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- Intent: To create the format and baseline for the Surric system Local Defence Force (SLDF)
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- Army Name: Surric Local Defense Force
- Classification: System Defense and Expeditionary Force
- Affiliation: Surric System and the Confederacy of Independent Systems
- Army Symbol: Eight Pointed Star
- Description: Professional force derived from universal draft in Surric System. Expeditionary units are all volunteer units while home based and reserves are where the remainder of forces reside.
- Headquarters: Planet Atin in the Surric System
- Goals: To promote stability and security in Surric System and assist Confederacy Defense Forces in missions at home and abroad.
- Reputation: Highly professional force with rapid deployment capabilities. Soldiers and support personnel are trained to be experts in military and civilian jobs.
- Army Size: Huge - Army in total consists of an active component of roughly 60 divisions from each planet in Surric System (three planets total), with another 126 divisions in reserve on each planet. Remaining personnel in Expeditionary Forces are sent to man the fleets. This leads to having around 2 million personnel active in the system's military at any given time, with units being activated and deactivated on a rotational basis, except for Expeditionary Forces which are an Active only force.
- Composition: The army is organized using this military structure -
- Corps- Planetary unit organization, headed by General and Corps Sergeant Major. Each Corps has a fleet of vessels to transport, support and secure the surrounding space to assist with SLDF Operations (Fleet Ranks Below). Answers only to the Viceroy of Surric System, however in cases where Viceroy has been deemed unfit for leadership will take marching orders from CIS Viceroyalty.
- Army - Organization inside of Corps, has two offensive based Armies and one more defensive/support based. Headed by Grand Marshal and Sergeant Major of Army
- Legion - Sub-unit of Armies, Legions are the second smallest based units with comprehensive coverages all major points of battle in their respective area. Headed by High Marshal and Legion Sergeant Major.
- Division - Smallest units with comprehensive coverage over all major points of attack, however specialization in certain terrains and methods of attack begin here. Division types are Mechanized Infantry, Armored, Motorized Infantry, Airborne, Air Assault, Support, Marine. Headed by Field Marshal and Division Sergeant Major.
- Regiment - Sub-unit of Divisions, major specializations in regiments as each are focused on a singular stratagem of battle in overarching Division specialty. Regiments types are Infantry, Tanks, Tank Destroyers, Combat Air Support, Air/Space Superiority, Artillery, Engineering, Combat Engineering, Support. Headed by Colonel and Regimental Command Sergeant Major.
- Battalion - Sub-unit of Regiments, totally specialized on whatever mission based, all jobs in Battalions support their method of battle. Headed by Major and Sergeant Major.
- Company - Smallest administrative of each Battalion, contains four platoons of personnel completely dedicated to their job specialty. Headed by a Captain and First Sergeant.
- Platoon - Sub-unit of companies, consists of four squads of soldiers with small specializations within their job (ie Infantry Platoon - Anti-Tank specialists, Comms Specialists, Grenadiers, Automatic Riflemen). Typically lead by a Sergeant First Class and 1st/2nd Lieutenant.
- Squad - Sub-unit of Platoons, consists of ten personnel with one squad leader, one team leader, and the rest being whatever specialization their squads needs require.
- Fireteam/Team - Smallest unit of military, consists of five personnel with one leader/commander of team dependent on jobs/specialization. For Tank/Vehicle/Aircraft/Spacecraft units this is a single vehicle.
- Fleet- Side by side component to Corps, falls under Corps leadership
- Task Force - Sub-unit of Fleet. Headed by Grand Admiral. Headed by Battlecruiser or Assault Carrier. Usually contains the Fleet leadership as well.
- Flotilla - Sub-unit of Task Force. Headed by an Admiral. Headed by a Star Destroyer, Battleship, or Carrier.
- Lance - Sub-unit of Flotilla. Headed by a Commander with a designated XO in Lance. Has at least 1 Cruiser class or similar sized vessel as a command ship.
- Binary - Smallest unit Organization. Headed by Lt. Commander with other ship Captain being Binary XO. Consists of 1 Cruiser or larger vessel, 2 Frigates, or 3 Corvettes.
- Corps- Planetary unit organization, headed by General and Corps Sergeant Major. Each Corps has a fleet of vessels to transport, support and secure the surrounding space to assist with SLDF Operations (Fleet Ranks Below). Answers only to the Viceroy of Surric System, however in cases where Viceroy has been deemed unfit for leadership will take marching orders from CIS Viceroyalty.
Draconis Sederius Wolf - Viceroy for Surric System and current Commander in Chief of the SLDF.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Born out of the fires of the Surric System Civil War, the SLDF has a history founded in fire and bloodshed but has a bright future ahead of it. Reorganized from the ashes of the System Defense Forces of the Surric System, which fought and beat itself to a bloody pulp in the civil war, the SLDF is a much more streamlined, efficient and effective organization than its predecessor. The first major change to this is the division of the Defense Forces into two standards from the standard/garrison forces, and the Expeditionary Forces. With a universal draft enforced in the Surric System to help rebuild it, all citizens of the system are required to sign up for military/government service. Standard/Garrison units are composed of citizens that wish to only do their time and then move on from the military, going to civilian jobs in the system after doing their required terms and going to an inactive state. Expeditionary Forces are an all volunteer force that is composed of citizens that wish to remain in active service to the military. These forces do not go into an inactive state and are constantly training to deploy and deploying to foreign environments to assist the Confederacy of Independent Systems Defense Forces in military and police actions.
Training for each soldier begins with a basic training course on their home worlds of Surric, Teyr, or Atin, with all Advanced Specialty Training occurring on the planet Atin. This can take anywhere from 24 weeks for basic specialties such as Infantry, Tankers, Mechanics, Sailors, and Support, to two years for combat pilots and advanced specialties that require hundreds if not thousands of hours to properly teach personnel to an exceptional standard within their jobs. With that being said, all advanced specialties, especially those for combat pilots are immediately sent to the Expeditionary Forces, with the remaining specialties getting the choice during their advanced training whether they wish to go active in the Expeditionary Forces, or stay as a Reservist. This causes a natural separation with soldiers and sailors that are more gifted within their jobs to lean towards active service, as the military is a merit based promotion system where the better a soldier or sailor performs the higher rank and greater responsibility becomes available for them to choose to accept. And in the grueling double gravity of Atin, those that want to serve are quickly separated from those that wish to just do their time for citizenship.
The tactics of the SLDF are very much focused on combined arms, with all of the pieces of the military being highly specialized relying on command and leadership to mesh the highly specialized pieces into a combined fighting force that's able to smash any foe before it. This utilizes Tanks, Artillery, Close Support Craft, Space/Air Superiority Fighters all on the backbone of supporting the Infantry. The commissioned officers of the SLDF come up with the planning and give marching orders to the non-commissioned officers of the military that execute said orders and essentially run things in mission or on the field. That being said there are commissioned officers that prefer to lead from the front by example with their non-commissioned officers, these officers seeing increased results and battlefield effectiveness. And all opportunities for promotion being based on merit, this means that those whole excel in their
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