Heraldian Military

The Heraldian Military is the fighting force of the nation of Heraldia, it's forces eventually joined with those of the other human nations in 2013 to form the Human Alliance.
==Overview==
The Heraldian Military consists of both the Heraldian Army and the Heraldian Navy. Among the human nations of Dragoia (Planet), the Heraldian Military was always known to be completely incompetent with a bizarre and ineffective rank system where mundane roles are filled by abnormally high ranking officers, high even by Imperial Dragoian Army standards, with the army in particular having a reputation for putting physical strength over everything when it came to promotions.
=== Army ===
The Heraldian army is known globally for being a joke in modern times, with a focus on antiquated rules and laws that focus on physical strength over other skills which has led to a badly trained and badly led army full of officers who don't have a real clue how to lead.
The Army also expressed a sexist, no female rule until until 1924, 2 years after Jackie Rowne beat up a drunken Colonel Hershe and gained access to the Army as a Colonel by exploiting an old Heraldian Military law. They allowed women into the army after noticing that in the 2 years they had Rowne, they actually had scored many victories against small Dragoian forces without incurring crippling losses as had been normal for centuries, with the vast majority of those victories being from Rowne's squad.
Each squad within the Heraldian army must consist of a primary officer who is normally a Colonel, and a secondary officer who is normally a Major, but is occasionally the same rank as the primary officer. However, if a secondary officer is not available due to battlefield losses, squads may go out with just the primary officer.
The Heraldian army assigns squads to numerous spots along it's border with the Dragoian Empire on a roughly two month on, two month off deployment. These deployments are often woefully underprepared and undermanned to repel even the smallest Dragoian raids without taking crippling casualties, and there are rumours that permanently positioning so many personnel on the Dragoian border is what prompts the abnormal number of raids on Heraldia, often several hundred a year.
The Heraldian Military was also the first human nation to use converted Dragoian made Hydra Pistols as weapons, these were jointly developed by Jackie Rowne and a Dragoian gunsmith called Naresh Lisark in 1923, with the first batch tested by Rowne's own squad which, while initially hesitant to the idea of using them, quickly grew to consider them effective if slightly unwieldy weapons and better than standard issue Heraldian rifles.
=== Navy ===
The Navy was also incompetent, allowing anyone, regardless of skill, intelligence, etc, into it's forces without comment, this dreadful policy was the result of an entire Heraldian fleet mysteriously vanishing in 1919 while en route to a skirmish against the Imperial Dragoian Navy and needing to be bulked up quickly. Skilled volunteers were put off by the fact the fleet completely, and mysteriously vanished. Many people in Heraldia believed this to be a fabricated excuse to cover up a major tactical blunder which further hurt the navy's reputation
==Bad Policies==
The Heraldian Military is known to have many bad policies and laws, even among the human nations.
The Heraldian army had a long-standing no-women view until 1924. This view came from the common, and incorrect, belief among the humans of Heraldia that women were too physically weak to fight as infantry. Curiously, the Heraldian navy abolished this policy along with the introduction of metal ships.
A famous example of a bad policy was an old Heraldian military law which allowed a civilian to challenge an army officer to a fight, specifically one where both sides were involved directly in initiating it, where should the civilian win, they would get the opportunity to join the army at the officer's rank and position. Many believe this law came about long before firearms became the standard weapon of war, where personal strength was important and if a civilian was strong enough to beat an officer of the military in a fight, they were strong enough to do whatever that officer could do, and would be a benefit for the military. It's believed that this particular policy is why the Heraldian army is notorious for it's strong and muscular but poorly trained officers and numerous tactical blunders. By some oddity, this law makes explicit mention of allowing a woman to join the normally all-male army, saying that any woman strong enough to beat a man in a fight is worthy of being an "honorary man" and being allowed into the army.
== Rank Structure Army ==
The Heraldian Army operates 2 rank structures, Officer and Non-Officer.
=== Officer ===
* Lieutenant: The lowest officer rank, Lieutenants are usually a Squad's vehicle commanders.
* Captain: Captains are usually secondary officers to small squads but may rarely be found as secondary officers to large squads or leading small detachments in a large squad.
* Major: Majors are usually the secondary officer in a large squad, but are often found as the leader of a single small squad as the primary officer.
* Colonel: Colonels tend to manage a single large squad as the primary officer.
* General: Generals can command entire battalions (around 15 squads) or control large scale logistics.
* Field Marshal: Only three officers can hold this rank, with command over the army based on the region they are based in, North, Central and South.
=== Non-Officer ===
* Private: Privates effectively have no rank whatsoever, and form the bulk of the Heraldian Army.
* Corporal: Corporals are low ranking non-officers, they usually take the role of specialists such as snipers or vehicle repair crews.
* Sergeant: Sergeants are often involved in vehicle crewing and squad logistics.
== Rank Structure Navy ==
The Heraldian Navy operates 2 rank structures, Officer and Non-Officer.
=== Officer ===
* Lieutenant: The lowest officer rank, Lieutenants tend to fill skilled roles and often supervise Seamen to make sure they do their job.
* Commander: Commanders control departments onboard a ship, such as engineering, navigation and tactical. Commanders never number above 10 onboard a single ship.
* Captain: Captains have total control of their ship. As a captain can have a ship from a lowly patrol craft all the way up to a Dreadnought, it's common practice for less experienced captains to command lower value ships while the experienced captains are given command of the larger more valuable ships.
* Commodore: Commodores often command an entire fleet and act as their commanding Admiral's way of directing orders on the ocean.
* Admiral: Admirals are few in number and each control a few fleets, although some choose to manage the logistics of their assigned fleet rather than command the fleets.
=== Non-Officer ===
* Seaman: Seamen effectively have no rank whatsoever, and form the bulk of the Heraldian Navy. They are the enlisted personnel that are most involved with the day to day maintenance and operation of a ship. Seamen often fall under sub ranks, such as Gunner, Loader, Damage Control, etc.
==Uniform==
Heraldian Military uniform for both the Army and the Navy consists of a short sleeved white shirt and dark green dress trousers. In addition, Army officers have a dark green dress jacket with gold buttons and rank sliders and a dark green dress uniform hat with gold trim while Navy officers have a white dress jacket with gold buttons and rank sliders and a white dress uniform hat with gold trim.
Combat uniform varies for officers, as they are allowed their own armour (needed to stand even the slightest chance against Dragoian firearms) while the non-officers get given a set of dark green combat trousers made from thick fabric, a dark green long-sleeved shirt made from the same fabric, and optional dark green steel armour plates, ranging in size from shoulder and knee pads, to blast shields (Lancers only) and chestplates.
==Into the Human Alliance==
When the Heraldian Military entered the Human Alliance, they were, as with all nations, allowed to keep their own uniforms and rules for their army, but they had to assist other nations if needed, as per Human Alliance rules. For other members of the Human Alliance, calling on the Heraldian military for help was often considered to be a case of either absolute last resort, or needing sacrificial bodies.
==Notable Officers==
*Colonel Hershe
*Field Marshal Greysworth
*Colonel Rowne
Category:Human Alliance
Category:Dragoia (Planet)
Category:Militaries