My friends,

It’s been a month since my last report. A lot has happened, and a lot has not. Christmas is always a busy time for all of us, however I hope you’re all as motivated and charged for a new year in the DB as I am ;)

Comps:

There’s a few DB-level gaming and fiction comps out, and their details can be found on the News Page. There are also a couple of house level comps floating about – chase up your QUA reports for those. There’s also rumours of a large comp on the horizon for Arcona – stay tuned.

Tasks:

My main focus this Christmas has been the Ground Forces OOB. It’s been a mammoth task but I’m about 90% complete with it now and have included a rough disposition of what we have below:

Arcona Armed Forces Military Division:

Arcona’s Armed Forces are many and varied, however the majority of her soldiers are based in and around Dajorra in a defensive role. As Selen and Eldar are the two main population centres and of the most strategic value, they have the majority of our military forces stationed there. Arconae Primus has a large contingent of the AAF’s mounted forces to patrol the vast forested regions and Arconae Secondus has a large garrison stationed adjacent to the Training Facility. Boral, as Dajorra’s starfighter flight academy has a token garrison, and Gethsemane and Sukhur both have a token Garrison for defensive purposes.

Selen Forces: Selen’s forces are centered around 4 locations:

Estle City, the largest population centre on the planet and the unofficial ‘capital’ of the Dajorra system. It holds significant symbolic importance as well as being a major industrial centre.

Arcona Citadel: Being the seat of power for Clan Arcona and the residence of both the Consul and Proconsul, the Citadel warrants its own specialised cadre of Heavy Infantry from the 1st Division.

Torbai Garrison: Positioned Equidistant from the Citadel and Estle city, Torbai Garrison is the single biggest troop garrison in the Dajorra system and acts as a dedicated base of operations for the 1st and 4th Divisions. Much of the administration and management for the AAF takes place at Torbai Garrison.

Giletta Spaceport: Being the major spaceport for Selen and indeed the Dajorra system (as well as boasting it’s own repair facility for some of the smaller ships in the fleet), it poses a significant tactical advantage and as such warrants the 3rd Division being stationed there. This also allows for a rapid deployment of the 3rd division should an emergency require their reassignment at short notice.

Division I (28000) Stationed: Torbai Garrison

1st Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

2nd Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

3rd Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

4th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (4000) - 25 AT-TE Walkers, 50 74-7 Speeder Bikes

1st Heavy Infantry Brigade (4000) – Stationed: Arcona Citadel (a.k.a. ‘Palace Guard’)

Division II (19000) Stationed: Estle City

1st Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

2nd Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

3rd Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

2nd Heavy Infantry Brigade (4000)

Division III (20000) Stationed: Giletta Spaceport

5th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

6th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

7th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

1st Artillery/Infantry Brigade (4000) - 18 SPHA Walkers, 50 74-7 Speeder Bikes

1st Tactical Assault Marines Brigade (1000)

Division IV (10000) Stationed: Torbai Garrison

8th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

4th Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

Eldar Forces

Eldar’s forces are, unlike Selen’s, much more spread out. Having to cover a wide range of population and industrial centres, the AAF opted to thin out their forces and rotate them between various domains, allowing the troops to keep moving regularly to patrol the myriad of mid-level import sites. The only stationary force is that of the 7th Division, who are always stationed at Tao Feng spaceport, denying the best alighting locations to potential invaders.

Division V (27000) Stationed: Various Provincial Locations

2nd Artillery/Infantry Brigade (4000) - 18 SPHA Walkers, 50 74-7 Speeder Bikes

2nd Armoured Infantry Brigade (4000) - 25 AT-TE Walkers, 50 74-7 Speeder Bikes

3rd Heavy Infantry Brigade (4000)

9th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

10th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

11th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

Division VI (19000) Stationed: Various Industrial Facilities

12th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

4th Heavy Infantry Brigade (4000)

6th Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

7th Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

Division VII (12000) Stationed: Tao Feng Spaceport

13th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

8th Light Infantry Brigade (5000)

1st Deep Assault Recon Brigade (2000) (a.k.a Eldarian Rangers)

Arconae Primus Forces

Arconae Primus, whilst offering a habitable environment and limited mining facilities, is still relatively unimportant planet tactically as it boasts no native species and only one House Facility. Nevertheless, there is still a Division of troops stationed at the Krite Garrison.

Division VIII (14000) Stationed: Krite Garrison

1st Mounted Infantry Brigade (4000) - 100 74-7 Speeder Bikes

14th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

15th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

Arconae Secondus Forces

Secondus boasts the main training facility for all of the AAF, DDF, and the DEF, thus making it the single largest training facility in the system and an important location tactically. Whilst the number of Troops stationed on Secondus may seem a little light for such a vital facility, it is expected that the cadets in training will also fight to defend the Thanatos Garrison Training Academy.

Division IX (10000) Stationed: Thanatos Garrison

16th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

17th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

Boral Forces

Boral is the main Flight Academy of Dajorra, and all of her pilots, Force Disciplined or not will pass through her halls before being allowed in the cockpit of one of the DDF or the DEF’s fighters. As such, she has a token Division of troops stationed on-site to maintain order and protect the Academy, however the first line of defence will be her fighters.

Division X (15000) Stationed: Savric Flight Academy

18th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

19th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

20th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000) – Stationed at the ‘Project’

Gethsemane Forces

As it is often called ‘The Garden World Gethsemane’, it was decided that a token force of Scouts and Light Infantry to patrol the areas around the estates. Whilst not a dedicated occupation force, Gethsemane still offers a modest garrison to ensure that the planet isn’t taken until more significant forces can arrive.

Division XI (10000) Stationed: ‘Pandemonium’ Facility

21st Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

22nd Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

Sukhur Forces

Sukhur is Arcona’s proverbial fallback position. Should Selen be overrun and the Citadel fall, then the remaining leadership immediately retreats to Sukhur’s Last Stand facility, whilst a decoy makes for deep space. From Sukhur, Arcona’s forces are consolidated and marshalled against whatever threat was powerful enough to drive their Consul from his throne.

Division XII (14000) Stationed: Last Stand Depot

23rd Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

24th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

5th Heavy Infantry Brigade (4000)

Eye of the Abyss Forces

The Abyss’s forces are primarily an occupational force, required either to reinforce any of the garrisons should a revolt occur or an invasion commence, or to pursue more aggressive means of taking a foreign planet and occupy said location.

2nd Tactical Assault Marines Brigade (1000)

3rd Tactical Assault Marines Brigade (1000)

2nd Deep Assault Marines Brigade (2000)

25th Skirmishing Infantry Brigade (5000)

6th Heavy Infantry Brigade (700) – Consul’s Guard

I’ll be finishing it as soon as I hear back from a couple of people that are helping me out, and hopefully by next Wednesday we’ll have it up and on the wiki as well as having pages for the individual brigades, divisions and even garrisons.

RL:

Christmas kicked my ass. Between family, work, university and the boyfriend I’ve had very little time to turn towards the DB, however that’ll be changing now – I’ve kept pottering around with wiki stuff and that’ll keep being a priority of mine. Any help you can lend me would be muchly appreciated.

As always, if you have any comments or questions, get back to me on IRC or via [Log in to view e-mail addresses].

Thanks Arcona,

Sashar