Takiro
Layover sounds like a keeper then, any name suggestions?
I'm still looking over the Greenock Flight Academy on Firgrove that Hessian pointed out in the fluff for the Vulcan Aerospace Fighter in TRO: 3075.
I like the Chesterton Martial Academy as proposed by Six, but I don't think Chesterton was ever a Confederation world. Meaning the Capellan nation was formed after the Federated Suns conquered the planet. However, I still like the name.
I had more thoughts today on the composition of the 2785 AFFS. I really want to give them a Star League feel. Even before the break up of the Star League the Federated Suns was probably the biggest student of the SLDF which may have resulted in some organizational similarities. Arms control restrictions and cost cutting methods of the era likely limited the effectiveness of such a deployment but the reflection might remain the same. Could many of the Davion formations be styled after a "standard" Star League division?
If so I propose the following strengths; a total of 6 Mech Regiments for the Training Cadres. Both the Albion Training Cadre and the NAMA Cadet Cadre would have three Mech regiments each along with the appropriate conventional forces. In FM FS Albion has only two regiments so we are only adding one. As a side issue I'd like to replace Training Battalions with some kind of "widespread local recruiting tool" for the Davions. I'm sure they'd have one but what might it be? What form would it take?
How would the standard division principal apply to Regional Commands or Combatants? What if we commit a division, with 3 BattleMech regiments at its core, for each of the Federated Suns 22 Combat Regions? That would result in 66 Mech Regiments for these formations. Also keeping in mind the arms control measures of the Star League and the Davion Landwehr Program I was thinking that these divisions rotate active elements. For example a third of these troops would be considered active at one time while another third was maintained on ready alert while the final third would be off duty their equipment mothballed. Thoughts?
Finally the Independent Commands of the Federated Suns would account for only 3 Mech regiments. Three Companies (Argyle Lancers, McKinnon’s Raiders, and another as yet unnamed company), Two Battalions (as of yet unnamed) and Two Regiments (as of yet unnamed) would be dispersed throughout the Suns to stiffen defenses in vulnerable areas. These would be experienced commands (possibly staffed with former SLDF troopers) capable of strengthening the position of any garrison as I proposed yesterday.
So the Regular Army stays at 40 Mech regiments and the March Militias at 22 regiments (one for each Combat Region) these proposals would give the AFFS a strength of 137 Mech Regiments in 2785 which would make it the largest army of the day.
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