System Defense Forces of the Principality of Caledon

In addition to the Royal Caledonian Navy and the General Staff, each of the Principality's constituent systems has its own local defense forces.

Constituent Forces

Local Defense forces are divided among the following services. The service's organization, operational planning and strategic aims are coordinated by the General Command Staff (GCC):

• Ground Forces - traditional combat arms (Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery), combat support (Engineers, reconnaissance, air defense) and support (logistics, maintenance, medical) units. This is by far the largest component. The Caledonian Army is a unified, Prinicpality-wide force - but it is mostly focused on defending individual systems. As rule, only about 25% of the Tech Level 10-12 ground units (and 10% of the immense TL9 contingent based on Cuillin) would ever be deployed outside their home systems.
• System Defense Forces - Orbital, System, and ground-based (non-jump) forces to defend against incursions into system space. This includes everything from system defense space forces to ground-based units defending against space-based attacks - everything from anti-missile lasers to nuclear dampers. Note that while most systems' defense forces serve locally, many SD troops from the Rob Roy system will serve in other systems as needed.
• Planetary "Air Forces" - atmospheric and low-orbital strike and air-defense units.
• Planetary "Wet" Navy - forces operating on system oceans and other waterways.
• Support Troops - Staff, medical, administrative, security and other troops not commonly part of front-line operations on land, water, in the air or space.

Local Defense Forces by System

The chart below shows total system defense forces, broken down by service and system.

World	TL	Total Local Defense	Ground Forces Total	Ground Force organization	System Defense Forces	Planetary "Air Force"	Planetary "Wet" Navy	Support Troops
Douglass	12	800,000	320,000	32 brigades	120,000	120,000	80,000	160,000
Caledon	12	700,000	280,000	28 brigades	105,000	105,000	70,000	140,000
Stirling	12	200,000	80,000	8 brigades	30,000	30,000	20,000	40,000
Victory	12	30,000	18,000	2 brigades	7,500	3,000		1,500
Rob Roy	11	8,000,000	3,200,000	320 brigades	2,400,000	800,000	400,000	1,200,000
Caithness	11	100,000	40,000	4 brigades	15,000	15,000	10,000	20,000
Dunbarton	11	80,000	32,000	3 brigades	12,000	12,000	8,000	16,000
Stuart	11	45,000	18,000	2 brigades	6,750	6,750	4,500	9,000
Scotia	11	30	15	A section of "Scotian Scouts" and a grav vehicle crew		3		12
Rutherglen	10	300,000	120,000	12 brigades	45,000	45,000	30,000	60,000
Macbeth	10	60,000	24,000	2 brigades	9,000	9,000	6,000	12,000
Knoydart	10	13,500	6,750	1 brigade		2,700	1,350	2,700
Annan	10	7,000	2,800	Two reinforced infantry battalions	1,050	1,050	700	1,400
Cuillin	9	20,000,000	10,600,000	1,060 brigades organized into a large, complex army. Planet defense forces largely support for higher-tech units.	1,000,000	4,000,000	400,000	4,000,000
Claverse	9	50,000	27,500	3 brigades		7,500	5,000	10,000
Firth	9	200	140	One reinforced "patrol company"		20	10	30
Lanark	9	15	9	15 man scout section. The "Air Force" is a single helicopter crew		2		4
Culloden	9	5	5	5-man security unit				-
Budwick	8	600,000	330,000	33 brigades		90,000	60,000	120,000
Glenelg	8	90,000	58,500	6 brigades		18,000	4,500	9,000
Pentland	8	500	375	3 companies of Pentland Rangers		25		100
Grampia	6	200	160	One company of light infantry		20		20

Intervention Force

While most of the Army (and all of the System Defense, Air and Naval) forces are dedicated to local system defense, a portion of the Army is allotted to the "Intervention Force". This force is heavily composed of units from TL11 and TL12 worlds, along with a sizeable contingent from TL9 Cuillin.

Tech Level	Total Brigades	Light Infantry	Mechanized/Armored	Airmobile	Notes
TL12	17 Brigades	2 Light Infantry Brigades	12 Mech/Armor Brigades	3 Airmobile Brigades	-
TL11	82 Brigades	37 Light Infantry Brigades	36 Mech/Armor Brigades	9 Airmobile Brigades	-
TL10	3 Brigades	3 Light Infantry Brigades	-	-	These units serve in interventions in lower-technology worlds.
TL9	106 Brigades	66 Light Infantry/Security Brigades	36 Mech/Armor Brigades	4 Airmobile Brigades	These units largely serve as rear-area security troops, and in interventions on lower-technology worlds

In addition, two brigades of the "Prince's Own Corps of Guards (POCOG) are allocated to the intervention force. All POCOG units are TL12.