Esaran Armed Forces

Description / Specifications

Army

1,200 battalions organized into twelve Canton Protection Units equal in power to an army corps. Different governments control different military units.

From the advanced population of Rasand the following units are drawn.

• These are the elite, the best trained and equipped with the highest technology weapon systems.

Marine

120 battalions organized into twelve Planetary Security Units equal in power to a marine brigade. Each PSU is 6,000 troops and requires several transports to move. Marines are protected forces trained, but NOT drop capsule trained, nor equipped. Naval vessels must fight their way to the surface to secure beach heads and landing zones.

• Most wear combat armor, an armored vacc suit is the minimum. They carry laser rifles and TAC missiles. They are light on supporting arms and request external support to remain in action after initial assaults. "Catering" companies are contracted with from appropriate cantons to provide support. These units are all teeth and no tail.

Navy

The navy is reliant on commercial contracts to provide logistic support and infrastructure for the combat arms. This gives the merchant cantons great power and influence over military policies. The combat vessels double as battalion transports. The escorts double as very light carriers.

Fleet Assets

The Esaran Fleet amounts to approximately 700,000 tons of shipping. Current operational naval assets include:

• Fifteen 10,000 ton TL–11 Swooping Victory Class Defense Cruisers
• Five 50,000 ton TL–11 Canton Class Control Cruisers
• Ten 5,000 ton TL–11 Soaring Wing Class Destroyers
• One hundred 2,500 ton TL–11 Rasand Protector Class Corvettes

The unified fleet has the transport capacity to move more than an entire marine Planetary Security Unit in a single lift. Army units are much harder to redeploy, and have much less strategic mobility. Several task forces are on patrol at one time, visiting planets in the ECA operation zone. A few are generally held in reserve, these units are training or rebuilding from combat operations. Each world in the ECA can raise local planetary defense units commiserate with their available resources and personnel. Rival balkanized governments share several starship designs in common. The TL–11 garrisons have little problem handing some of the planets with smaller populations and much lower technology levels.

History & Background

To be decided.

References & Contributors / Sources

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science