[center][b][u]Shattered Steel PMC - An Overview[/u][/b][/center]

The PMC Shattered Steel is one of the largest and most well-equipped PMC's in the post-Heavenfall world, and especially of the small number of legitimate ones working for the N/UN. 

Shattered Steel is organised along the lines of any military force, with a military-style command structure and ranks, and a number of divisions handling all the necessary infrastructure supporting the forces in the field. 
Shattered Steel's rank structure (for their aviation branch, at least) follows the [url=https://i0.wp.com/airforcejourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/201607_RankStructure.jpg?w=856&ssl=1]USAF rank structure.[/url]

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Shattered Steel is not a national military force, and does not have the same 'depth' of logistics, funding, power, and organisation that such forces do. As a Sanctioned PMC under the N/UN PMC act, Shattered Steel does have a much greater strength of forces, personnel and equipment available, and is among the largest, if not the largest, non-national military force in the world, though some Corporate Security forces are as strong and likely more advanced technologically. 

Shattered Steel [i]technically[/i] has no strategic assets, in that it has no long-range, intercontinental weapon systems or craft, and no WMDs. However, it does have the ability to project power and assets internationally by design, as this is the purpose and nature of such PMCs in the first place; to be able to flexibly move and deploy military power and forces globally at short notice to enact small-scale military operations against hostile targets in the short term, until larger, more numerous, and better supported forces that can take and occupy large areas for long-term strategic goals, rather than short-term, more defined military ones.

Shattered Steel is thusly modelled and structured around the idea and concept of Combined Arms. Forces deployed to fulfil a contract are comprised of a package of combat and support assets that can be deployed to a region with their supplies, and to be able to keep a logistics chain going to keep them supplied over the course of their contract in their deployed area of operations. 
The structure of these task forces is modular and flexible, with additional assets able to be drawn from a pool to supplement existing forces. 

The headquarters element of Shattered Steel handles all of the overall command and organisation. They also are responsible for the manpower planning and organisation, training, recruitment, strategic planning, intelligence, supply and procurement and other headquarters functions. 
Appended or adjacent to this are the organisational structures and chains of command, personnel and logistics that enable the deployment and usage of Shattered Steel's bases and facilities, and the naval element. 

Beneath this, the company is organised into four groups, called 'Task Forces'. Each Task Force consists of four elements; a Headquarters Group, Air Wing, Ground Element and Support Element. There is a fifth Task Force that acts as a 'support' Force, and is a reserve pool of personnel, equipment and so on that exists to supply the other units on deployment and to secure and support Shattered Steel's own assets, or supply specialist units or equipment as and when needed.

The Headquarters Group comprises the personnel organisation, administration, surveillance, reconnaissance and command and control elements. This would include airborne warning and control (AWACS) units deployed on missions to support combat elements on missions, liason personnel between Shattered Steel and local forces, intelligence and surveillance, and communications.

The Air Wing comprises the combat and support aircraft across five squadrons. Of these, three will be tactical combat aircraft that form the bulk of Shattered Steel's firepower. 
A squadron will number between 10-14 aircraft and their pilots and other crew, along with their associated maintenance personnel, equipment and vehicles; their ordnance loading and handling personnel and their necessary equipment and their 'organic' support and logistics, such as fuelling and handling vehicles and personnel, security (i.e. airfield security), crash respose and handling personnel and their equipment and motor transport. 

The other two squadrons are one of rotary-wing aircraft, which is over-strength and split between light, medium and heavy helicopters, which are then assigned to the various combat units. The other two are a similarly over-strength transport unit, which comprises light and tactical fixed-wing transport aircraft, which are again split and distributed as needed between other squadrons and units within the wing as needed. These squadrons likewise have their own additional personnel and equipment as described above.

When needed, additional squadrons, flights, or groups of aircraft can be drawn from the Fifth Wing, which has squadrons of specialised craft such as attack helicopters, maritime patrol aircraft, heavy bombers, and electronic warfare aircraft. Fifth Wing also maintains and supplies the specialist, dedicated in-flight refuelling aircraft and heavy, long-range transport aircraft. 

The Ground Element of a wing composes enough forces to be roughly equivalent to a battalion; three companies of mechanised infantry, a headquarters company, an armoured company and a logistics/support company. The HQ company also includes communications, reconnaissance and Special Forces. The Armoured Company includes armoured vehicles such as MBT's and armoured reconnaissance vehicles, as well as including artillery and air defence units. The logistics/support companies include combat engineering units and their specialised vehicles, as well as other appropriate vehicles and personnel. Support also include specialised mortar, and other heavy weapons sections as well as medical personnel, supply, and maintenance units. 
Ground Elements are trained to carry out amphibious warfare, as well as to be air-deployed and rapid-deployed. These elements are not always deployed as a whole, and are deployed as when and where needed depending on the needs of a contract. However, they are rarely deployed in anything smaller than a company without sufficient support and logistics.
 
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[hider=Overview of Air Assets]
Shattered Steel's primary role and the core of its' power is it's aerial forces. Primarily in the shape of tactical combat aircraft; commonly called 'fighter' aircraft. These aircraft tend to be mixed within the front-line, tactical squadrons, rather than sticking to a single type or model of aircraft, though jet-powered aircraft are kept within the same squadron. 

Highly specialised types of aircraft; such as AWACS, Reconnaissance, heavy bomber, transport or other such aircraft are placed into their own squadrons, and often are detached as individual 'elements' or 'flights' appended to other squadrons and deployments on missions as needed to support other aircraft types. 

Helicopters and 'rotary wing' aircraft are also used; with utility helicopters (i.e. multi-role ones) being attached to various units as and where needed for their great versatility and flexible usage, and more specialised ones, such as heavy lift or attack gunships (for example, Apaches or Cobras) likewise being deployed as and where needed to various tasks and operations. 

As stated elsewhere, Shattered Steel has no WMD's or strategic weapons of any kind, and is limited to 'tactical' scale conflicts and operations only as part of its' mandate and legitimacy under the N/UN agreement. 

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[hider=Overview of Naval Assets]
Shattered Steel has a limited naval force, primarily existing to facilitate the movement of its' aerial and ground forces between operations, and to carry out its' missions as needed, and to do so safely and securely. They are relatively capable in this regard, but mainly exist to protect themselves from aggression, rather than to carry out operations on their own. However, even [i]one[/i] warship can be a considerable influence and provide a lot of firepower in the right place at the right time. 

The main 'assets' are the advanced aircraft carrier [i]Steel Reign,[/i] (often affectionately known by various other names), along with two [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral-class_landing_helicopter_dock]Landing Helicopter Docks (LHDs)[/url] the [i]Steel Tide[/i], and the [i]Steel Ocean[/i]. They are all are very capable and modern vessels, refitted from existing hulls in European shipyards, post-Heavenfall with a variety of modern systems and technologies. While they are under the control of Shattered Steel and are crewed by Shattered Steel personnel, they are leased in part from the N/UN and several N/UN personnel are onboard as part of their crew. 
This also goes for the other vessels that form the small flotilla of naval vessels used and operated by the PMC. These consist of four [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon-class_frigate]Horizon-class[/url] Destroyers, a quartet of [i]Visby[/i]-[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby-class_corvette]class corvettes[/url], as well as a [i]Wave[/i]-class replenishment ship. Additional logistics are provided by contract with private contractors or other military or paramilitary organisations as needed, and the same for other naval assets.
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[hider=Overview of Ground Assets]
Shattered Steel's ground elements comprise of well-equipped, organised and trained infantry forces with vehicle and air support to act as highly mobile and quick-reaction strike forces. They are not equipped or intended for long-term campaigns, but instead for swift, decisive and hard-hitting action against decisive targets. They are not designed or intended to hold or occupy territory for long periods of time, or operate for long periods without relief of resupply

Each Wing of the PMC has equivalent to a Battalion strength of persons under arms, and their supporting equipment, vehicles and logstical train, fully integrated in combined arms warfare and operations with the aerial forces of the wing. 
In acknowledgement of their role and organization as mobile, quick reaction forces, all ground-based forces are extensively training n both air-mobile operations, as well as amphibious landings. 
Infantry units tend to use standardised equipment for ease of logistics and supply. Standardised IFV's and APCs are used across units, as are supply and wheeled logistics vehicles - in this case, the MAN Sv series of military trucks. Light vehicles are a mix of Land Rovers, Mercedes-Benz Wolfs, and military-spec Jeep Wranglers. Medium armoured vehicles can vary between wings, as do artillery, armoured combat engineering and main battle tanks, and even mixed types can be found within units, much like the air wings. However, the crews and personnel are trained well to work together and to know the particular strengths and capabilities of different types of vehicle. 
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[hider=Overview of Bases and facilities]
Shattered Steel has a handful of facilities across the world. The main and most well-known of these is their primarily and dedicated base in the Bahamas, known as [b]The Forge.[/b] The island is relatively large, and houses a large, well-equipped airbase with maintenance facilities, training, housing, defences, and 'civilian' sector that houses the various workers and dependents of those who live and work on the island, along with the necessary commercial area to support them. There is also a harbour and port for Shattered Steel's naval element and areas for some of the land element, though due to the size required, these areas tend to be more transitory in nature. 
The second base for Shattered Steel's forces and the primary base for Land forces is located in Australia on the Northern coast adjacent to a large, dedicated training area as well as a nearby port and an airfield on site as well. This base complex also houses the long-term maintenance and storage facilities for aircraft and vehicles, as well as technical training areas and facilities. This base is nicknamed 'The Anvil', keeping the theme started with The Forge. 
As well as those two large bases, there are a small number of much smaller facilities such as small compounds on existing airfields around the world, as well as purely administrative and support offices and establishments. 
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