Erika Gefallen: Atlantean Unicorn

by Legionary

Codex : Units and Ranks

TERMINALOGY
War mage= General military term
Field mage= Ground forces
Air mage= Air forces
Naval mage= Orbital forces
Golem= Technomagical Robot
GROUND FORCES
Fireteam=5 Field Mages
Squad-2 Fireteams= 10 Field Mages
Platoon- 4 squads= 40 Field Mages
Company- 5 Platoons= 200 Field Mages
Battalion- 5 Companys= 1000 Field Mages
Regiment- 10 Battalions= 10,000 Field Mages
Division- 4 regiments= 40,000 Field Mages
Corps- 5 Divisions =200,000 Field Mages
Field Army- 5 Corps 1,000,000 Field Mages
Army Group-10 Field Armies= 10,000,000 Field Mages
Legion- 10 Army groups= 100,000,000 Field Mages
Theater- 10 Legions (depending on importance of conflict, averages at 10) = 1,000,000,000 Field Mages
AIR FORCES
Section= 3 Air Mages
Flight- 3 Section= 9 Air Mages
Squadron- 3 Flights= 19 Air Mages
Wing- 4 Squadrons= 76 Air Mages
Tactical Air Company (TAC) - 3 Wings= 238 Air Mages
ORBITAL FORCES
Note: Ship classes after Corvette carry an attachment of support and boarding golems.
Fast Attack Craft= 10 Naval mages
Orbital Patrol Vessel= 15 Naval Mages
Corvette= 30 Naval Mages
Frigate= 100 Naval Mages 2000 Golems
Destroyer= 200 Naval Mages 5000 Golems
Cruiser= 400 Naval Mages 10,000 Golems
Battle Cruiser= 500 Naval Mages 40,000 Golems
Dreadnought= 1000 Naval mages 10,000 Golems
Battleship= 2000 Naval Mages 1,000,000 Golems
Carrier- 10 TACs= 10000 Naval Mages 2380 Air Mages 5,000,000 Golems
Dedicated Carrier- 100 TACs= 2000 Naval Mages 23,800 Air Mages 1,000,000 Golems

OFFICER RANKS
:
FIELD MAGE RANKS
Officer Cadet
2nd Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
General
Field Marshall
AIR MAGE RANKS
Officer Cadet
Pilot Officer
Flying Officer
Flight Lieutenant
Squadron Leader
Wing Commander
Sky Captain
Air Commodore
Air Marshall
Marshall of the Air Mages
NAVAL MAGE RANKS
Midshipman
Ensign
Sub-Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Commander
Commander
Captain
Commodore
Admiral
Admiral of the Fleet
AN: Yeah most of this is ripped from military Wikipedia pages and altered to suit my needs :P

Comments

[EvilBob]

Hmm... I'm fine with the new words that you seem to have invented, but does "navel" mages => "naval" officers? Are navel and naval interchangeable?

I'm also surprised the Air Forces only have a max unit name of 238 mages (one TAC). I would expect 10 or so TACs of air support per ground regiment/division...and thus at least ~2.38E5 air mages per theater. It seems a bit much to count up to 2000 TACs, and that there would be some intermediary unit for it?

The numbers also seem a bit strange... "depending on the conflict: up to 10 theaters"...that's about 10 billion troops. Not including air and orbital forces...also: there could be multiple conflicts x going on at any one time... 1E10 x troops... really???

AND EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE OF THEM IS PROFICIENT TO SOME DEGREE IN MAGIC?!?!?!?

Yep... Equestria's screwed.

[Silver the Sojourner]

Well, as many soldiers there seem to be I don't think Equestria could fall that easily. Considereing the presence of three god-like beings, the ponies who could me more or less trained to fight back (they also have magic), dragons, pheonixes, and the slew of monsters living under Mount Tartarus that could be released if the Imperial forces went planet side, Equestria could have a fighting chance. But, the repercussions of this could be severe. You just gotta consider all the variables.

[Legionary]

425616 Yes thats true.

Also, remember every Nation has a limit to how much manpower they can throw at a single problem and I mean 'every' nation ;)

[Legionary]

420754 Heh I'm not much of a military buff -_-" like I said I ripped all the unit and rank information from wikipedia and altered them somewhat to fit in. I supppose I could use some Field unit names and make them more Air and Navy sounding, Hmmm...

Reletively speaking, yes it certaintly 'appears' that Atlantis has Billions upoon Billions of War Mages in reserve doesn't it?

Also oops, naVEL and naVAL are two very, very different words, Heh Heh... Fixin...

P.S: One last thing, to clear things up a 'Theater' is a region of conflict. And in space terms (MY terms) the average region is twenty to forty star systems. Thats hundreds of potential worlds to wage Ground, Air and Orbital warfare over. Suddenly a billion soldiers don't seem so much, doesn't it?

[EvilBob]

425616>>425971 I think you guys are way too optimistic. I mean sure, the ponies COULD be armed and taught to fight back. However, we're talking a civilization missing a thousand years of militaristic conflict is vs. a highly aggressive militaristic empire. The ponies lack the magical, technological, logistical, and psychological advances and preparation for warfare...they're kinda screwed.

I'd like the note that the slew of monsters living near Equestria are of absolutely no use to the ponies whatsover. Having not have the mindset to train these beasts beforehand, it's unlikely that in the time of need, the monsters would suddenly aid the ponies. Even if the ponies were able to somehow be rally all the forces of nature (unlikely, this isn't like Avatar's Pandora which has a planet-wide neurological link to all animals) and the god-like beings, I'm still dubious as to their effectiveness in resistance. As demonstrated by Princess Celestia and their restraining machine, the Empire clearly have the ability to take on all of these god-like creatures.
Moreover, don't forget that in any invasion, the stratagem of divide and conquer is always effective, and always used. There will be unsatisfied ponies/griffins/dragons with current world-order and assist the invading forces.

The ponies would also be unlikely to have the opportunity to engage in guerilla warfare should takeover actually occur. First, because unlike Earth's modern nations' restrictions on dealing civilian casualties, the Empire seems to have no qualms in such actions as witnessed by its protocol of immediate destruction of nobles' ships (with their entire family and civilian servants aboard). Secondly, they lack the fundamental psychological component required.

The ponies' only hope, would be at least a few decades to a few centuries of militarization preparation for such invasion. Thus, should they get suddenly invaded, their only hope is somewhere else in the Empire arises concurrent full-scale rebellion that requires troop withdrawal. From Legionary's such hint, I have an inkling that this might be the course of events. The only other hope is choking/sabotaging the bottleneck. It apparently requires significant energy investment to make the dimensional leap. Choking this passage somehow, would be another effective strategy. Unfortunately, this method is not guaranteed and could only serve to buy time and nothing else.

426014 Actually, Legionary... that still a LOT of troops. I'm afraid I'm highly skeptical of your claim on the density of intelligent life in the universe. 40 star systems, you say? As we know, Earth's star system only contains one habitable world... Earth. We also know that there are plenty of star systems out there which have zero habitable planets. For the sake of argument, let's make this particular universe densely populated...
Let's suppose each star system does indeed have one habitable planet. We would thus have 40 worlds per theater...
Taking a survey of Earth, the top three total military forces combined (China, US, India), we would only come out to 12 million - that should be more than enough to keep an entire planet/star system in check.
Per 40 worlds in a theater then, one would only need 480 million troops...
They have what, 1 billion troops per theater (twice more than what's expected...)???

Yeah... billions and billions of troops still seem like a ton, in fact, like overkill, especially once you take into account their superior technological, magical, and logistical abilities.

[Legionary]

426681 You make several good points, oh well...

You know the old saying *grins* theres always a bigger fish... Heh Heh Heh...

[Legionary]

426681 P.S: Terraforming and biodome tech is practically freeware in this universe.

[Silver the Sojourner]

426681 Yes you are right. However, these "repercussions" I was speaking of was the fact that if said monsters were released that causualties on both sides would occur. As for the god-like beings, you are correct in that. Luna and Celestia would have almost no chance of defeating the restraining machines. However, if by some chance Discord were to be freed and by some miracle he decided to fight for the good of the world, there is no guarantee the restaining machines would affect him, as he is a being of chaos. That trait could possibly save his life, theoretically of course. The ponies are lacking in any form of training that could make them an effective military force which is why I was apprehensive to mention them in the first place. I realized that mistake a bit late though. And lastly, the chances of the dragons, ponies, griffons, and any other creatures joining in a global alliance is very slim. I agree that my ealier statement was a bit naive and optimistic.

[EvilBob]

427174 BTW, the released monsters causing damage to both sides sound like a very bad idea from ponies' perspective. The ponies will be on defensive and are already outnumbered. What little resistance they could form could likely be broken by additional onslaughts. The released monsters will moreover be more likely to cause damage to pony ground structures than to Atlantean orbital command.

426892 That reduces even more the likelihood of heavy/antagonistic military presence in those areas. Terraforming and biodome tech implies that successful colonization and removal of natives/replacement with those loyal to Empire has occurred. I would argue that in such a case, the military personnel numbers in such loyal star systems with multiple habitable worlds would be about the same as a star system with a single habitable world.

426828>>427174
However, there's no reason to despair!
I'm sure the author will write us a story with a happy ending in the which the main characters succeed (poke, poke).
And his taking into account all these variables and horrible odds will undoubtedly make the story that much more interesting!

[Legionary]

427328 Tiny bit of a spoiler. But I was talking about Non-Atlantean Star striding empires possesing such technology.

The Atlanteans have a Magitech equivalent capable of turning worlds, that are as far away from the sun as Pluto, into lush temperate garden worlds.

[EvilBob]

427500
Ooo-la-la!
Adding multiple high-power parties? This will be intricate & interesting!

I predict large-scale galactical wars before everything's done and over. (squee)

I eagerly anticipate anticipate the plot progression and plot twists which shall occur.