Alliance Rear Echelons

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

## Background

The Alliance Military is divided into three overarching sections. The Peacemaker Divisions commanded by Alliance High Command who serve as its most elite formation; drawn from the very best of the best. Then there are the national militaries that are each equipped and trained to the member nation's specifications and requirements. Finally there are the Rear Echelons, a pan-national force that serves to accompany the Peacemakers and provide mass and support for them in a more integrated manner than the Peacemakers and to deal with issues that the peacemakers alone cannot deal with, or that no peacemakers can be spared to deal with. They also serve as a trained reserve for the Peacemakers, slipping out of the Rear Echelons and into the Peacemakers proper as is needed during expansions or to replace losses. This of course has given them a somewhat undeserved reputation for being "leftovers" and "incomps" (whether this stands for "incompetents" or "incomplete" depends on who you ask), something that many in the Rear Echelons rather keenly resent.

They are by no means unprofessional or part-time; they are often men and women who are training to meet the stringent demands of the Peacemaker forces, though drafted citizens in wartime are not unknown. Recently, many men and women are joining to gain qualifications in a new Allied venture; and it's working. Field Medics can become doctors without having to pay boarding or most living expenses, Combat Pilots can become commercial pilots without needing to go through civilian training schools and Engineers can transfer directly into their mechanical area of expertise in the private sector with no additional training needed. Anyone with a Rear Echelon background on their CV can expect to be welcomed into nearly any career fitting their speciality thanks to the employment programs offered to veterans. After all, no employer would dare turn down someone who fights to make sure that bosses and shop owners still exist.

All of this was drafted in response to the limitations of the Allied Army experienced during the second world war and done largely in imitation of the "category" system put in place for the Communist International's armed forces. The second world war had shown that amassing the Alliance army into a single mass under Britain's absolute hegemony was inefficient and ultimately ended up hindering the Alliance time and time again. However equipping the entirety of the Alliance military to the same standards as the Peacemakers was simply unaffordable, so the Rear Echelons were equipped with a significantly older vintage of gear; but were trained to largely the same standard in order to allow them to be a fighting reserve for their comrades.

The Rear Echelons would prove to be a significant asset in the colonial wars fought across the world by the Alliance between the world wars and in the ongoing civil wars fought elsewhere. In China they proved to be a significant aid to the Nationalist Chinese war machine; often allowing for the Chinese to break through the Socialist Chinese lines in many places before moving quickly to wherever else they were needed.

## Units

### Deathmatch Reinforcements

**Alliance Marine Corps**

These forces can be called upon during Minor Faction Deathmatch; drawn from the Alliance Marine Corps which combines the Cuban Marine Corps (or as they still call themselves; the United States Marine Corps), the Royal Marines, and the Fusiliers Marins; for a formidable force for making amphibious assaults and landings.

### Deathmatch Protocols

As the rear echelons advance, they can call up additional assets to drive home the final victory.