Transeisdzarian Cosmoforces

Military

Main article: Transeisdzarian Cosmoforces

The Collective Cosmoforces, officially the Royal Commonwealth of United Transeisdzarian Nations Collective Cosmoforces, are the armed forces of the Commonwealth. The February Constitution authorized the activation of two services overseen by the M.i.S. War Office and controlled by the Kosmoglavnyshtab that make up the Collective Cosmoforces: a first line Common Army (R.a.R. Kosmoforce) and a second line internal security gendarmerie (Thematic Kosmoforce). The Saka Raukas are the commanders-in-chief, to whom individual recruits swear loyalty on enlistment.

The M.i.S. War Office is authorized to take in citizens fulfilling their Levée en masse service commitments. However, due to the burdens of mass emigration and reconstruction the Grand Sejm temporarily suspended conscription into the Cosmoforces for the length of 5323 and placed the ceiling for annual intake of recruits into armed service at .25% of the population until 5328. As such the effective proportional representation of the population under arms is actually well below or approximately equivalent to most powers of the Large Magellanic Cloud. However the rate is projected to rise to .65% over the course of the next decade as the demographic situation stabilizes, which would make the Commonwealth military establishment amongst the largest in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The Collective Cosmoforces operate around 1200 rated combat craft, some 180 of which are Capital Ships, as well as a large number of unrated vessels such as cutters, sloops, frigates, and dragoons. A large number of currently active ships were originally commissioned in foreign yards, such as those of the Phoenix Empire or the CoDominium. Most analysts confidently believe that much of the Collective Cosmoforce's materiel is considerably obsolescent compared to the four modern navies.

The Commonwealth had inherited the surviving Self-Defense Forces of the Constellations and the feudal levy of the Kingdom of the Rift. It also assumed continuity of active hostilities with the Black Brethren and the Phoenix Empire. As an interim measure until the nascent R.a.R. and Thematic Cosmoforces were operationally ready the Grand Sejm issued the 5323 Transitional Forces Law permitting the M.i.S. War Office to amalgamate all native Rifter and Starforce units into a Provisional Cosmoforce until the year 5328, when a number of defense policies such as the draft ceiling would be reviewed. From authorization in March 5323 to official deactivation in August 5326 this was effectively a third service arm of the Collective Cosmoforces.

Organization and Structure

Collective Cosmoforce jundees are inducted into Regiments, also known as Home Units, in a fashion not dissimilar to the Phoenix Starforce's Regimental system. Each is responsible for administrating its constituent Combat Command Equivalents (CCEQs) and providing well trained soldiers to field units. While it is considered ideal for a Regiment's Combat Commands to be deployed together, Regiments are not operational units like those of the Phoenix Starforce. It is not uncommon to find Combat Commands from the same Regiment scattered across different demibrigades, brigades, divisions, corps, and even entirely separate theaters altogether. Many jundees will spend the entirety of their military terms within one Regiment.

1ère Cosmoarmée cisdzaria

• Strength: Five Corps, 247 Ships
• AoC: Great Rift Frontier

2e Cosmoarmée

• Strength: Six Corps, 304 Ships
• AoC:

3e Cosmoarmée métropolitaine

• Strength: Four Corps, 208 Ships
• AoC: Concordia's March

4e Cosmoarmée

• Strength: Three Corps, 163

5e Cosmoarmée d'outre-mer

• Strength: Two Corps, 112 Ships
• AoC: Ruhazani-03 Starzone

6e Cosmoarmée d'orient

• Strength: Two Corps, 105 Ships

General Cosmostaff

The Transeisdzarian General Cosmostaff (Kosmoglavnyshtab) is the central organ responsible for studying all aspects of war, drafting warplans, administering mobilization, and forming the Grand Quartier Général (GQG) which takes operational control of the Collective Cosmoforces in wartime. The Grand Domestic of the Cosmoforces since 5323 is Field Marshal Trinary Sharp Celerity, a native born Rifter.

The General Cosmostaff is quartered alongside the M.i.S. War Office on Concordia's March and the NMS Randgritiz.

Regular and Royal Cosmoforce

The Regular and Rauka (translated: Royal) Cosmoforce, abbreviated as R.a.R., is the Common army of the Commonwealth. It operates the majority of the rated warships and exclusively controls all Capital ships.

• Young (First line)
• Middle (Second line)
• Old (Reserve)

Thematic Cosmoforces

The Thematic Cosmoforces are the internal troops and gendarmerie of the Commonwealth. Due to their double responsibility they report to both the M.i.S. War Office and the Magistracy.

In addition to normal law enforcement duties, Thematic Cosmoforce units are often seconded to Magistrates. Thematic and R.a.R.

Pasdaran

The Pasdaran (translated: Guard) is the ceremonial escort of the Grand Sejm in session and the person of the Shahzadas. The Pasdaran's origins predate both the short lived Kingdom of the Rift and the Commonwealth, beginning with Prince Hiroshi's armed retinue and details of the Lasalle Brigade assigned to protect his person. Despite their ceremonial appearance the Pasdaran are operationally ready Cosmoforce units armed with live weapons.

A total of eleven CCEQs are needed between the various posts in the system of Concordia's March and on the SMS Mikado. The roster is normally rotated so as to not unduly burden certain Home Units. The Regiments selected for upcoming duty in the Pasdaran rotation detach the needed battalions or squadrons for a month long Parade & Ceremony course before relieving their counterparts.

Normally a select few R.a.R. Regiments of the Young Echelon provide the Pasdaran in a regular rotation.

• The Twin Shahzada's Own XXV Sipahis
• Shahdokht Saki's Own LXIInd Hussars
• Sehzade Ardeshir's Own LX Chevaux-légers Lanciers
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• 4th System Control Flotilla "Backhanded Blow"
• 9e Syntaxis Combat Team "Noisome Quarrel"

However in principle any Commonwealth unit can provide contingents to the Pasdaran. Several combatant units have been represented on the

Units chosen for a term as Pasdaran receive a number of honors and privileges. Home Units are authorized a fifth battalion or squadron. Individual enlisted and officers are dignified with one of the four lower Cavalier Orders, sometimes equated to knighthood in the Phoenix Empire.

Standards & Colours

By regulation R.a.R. Cosmoforce Regiments are permitted only two colors without special dispensation. They are 97 x 117 cm, mounted on a lance almost three meters long, either hoisted vertically along the stave or draped from a horizontal crossbar. The borders and trim are dictated by their unit type. Silk or self-healing fabrics are used. Each CCEQ carries two:

• The Rauka's Colours are double sided. On the obverse is the Commonwealth Starburst. On the reverse is either the Simurgh with the symbols of Constellations and the twelve Saka totems arranged in Corona or a portrait of the Uncrowned King with a Halo mounted on a warhorse and the Peacock Angel over His head on a blue field.
• The Regimental Colour is normally a single color, usually from the Regiment's uniform, with the unit's insignia either at the center or any of the four corners. Unlike the Rauka's Colors, a unit's colors may be freely embellished with battle honors and antecedent symbols with the permission of the Shahzadas.

Thematic Cosmoforce units are required to fly the Commonwealth Colours, but are free to carry any other Colours - or lack thereof - without scrutiny beyond a Magisterial review. The regulations for Ensigns, Jacks, Pennons, Guidons, and other Vexilloids across the Collective Cosmoforces are much more lenient than they are for Standards. Units may fly original designs so long as it contains any two of six Commonwealth elements: the Starburst, the Uncrowned King, the Blue Field, Peacock Angel, and Simurgh.

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