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I see exactly what you mean here, and I have to say that the primary reason I've not done anything yet is purely because I've yet to finalize my military prowess. I'm getting there, though! I've got a spreadsheet! That said, I do appreciate you posting this, and I hope that whatever happens in the coming [time frame] is something awesome.

I see exactly what you mean here, and I have to say that the primary reason I've not done anything yet is purely because I've yet to finalize my military prowess. I'm getting there, though! I've got a spreadsheet! That said, I do appreciate you posting this, and I hope that whatever happens in the coming [time frame] is something awesome.

I'm quite hopeful as well. Even though I was able to read Galactica, the portion of it that admittedly interested me most was the portion over what was then my former land - thus making my ability to be directly involved minimal (though I know they would've made it happen somehow, regardless of the status of Legalese).

As my above post was a lot of commentary and no actual action on my part, allow me to start with some info:

Government situation: Legalese is a multi-branch government, with a technically 'federal' structure. The federal government is split into three primary groups: The Civil Service, headed by the Director-General; the Military General Staff, co-headed by the Chiefs-of-Staff of the Legalese Army, Navy, and Air Force (with General Felix Connell, Legalese Army, as the current chair of the group); and the High Court, the final court of appeal in Legalese, and technically the body that's considered the true leadership, though in a very shadowy way. Civil Service employees largely come out of the military, owing to the time spent in as part of a strongly-encouraged but technically volunteer Federal Service. The Director-General, appointed by a triparte concurrence of the High Court, the General Staff, and the remaining Agency Directors in the Civil Service, is treated as the head of government by the military, but the upcoming conflicts provide the first true conflict between the two. The federal government is also entirely unelected, despite the presence of more democratic elements at the local levels.

Foreign Relations Position: Since the occupation of Legalese by Starblaydia during Operation Galactica, Legalese has stayed quiet on foreign affairs, opting to re-build and emerge from the ashes. There are elements within the current government that are ready to emerge, Galactica being now a memory only for the elderly (the D-G being one of them). That said, expect a very cautious view, owing to both historic reasons, as well as a main priority of protecting the mainland and the Karin Islands.

Military Strength: Whilst I have no numbers at the moment, the following things can be assumed:
1) Legalese's strength is in numbers. As this army was composed with defence in mind first, it is probably most analogous with the Soviet Army - sheer manpower is its biggest advantage. While we have a Strong economy (literally), most of the military spending goes into staffing this army, as well as to feeding/clothing trainees going through the Federal Service period (2 years in the military being a semi-popular choice for those with middling secondary-school grades).

2) The Navy is designed with that in mind, hence Connell's comment about them being "more like a Coastal Defence". The idea is that they hover between being a real Navy and a Coast Guard - so don't expect much more patrolling than between the Nemyan Straight, or maybe as far as Aquilana, the Djonos, etc.

3) Similarly, the Air Force is meant to be on the small side, focusing more on monitoring than on invasion. There could be a case made that the economy would allow for a buildup, but I'm not making that at the moment.

Intentions: At this point, the intention is to not get involved with anything that I have to. Nagitype might try to lure me out with the recent consideration of invading New Toruedo, however I don't invision a Legal force there except as a "peacekeeping" force.

(Thanks, its good to know that not all people who dislike your nation IC don't loathe you OOCly)
About the spies, this would be a great way to start the Second Thread, as I have spies of my own in Wight, and one or two lodging near my ambassodor in my embassy in your homefront. A little candlestine warfare might not be bad, so feel free to run with it.

The Gold Army won't be able to fully occupy Jerojane, nor would they be able to capture more than a town or two. They're pretty much there to harass your forces and do some minor damage.

That pretty much sums them up in a nutshell.

EDIT: I'd like to into further detail regarding statistics, but typing with one arm while trying to chat with your girlfriend is pretty hard. (No, that wasn't an innuendo. After reading that back, it sounded a bit odd )

This post has been edited by Warkus on Nov 28 2012, 02:29 AM

Like Valanora, I don't RP My population to be as big as it claims to be on NS. So I take my military budget and divide it by my NS population over my RP population (Which, as of today, is 1.412billion / 60.6million = 23.300330033.) This gives me a nice approximate figure to use when budgeting my military.

(On an unrelated note, does anyone know how much a quadrotor drone with a sub-machine gun attached to it would cost?)

This post has been edited by Inevitable on Nov 28 2012, 03:21 AM

I'm fine with that.

Sorry I haven't been involved yet, but I'm still attempting to (find the time to) turn Starblaydia evil again, but hopefully this should come around in the AOCAF and the U21WC (if I stay in it that long). For now I am reading the posts and staying up to date, just looking for when to play any part of my hand.

As far as comparing our militaries goes, that's the hard part where we need to be flexible and, above all, have a realistic idea of our position within the region in terms of economic and military strength (which may not necessarily correlate, but often will).

With Valanora's Elves and our feathered friends in Falcania, obviously man-for-elf-for-bird we don't directly match up. Other nations should be around the same level, but that's where flexibility comes in. For instance: Leorudo's home location needs to be able to put up a long-lasting defence and not be RAWRCRUSHed in under five minutes as Starblaydi forces simply level the mountain and surrounding areas, while on the other hand any close-up air-to-air combat against Falcanians is likely going to end up very badly for whoever is facing them.

It should, really, be a case of power level according to the overriding plot, laid with a solid foundation of NS and NSEconomy numbers (or what we choose to make of them).

All looking excellent so far and, Legal, thank-you for the huge compliment.