Kaikyo/Military Organization

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The **Kaikyo Guard** serves as both the primary military organization of Kaikyo, and the primary political force. While a highly-skilled and competent body, it is riveted with politically established forces which hinder the organization's efficiency. By and large, they rely on large but slower moving fleet formations, with a notable absence of complicated technology; seen as an inessential complication to production by the Guard's brass.

## Branches

* **KAIKYO ASTRONAVAL GUARD (KAG)** - The Kaikyo Astronaval Guard, or KAG, is the fleet component of the Kaikyo Guard; a wide-reaching organization, it handles both capital and subcapital fleets. As a result, the KAG has a variety of responsibilities, from flag fleets to trade protection. In dress, they wear black single-breasted tunics and peaked caps.
* **KAIKYO TERRESTRIAL GUARD (KTG)** - The Kaikyo Terrestrial Guard, or KTG, despite the name handles both terrestrial and interstellar duties. In dress, they wear olive green single-breasted tunics and peaked caps.
* **KAIKYO JUDICIAL GUARD (KJG)** - The Kaikyo Judicial Guard, or KJC, is a formidably massive organization. Handling both planetary policing with various sub-organizations and sub-divisions, it also manages etherguard duties for inhabited systems, enforcing both the law and rendering aid when needed.

## Doctrines

*See also: Kaikyo/Military Organization/KG Equipment*

**Navy** *For information on the ship classifications utilized, please refer to this page.*

 The **Kaikyo Astronaval Guard** (or **KAG**) is the is the main naval force responsible for both the protection of Kaikyo's territories, and of their interests abroad.
The etheric astrogeography of Kaikyo has always posed a unique challenge to the KAG, since as the name of Kaikyo (meaning "Strait") suggests, the entire territory of Kaikyo is the etheric equivalent of a strait. The far East and West of the country are dominated by impassable walls of etheric fog, leaving space in between very smooth, this smooth area gradually getting narrower the further North or South one travels.

The end result is that Kaikyo has only two, very narrow (only a system or so wide) points of access. The strategy of the KAG has been built around this, and as a result, they operate a slower but more heavily armed and armored fleet- Mainly consisting of several battleships (and carriers) supported by vessels such as heavy cruisers and monitors, in-order to defend and exploit these natural choke points.

Special Note - Titan Battleships *KAG Senshi* and *KAG Ken Tōshi*

Due to both the need for a secure defense on the above choke points, and the wealth of the nation, the KAG has in its possession two titan battleships of the Senchineru-class, the *KAG Senshi* and *KAG Ken Tōshi*.

Serving as the premier anti-battleship vessels of the entire KAG fleet, they are typically mothballed in times of peacetime in astro-ports near the North and South choke points- *KAG Senshi* being moored (and responsible) to the North, and *KAG Ken Tōshi* being moored to the South.

**Army** The **Kaikyo Terrestrial Guard** (or **KTG**) is the main terrestrial force responsible for garrisoning planets, and executing whatever terrestrial ambitions the state otherwise has, including the securement of hostile worlds and/or stations from an enemy state.
The doctrine of the KTG is a mixture of stationary defensive lines, often involving rapidly made trenches, and mass-offensive combined infantry/armor maneuvers against the enemy. In support of this, a flexible "tertiary line" is often fielded, covering the flanks of the main line and also partaking in primarily infantry commandeered skirmishing attacks.

Infantry play an incredibly important role in the KTG's tactics, focusing on accurate anti-infantry fire with their bolt-action railgun rifles, posing a threat even to lighter armored vehicles and infantry power armor. This is supported heavily by near constant machine gun and artillery fire to limit the maneuverability of enemy infantry.

**Infantry Loadout (Regular)** Reference for a non-power armor Kaikiri infantryman.

* *1 Type 180 Battle Rifle w/ 1 Type 50 Sword Bayonet*
* *140 Rounds of rifle ammunition (DSVF - Discarding Sabot Vibrating Flechette) (7 magazines, 20 rounds each).*
* *3 Grenades (3 Type 100 Fragmentation Grenade.)*
* *1 Field Medical Kit.*
* *2 Compressed Field Rations*
* *1 Radio.*
* *1 Combat Harness.*
* *1 Backpack.*
* *Assorted Tools*

## Kaikyo Astronaval Guard

### Skirmish Fleet

(In port undergoing refit until Lars, 23 NE)

#### New Astronaval Guard Initiative

* New Skirmish Line Initiative - In Progress as of Aulus, 23 NE
* New Battle Line Initiative - In Progress as of Aulus, 23 NE
* Naval Auxiliary Initiative - In Progress as of Aulus, 23 NE