The Farosi Armed Forces
AN: So, a few things. One, I think I made a mistake by uploading Chapter 11 and the Epologue on the same day as it appears that some of my readers ended up skipping chapter 11 entirely. So, please, if you didn't go and read it.
Second: I have written the first two chapters of the next book "The Princesses War" but I am not sure when I will make it to chapter 10. As I said before I was planning on beginning posting when I had the first ten chapters written but if you want I will begin posting at the start of the New Year, it will mean less regular updates though. I will set up a poll on my page for you to decide.
Third: In an effort to clear up the size of the Farosi military I have created this page for you to look at, detailing the size of the Farosi Army and Navy.
The Farosi Army:
The heart of the Farosi army is made up of twenty Battle Corps.
A Farosi Battle Corps numbers 13,600 men
Commander: General (The rank of Brigadier is given to a colonel who is in command of a force of several regiments but not at Corps strength, such as Brigadier Curn, the commander of the Kings Landing garrison)
10,000 Infantry, divided into 10 Regiments (2 battalions in a regiment, 2 companies in a battalion and 5 platoons in a company)
1,800 Light Horse divided into 3 Regiments (2 companies in a regiment, 3 troops in a battalion)
1,800 Heavy Horse divided into 3 Regiments (2 companies in a regiment, 3 troops in a battalion)
Between 5 and 20 artillery pieces
Total: 272,000 Men
Supporting the Battle Corps are the Specialist Corps, where each Battle Corps is representing the combined arms doctrine of infantry, light cavalry, heavy cavalry and artillery, each of the Specialist Corps are made up entirely of one type of these units.
Infantry Specialist Corps (20 exist)
5,000 Infantry, divided into 5 Regiments.
Total: 100,000
Light Horse Specialist Corps (10 exist)
1,800 Light Horse, divided into 3 Regiments.
Total: 18,000
Heavy Horse Specialist Corps (10 Exist)
1,800 Heavy Horse, divided into 3 Regiments
Total: 18,000
Reserve Army:
After serving twenty years int he regular army a soldier is placed into the Reserve Army for the next ten years. For a month every year they report for duty to undergo training. In times of national emergency they go abroad but usually guard supply depots.
The Reserve Army is made up of ten corps of the same structure as the regular army.
Total: 136,000
Total Size of the Farosi Army (all branches): 544,000
Note: This represents only the full Farosi Army, the entire force is never concentrated in one place, rather it is spread across Farsos in preperation for defending the homeland.
National Militia:
Each District of Farsos, a region with a population of 100,000 people, must maintain a militia in the event of an invasion or to assist the police during civil unrest. Each Districts Militia is commanded by a District Military Governor and is made up of three regiments of foot and two regiments of heavy horse. Under no circumstances are they allowed artillery.
The National Militia never leave Farsos and are not an official part of the armed forces. Also, many members of the militia are also members of the Reserve Army.
Royal Navy:
Until recently the Farosi have had no need for a large scale navy. This led to naval technology to lag behind that of the army, during the Fifteen Years War the inferior Farosi navy was defeated again and again by the larger and superior Gwaitholi fleet, considering the fact that Gwaithol is made up of several large islands this is not a surprise.
After the way the Farosi began to copy the designs of Gwaithol's ships and modifying them to fit on cannons. There are two primary ship designs, the Battle Ships, massive warships with over a hundred guns which serve as the capital ships for Admirals and the centre of battle lines, and Frigates, smaller and faster ships outfitted with forty guns. There are also Steamer Frigates armed with just over thrity guns but can move against the wind and are incredibly fast, serving as scouts or interceptor craft.
Total Size of Farosi Royal Navy:
Batteships: 30
Frigates: 215
Steamer Frigates: 40
Total: 285 Ships
Note: The Farosi Fleet is still outnumbered by that of Gwaithol's but the Farosi have developed superior artillery on their ships as a counter.
Royal Marine Service:
Each ship has a detachment of Royal Marines aboard who serve to defend the ship from enemy boarding actions or carry out boarding actions or speacialist naval attacks.
Battleship Contingent: 300 Marines.
Frigate Contingent: 100 Marines
Steamer Frigate Contingent: 100 Marines.
Total Size: 34,500 Marines.