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.
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 small motor vehicles.
- Mounted Infantry ("Dragoons") Mount-mobile infantry with increased mobility. They dismount to fight. This style of combat becomes more common as firearms technology improves.
- Irregular Cavalry ("Hussars", "Pandours") Mount-mobile irregular troops or light cavalry used for security, reconnaissance, and raiding. They fight from horseback. They are commonly militia or mercenary units who are usually from or near the area of operations they are stationed in.
- Horse Archers Mount-mobile archers who fire from horseback.
- 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 and drop from high atmosphere or orbit to planetside.
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