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"I HAVE NO BAN AND I MUST CRINGE." Rest in peace to the last of the good men in this world. I will shed a thousand tears and pour a hundred 40s of Olde English.
Armenian forces make do with equipment that is mostly of Polish origin (owing to the close military relations between the two states), although certain elements are domestically designed. Stolen Ottoman equipment, while present in large numbers in the opening days of the revolution, have since been sold to Poland in an arms-buyback program to trade in for Polish equipment at more favorable prices.
Basic infantry equipment for frontline troops is surprisingly sophisticated, owing to the Armenians' emphasis on soldier protection (to compensate for a smaller population.) A fighting load can consist of a solid-colored battledress uniform with a steel helmet and armor (a ballistic Nylon vest with manganese steel plates) that provide protection to shrapnel (the effectiveness against bullets is highly debatable.) Atop this is a harness-type loadbearing vest, often accompanied by a rucksack (large or small) depending on the mission.
Standard armament consists of a heavier 7.62mm battle-rifle weapon with a smaller 9mm sidearm. The arsenal also maintains designated light/medium machineguns, marksman rifles, shotguns for close quarters battle, submachine guns for MP and urban units, hand grenades, antitank rocket launchers, mines, rifle grenades, and longer-range sniper rifles.
Organization:
The Armenian military, being tasked with local areas of operation, is modeled mainly on a geographic basis. Two Corps formations are settled in East and West Armenia, further subdivided into four Divisions that take up a regional space. Regiments comprise the basic unit of Armenian military structure, specializing in specific tasks relevant to their operating environment.
A special exception is the segregated Armenian Foreign Legion which does not act as a geographic force but instead focuses on regimental units comprised of specific ethnic groups to act as front-line shock troops who undertake the most dangerous missions anywhere in the Armenian zones of conflict. This is largely modeled after France's legion.
The smaller structures of the Armenian military follow, more or less, a European continental command and staff structure adopted from the Ottoman military (which in turn was adopted from countries like France in particular.)
Military Formations:
1st Regional Division (Artsakh)
- 38th Engineer Regiment
- 101st Infantry Regiment
- 130th Infantry Regiment
- 156th Infantry Regiment
- 215th Motorized Regiment
- 300th Artillery Regiment
2nd Regional Division (Hayastan)
- 40th Paratrooper Regiment
- 92nd Engineer Regiment
- 121st Infantry Regiment
- 142nd Infantry Regiment
- 146th Infantry Regiment
- 237th Motorized Regiment
- 278th Antiaircraft Regiment
- 309th Artillery Regiment
- 313th Armored Regiment
Armenian Foreign Legion
- 11th Foreign Regiment
- 22nd Foreign Regiment
- 33rd Foreign Motorized Regiment
3rd Regional Division (Trabzon)
- 14th Paratrooper Regiment
- 80th Engineer Regiment
- 147th Infantry Regiment
- 148th Infantry Regiment
- 200th Motorized Regiment
- 239th Antiaircraft Regiment
- 337th Artillery Regiment
4th Regional Division (Erzurum)
- 78th Paratrooper Regiment
- 99th Paratrooper Regiment
- 23rd Engineer Regiment
- 167th Infantry Regiment
- 222nd Motorized Regiment
- 272nd Motorized Regiment
- 273rd Motorized Regiment
- 286th Motorized Regiment
- 298th Antiaircraft Regiment
- 350th Artillery Regiment
- 367th Armored Regiment
- 368th Armored Regiment
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Characters:
Government:
- Hasmik Assanian: The President of the Republic of Armenia. A former Ottoman military draftee and defector, he became the principal leader of the Armenian Separatist Front after the Battle of Nor Yerzenka. He oversaw the successful revolution and thoroughly humiliated the Ottoman Turkish occupation forces, earning him a landslide victory in the interim elections of 1977 and then the first formal elections in 1980. - Serzh Dashnakian: A famed Armenian historian and professor who, after the revolution, became the head proponent and organizer of the Armenian NSS's cryptanalysis section. He is instrumental to the Armenian intelligence scene. - Jordan Ivakon: The Russian-Armenian Minister of War. During the 1977-1980 interim government, Ivakon was a part of the "troika" making decisions in the militarized government. A former ASF commander, he is regarded as harsh yet cunning in his policies and management of the Ministry of War, including giving consent for a secret false flag operation to set the final stages of the conflict in motion. - Levon Ladaryan: The unorthodox and morally questionable head of the National Security Service. Ladaryan is responsible, for the most part, for the black and grey operations conducted by the NSS during the war. He tends to greenlight whatever he thinks will work, regardless of legality, so long as it is kept silent and efficient. - Joseph Pollundrian: The American-born Vice President and Assanian's closest friend. He volunteered as a fighter with the ASF in the Nagorno-Karabakh and proved his leadership abilities in the management of the fight in South Armenia. He ran with Assanian in his campaigns as a symbol of solidarity. - Aram Terzian: A young, bright, idealistic former engineer elected to the director of the National Recovery Administration and tasked with rebuilding the nation. He is one of Assanian's most trusted department heads and a fervent ultranationalist. He is often controversial with the parliamentary conservatives with his Keynesian economics practices.
Military:
- Haroud Abbasian: A military officer from the Artaskh. Abbasian began his career as a conscript during the waning year of the ceasefire, and took part in the final three month blitzkrieg across Erzurum. After ending his service, he became bored with civilian life and joined again to become an officer in the newly-formed Armenian Foreign Legion. - Mikael Gregovyen: Once a decorated war hero, Gregovyen commands an elite special operations force for the Armenian central intelligence service: the NSS Special Actions Unit. He is currently deployed to Georgia, conducting black operations against bandits and dissident insurgents. - Victor Ohanian: The commander of the military and governmental intelligence staff for President Assanian and a close member of the cabinet. A veteran of countless battles during his service as an Ottoman officer, Ohanian is another instrumental part of the intelligence system in Armenia. - Hassam Sulayev: An officer in the Armenian Foreign Legion of Yazidi descent. He is one of Abbasian's closest friends and an excellent leader. - George Yaglian: A border guard who recently ended his tour on the Georgian-Armenian border and was reassigned to supplement existing security forces at Joint Base Sevan Lake. He is an aspiring musician with dreams of making it big playing Armenian-infused jazz with the stars in culturally-rich Sevan.
Civil:
- George Vartanesian: The captain of the MV Breadwinner of Rize, a commercial vessel part of the Armenian Merchant Marine, and a veteran seaman. Formerly tasked with trading across the Black Sea with Poland, he is now responsible for the first Armenian circumnavigation of the globe in an international show of force. - Paul Gredakjian: A civil engineer heading the reconstruction efforts in Artashat, the hardest-hit city of the war. He is known for his ingenuity and creativity, even if his efforts often run above budget and over schedule. - Fatima Abbasian: Lieutenant Haroud Abbasian's mother, a Muslim living in the segregated ghetto of Stepanakert along with her other child (Haroud's sister) Maya. She is a widow, her husband having been killed by Azeri rocket attacks in the Artsakh skirmishes.
Name: Kingdom of Greater Solaria
General Galactic Location (If Applicable): Middle-Rim of the Galactic Northwest
History: In the wake of increasing technological across the eras, blending organics and technology together and blurring the line between humans and robots, a rather large segment of the human population was opposed. Many of them feared losing their humanity to the Singularity, wondering if they would be human at all - or just another construct. Decisions were made to reject the majority of the enhancements, with exceptions in the case of necessity like prosthesis and artificial organ replacements. These people were by no means Luddites, as they continued to develop technology and utilize it along with their transhuman brethren. But political factions had begun to form in governments on Earth and elsewhere, urging for the preservation of human physiology. These people were dedicated to developing the human body as it always had been.
As the humans began to spread out of their system and into other planets, the preservationists went peaceably to their own systems, dubbed the Solaria Cluster. The brightness of the original Solaria System was seen as a beacon for those who did not want to sully their bodies with unnecessary cybernetics, prone to unintended dangers. Technology would make up for the difference: colonists arrived in exosuits until their worlds were terraformed. The Solarians became masters of exosuit building, able to develop the strongest, fastest, and most advanced machines to compensate for their lack of cybernetics. Able to function anywhere at anytime, the Solarians quickly became a formidable force on the battlefield and elsewhere. The exosuit was a staple of society, with anyone who worked anything labor intensive such as dockworkers and military personnel utilizing them. Technology like AIs were used to complement human abilities. Extraterrestrials, however, were notably absent from the Solaria Cluster, and are typically migrant workers found on the outskirts and on incoming foreign trade vessels.
Governmental rule of Solaria is headed by King Aram III. As humanity left Earth, Joseph Ohanian became the first to scout the Solarian Cluster. He spent years of his life detailing everything about where settlers could live and work, and brought his data back to Earth. When it was found that factors like radiation and habitable worlds matched what the humans knew was amiable to terrestrial life, Joseph Ohanian led the first Solarian convoys out of the Sol System. A democratic government was upheld by the people for fifty years, until the nation was too large for a slow-paced government to operate efficiently. A coup was orchestrated by Joseph Ohanian's descendents, claiming the discovery of the system granted them the right to rule. The Solarian Democratic Council was abolished, and Kasa Ohanian was appointed as the first monarch. Luckily for the Solarians, Kasa Ohanian (King Kasa I) was versed in his father's respectful tolerance and was not the tyrant that some had feared of. His rule, and the rule of his descendants, had kept the growing kingdom in line through crises and expansion. A constitution was organized so that the monarchs could not rule simply how they wished, assuaging some concerns about absolutism and the government. Elements of democracy remained, such as a council for governance elected by the people, but the monarch was still very much in charge.
The Solarians remain a powerful influence on the galaxy despite their philosophical stance. They are heavily involved with galactic politics and continue dominate the northwestern rims. It remains to be seen what their stances will look like in the future as the winds change.
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[i][b]Armenia [/b]- Precipice of War 2017[/i]
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[i][b]France [/b]- New Earth Oracle[/i]
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[i][b]Korea [/b]- Our World in Turmoil[/i]
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[i][b]Mexico [/b]- Precipice of War 2020[/i]
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[i][b]New York City[/b] - Fallout: War Never Changes III[/i]
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[i][b]Persia[/b] - The Ghost of Napoleon[/i]
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<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><div class="bb-center"><span class="bb-i"><span class="bb-b">Armenia </span>- Precipice of War 2017</span><br><br><a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4479823"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/320px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" /></a><br><br><span class="bb-i"><span class="bb-b">France </span>- New Earth Oracle</span><br><br><a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5220316"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/320px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" /></a><br><br><span class="bb-i"><span class="bb-b">Korea </span>- Our World in Turmoil</span><br><br><a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5319446"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/320px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" /></a><br><br><span class="bb-i"><span class="bb-b">Mexico </span>- Precipice of War 2020</span><br><br><a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5179863"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/320px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" /></a><br><br><span class="bb-i"><span class="bb-b">New York City</span> - Fallout: War Never Changes III</span><br><br><a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/186225-war-never-changes-iii-annals-of-the-east/char"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nEy8pDF.png" /></a><br><br><span class="bb-i"><span class="bb-b">Persia</span> - The Ghost of Napoleon</span><br><br><a href="https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5338620"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Mohammad_Shah_Qajar_Flag.svg/320px-Mohammad_Shah_Qajar_Flag.svg.png" /></a></div></div>