Gauss Dominion Armed Forces

## **The GDAN**

The GDAN is the space force branch of the Gauss Dominion and is responsible for combat in space.

### Ship Types

#### Support Vessels

V10

V14

V17

V19

V21

Spectre

Vanguard Gunship

Nomad Light Carrier

#### Sub-Capital

Shogun Class Frigate

Indomitable Class Frigate

Abasor Class Cruiser

Lucidity Class Cruiser

Insurgent Class Cruiser

Sentinel Class Cruiser

Tempest Class Carrier

Maven Class Cruiser

Harmony Class Heavy Carrier

#### Capital

Transgressor Class Artillery Ship

Peon Class Support Ship

Odium Class Battlecruiser

Tranquility Class Supercarrier

Falconer Class Battleship

Instigator Class Carrier-Dreadnought

Relegator Class Dreadnought

Paragon Class Dreadnought

Defiant Class Superdreadnought

## **Ranking System**

The Armed forces utilize a combined ranking system, meaning that each rank in the GDAN had a parallel rank in the GDMC. The structure was somewhat similar to typical earth militaries with both enlisted and officer ranks, though there were no direct translations for these ranks, so the most approximate ones were used.

### Rank Degrees

Rank degrees function as a sort of sub-rank. These establish seniority in situations where multiple individuals of similar rank may be in command of a situation as well as promotion order. Degrees could be earned up to 7th degree, and under very rare circumstances, 8th degree. Degrees would not be passed on after ranking up.

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### Responsibilities

#### E-0

Trainees' job was to learn and eventually pass their basic testing to advance to proper service positions. Trainees could earn degree stripes for exceptional performance or skill, refereered to as "training stripes". Trainees that had become more vetted and had higher levels of training stripes could often assist other members of their squad.

#### E-1 and E-2

These were lower ranked proper service members, and there was very little effective difference in their duties as combatants or crew aboard starships. These ranks only existed to establish seniority in the event that no higher ranking individuals were present.

#### E-3

Sergeants were the lowest rank of any sort of functional battlefield leaders. They typically only had power over a small number of individuals such as a squad or the crew of a vehicle. Though this could depend upon what unit they were apart of and what their job was.

#### E-4

Majors were the next level of command, typically taking charge of platoon sized units ranging from a few dozen to close to a hundred individuals. Again their precise duties, role, and how many individuals were under their command could depend upon where they were stationed and what their unit specialized in. For instance on a ship crew a major might be in charge of a larger weapon battery or the chief of the crew assigned to a key component of the ship such as the Subspace Drive or a Materium Reactor, or be in command of a major weapons emplacement. On the ground they might command a squad of tanks or mech units or a few hundred infantry. Despite being an enlisted rank, Majors would sometimes be referred to as junior officers and took on some duties similar to officers.

#### E-5

In naval context, Lieutenants often serviced as bridge crew, and could be referred to as officers. They would often be responsible for a aspect of a ship's command such as faster than light transit, weapons, logistics, power or impulse maneuvering. In the marine context this referred to someone who would command a battalion sized unit consisting of several brigades, around 1000 individuals.

#### E-6

The rank of Captain in a naval context obviously meant that one was given command of their own ship. Though beginning with E-4 ranks sometimes took on some properties and responsibilities of an officer rank Captians were still thought of as front line service members. Captian was often the rank at which consideration was undertaken for recruitment into various special forces units. Servicemembers promoted from E-6 could skip to O-1 or E-7 depending upon their preference, willingness to undergo officer training, and personal skillset.

#### E-7

Commodores were quite rare in a naval context. They often acted as captains to very small and highly independent flotillas or commanded large and specialized vessels such as battleships or dreadnoughts, often with specific modifications and had a large degree of freedom to act on their own as they were very trusted and vetted individuals. Despite this they would technically be considered a subordinate to a lower admiral or commander.

In the context of marines or ground forces Field Marshalls often operated in highly specialized roles and venerated warriors, often the leader of special forces squads or elite units.

#### O-1

In a naval context lower admirals would command flotillas. These were specialized groups within a fleet consisting of a dozen squadrons. Outside of recon fleets they often did not have much say in the matter and serviced simply to efficiently delegate orders to individual ships from their superiors. Commanders would command a division of around 85,000 individuals. Each division was an independent fighting force complete with its own tanks, infantry and small numbers of some special forces.

#### O-2

Admirals commanded sub-fleets. Subfleets were specialized elements of a full battle fleet, with four main permutations known to exist. (Recon, Artillery, Direct Combat, and Transport). A full fleet typically having dozens such subfleets each consisting of hundreds of ships. Marshalls would command armies; a full battle army consisting of around 120 divisions or 10 million individuals. There would often be multiple junior marshals in the command structure to help delegate orders more efficiently.

#### O-3

Fleet Admirals commanded a fleet. Fleet Marshalls would be responsible for the marine units assigned to a fleet and admirals would be responsible for commanding the fleet. Marshalls and admirals were almost always deployed in parallel, with a fleet having an Admiral for commanding their naval elements and a Marshal for coordinating ground operations.

#### O-4

Sector Marshalls and Admirals had the same parallel command structure and would administrate an entire sector and be given direct command of a Sector Feet for heading operations. The sector fleet would always be quite large and powerful. There would always be one sector admiral and Marshall per sector.

#### O-5

The rear galactic Admiral and Marshall served as immediate backups to the standing Admiral and Marshall; essentially a trusted backup that could fill in their position should they be KIA or MIA. They could also fill in for any sector Marshall or Admiral in an emergency.

#### O-6

These are the highest administrative and command ranking position in the Navy and Marines respectively, they had direct command over the galactic fleet and galactic army. The Galactic Admiral and the Galactic Marshall were 1st and 2nd respectively in the line of succession for the head of state during a crisis or war.

#### O-7

There was only one position that could be held here; supreme galactic commander. The Supreme Galactic Commander oversees all branches of the military, grand scale military operations. They help to facilitate wartime diplomacy and relations with the civilian side of the gaussian government.