Zhodani Naval Special Landing Force

The Zhodani Naval Special Landing Force are elite shipboard troops employed by the Zhodani Navy.

• For the Zhodani Consulate the ZNSLF serve aboard naval vessels in much the same way as Imperial Marines.

Description (Specifications)

The Zhodani Naval Special Landing Forces are not a separate branch or service within the Zhodani Combined Interstellar Forces. They are specially selected, trained, and equipped members of the Consulate Navy. The ZNSLF is tasked with supporting fleet operations and securing the Consulate's naval facilities. ZSNLF Squadrons (Battalions) are formed to seize, construct, and secure naval bases. The ZNSLF is uniformly trained to operate in hostile environmental conditions such as vacuums, exotic atmospheres, and zero-gravity environments. The Zhodani Special Naval Landing Force is usually encountered in the small ship detachments exhibited below. The Troop is a large formation of two detachments and a command section. A squadron contains a Headquarters and Services Troop, four to six ZSNLF Rifle Troops, a Lift Cavalry Troop, and a Weapons Troop with Indirect Fires and Point Defense sub-units. The largest ZSNLF is at the fleet level, usually containing a Headquarters Troop, four to six ZSNLF squadrons, and logistics and Support Troop. These units are rarely consolidated unless needed for more significant operations.

Specialist Units

ZSNLF Jump Troops

Within the ZSNLF are detachments, platoons, troops (companies), and rarely squadrons (battalions) of jump-trained orbital insertion troops. The mission of these units is to establish beachheads, conduct raids, and special reconnaissance. Usually, these expensive, highly-trained, proficient troops are allocated one to two Squadrons per fleet. Like the standard Zhodani unit organization, each squadron is a Headquarters & Services Troop (company) and four Jump Troops (Companies). Each squadron contains a Psi Platoon twice the size of the standard allocation to Lift Infantry Battalions. The double allotment of personnel is to embed in small unit missions.

Reconnaissance Troop

Within the Jump Squadrons of the ZNSLF are the Reconnaissance Troops, who differ from the Consular Guard Commandos in that they are not teleport trained but composed of highly skilled reconnaissance teams of 6-8 Recce troopers specializing in close reconnaissance and special reconnaissance. The Team Leaders and Assistant Team Leaders are usually commissioned specialists with clairvoyance and telepathy. The remaining team members specialize in communications, demolitions, remote medicine, and intelligence skill sets. More often than not, these troops, especially those deployed against the imperium, are of assimilated solomani/vilani descent for biometric concealment. The ZSNLF Reconnaissance Troop comprises a Command Section, a Communications Section, and Three Platoons of 6 Reconnaissance Teams.

Equipment

The ZSNLF are equipped with TL–14 Fusion Weapons and Battledress whenever possible. At the very least, they have Combat Armor and Gauss Rifles. The ZNSLF extensively uses warbots, and when encountered in formations above the Company level, the Psionic Detachments are organic. This Detachment includes reconnaissance clairvoyants and telekinetic scramblers.

TO&E

Zhodani Special Naval Landing Force Section

ZNSLF Section

1. Section Leader
   1. Team Leaders (x2)
      1. Rifleman (x2)
      2. Grenadier (x2)
      3. Aideman/Breacher(x2)
   2. AFV Driver - Robot Technician
      1. Warbots (x2)

Zhodani Special Naval Landing Force Detachment.

ZNSLF Detachment

1. Deatchment Leader
2. Detachment Leading NCO
3. Section Leaders(x2)
   1. Team Leaders (x2)
      1. Rifleman (x4)
      2. Grenadier (x4)
      3. Aideman/Breacher/Fusion Gunner (x4)
   2. AFV Driver - Robot Technician (x2)
      1. Warbots (x4)
   3. VRF Gun Team
      1. Gunner
      2. Assistant Gunner

Zhodani Special Naval Landing Force Platoon.

[[File: Zhodani_Special_Naval_Landing_Force_Platoon

1. Platoon Leader
2. Assistant Platoon Leader
3. Platoon Leading NCO
4. Section Leaders(x4)
   1. Team Leaders (x2)
      1. Rifleman (x4)
      2. Grenadier (x4)
      3. Aideman/Breacher/Fusion Gunner (x4)
   2. AFV Driver - Robot Technician (x4)
      1. Warbots (x4)
   3. VRF Gun Team (x2)
      1. Gunner
      2. Assistant Gunner

Equipment (Tech Level 14)

Zhodani Laser Carbine TL 12+

Zhodani Gauss Rifles TL 12+

Zhodani FGMP-14

1. Individual
   1. Combat Armor (TL-14)
      1. ZNSLF Model of Combat Armor has the following features: Magnetic Soles and Palms; Image Enchanced Faceplate; and Shock Absorbing Joints.
         1. The Hostile Egress Posterior Module for operations in hostile enviroment inclues a small power pack, oxygen enhanced supply of 8 hours and CO2 scrubbing filters, and the Manuver-adjustment propulsion unit (uses trapped compressed CO2).
   2. Gauss Rifle
   3. Gauss Rifle Grenadier
   4. Laser Carbines
   5. Gauss Pistols
   6. FGMP-14
2. Warbots
3. Vehicles
   1. Light Armored G-Carrier

History & Background (Dossier)

When the ZNSLF is most frequently encountered it is a ship’s troops about the vessels of the Consulate navy. Corvettes will carry usually a section, frigates or corvette transports a Detachment or "half-platoon", Cruisers typically carry a reinforced platoon of these troopers.

Additional Notes

The name and use of the Zhodani Special Naval Landing Forces was transferred to Mongoose publishing on 2 Sep 2024. The author is credited and the ZSNLF was published in the Mongoose Traveller’s The Fifth Frontier War Sourcebook.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Bleddyn Wilson (Meteoric Assault)