Kasin and Alamark campaign

Information about the armed forces of the Mid-Alandir Alliance, and the Royal Letnorian Army.

Land forces

The headquarters of the Letnorian army is in, unsurprisingly, Letnor city. The leader of the army is General ?, the second in command is dowager-king Robert. Major combat support departments are headed by a colonel and are logistics, intelligence and personnel/training. Naval logistics is sufficiently specialist to have it's own structure.

The Letnorian army is made up of 4 regiments, each regiment led by a Colonel. Regiments are primarily an administrative and logistical grouping, and it is rare for an entire regiment to be in one spot. If a regiment is deployed, it normally means two battalions are on garrison duty, one acts as a mobile force, and one is on leave or traveling. A regiment is approximately 2000 soldiers. Commanding a regiment is a significant political role, and so is led by a major noble.

The battalion is the backbone unit of the Letnorian army, and is smallest unit assigned an independent command, such as a deployment to a region. Each battalion is commanded by a major, and has a nominal strength of 500 soldiers. A major is assisted by several captains, being the heads of operations, logistics, personnel, and a head chaplain. Reaching the rank of major grants a knighthood, if not already held. Due to mobility requirements, a battlion normally consists of entirely cavalry or infantry. When Letnor develops mounted infantry, then infantry companies will be cross-attached to calvary companies to form combined arms unitsand this limit will be relaxed.

There are 4 companies to a battalion, with a nominal strength of 100 soldiers per company. Each company is led by a captain. One of the companies in a battlaion is the headquarters company, with only security forces/gendarmeries/military police rather than front-line combatants. Companies are not deployed for indepdendent commands, such as far away from higher authority.

A squad is comprised of approximately 25 soldiers, led by a knight or a lieutenant. These soldiers are frequently men-at-arms provided by the knight. A lieutenant is a non-knighted officer, who lacks the additional social abilities and restrictions of knighthood, such as the right to carry arms at all times.

Naval Forces

Individual warships are commanded by captains, with an equivalent rank to a land captain. Non-warships, or minor warships, are led by commanders.

The entire navy is still fairly small at 12 twelves ships, and is led by an Admiral, who commands two commodores leading each squadron. While small, the navy covers an extensive area, and so logistics and suppply ships are a serious concern. Letnor's first purpose-built office building, the Admiralty, houses the lieutenants who oversee these efforts.

Officer ranks summary

1. General - Overall leader "What are our strategic aims? How do I coordinate my forces with Tanet? How should we organise to meet our needs in 5 years time?"
2. Colonel/Admiral - Regiment, fleet, or department head "What is the mission? Should we attack the goblin tribes south of Maret? Will this annoy the Tanetians? How will we get sufficient supplies there to make it possible?"
3. Major/Commodore - Battalion or Squadron "How do I achieve the mission of attacking the goblin tribes? Who is my opposite number in the Tanetians and how can I communicate with him?
4. Captain or Knight-Captain - Company or Ship "How do I attack this tribe?"
5. Lieutenant or Knight-lieutenant - Squad "How do I attack the left flank of this tribe without getting my men killed?"

• 1st Infantry regiment (infantry x4)
• 2nd Infantry regiment (infantry x3, cavalry x1)
• 3rd Infantry regiment (infantry x2, air defense x1, cavalry x1)
• 1st cavalry regiment (cavalry x3, infantry x1)
• Letnorian navy (2x squadrons of warships, 6 ships per squadron)

• Letnor city: 2500 infantry, 1000 cavalry, 500 air defense
• Northern Letnor: 1000 infantry
• Regional Letnor: 500 infantry, 500 cavalry
• Sun Isles: 1000 infantry
• On campaign: 1000 cavalry

Deployment - by unit

• 2 infantry battalions (of 1st infantry regiment) across northern Letnor.
• 2 infantry battalions (of 1st infantry regiment) to the Sun Isles under the command of barons Kelam and Corum. Some of the infantry are marines.
• 2nd infantry regiment in Letnor city.
• 3rd infantry regiment in Letnor city.
• 2 cavalry battalions (of the 1st cavalry regiment) to the south of Maret, under the command of Sir Wilfred. One battalion garrisions the towns and villages, the other finds and fights the goblinoids there.
• 1 cavalry battalion (of the 1st cavalry regiment) in Erass, Letnor
• 1 infantry battalion (of the 1st cavalry regiment) in Miraselt, Letnor
• 1 squadron of warships in the Sun Isles.
• 1 squadron of warships in the Lyran Isles on anti-slaver duty

Glenn Butcher / knight