Building on earlier work of Ni Ke Hsin my version of the Fadath city state.
Fadath Foreign Politics
Britain , France & America
The cities relations are good with the British
& French, mainly through trading and the Roman Catholic Church.American mercenaries played a
pivotal role in the defence of the city state during the recent Skorosian
assault and are most welcome to stay.
Oenotrian Empire
The princess knows that the Oenotrians will not
forgive her for fighting and defeating their Skorosian troops. Even if the
princess was deposed the city would have to pay a high price for their recent
actions.Its agents work in the city and have influence in the main temple and within the court.
Nectar
The Prince of Necta , Sitanni is in regular contact with Princess Kristyaana Anraabu through couriers. This city cares for the
welfare of her fellow countrymen that have fled from Melas to the relative
safety of Nectar, some civilians and volunteers make their way onto Fadath.
Also news of resistance groups in the Belgian run Coprates Valley get
passed on.
Though the Princess can not at this time send
troops to Nectar she sends funds for the care of refugees and to support the resistance. She has
also helped to fund a Nectar cavalry unit for the defence of the border of that
city state, whose role often brings them into conflict with the Belgians.
In addition to this, her newly formed Melas companies in Fadath have been
promised that for their loyal service to the princess that one day she will
lead them to relieve Melas from the Belgians. She has brought ex-Melas Army
troops into her personal bodyguard as they are more trustworthy then Fadath
troops who may have been influenced by her late husband’s uncle Prince Hastuun.
Fadath has an open door policy for Melas refugees because of the connection with the princess but not many can get through rival states to reach the safety of the city. This is a good thing on the domestic front as an influx could lead to problems. Most of those able bodied males that reach the city are strongly encouraged to join the Fadath Army in special Melas only units commanded by Fadath officers at the senior command level.
The Royal Fadath Army
Fadath Regulars
These are mainly infantry units consisting of
swords men (armed with the regional weapon the Fadath Glaives), Archers and
Rifled Musket men. The regular army replaced its smoothbore muskets with rifled
before the late Prince died. Archers are still used and trained for frontline
duties and the trend for fazing these out for black power weapons hasn’t reached
the conservative Fadth Army.
These troops are suspicious of the better equipped of the human’s mercenaries and look
down on the freed slave units. A number of senior officers are loyal to Prince Hastuun. A larger number of officers
feel the city is going in the wrong direction and the Princess (not of Fadath
birth) is striking at the heart of Fadath’s way of life.
Most officers are drawn
from the families of the Merchant Princess & the establishment and see
their position of the elite at risk and favour a return to the old ways. But
the rank and file currently support the Princess but are unhappy at the
suggestion of allowing freed slaves into regular army units.
Regular troops make up
about 25% of the whole army.
Fadath Swords=”Choppers” Blue Cloaks
Fadath Bows=”Shooters” Light Blue Cloaks
Fadath Rifles=”Shooters” Orange/Earth tones Cloaks
Melas Royal Guard
When the city of Melas fell to the Belgians a small
group of city troops who survived the bloodbath volunteered their services to
the Princess are her private bodyguard. Though technically part of the Royal
Army the only answer to the Princess.
The Royal Guard make up
about 1% of the whole army
Melas Freedom Guard
These are volunteers who escaped the fall of Melas
and are forming a new force that’s hopes one day to free Melas from the
Belgians. They are equipped with mixture of Fadath weapons and old Fadath
armour. This force is currently commanded by a former junior officer .He is an able and brave officer but has never
commanded a major force, and he fears that he may never get the chance to free
his homeland.
The Melas Freedom Guard make
up about 3% of the whole army
Freed Slave Bands-Militia
The army has changed
dramatically since the recent war with the Oenotrian Empire. Its need for
troops forced them to arm slaves on the promise to free them. Most of those not from
Fadath have remained in military service, either remained in the Fadath Army or
hiring themselves out as mercenary companies. Run by themselves or human
officers.
The Militia make up about a 70% of the whole army.
Mercenaries
The city relied heavily on human and Hill Martian mercenaries in the recent war to act as its
spearhead giving the edge to the battle and using the Canal slaves as the
massed ranks giving weight to the battle.
Some of the Hill Martians have remained in paid service mainly as cavalry.
While a sizable number of well armed and disciplined Humans have decided to
remain in the city state acting as military advisors, instructors as well as
elite infantry units guarding key positions such as the armoury, the landing
fields, City Gates and the palace.
Groups of mercenaries such as the Grovener's Rifles , Nash Merryweather’s
Scouts , Le School of Artillery, Cpt./капита́н Ivan’s sharp
shooters remain in the city. All are employed by the Hesperian Free Company a
military wing of the Hesperian Basin Trading Company who has
negotiated a contract with the city to provide training and provide military
support to the ‘new army’. Many European nationalities are employed in this
work each with unique skills and equipment. The current CO is Colonel Frost
(British Army retired) .
Mercenaries make up about 1% of the whole army but
punch well above their weight.
