Republic Legions

Similar to the Society, the Solar Republic uses the legion as its standard military unit, a small-scale autonomous army led by a single Legate and subdivided into various cohorts led by subLegate officers. The general size and composition of cohorts are decided by the Legate (though the minimum size of a cohort is roughly 1000 soldiers and their associated support personnel), allowing a large degree of flexibility when it comes to engagements.

Unlike the Society, the Republic often additionally makes use of smaller units not associated with specific legions, often attaching them to larger forces to fulfill specialized roles in campaigns or battles, or occasionally to lend further support to a legion in situations that do not require a full second legion. This list of legions does not include these independent units, nor does it include Sons of Ares partisans or AllTribe forces.

## Types of Legions

* **House Legions:** These legions belong exclusively to the house that forms them, therefore meaning that nearly all are composed of defectors and reformers from the Society of Man. They are often led by a lancer, banner, or member of the house, and are not considered to be part of the formal military structure of the Solar Republic. Accordingly, they have no formal name or number.
* **Expeditionary Legions:** Also known as state legions, these legions form the backbone of the Solar Republic's military, and are owned by the government through the War Committee. Many are formed of defectors from the Society, but many new legions have also been raised by the Republic in the time since the Fall of Luna. To further separate itself from the Society, the Republic has dispensed with Latin names for these legions, simply assigning them a formal number and name (earned for their service).
* **Irregular Legions:** These legions, though also government-owned and part of the Republic's official military structure, stand apart from their expeditionary counterparts. They often fulfill dedicated roles or have unique compositions which necessitate different treatment from the standard expeditionary legions.

## List of Legions

### House Legions

This is a non-exhaustive list detailing the names, house, and rough volume of House Legions owned and operated by Solar Republic houses. Political rumours are that some senators wish to abolish house legions and fold them into the formal government military of the Solar Republic.

* **Augustus:**
* **Azure:** Ultramarine (8k)
* **Julii:**

### Expeditionary Legions

This is a non-exhaustive ordered list of Solar Republic state legions. From left to right it indicates the Legion number, formal name, rough volume, and current leader. Under the Republic, state legions are rarely led in a pseudo-hereditary manner as in the Society, though the current Legate of a legion often has great influence in naming their successor. If a legion name includes a Latin moniker in parentheses, it indicates that the legion defected from the Society.

* **1st Free Legion:** PLACEHOLDER - PLACEHOLDER - Current Legatus: PLACEHOLDER
* **2nd Free Legion:** Blacksmith - 20k - Current Legatus: Alexandre Daedalus
* **5th Free Legion:** Helleaters (*Lacadaemon*) - 20k - Current Legatus: Saren au Augustus
* **7th Free Legion:** Pegasus - PLACEHOLDER - Current Legatus: under direct command of archImperator Killian O'Lykos
* **9th Free Legion:** Burnished - 10k - Current Legatus: Selia cu Sallas
* **11th Free Legion:** Liberty - Pending - Current Legatus: Cassander au Azure
* **23rd Free Legion:** Comanche - 20k - Current Legatus: Merry ti Etrusca
* **28th Free Legion:** Blood Wolf (*Lupus Sanguinis*) - 20k
* **29th Free Legion:** Iron Lion (*Ferris Rex*) - 20k
* Meritocrat Division- Current Legatus: Archlegate Valeria

### Irregular Legions

* **Jayhawk Penal Legion:** In the Solar Republic, certain crimes (e.g. theft, desertion, etc.) can be served instead as a member of the Jayhawks rather than in a Republic prison cell. Service in the Jayhawks is also offered to Society sympathizers and prisoners of war as a means of proving their loyalty to the Republic. The Jayhawk unit is intended to allow criminals rehabilitation through serving the Republic, though in practice this often means the Jayhawks are widely derided by the rest of the military and often sent on undesirable or suicide missions, or used as cannon fodder for more respectable legions.
* **Legion of the Eternal Rose:** Also known as the Winged Kings, this legion is a specialist hit-and-run artillery unit much smaller than a typical state legion. It began as the house legion of House Abditum, but following the death of its last scion, the legion was bequeathed to Lorelei Zeynep, a Rose who remains the current Legatus as of January, 745 PCE.