Alliance Military Corps

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The Alliance Military Corps (abbreviated AMC) is the military arm of the Outworlds Alliance in the 31st Century. Founded as a pacifistic and largely agrarian nation, the Outworlds Alliance had no standing national military force until the 26th century.

Organization

The Alliance Military Corps is split into three branches:[1]

History

Age of War

Until the rise of piracy and banditry that resulted from the mass drawdowns of the various Inner Sphere militaries as a result of the formation of the Star League, the Outworlds Alliance had no need of a state-level military force, and the Alliance was such a remote nation that it was only in the early to mid-26th century that the Outworlds Alliance had expanded to the point where it's border worlds were within easy jump distance of the outer borders of the Draconis Combine and Federated Suns. Up to this point, each world within the Alliance was responsible for its own defense, and generally maintained nothing more than a local constabulary backed up by a loose militia of able-bodied volunteers who stepped up during times of emergency.[2]

Reunification War

The nascent Star League deployed armed troops onto a number of Outworlds Alliance worlds as "peacekeepers" in 2572, ostensibly to provide "mutual defense and protection" against the pirates and bandits that had appeared as a result of the formation of the League in 2571.[3] These troops were actually deployed in response to the decision by the new President of the Alliance, Grigori Avellar, to order the creation of the Outworlds Alliance Militia and a crash armament program, and were intended to eliminate the threat posed by the Alliance BattleMech forces, such as they were.[2]

The Outworlds Alliance Militia was initially recruited largely from foreigners rather than native Alliance members, with the Militia actively hiring trained armed forces personnel who had been retired from service for various reasons by the nations of the Inner Sphere, and the Militia was equipped predominantly with armored vehicles supplemented by a small number of companies of light and medium BattleMechs purchased illicitly by the Alliance in the run up to the Reunification War. Negotiations with Alexander Davion following the discovery of under the table procurement of military hardware from Federated Suns armament companies led ultimately to a clandestine treaty that exchanged 12 underdeveloped but water-rich Alliance border worlds for continuing supplies of materiel, arms and ultimately in 2581 the Pitcairn Legion, a 3-Regiment strong formation of experienced AFFS personnel and equipment acting notionally as mercenaries within the Alliance Militia.[4]

In 2582 the Outworlds Alliance Militia obtained a significant quantity of BattleMechs from the defeat of the SLDF 37th Royal Brigade on Haynesville,[5] which allowed the Militia to form two new BattleMech regiments, the Santiago Carabiniers and the Pitkin Lancers. The Militia also managed to form two BattleMech regiments from salvage and Federated Suns sources in late 2582, the Alliance Borderers and the Alliance Grenadiers.[6]

Composition

Commander: Chairman Welkens Nordd[7]
Initial Force Strength:

  • BattleMech Regiments: 1 (increasing to 3 in 2582)
  • Armor Regiments: 32
  • Infantry Regiments: 49
  • AeroSpace Regiments: 4

Historical Units of the Outworlds Alliance Militia: Age of War

These units are active during the Reunification War campaign against the Outworlds Alliance, which lasted from 2581 to 2585.[7][6]

1st Alliance BattleMech Regiment

Pitkin Lancers

(from 2582 onward)

Santiago Carabiniers

(from 2582 onward)

Alliance Borderers

(from 2583 onward)

Alliance Grenadiers

(from 2583 onward)

Alliance Armored Corps

The Alliance Armored Corps consisted of four armored divisions each of which was largely identical in composition and initially manned predominantly by experienced combat troops recruited from nations outside the Outworlds Alliance.[8]

1st Armored Division
2nd Armored Division
3rd Armored Division
4th Armored Division

The Pitcairn Legion

Star League And The Succession Wars

Deployment Status

In 2750 the OAM had a strengh of five BattleMech regiments and four WarShips. As of 2765 the OAM officially had a military strength of eleven BattleMech regiments, each supported by two armor and three infantry regiments,[9] plus fifteen Pinto-class corvettes led by the OAS Pulsar commanded by Chairman Arthur Ingelmann.[10] In truth, the Militia's strength was bolstered by a substantial contingent from the Secret Army formed and trained by Stefan Amaris, and when the Periphery Uprising erupted full-force, the military strength of the Militia and Secret Army detachments combined amounted to some nineteen divisions, composed of some seventy-two conventional regiments and one hundred 'Mech regiments in addition to the fifteen Pintoes.[11]

Mercenaries are employed for garrison duty or limited defensive contracts. Some mercenary units are hired by business interests in the Alliance.

During the Jihad Clan Snow Raven began forming close ties with the Outworlds Alliance. Working towards a merger similar to that of Clan Ghost Bear with the Free Rasalhague Republic, the Snow Ravens assumed control of the AMC. Though the Ravens anticipated taking complete control and retiring all the Alliance Military Corps, the realities of the Jihad led to Alliance formations serving alongside Raven front-line forces.[12]

Historical Units of the Outworlds Alliance Militia: Star League

The following units had been openly mustered by the Outworlds Alliance Militia during the Star League era, but had been destroyed or disbanded by the end of the Third Succession War.

Baliggora Fusiliers

Blommestein Demons

Cerberus Watch

Onverwacht Guards

Ramora Regulars

Trader Sentinels

Units of the Alliance Military Corps

Active Units

These units are active as of 3079.[13][14]

1st Alliance Air Wing

2nd Alliance Air Wing

3rd Alliance Air Wing

4th Alliance Air Wing

5th Alliance Air Wing

Avellar Guard

Alliance Borderers

Alliance Grenadiers

1st Long Road Legion

2nd Long Road Legion

Ranks

Alliance Military Corps Insignia
Rank Insignia Responsibility
Enlisted Ranks:
The ranks are more for administration matters for military duties. Every soldier with an enlisted rank serves a minimum of 48 months. [15]
Defender OA-Defender.png This rank is given to new members of the AMC. The rank is also known as Defender of the State.[16]
Protector OA-Protector.png The next higher rank is Protector and is earned after 12 months of service to the state. The official rank is Protector of the Homeland.[16]
Guardian OA-Guardian.png After 24 months of service, and without any dark spots in his/her records, the soldier receives the rank of Guardian. The complete rank is called Guardian of the State.[16]
Preceptor OA-Preceptor.png This rank is reserved for soldiers without any entries in their record and after 36 months as a soldier of the AMC. [16]
Officer Ranks:
The officer aspirant must be nominated by his representative within the parliament. Furthermore, the Military Review Board must also give their approval.[15]
Supervisor OA-Supervisor.png This is the first rank with responsibility for an entire unit at a lance level. The officer could command an infantry platoon or fighter lance. [15]
Section Leader OA-SectionLeader.png The officer commands, at this level, a company-sized unit (BattleMech, vehicle, or infantry) or a fighter squadron. [17]
Director OA-Director.png The director rank is responsible for a battalion (BattlMech, vehicle, infantry, or mixed units) or an entire aerospace fighter regiment. [17]
Chairman OA-Chairman.png This is the highest rank available in the AMC. Officers at this rank are in charge of a whole regiment or a wing. [17]

Uniforms

Aerospace Uniform

The Alliance Aerospace Uniform is an olive green flightsuit with a green and gold helmet. When outside of their fighters, pilots wear a white blouse trimmed in gold with dark green trousers. A brown leather jacket is worn when cold weather occurs. It is adorned with patches showing the wearer’s squadron, rank, fighter, symbol and wings of their unit.[18]

Ground Uniform

The uniform is a dark-green fatigue with gold trimming. The equipment used by infantry mostly comes from Kurita or Davion.[19]

Naval Uniform

There is no known uniform for naval crews. Most personnel wear whatever they wish. The uniform may range from causal to military style.

References

  1. Field Manual: Periphery, pp. 87-88
  2. 2.0 2.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 108, "Something From Nothing"
  3. Historical: Reunification War, p. 106, "Inevitable Hell"
  4. Historical: Reunification War, p. 109-110, "Davion Diplomacy" & "Alliance Preparations"
  5. Historical: Reunification War, p. 119, "Haynesville"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 42, "Notable Units"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 107, "Outworlds Alliance Militia"
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 110, "Alliance Preparations"
  9. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 17, "Outworlds Alliance"
  10. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 4, "WarShips of the Territorial States"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 50, "Territorial State Troop Strength"
  12. Field Report: Clans, p. 23
  13. Field Manual: Updates, p 203
  14. Field Report: Clans, p. 24
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 Periphery 1st Edition p.113
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Field Manual: Periphery p.89
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States p.139
  18. Field Manual:Periphery p.89-90
  19. Field Manual:Periphery p.89

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