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Overview: During the reign of the Second Dynasty, the Imperial Armed Forces was subject to a massive overhaul. The increase in interplanetary travel and construction of orbital infrastructure resulted in the Aerospace Force's "Space" half to be split as the Space Force, and the logistical and organizational Support Service Force was created to consolidate the Armed Forces' military support components. The remaining ground, air, and sea combat arms were consolidated into the Imperial Land Force (the name still irks its Naval and Air components to this day).

The core of Imperial armies have remained the same since the days of Operation JANISSARY, all Soldier households within a geographic region are organized into a Bandon (for Land and Support Service Forces, a Space Force Bandon consists of a Mothership's crew). Bandons are further divided into 3-5 Tumens (CorpEmp's equivalent of a Division), and has smaller independent formations attached. Tumens combine their 25 subordinate battalions into larger, temporary formations known as Maneuver Forces. Maneuver Forces come and go to meet their parent Tumen's needs in a battle space.

Although they form a majority of personnel in the Imperial Armed Forces, Soldier-class personnel do not solely populate the IAF. Worker-class civilians are allowed in if they test into it following their vocational testing (most inductees enter the Support Service Force, with their descendants more likely to enter the Land or Space Forces), and it times of war paramilitary auxiliaries are absorbed into the Land Force's structure. Said auxiliaries range from Worker-class militias, Ruler-class retinues, Priestly warbands, and formations of Soldiers not selected for active duty.

Sphere Army: Consists of all Field Armies assigned to a planetary body/system (Ex: Earth Sphere Army, Mars Sphere Army, etc.). Each Sphere Army is commanded by a Paladin of the order of Imperial Knights.

Field Army: Field Armies consist of at least three to five Bandons and oversee a Viceroyalty on Earth or the and are commanded by a Lord Field Marshall. Field Armies are divided into two categories. Garrison Armies are assigned to a particular territory, and Mobile Armies travel across CorpEmp territory to supplement Garrison forces. Subunits within Imperial Field Armies are classified as follows:

Bandon: Bandons, or Banners, consist of all Soldier class households in a region of one or more MacroCommunities. Bandons are commanded by Bandonkhans.

Tumens: Consisting of twenty-five battalions, attached Support Service Force units, and one aircraft wing. Tumens are commanded by Tumenarchs.

Maneuver Force: Consists of five battalions (two infantry or armor battalions, two cavalry battalions, and one artillery battalion), Maneuver Forces are ad-hoc formations created as-needed by their parent Tumens. Maneuver Forces are commanded by Colonels.

Independent Maneuver Force: Varying in size, Independent Maneuver Forces (IMFs) operate separately from Tumens and are deployed to resolve issues too small to require a Tumen-sized formation. IMFs are commanded by Colonels.

Independent Air Cavalry Wing: Fixed-wing aerospace assets that are not subordinate to Tumens. Independent and divisional air wings follow the same organization as Space Force orbital assets (See: Orbital Command).

Naval Banner: The descendant of pre-Imperial oceanic navies, Naval Banners consist one carrier squadron (one carrier and two escorts), two destroyer squadrons (three destroyers of the same type), two amphibious assault (marine) brigades, and an attached Support Service squadron.

 Battalion: Consist of five comitatus commanded by either a Force Commander or Lieutenant Commander.

Comitatus: Consist of five sergeanties and commanded by a Captain.

Sergeanty: Consist of five squads and commanded by a Lieutenant or Senior Sergeant-at-Arms.

Imperial Guard Corps: Consists of three Field Armies (Gold, Silver, and Bronze respectively), and is given the task to defend the reigning Empress and her Consortium Imperii. The Imperial Guard Corps is considered to be a "military within a military", as it is made up of Land, Space, and Support Service Force elements.

Sol Sphere Army: Barley a single Bandon in size. One Tumen guards the mining operations on Mercury, and the other garrisons CorpEmp's portion of the Solar habitats.

Earth Sphere Army: The largest Sphere Army, consisting of ten Field Armies (eight Garrison Armies for each Viceroyalty, and two Mobile Armies). After centuries of languishing in the habitat swarms following the Human-Crystalline War, the Earth's healing has given the Sphere Army hope that one day they will once again tread upon terran soil once again.

Venus Sphere Army: Consists of only one Field Army, each of its Bandons garrisoning one of the three Terrae under CorpEmp control.

Mars Sphere Army: Consists of three Field Armies, one for each border with CorpEmp's Martian neighbors, and the final one garrisoned on Phobos.

Jupiter Sphere Army: Consist of five Field Armies, one Garrison Army for each "rung" of CorpEmp habitats, and one Mobile Army. As Jupiter is the homeworld of the Fifth Dynasty, this Sphere Army has begun to rival the Earth Sphere Army in precedence.

Neptune Sphere Army: Consists of one Field Army, divided into two garrison Bandons and one Mobile. The presence of Neptune's Knightly Corporations provides extra manpower.

Guards Army Silver: The Imperial Foot and Horse Guards. Guards Army Silver is the workhorse army in the Imperial Guard Corps, with multiple elements rotating in and out of multiple deployments across the Solar System and beyond. This Guards Army is made up of two Bandons, and one independent Tumen. The two Bandons are for the Blood and Shock Guard formations, and the Tumen is a rotational detachment. The Blood Guard Bandon is made up exclusively of recipients of the Anderson Blood Diamond, and serves as the Empire's elite (and very fanatic) light infantry. The Shock Guards serve as the Empire's armored fist, made up of the very best vehicle crews from across the Imperial Armed forces. The rotational Tumen is made up of non-Guards units from other elements of the Imperial Land Forces.

Field Army Blue: The Atlantic Army. As the Field Army assigned to the Eruomerican Viceroyalty, the Atlantic Army was made up of military units from the pre-Imperial Texan-Virginian Alliance and West European Plurality. The presence of the Atlantic Ocean dividing the Viceroyalty's terrestrial territory pre-Crystalline War necessitated Field Army Blue's development into a primarily amphibious and airborne force. With the exception of the Texas Armored Rangers, Virginia Grand Guards, and the Armée des Nationalités, most of Blue's ground combat formations are given the designations Marine (amphibious) and Brave (airborne). Blue is also referred to as a "Naval Army", as it is second only to Field Army Brown in the amount of naval assets it fields.

Field Army Red: Motherlands. Red is primarily a highly mobile mechanized army, traversing across the Eurasian steppe in their horde of IFVs and Tanks. Red's formations have their origins in the army of the Tri-Rus Confederation, and the heritage it inherited from the pre-Imperial Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. Next to the Shock Guards, Field Army Red is the premiere armored fighting force, willing to throw more than enough tanks and troops at a problem until it stops being one. The prevalence of heavy rotary wing gunships in Red's possession means that a few units are designated as Aero-Dragoons.

Field Army Green: The Faithful. The Viceroyalty of the Ummah is home to a wide variety of religious groups, many of these with a long martial history. The Corporate Empire took these groups and reorganized them into what would become the Ummah's own Field Army. The presence of the Arabian and Saharan deserts, as well as the Caucasus and Zagros mountains, have made Green a mix of Dune-Dragoon (desert) and Highlander (mountain) units, with a few generalist Dragoons thrown in.

Field Army Pink: Pride of the New World. With the former Peru-Bolivian military serving as their core, Field Army Pink has come to field the most Highlander formations in the entire Imperial Armed Forces. Near-constant conflict with the Common Prosperity Coalition, the Green Consensus, and the neighboring Zapatistas and Crypto Coast have allowed Pink to field counter-insurgency troops as well.

Field Army Yellow: Lions. With the exception of Ethiopia's Highlander units, the Field Army that defends Viceroyalty Sub-Sahara is primarily a generalist one, tasked with defending the Empire's borders with the United Markets' and World Congress of Freedom's possessions in Africa. To cover multiple potential hot spots across the vast continent, Field Army Yellow fields a decent number of Brave formations. Sharing several of the Great Lakes with the United Markets means that Yellow's naval assets are specialized for riverine operations.

Field Army Orange: Defenders of Dharma. The Corporate Empire's Field Army in Viceroyalty Jambudvīpa is another generalist one, focused primarily with putting down (alleged) Green Consensus and (also alleged) WCOF-backed Neo-Naxalite insurgencies. India's Jāti system was one of the inspirations for the Corporate Empire's Great Class system, and the most of the formations in Field Army Orange are raised from the more "martial" Jātis that would become part of the Empire's Soldier Great Class.

Field Army Purple: Typhoons. Each of the three Bandons that are a part of East Asia's Field Army are highly diverse in their specialization. Solid Purple Bandon, garrisoning CorpEmp's Chinese, Korean, and Japanese MacroCommunities serve as mountain and city fighters. White on Purple, in continental Southeast Asia, are experienced jungle troops. Purple on Black, hailing from greater Indonesia and the Philippines, are amphibious combat experts.

Field Army Brown: Ring of Fire. If Field Army Blue is described as a Naval Army, then Field Army Brown is the Naval Army of the Imperial Armed Forces. Stretching across Imperial Australasia all the way to the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific Ocean its many islands are under the domain of Field Army Brown. This necessitated Brown to have more naval assets than most of the other Field Armies from Earth. It's "ground" component consists of a single Bandon, and all fight as marines. The extra-strength Naval Bandons also field elite units of combat divers, some are equipped to conduct operations on the ocean floor.

Field Army White: All Imperial. Much like Guards Army Silver's rotational troops Tumen, Field Army White is a composite of formations that rotate in and out from the other Terran Field Armies in order to foster a greater sense of unity among the Sphere Army's diverse Soldier population. White also serves as the Earth Sphere Army's "expeditionary" army, one to be deployed beyond the Earth's orbit. They are oftentimes dismissed as a parade unit.

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

My doggo, Ezri, who rarely barks and mostly borks.

She’s a German spitz - in the same family as keeshonds and pomeranians. She might be crossed with something else as her freckled coat, non-pointy nose, and personality are not standard for her breed (they’re usually a lot more high energy and excitable - she’s super laid back and chill). She’s a bit less fluffy than breed-standard too, mostly because she’s grown out from her spring/summer trim (not usually necessary/good for her type of coat but she gets terribly itchy otherwise). It also makes her look like a puppy of a large breed:

Ezri’s best friend is Murder Cat, who is a gentle friend to humans and Ezri, but does things to mice that would make Hannibal Lecter go “Isn’t that a bit much?”

I got Murder Cat as a kitten, and she used to try to nurse on everything when she was small. Eventually, she settled on her favourite thing to nurse on, Ezri, who has never had puppies and a little confused at first but eventually went with it. She grew out of it, but they have stayed snuggly buddies ever since.

New Years here is full of fireworks outside and Ezri gets Vry Scared. I usually set her up somewhere with a snuggly spot right by me, and Murder Cat comes and does this all night: 

She goes everywhere with me in my bakfiets (cargo bike) and lets me warm my hands in her fur on cold days.

And her ears disappear if I say her name to get her attention.

ok so great thanks for coming to my TED talk about my dog, good night, drive safe

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