Alright, another question, and maybe a little constructive criticism that just sprang to mind:
When it says 5/25/125/etc. men, does that include officers or is it just the enlisted men?
Because if it includes officers, that means the army has a noble-to-commoner ratio of at least 1:4. Apologies if I'm being nitpicky, but that does not seem particularly efficient, as that ratio does not seem like it would exist in everyday life. As a consequence, this would seriously limit the amount of soldiers who can join (for every four men you need to have a Cornet already available to lead them.)
I also feel that it might divide the units just a little bit more than necessary, since it seems unlikely to me that a 25-man unit will need to be split and separated five ways, and the unit is so small that the Lieutenant doesn't really need that many people to relay orders since they can all hear him. Additionally, if the Lieutenant gets killed it will then take longer for the five cornets beneath him to work out which one of them possesses enough seniority to assume command over the entire force.
Basically, it just seems to me that there's too many cornets. Two or three per platoon seem like a much more manageable amount - they could have their five man teams and the rest could answer directly to the Lieutenant. Alternatively, you could also increase the Bandon side (and by extension, the Omadon size as well.) Or maybe let NCOs take the role of Omadon leaders within the unit, alongside the Cornets, but the Cornets would still have authority over them.
Again, these are just some suggestions. Hope you don't mind.
When it says 5/25/125/etc. men, does that include officers or is it just the enlisted men?
Because if it includes officers, that means the army has a noble-to-commoner ratio of at least 1:4. Apologies if I'm being nitpicky, but that does not seem particularly efficient, as that ratio does not seem like it would exist in everyday life. As a consequence, this would seriously limit the amount of soldiers who can join (for every four men you need to have a Cornet already available to lead them.)
I also feel that it might divide the units just a little bit more than necessary, since it seems unlikely to me that a 25-man unit will need to be split and separated five ways, and the unit is so small that the Lieutenant doesn't really need that many people to relay orders since they can all hear him. Additionally, if the Lieutenant gets killed it will then take longer for the five cornets beneath him to work out which one of them possesses enough seniority to assume command over the entire force.
Basically, it just seems to me that there's too many cornets. Two or three per platoon seem like a much more manageable amount - they could have their five man teams and the rest could answer directly to the Lieutenant. Alternatively, you could also increase the Bandon side (and by extension, the Omadon size as well.) Or maybe let NCOs take the role of Omadon leaders within the unit, alongside the Cornets, but the Cornets would still have authority over them.
Again, these are just some suggestions. Hope you don't mind.
1x Thank
1x Thank
