Army of The Dominion of Orbis

## **History & Description**

The Army of The Dominion of Orbis was founded after the end of The War For Orbis, the Army's organization was handled by Marshal William Boomica. One of Williams most notable restructuring of the new army was decommissioning the Knights from service, thus completing the transformation of Orbisian armies from a mix of feudal and semi-professional armies, to a full time professional standing army. The Army of The Dominion of Orbis (Commonly referred as The Dominions Army) handled all military affairs external and internal. During its initial formation the army spent a majority of its time keeping order by garrisoning towns, fighting bandits, and hunting slavers across the region.

**Formation 1760 U.O-1764 U.O**

The Army of the Dominion of Orbis was formed in late 1760 U.O by William Boomica. The Army was the first full time-professional army fielded in Orbis since the fall of The Romikkan Empire during the Crisis of The Tenth Century. William Structured the army to mimic the Franikan Armies. Although he avoided using direct terminology the organization was nearly identical, even down to the tactics. The Army's tactics during its foundation was based upon heavy line infantry reinforced by artillery. As time progressed the army's tactics would modernize to trench warfare. With the initial removal of Knights from the Army of The Dominion of Orbis, the army suffered a massive cavalry deficit for the first few years of its inception.

**Temporary Fracture 1764 U.O-1765 U.O**

By 1764 U.O William Boomica had stepped down as the Marshal of The Army of The Dominion of Orbis and James Wesley had taken his place, James Wesley later earned the new found army a decisive defeat during the Teratime Rebellion, and was due to be remove from his position of Marshal within the coming months after the failed military incursion. In an attempt to retain power he marched on Titus City before he was assassinated by his own soldiers kickstarting the Wesley War. During the start of the Wesely War the Army only numbered little over 240,000 men, nearly half of the force joined William Boomica with the remaining soldiers being scattered amongst the various warlords within the Wesley War.

**Reunification of The Armed Forces 1765 U.O**

By the end of The Wesley War the Army of The Dominion of Orbis had lost nearly 200,000+ men, and massive efforts to rebuild the army, now under the directive or Ryan Dust, began. Years later the Army recovered, and although lacked the technology of their neighbors in Reichland and Eastern Danika, The Army still became a force to be reckoned with.

## **Organization**

The Orbisian Army was organized into a unit structure divided in the tens, the same system of organization applied to cavalry scaled at a 1/4 (stopping at regiments) of the normal number of soldiers in the organized system. The Artillery system also applied at the same scale, and only extended from Field Groups of Artillery--->Battalions.

***Field Group (10 Men)***

*An Orbisian Field Group is led by a Field Captain.*

***Company (50 Men)***

*An Orbisian Company was made up of 5 Field Groups, and was led by a Company Lieutenant Colonel.*

***Battalion (200 Men)***

*An Orbisian Battalion was made up of 4 Companies, and was led by Lieutenant Colonel.*

***Regiment (1,000 Men)***

*An Orbisian Regiment was made up of 5 Battalions, and was led by Colonel.*

***Army Group (10,000 Men)***

*An Orbisian Army group was made up of 10 regiments, and was led by a General.*

***Army of The Dominion of Orbis (500,000 Men)***

*The Army of The Dominion of Orbis was made up of 50 Army Groups, and was led by a Marshal.*

## **Equipment & Vehicles**

The early Orbisian Armies outfits consisted mainly of breeches or trousers, a blue shirt and a jacket or short-jacket with epaulets. The Soldiers, unlike their Franikan Counterparts, would also dawn one set of chest plates on their front much like the Brettish Line Infantry did. They wore black boots, and would usually have Single-pouch purse-like leather knapsack to hold powder, shot balls, and bayonetts. By the late 1760s the Orbisian Army moved away from chest plates, and adopted blue trench coats for their infantry, having tucked in long sleeve button up shirts for winter weather. The headgear was initially tricons or black wide brimmed hats. Later along with the uniform upgrade in the late 1760s, their headgear transferred to boiled leather helmets with a steel tip at the top. The Cavalry remained clad in plate and chain mail for many more years to come, with many cavalry units issuing leftover armor from the decades worth of conflicts they were used in prior. The Artillery Regiments also used the same outfits as the infantry, though with different designs and insignias to differentiate them.

The Army for the majority of its inception used Flintlock Muskets, only upgrading to Cap and Ball rifles by the 1780s. The Army also lacked in technology using Flintlock Pistols, and Flintlock Revolving Pistols while many other nations moved onto Cap and Ball Revolvers and Cartridge Firearms. The Army made great use of broad swords for their cavalry units, who were still clad in plate and chainmail armor as late as the 1770s. The Artillery pieces used by the Army also remained outdated, being made up of predominantly wheeled 6 pounder and 12 pounder cannons. More advanced artillery pieces had to be imported from nations such as Franika and Brettland.

## **Demographic Makeup**

A vast majority of the Army of The Dominion of Orbis was made up of Romikkans, Acrabians, Drazzanians, Norks, and Hoplataki peoples. With the predominant religion in the army being The Church of Titus, followed closely by Acrabian Zelstari.

## **Notable Units**

**The 95th ‘’East Riding'' Regiment of Foot**

The 95th East Riding Regiment of Foot was a regiment named in homage to the legendary Knight Arthur Paxton. The original 95th ‘’East Riding'' Regiment of Foot was a British Regiment led by him during the Salt War in Brettland Years prior. The 95th ‘’East Riding'' Regiment of Foot within the Army of Orbis renamed their regiment after The Wesley War to honor Arthur Paxton.