Ground Force Command
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Ground Force Command (GFC) is the land force component of the Imperial Army. It has a larger rank structure than its sister branches because it is usually the largest force component.
| GFC Ranks | |
|---|---|
| Officers | |
| O11 » Field Marshal | |
| O10 » Colonel-General | |
| O9 » Lieutenant-General | |
| O8 » Major General | |
| O7 » Brigadier-General | |
| O6 » Colonel | |
| O5 » Lieutenant-Colonel | |
| O4 » Major | |
| O3 » Captain | |
| O2 » First Lieutenant | |
| O1 » Second Lieutenant | |
| Enlisted | |
| E9 » Sergeant Major | |
| E8 » First Sergeant | |
| E7 » Leading Sergeant | |
| E6 » Staff Sergeant | |
| E5 » Sergeant | |
| E4 » Lance Sergeant | |
| E3 » Corporal | |
| E2 » Lance Corporal | |
| E1 » Private | |
| E1 » Recruit | |
Corps
Infantry
This, in short, refers to the foot soldiers.
- Irregular Infantry A mob or band of fighters. At lower tech levels they are usually equipped with rocks, clubs, knives and other makeshift melee weapons. Any actual weapons are either personal property or were scrounged or looted from a previous battle. At higher technology levels they are equipped with personal firearms. They are usually used as security forces or guides when deployed locally but can be made into raiders or "forlorn hope" units. Unorganized mercenary units and local militias are usually in this class.
- Scout Infantry Troops trained in reconnaissance and surveillance. They are either drawn from native or local populations that live in a certain climate type or are trained or acclimated to survive in it. They are usually deployed in small units as scouts and snipers.
- Light Infantry Highly mobile units wearing little or no armor designed as screening or reconnaissance troops. At lower tech levels they are usually armed with light missile weapons like slings or bows. At high tech levels they have smaller or lighter fire support, have larger transport assets than normal units, and are designed to bypass or outmaneuver enemy forces.
- Medium Infantry The mainstay of the army, these are troops designed to operate in large formations. At lower tech levels they are usually armed with a melee weapon and a shield. At higher tech levels they are armed with firearms.
- Heavy Infantry Troops who are used to spearhead an advance or break through an enemy's lines. At lower tech levels they are heavily armed and armored. At higher tech levels they have larger fire support and combat engineering assets than normal troops and are designed to defend or assault strongholds or fortifications.
- Lift Infantry Troops that are carried in grav vehicles. 65% of all Infantry battalions in the Unified Armies are Lift Infantry.
Cavalry
At lower TLs (1-6), cavalry is commonly soldiers riding animals (horses on Terra). At higher TLs, such as most of the Imperial Army, this generally refers to soldiers riding in motor vehicles.
- Irregular Cavalry ("Hussars", "Pandours") Mount-mobile irregular troops or light cavalry that fight from horseback that are used for security, reconnaissance, and raiding. They are commonly militia or mercenary units who are usually from or near the area of operations they are stationed in.
- Mounted Infantry ("Dragoons") Mount-mobile infantry with increased mobility that dismount to fight. This style of combat becomes more common as firearms technology improves.
- Mounted Archers Mount-mobile archers who fire from the saddle.
- Light Cavalry Cavalry on light mounts designed for speed. Troops are either unarmored or wear light armor and are equipped with sabers and/or overarm lances.
- Heavy Cavalry Cavalry on large mounts designed to carry the rider and their equipment. Troops wear heavy armor and are equipped with melee weapons and braced lances.
- Cavalry Scouts Reconnaissance unit.
- Motorized Cavalry Unarmored or lightly-armored wheeled vehicles (cars and trucks).
- Mechanized Cavalry Lightly-armored tracked vehicles.
- Armor Heavily armored tracked vehicles.
Artillery
This refers to heavy support weapons such as masers and plasma guns. This can also be used to refer to low-tech weapons like catapults or cannon.
- Field Artillery
- Forward Observation
Support
- Administration
- Engineers
- Medical
- Technical Services
- Transport
Commando
Special Operations forces.
- Sylean Rangers: Army units trained in reconnaissance and raiding. They are also used to train indigenous forces on Low-Tech worlds in vital military skills. They can be deployed in or out of battledress, depending on the needs of the operation or campaign.
- Protected Forces (ProtFors): Army elite units trained to wear Vacc Suits and operate in exotic or toxic environments and Low-Gravity, High-Gravity, or Zero-Gravity conditions. They usually use Gauss weapons rather than energy weapons as standard arms because the projectiles can tear or rip through enemy protective clothing, rendering them vulnerable.
- Rapid Interface Forces (RIF): Army commando units trained to wear Battledress. They are dropped in capsules from high atmosphere or orbit to planetside.
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