would also have to have some
electronic fabrication assets as well to repair dammaged electronic
devices and to create "on the fly" new virus resistant electronic
configurations.  The also might have a few nasty viruses in bottles to
unleash on opponnents.

food for thought,
Steven Gott
Seattle, WA