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** [['Numbered' Regular Division]] | ** [['Numbered' Regular Division]] | ||
Revision as of 07:22, 22 September 2024
The Regular Marine Groups (also referred to as the Star Fleet Regulars) provide direct ground combat capability for heavier combat situations, such as planet-wide campaigns. They serve as a ready defense force that may be deployed to a Federation member world in anticipation of hostilities or land post-invasion to secure a world from an aggressor. The commanders of a regulars group report directly to the Commandant of the Star Fleet Marine Corps, so there is no Regulars headquarters element between them.
A Regular group will be comprised of up two Regular divisions but oftentimes will deploy without the entire organization, as the situation merits. Similarly, if the situation requires a significant expansion of the Corps, any (or all) group(s) may control many divisions in order to accomplish the requirements of whatever front on which they are responsible. In peacetime, a group command element (headquarters) may be located on a sector capital, with its component divisions located on other planets (usually within the same or neighboring sectors).
Regular Groups are commanded by a Lieutenant General, with a Major General as the executive officer.
A Regular Group (Echelon III) is broken down into the following hierarchy:
- Regular Division (Echelon IV): a Regular division is comprised of 2 Regular brigades (18,000 heavy infantry, 120 heavy tanks & 480 tank troops, 1,200 Seabees), 2 mechanized battalions (120 IFVs / light tanks & 360 mechanized crew), 1 artillery battalion (5 batteries of 6 guns each & 150 total artillery crew) and may be separated between member planets within a sector or co-located on the same planet (usually, in this case, the sector capital). They are commanded by Major Generals.
- Regular Brigade (Echelon V): a Regular brigade is comprised of 3 Regular regiments (9,000 heavy infantry), plus 1 armored battalion (60 heavy tanks & 240 troops) and 1 combat engineer battalion (600 Seabees), often co-located on the same garrison planet, but separated (when possible) around its surface at differing camps. Each brigade is command by a Brigadier General.
- Regular Regiment (Echelon VI): a Regular regiment is comprised of 3 infantry battalions of 1,000 heavy infantry each and is intended to be the smallest deployed unit to a war zone/planet. However, they may be deployed in battalion strength (or even smaller units), if the situation does not warrant (or even prevents) larger deployments. Regiments are garrisoned as a unit within one camp or a series of co-located camps and are commanded by a Colonel.
- Regular Brigade (Echelon V): a Regular brigade is comprised of 3 Regular regiments (9,000 heavy infantry), plus 1 armored battalion (60 heavy tanks & 240 troops) and 1 combat engineer battalion (600 Seabees), often co-located on the same garrison planet, but separated (when possible) around its surface at differing camps. Each brigade is command by a Brigadier General.
A Regular group will also be assigned an air combat element of an appropriate size, deployed by Aerospace Operations, and usually comprised of a mobility unit commensurate to the size of the force, plus a fighter unit (usually from the Air Combat Branch).
While Regular units may have informal names (after their garrison planets, symbolic terms and totems or battles), their official names are regimented and logical. Regular Groups are numbered sequentially in (nominally) single digits (ex: 1st Regular Group). Regular Divisions are numbered with 2 digits, also sequentially, starting with the 10th Regular Division. As whole divisions are moved between forces, their subordinate commands will not change and are numbered according to their parent division. Regular Brigades are numbered with 3 digits, the first 2 comprised of their division's number (ex: 101st Regular Brigade), while Regular Regiments are numbered with 4 digits, the first 3 comprised of their brigade (ex: 1011th Regular Regiment). Battalions assume the name of their regiment, followed by a Greek letter (alpha, beta, gamma) designation (ex: 1011th Alpha Battalion).
Regular Group commanders, all subordinate flag officers and colonels are named NPCs.