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Corvo Rathmore

Corvo leaned up against one of the many poles that dotted the tournament landscape, watching as people buzzed by and knights donned their finest armors in an effort to prove that they were the superior warrior. All of the glistening, shinning knights in armor with all their squires and weapons proudly put on display for the world to see, Corvo never truly managed to understand that aspect of the upper classes, must have been something that even living amongst them for a decade still hadn't fixed. Back when he was young and on the streets, one of the many unspoken rules was to never flaunt your wealth and power lest you were a gang leader of note or wanted to wake up with all your goodies stolen, if you even woke up at all.

Sighing as he heavier his body off its resting place, the young man growled as the sun flickered into his open eye. He cracked his wrists and swiftly sought out his lord, Spymaster Ar of House Rathmore, and once again check to ensure he had no more orders from his adoptive father. Parting the people in front of him, Corvo spotted the spymaster and made great haste in getting to him.

"Sir, is there anything which thou requests of me for?" Corvo's voice was low and hush, another force of habit no doubt. Should Ar require him to do anything it would be some sort of careful watching of someone of note or perhaps an attempt to seek out some shady activities of certain unscrupulous individuals. If there was nothing of the sort, Corvo would cozy up some place and enjoy the games, not that he'd be carefully watching none the less.

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ORGANIZATION: INFANTRY

The smallest unit and base of all infantry units in the Fusan army is the squad whose roles are varied for their purpose and usage. Squads are generally 12 men with 9 regular infantrymen, an officer and a two-man support weapon; typically a light machine gun/automatic rifle or a specialized grenadier were placed in squads. The two most common and mainstream squads are the Hohei (Infantry) and Kogeki (Assault). The Hohei Infantry is the most "basic" squad of the the Fusan army consisting of riflemen whose role is general purpose foot soldiers. Kogeki Assault on the other hand are more specialized shock troop-type of units who are trained in assaulting enemy positions and close quarter fighting and thus armed with lighter SMGs. Assault squads for this reason are known to go without an automatic fire support and simple use their SMG to suppress enemies.

The three other types of squads within the Fusan army are that of Neginsu (Pioneers), Otakata (Support) and Yakuin (Command) squad. Pioneer squad function as specialized combat engineers and are tasked with battlefield construction and demolition and are also give enough training to act as some very crafty infantry as needed. Support squads are used to intermeshed provide fire support to moving units without the need of outside support; they carry heavier weapons such as HMG and mortars on carts and on occasion, flamethrowers. Command squads are squads consisting of commanding officers and their retinue and consist of many platoon assists. Beyond bodyguards, Command squads also feature the platoon medic, radio operator and snipers whose skills are used for the platoon as a whole instead of just a single squad. It should go without saying that Command squads are rarely ever seen in direct frontline fighting.

Once five squads are organized into a single unit, they now function as a platoon. Platoons differ in what they do and what kind of squads they consist of but generally each platoon is specialized in what they do and only have squads of that role, Command squads are ubiquitous to all platoons however with one Command squad leading the other four. The two types of Platoons are "pure" platoons and "mixed" platoons. Pure Platoons will have a single Command squad and four other squads of the same type, for example a Rifle Platoon will have four squads of infantry while a Support Platoon will have only supporting heavy weapon squads (although Support Platoons tend to be divided and squads attached to other platoons for local fire support). 

Mixed platoons are just as self explanatory being platoons consisting of a mix of squads. Mixed platoons are often seen in the after math of a battle, especially a bloody one where there may not be enough units in a platoon left to effectively fight. Thus these leftover units are organized into mixed platoons where they will remain as such until more reinforcements arrive so that they may reorganized into pure platoons. There have been occasions however that mixed platoons are either kept mixed or simply raised that way as for form a flexible unit.

Beyond the platoon comes the company formed by combining 3 platoons lead by a company command squad. Like platoons, companies are sometimes a "pure company" but more often than not they will be mixed to a greater degree than a platoon to ensure the company has enough flexibility to work as an independent unit. Battalions consists of 3 companies and a battalion command squad with regiments consisting of 6 battalions and a regimental command squad.

Numerical Breakdown

Squad - 12
Platoon - 60 (2 Squads)
Company - 192 (3 Platoons and 1 Command Squad)
Battalion - 588 (3 Companies and 1 Command Squad)
Regiment - 3,540 (6 Battalions and 1 Command Squad)

ORGANIZATION: ARMORED

There are three types of armored units in the Fusan military: recon, assault, and support. Recon consists mostly of lighter vehicles like light tanks, tankettes and armored cars while Assault is more of a spearhead unit that brings in heavier armor such as medium and heavy tanks. Support is basically any armored vehicle which doesn't fall into one of the other two categories and thus consists of SPGs, SPAAs, and even just trucks.

Despite this, the three tend to follow a similar guideline in structure to a degree. An armored assault company consists of 3 armored platoons consisting of 3 tanks each and a command tank plus a company command vehicle. Armored recon company also have 3 platoons but each armored platoon has 5 vehicles and a command vehicle plus a company command vehicle. Armored support companies are the most fluid of the the three and like Support infantry platoons, tend to get divided up a lot, their structure has 2 armored support platoons to a armored support company with each platoon having 4 SPGs/SPAAs, a command vehicle (often an armored car or armored truck) and one supply trucks plus a company command vehicle.

Although not as common, armored battalions universally have 3 companies of whatever unit the battalion is. Support platoons are almost never put into battalions, more often requisitions and treated as multiple companies instead of a cohesive unit.

Numerical Breakdown

Armored Assault Company
Platoon - 4 (3 tanks + 1 command tank)
Company - 13 (3 Platoons + 1 command tank)
Battalion - 39 (3 Companies)

Armored Recon Company
Platoon - 6 vehicles (5 vehicles + 1 command vehicle)
Company - 19 (3 Platoons + 1 command tank)
Battalion - 47 (3 Companies)

Armored Support Company
Platoon - 6 vehicles (4 vehicles + 1 command vehicle + 1 supply truck)
Company - 12 (2 Platoons + 1 command tank)

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