Kingdom of Aratacia/Aratacian Foreign Legion

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The **Aratacian Foreign Legion**, also known as the **AFL** and simply **the Legion** in Aratacia, is an elite expeditionary force which exists as a separate branch of the Royal Aratacian Armed Forces. It is most notable for its recruitment of non-Aratacian citizens into its ranks and near-nonexistent background checks, allowing anybody of sound body and mind to take its grueling regimen of training and become a Legionnaire in the service of the King.

Standard contracts last ten years, at the end of which a Legionnaire is granted Aratacian citizenship and a pension, as well as the opportunity to re-enlist with greater benefits. Legionnaires who suffer combat injuries are also granted citizenship, becoming "Aratacian by spilled blood".

In battle, the AFL fights using equipment and doctrine largely typical of the rest of the Aratacian army, though an increased emphasis is put on mobility and tactical flexibility. Owing to budgetary restraints, the AFL is often forced to "make do" with second-tier equipment and rely heavily on the valour, training, and ingenuity of its soldiers and leadership to see through fights. AFL soldiers stand out in the battlefield through their wearing of green *kepis* instead of the eggshell-white helmets of most Aratacian infantry.

Formed in 18 NAC, as of 23 NAC the AFL is reaching full combat readiness with its first generation of soldiers.

## How to Join

The Foreign Legion relies on foreign volunteers! Other users are invited to have their characters join the Foreign Legion and fight for adventure, pay, fame, and the interests of the King of Aratacia and his allies. Players can create characters to serve in the Legion or they can have a pre-existing character join, but the levels of a pre-existing character will be reset (their Cogent stats will remain untouched).

### General Officer

When a General Officer character joins the Foreign Legion, the player will be loaned **ten levels** from Belisarius to put on that character. At the end of their contract, those ten levels will be returned, but they will retain any levels they earned from quests, combat, etc. Characters in the AFL **cannot** be given levels manually from a reserve.

The characters who join the AFL this way are joining as general officers of large contingents: with ten levels, they will command 100 000 soldiers apiece, making them the generals of whole field armies. Consequently, it would make sense for such characters to have some background in military command that would recommend them to the position.

General Officers receive an annual salary of 𝔛120 000 000, paid monthly from the state exchequer. They are, however, forbidden from salvage, pillage, piracy, and profiteering unless otherwise authorised. General Officers must, within reason, obey the lawful commands of their superiors in the Aratacian high command, and may be replaced or sacked if their loyalty to the state comes into serious question.

### Legionnaires

Players who create a General Officer can create as many named Legionnaire characters as they wish to serve under this General. These characters are not given loaned levels, nor can they be manually given levels, but may receive them through combat, questing, etc. and will retain them at the end of their contract. These Legionnaires represent the various line officers, NCOs, and Enlisted which serve under your General Officer and act as his eyes, ears, and means of action. They could be a group of special forces, spies, aides du camp, champions, or anything in between.

Legionnaires are expected to fight with Aratacian equipment and in the Aratacian style. A mastery of Aratacian-issue weapons is a must, as is a familarity with Aratacian doctrine: which emphasises aggression, numbers, the use of hand grenades, and closing to melee range. A list of Aratacian infantry weapons in current use can be found at the bottom of this page, an overview of Aratacian infantry and their tactics can be found here, and an example Cogent sheet can be found here.

As Legionnaires are lower in rank and can be commanded by your own general character directly, they have more freedom than the generals in some ways: they may be sent on extended deployments elsewhere in the galaxy, for instance, or be sent on leave if their generals think they earned it. They can also be assigned as Hero Units to Divisions in land battles once this system is fully implemented. Like General Officers, however, they must obey the lawful orders of their superiors.

The Legionnaire's starting pay is 𝔛40 000 000. They are forbidden from salvage, pillage, piracy, and profiteering unless otherwise authorised.

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## List of Characters

Once your character(s) are created, leave their pages here in this format:

GENERAL - LEVEL - USER
LEGIONNAIRE - LEVEL - USER
LEGIONNAIRE - LEVEL - USER