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==Eridani Federal Navy==
[[Eridani_PMC_Medical_Response_Team|The armed forces of the Eridani Corporate Federation]] are split into two branches, the Federal Navy and the Federal Army. The armed forces of the Federation are composed of private military companies, which when not required by the state are contracted out across the Orion Spur. If a threat to Federation sovereignty arises, the Board of Five has the power to cancel these contracts. These contracted soldiers can be found in any situation ranging from active war zones to mere private security. While the Federal Army is composed of native contractors often sent abroad, the Federal Navy is made up of majority foreign-contracted vessels and crew, with few native Eridanian companies specializing in naval contracting.


The Eridani Federal Navy signifies the offensive capabilities of the Eridani Federal Military. During the era of the Eridani Corporate Conglomerate, this capability was provided by a dozen smaller contractor groups operating a variety of military vessels within the Epsilon Eridani system. Their primary purpose was the dcircumstancesefence of trade-routes and trade vessels.
==The Federal Army==


Following the formation of the Eridani Corporate Federation, these smaller firms were all nationalized, and gathered under the singular banner of the Eridani Federal Navy, or disbanded. Initially, the purpose of protecting corporate interests and ensuring in a safe trade space was retained, however, the duty of providing an offensive capability slowly rose onto an equal plane.
Eridani private military contractors are recruited primarily from the Federation itself, with higher ranks being more immediately available to those able to pay. Five major companies make up the private side of the Eridani military, with different specializations and backgrounds, though some smaller companies do exist. These five companies are often referred to colloquially as the Golden Fist. Each seat on the Board of Five has a degree of control over one of these companies.
Equipment used by these private companies varies, though across all of them is a strong and fervent focus on the most modern technology, especially in the realm of combat augments and electronics. Contractors are often trained in using both lethal and non-lethal weaponry due to being employed both privately and publicly. Specialized combat augments include eyes with built in FoF (Friend or Foe) indicators, implanted drug injectors, and thermal vision. Contractors who are employed by megacorporations are rarely sent with proprietary combat augments in order to preserve their secrecy.  


Until the first major armed conflict involving the Eridani Federal Navy, the insurgency on Epsilon Eridani 4, doctrine was relatively underdeveloped. Following the disastrous attempt at launching a full occupation of the planet, the Eridani Federal Navy developed a doctrine to match that of the insurgent’s: gather intelligence, locate targets, and surgically neutralize said targets. Such ideas required the creation of the Navy Expeditionary and Special Operations Task Force, as well as other modifications to the organization and training of the Eridani Federal Navy personnel. The emphasis of mech forces grew out of a focus on this doctrine.
==The Golden Fist==


The general intent is to keep a comparatively small force of specialized troops, with fleet assets to provide support. By the year 2456, the Eridani Federal Navy is able to field three designated fleets, all with their set purpose, and muster a ground combat force capable of conducting offensive operations in a variety of . Following the end of the Epsilon Eridani 4 insurgency in the year 2450, majority elements of the Eridani Federal Navy have been occupied in counter-insurgency and counter-piracy operations within their home system.
These companies are the oldest and most influential military contractors in Eridani, tracing their history back to the Solarian military contracting companies employed during the Interstellar War. The traditions and structures of these companies were forged in that conflict, with this foundation of experience being instrumental to their continued dominance in Eridani.  


==Ground Combat Command==
==== Ringspire ====


Ground Combat Command represents the Navy’s ability to deploy onto terrafirma, and conduct offensive operations. Elements of the Ground Combat Command are spread out between different vessels, with the largest Combat Groups, containing two to five Divisions each, residing on board assault carriers and individual Divisions being deployed on smaller capital ships and cruisers.
A company known for working with anyone with enough funding, Ringspire contractors can be seen on any side of a conflict or job with enough credits to pay them. This has given them a reputation as being little more than hired guns, leaving higher than usual casualties in their wake. The company is also well-known for its indiscriminate use of heavy weapons, ranging from simple rocket launchers to orbital artillery bombardments, in its assignments. It is often said in Eridani’s mercenary community that Ringspire operations zones are easy to identify: simply search for areas with high amounts of corpses, looted buildings, and shell craters.
The mainstay for the Ground Combat Command is the utilization of a combat mech force. Divided into Lances of four to six mechs, they provide an extremely practical tool of force multiplication. A usual composition of a mech detachment contains four Troops, with three prioritizing mech deployment, and the fourth infantry support.
Another oddity which has arisen within the Ground Combat Command is the utilization of infantry detachments designated as Salvage and Recovery (SAL/REC). These detachments rose out of a direct necessity to facilitate mech repair, salvage, and if required, decommissioning in an active battlefield environment. SAL/REC squads are usually deployed with a supporting squad from the Marine Combat Group, or a number of standard infantry squads, depending on the situation.


==Navy Expeditionary and Special Operations Task Force==
Ringspire’s most notable recent engagement was their involvement in the S'rend'marr Coalition on Adhomai. Hired by the People’s Republic of Adhomai to guard officials, flush out liberation army cells, they participated in the failed attempts to break through ALA lines on the Ras’nrr fronts and left a trail of devastation in its wake through its use of indiscriminate bombardments, autonomous combat equipment, and heavy amounts of looting by its mercenaries. While the S’rend’marr deployment is one of Ringspire’s most costly operations, company figures estimate that anywhere between fifteen and twenty-five tajara died for every Ringspire fatality. Despite this “kill ratio” (in Ringspire’s own terminology) the PRA opted not to renew the company’s contract.


The Navy Expeditionary and Special Operations Task Force serves as the elite of the Eridani Federal Navy. N.E.S.O.T.F., often simply referenced as NEST, was created out of a demand for more intricate operations to be carried out in foreign territory. At first, such operations usually involved the gathering of surface intelligence, meteorological information, and pathfinding.
But for an enterprising commander, Adhomai’s peace led to a far more profitable venture. A small faction of Ringspire remains in the DPRA city of Crevus to lead the company known as Olokun Curios. This smuggling operation posing as an art dealership allies to Adhomai’s low-lifes and self-proclaimed “archaeologists” to locate, secure, and ship tajara artefacts to sell in Eridani. Tajara attempts to investigate Olokun Curios have discovered nothing illegal about the organization, and many investigators have “coincidentally” had fatal accidents during their investigations.
Over a few decades, NEST evolved into something greater. From a single cruiser carrying an infantry operations division, it became to encompass a set of purpose-built spacecraft, and specially trained personnel, suited both for overt and covert operations. NEST now serves as the prime force in the Federal Navy’s arsenal for delicate operations, its training and equipment providing options which the large fleets simply cannot facilitate.


A normal NEST Division consists of three Brigades, each outfitted with two reconnaissance detachments, two assault detachments, and a single SAL/REC detachment. Due to the more compressed nature of NEST, the heaviest of mech chassis are not utilized, instead, a near even balance of infantry and light to medium combat mechs exists even in the most offensive of formations. These ground forces are supported by dedicated flight wings.
==== Eagle Corp ====


==Eridani Federal Army==
With enlisted ranks being filled by lower-class citizens drawn across human space, this company has a reputation for doggedly pursuing its goals no matter the effort required. As one of the more merit-based companies for promotion within the ranks, many officer positions are occupied by people from lower —questionable — backgrounds. The latter are often offered ‘new lives’ within the corporation, turning criminals about to meet the end of their careers into passable, and even valued operatives. The extensive training and ‘reintroduction’ programs sometimes employed in this process are viewed by some as a merciful second chance, and identity-destroying by others.


Unlike the Eridani Federal Navy, which had no exact forerunner, the Eridani Federal Army was formed out of the assets and personnel of Atrix Security Incorporated, a large private security firm which was responsible for providing a majority of the installation security forces for mining and other terra-based activities.
Recently, the company has launched initiatives to appeal to an even wider base of employees, with advertisement campaigns targeting potential alien contractors all over the Spur. These hopeful (or desperate) recruits find themselves thrown into competitive or dangerous missions, either ending with their promotion or an untimely severing of contracts. Unathi and Vaurca employees have seen especially good rates within the company, as pragmatic and goal-oriented employees are valued greatly by the management.


==Rank Structure==
==== Sekhmet Intergalactic ====
The different branches of the Eridani Federal Military use, at heart, a universal ranking system to facilitate improved logistics and other applicable systems. This system recognizes three tiers of servicemen and women: enlisted, officers, and specialists.
Known for their wide reach and even wider history of assignments, Sekhmet has established itself as the premier provider of professional healthcare, no questions asked. The youngest of the now-legendary group, Sekhmet Intergalactic is made up of several smaller companies dedicated to cornering the ever-present market of medical aid and supplies. Though these corporations would get their starts on the advent of the Interstellar War they remained splintered and tied to other forces, located just about anywhere there were patients to save and profit to be generated.


==Enlisted Ranks==
Nowadays, each company within the collective acts as a ‘branch’ on a respective frontline, extending the corporation’s presence to rival that of its peers. Due to this, and the propensity to extend morally dubious contracts, Sekhmet often comes into rivalry with the Interstellar Aid Corps. The IAC offers humanitarian relief with both health and rights considered; in contrast, Sekhmet entices customers with predatory, yet government-grade deals that are at times the only way out. Though many of their doctors, surgeons and front-line medics are happy to take a pretty bonus to their paycheck for a shady assignment, a considerable number of their employees are uncomfortable with this reputation and actively fight it with a consummate work ethic and heaps of experience from all around the Spur.


The enlisted form the bulk of any army, starting from the lowliest of recruits to the most senior of operators who carry the burden of leadership. The exact titles for the enlisted ranks are dependant on the exact branch of service, but remain directly comparable and carry equal weight.
==== N4NL Incorporated ====


The status of a Non-Commissioned Officer is awarded once a soldier reaches the paygrade of N0-4 or higher. All NCOs, regardless of branch, must complete a 4 week course held by the Eridani Federal Navy and Marine Combat Group aboard SEN Apex station. The training there is built to brace the mind of a leader for frontline leadership, focusing heavily on decisionmaking under heavy strain. It is rumored that certain portions of training are conducted by NEST operatives.
A company that had its start in meagre technical upkeep and insurance, N4NL Incorporated is nowadays better known for their cutting-edge augmentation and air-tight cyber security. Specializing in technological warfare, N4NL operatives are often augmented with the company’s own brand of technology to guard and operate high-tech equipment, frequently testing prototypes in the meanwhile. Officially the corporation is split between the departments of Asset Insurance and Asset Development, in practice, most employees are found in the former branch. Asset Insurance is famous for everything from contracting civilian employees out as telecommunications engineers or server network maintainers, to operating and testing electronic warfare equipment in the backline of many conflicts, to guarding and maintaining advanced cybersecurity apparatuses across the Orion Spur. N4NL Asset Insurance teams are perhaps the most widespread representatives of the Golden Fist, with most megacorporate facilities having at least a small team on-staff to combat and prevent data security issues. These teams are particularly common on [[Mictlan]] due to the planet’s history of intellectual property theft. Many conspiracy theorists speculate that N4NL Incorporated has had a hand in many “unfortunate accidents”' that have befallen famous Mictlanian copyright violators, but the company has consistently denied these rumours.


Where the Eridani Federal Navy recognizes Sailors as its base enlisted men, and Chiefs as the senior most non-commissioned officers, the Federal Army recognizes Soldiers and Sergeants, and the Marine Combat Group Riflemen and Sergeants.
N4NL’s Asset Development is much less publicly visible than its Asset Insurance counterpart and is primarily concerned with finding new and powerful technologies the company can use for its own benefit. N4NL does their best to disguise this side venture from the view of the public and of their customers, and Asset Development agents are often “seeded” into Asset Insurance teams in order to conduct what the company refers to as “passive corporate observation” in order to discover emergent technologies of interest to the company. While not limited to the department, hefty bonuses are offered for investigating and securing new technologies found out on the field. Many of their contractors are also given experimental augments to field-test, and good performance often correlates with more personalized, high-quality cybernetics offered to an employee, thereby keeping them loyal and dependent. N4NL additionally employs many positronics, both free and company-owned, in its ranks due to the ease with which many modern IPCs can interface with electronic systems and accept new augments.


==Officer Ranks==
==== Index Security Solutions ====


Officers, usually numbering fewer than the enlisted they are in command of, are heavily integrated into front line duties. While the lowest of the officers, paygrades N1-1 and N1-2, usually serve as commanders for Troops, it is not uncommon to notice a single stripe sprayed onto the hardsuit of a squad leader instead of the expected chevrons.
One of the few military contractors to employ IPCs, which make up the majority of its employees, Index Security Solutions is known for its top-notch security contracting for both public and private facilities, as well as personal bodyguard detailing for high-level individuals. IPCs owned by this company receive high-quality maintenance and conditions, but operate under a permanent ownership contract, with freedom or transfer to another owner being impossible.


All officers of the Eridani Federal Military earn their commission by passing through the 12 week training hosted by the Eridani Federal Army in Fort Sunder. The training is composed of a curriculum which focuses on core leadership criteria and general warfare, meaning that all officers must, at a later date, pass through more specialized schooling for their respective duties.
The company’s reputation is quite polarizing thanks to several factors, one of which is Index’s very own ‘Advanced Threat Assessment’ (ATA) data pack which many of its employees come equipped with, allowing units to analyze and respond to potential threats in a nearly super-human capacity. Though a complex program to insert into a positronic, this development has been known to save the lives of many Eridanian officials; most famously preventing a shuttle-bombing targeting the former representative of Eridani I in 2436.
Unlike enlisted ranks, officer ranks are universal in the Eridani Federal Military.


==Specialist Ranks==
This same tool is seen as oppressive and terrifying by others, particularly by Dregs, who have been personally targeted by harsh profiling algorithms that discriminate by acting on even slight transgressions. Index has mostly refused to comment on this, citing that their units are simply more sensitive than that of others in their field.


Specialists exist as a requirement for highly trained operatives to fill a very specific requirement in a billet. Duties of a specialist usually demand a high technical aptitude, such as system specific maintenance, operation of very specialized weapon systems, etcetera.
==The Federal Navy==
The Eridani Federal Navy varies wildly in size and composition, with vessels and personnel being contracted as need arises from various internal and foreign sources. On average, it has about two fleets’ worth of craft employed at any given moment in peacetime. Unlike the Federal Army, the navy has a semi-permanent command structure which answers to the Board of Five as a whole.  


==The Division==
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A Division is the standard unit of organization within the Eridani Federal Military. A single Division consists of anywhere from 2000 to 5000 personnel, depending on purpose and exact composition. Divisions may further be organized into Combat Groups, and which point they will contain anywhere from two to five Divisions with differing task focuses. Primary task focus is assigned at Division level as well, with the primary specializations being the following:
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==AS - Assault Division==
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Assault Divisions are well rounded, capable of executing most military operations, and operating within most parametres. Emphasis would be on the deployment of medium mech lances, armoured units and their sustainment with infantry units and lighter/heavier mech lances.
 
===RC - Reconnaissance Division===
Reconnaissance Divisions are kept smaller, usually encompassing only two Brigades, as opposed to the three or four of an Assault Division. A usual Reconnaissance Division is primarily composed of light mech lances, and infantry squads geared towards the gathering of intelligence and minor offensive operations.
 
===IO - Infantry Operations Division===
Infantry Operations Divisions, for the Eridani Federal Navy, are a rarity. This is due to the high degree of specialization that they have adopted, and as such, are kept in lower numbers. Most usually a carrier carries only a single Infantry Operations Division, with the no further ones existing in active service.

Latest revision as of 04:42, 2 August 2022

The armed forces of the Eridani Corporate Federation are split into two branches, the Federal Navy and the Federal Army. The armed forces of the Federation are composed of private military companies, which when not required by the state are contracted out across the Orion Spur. If a threat to Federation sovereignty arises, the Board of Five has the power to cancel these contracts. These contracted soldiers can be found in any situation ranging from active war zones to mere private security. While the Federal Army is composed of native contractors often sent abroad, the Federal Navy is made up of majority foreign-contracted vessels and crew, with few native Eridanian companies specializing in naval contracting.

The Federal Army

Eridani private military contractors are recruited primarily from the Federation itself, with higher ranks being more immediately available to those able to pay. Five major companies make up the private side of the Eridani military, with different specializations and backgrounds, though some smaller companies do exist. These five companies are often referred to colloquially as the Golden Fist. Each seat on the Board of Five has a degree of control over one of these companies. Equipment used by these private companies varies, though across all of them is a strong and fervent focus on the most modern technology, especially in the realm of combat augments and electronics. Contractors are often trained in using both lethal and non-lethal weaponry due to being employed both privately and publicly. Specialized combat augments include eyes with built in FoF (Friend or Foe) indicators, implanted drug injectors, and thermal vision. Contractors who are employed by megacorporations are rarely sent with proprietary combat augments in order to preserve their secrecy.

The Golden Fist

These companies are the oldest and most influential military contractors in Eridani, tracing their history back to the Solarian military contracting companies employed during the Interstellar War. The traditions and structures of these companies were forged in that conflict, with this foundation of experience being instrumental to their continued dominance in Eridani.

Ringspire

A company known for working with anyone with enough funding, Ringspire contractors can be seen on any side of a conflict or job with enough credits to pay them. This has given them a reputation as being little more than hired guns, leaving higher than usual casualties in their wake. The company is also well-known for its indiscriminate use of heavy weapons, ranging from simple rocket launchers to orbital artillery bombardments, in its assignments. It is often said in Eridani’s mercenary community that Ringspire operations zones are easy to identify: simply search for areas with high amounts of corpses, looted buildings, and shell craters.

Ringspire’s most notable recent engagement was their involvement in the S'rend'marr Coalition on Adhomai. Hired by the People’s Republic of Adhomai to guard officials, flush out liberation army cells, they participated in the failed attempts to break through ALA lines on the Ras’nrr fronts and left a trail of devastation in its wake through its use of indiscriminate bombardments, autonomous combat equipment, and heavy amounts of looting by its mercenaries. While the S’rend’marr deployment is one of Ringspire’s most costly operations, company figures estimate that anywhere between fifteen and twenty-five tajara died for every Ringspire fatality. Despite this “kill ratio” (in Ringspire’s own terminology) the PRA opted not to renew the company’s contract.

But for an enterprising commander, Adhomai’s peace led to a far more profitable venture. A small faction of Ringspire remains in the DPRA city of Crevus to lead the company known as Olokun Curios. This smuggling operation posing as an art dealership allies to Adhomai’s low-lifes and self-proclaimed “archaeologists” to locate, secure, and ship tajara artefacts to sell in Eridani. Tajara attempts to investigate Olokun Curios have discovered nothing illegal about the organization, and many investigators have “coincidentally” had fatal accidents during their investigations.

Eagle Corp

With enlisted ranks being filled by lower-class citizens drawn across human space, this company has a reputation for doggedly pursuing its goals no matter the effort required. As one of the more merit-based companies for promotion within the ranks, many officer positions are occupied by people from lower —questionable — backgrounds. The latter are often offered ‘new lives’ within the corporation, turning criminals about to meet the end of their careers into passable, and even valued operatives. The extensive training and ‘reintroduction’ programs sometimes employed in this process are viewed by some as a merciful second chance, and identity-destroying by others.

Recently, the company has launched initiatives to appeal to an even wider base of employees, with advertisement campaigns targeting potential alien contractors all over the Spur. These hopeful (or desperate) recruits find themselves thrown into competitive or dangerous missions, either ending with their promotion or an untimely severing of contracts. Unathi and Vaurca employees have seen especially good rates within the company, as pragmatic and goal-oriented employees are valued greatly by the management.

Sekhmet Intergalactic

Known for their wide reach and even wider history of assignments, Sekhmet has established itself as the premier provider of professional healthcare, no questions asked. The youngest of the now-legendary group, Sekhmet Intergalactic is made up of several smaller companies dedicated to cornering the ever-present market of medical aid and supplies. Though these corporations would get their starts on the advent of the Interstellar War they remained splintered and tied to other forces, located just about anywhere there were patients to save and profit to be generated.

Nowadays, each company within the collective acts as a ‘branch’ on a respective frontline, extending the corporation’s presence to rival that of its peers. Due to this, and the propensity to extend morally dubious contracts, Sekhmet often comes into rivalry with the Interstellar Aid Corps. The IAC offers humanitarian relief with both health and rights considered; in contrast, Sekhmet entices customers with predatory, yet government-grade deals that are at times the only way out. Though many of their doctors, surgeons and front-line medics are happy to take a pretty bonus to their paycheck for a shady assignment, a considerable number of their employees are uncomfortable with this reputation and actively fight it with a consummate work ethic and heaps of experience from all around the Spur.

N4NL Incorporated

A company that had its start in meagre technical upkeep and insurance, N4NL Incorporated is nowadays better known for their cutting-edge augmentation and air-tight cyber security. Specializing in technological warfare, N4NL operatives are often augmented with the company’s own brand of technology to guard and operate high-tech equipment, frequently testing prototypes in the meanwhile. Officially the corporation is split between the departments of Asset Insurance and Asset Development, in practice, most employees are found in the former branch. Asset Insurance is famous for everything from contracting civilian employees out as telecommunications engineers or server network maintainers, to operating and testing electronic warfare equipment in the backline of many conflicts, to guarding and maintaining advanced cybersecurity apparatuses across the Orion Spur. N4NL Asset Insurance teams are perhaps the most widespread representatives of the Golden Fist, with most megacorporate facilities having at least a small team on-staff to combat and prevent data security issues. These teams are particularly common on Mictlan due to the planet’s history of intellectual property theft. Many conspiracy theorists speculate that N4NL Incorporated has had a hand in many “unfortunate accidents”' that have befallen famous Mictlanian copyright violators, but the company has consistently denied these rumours.

N4NL’s Asset Development is much less publicly visible than its Asset Insurance counterpart and is primarily concerned with finding new and powerful technologies the company can use for its own benefit. N4NL does their best to disguise this side venture from the view of the public and of their customers, and Asset Development agents are often “seeded” into Asset Insurance teams in order to conduct what the company refers to as “passive corporate observation” in order to discover emergent technologies of interest to the company. While not limited to the department, hefty bonuses are offered for investigating and securing new technologies found out on the field. Many of their contractors are also given experimental augments to field-test, and good performance often correlates with more personalized, high-quality cybernetics offered to an employee, thereby keeping them loyal and dependent. N4NL additionally employs many positronics, both free and company-owned, in its ranks due to the ease with which many modern IPCs can interface with electronic systems and accept new augments.

Index Security Solutions

One of the few military contractors to employ IPCs, which make up the majority of its employees, Index Security Solutions is known for its top-notch security contracting for both public and private facilities, as well as personal bodyguard detailing for high-level individuals. IPCs owned by this company receive high-quality maintenance and conditions, but operate under a permanent ownership contract, with freedom or transfer to another owner being impossible.

The company’s reputation is quite polarizing thanks to several factors, one of which is Index’s very own ‘Advanced Threat Assessment’ (ATA) data pack which many of its employees come equipped with, allowing units to analyze and respond to potential threats in a nearly super-human capacity. Though a complex program to insert into a positronic, this development has been known to save the lives of many Eridanian officials; most famously preventing a shuttle-bombing targeting the former representative of Eridani I in 2436.

This same tool is seen as oppressive and terrifying by others, particularly by Dregs, who have been personally targeted by harsh profiling algorithms that discriminate by acting on even slight transgressions. Index has mostly refused to comment on this, citing that their units are simply more sensitive than that of others in their field.

The Federal Navy

The Eridani Federal Navy varies wildly in size and composition, with vessels and personnel being contracted as need arises from various internal and foreign sources. On average, it has about two fleets’ worth of craft employed at any given moment in peacetime. Unlike the Federal Army, the navy has a semi-permanent command structure which answers to the Board of Five as a whole.