Military Report

Report on the Military of Morrowind, Annotated.

TO: Lord Sir Mastermind the Paladin Commander
FR: Supreme Commander Daniel Grant, Forces of Morrowind
RE: Our current state of readiness
DATE: Present Day

I will be brief and to the point. Our forces are ready for any threat that faces us, barring an alliance of all of Northreach against us, and any unforseeable circumstance.
Details are below.

STORMWIND KEEP:
This is necessarily not our strongest. As you well know, set-piece battles are impossible within a perimiter of about 20 kilometers of the keep, and then only in the valleys. Still, the forces here represent the elite.

Four Dragons with Riders (Counting both you and I--D.G.) and Handlers -- Sixteen Humans total

Two Troops of Dragoons

Two Troops of Cavalry

One Company of Heavy Infantry

Four Groups of Rangers

Three Cadres of Paladins

Twelve Squads of Paladins in Training

Eight Cabals of Storm Wizards

LIGHTFALL KEEP:
Also not strong, but nearly unreachable by anyone who doesn't know the correct paths, and even then our rangers can close the horse trails and such.

Two Dragons (specific human numbers as above.--D.G.)

Three Troops of Cavalry

Twenty-Four Groups of Rangers (Most of these patrol the WorldSpines, as per our agreement with the Dragons, or the wild borders with the Wastes and Gaultheria. They are grouped here as an administrative convienence.--D.G.)

Two Cadres of Paladins

Twelve Cabals of Storm Wizards

Four Platoons of Storm Wizard Acolytes

KALINKA GARRISON:
Our major fortress protecting our heartland.

Six Dragons

Five Troops of Dragoons

Five Troops of Cavalry

Twenty Companies of Heavy Infantry

Twenty Companies of Infantry

Six Groups of Rangers

Two Cadres of Paladins

Two Cabals of Wizards

Fifteen Heavy Crewed Siege Weapons (Ballista and Catapults.--D.G.)

DAWNBRIGHT PORT FACILITY:
Our Navy center.

Two Dragons

(from here on, one of these will likely be the regional Baron/Baroness.--D.G.)

One Troop of Cavalry

Eight Companies of Heavy Infantry

Fifteen Companies of Infantry

Six Groups of Rangers

One Cadre of Paladins

Two Cabals of Wizards

Fifteen Siege Weapons

One Floating Fortess-class Battleship

ELLESMERE PORT FACILITY:
Another Navy center, located by treaty with Natalsia in the Crisalon Bay Region. (Due to your unique habit of letting this particular report circulate, I've classified the exact location of Ellesmere. --D.G.)

Two Dragons

Eight Companies of Heavy Infantry

Five Companies of Infantry

Ten Groups of Rangers

One Cadre of Paladins

Fifteen Siege Weapons

One Floating Fortess-class Battleship

UNATTACHED GROUND FORCES
This represents our offensive striking power. It is subdivided, as follows into:

1st Division (Shock Corps)--Speed and mobility foremost. Primarily for heavy offensive campaigns, inserted through gaps in the front to harass the rear areas of the enemy.

Six Dragons

Thirteen Troops of Dragoons

Twenty-three Troops of Cavalry

Ten Companies of Infantry

One Group of Rangers

One Cadre of Paladins

One Cabal of Wizards

2nd and 3rd Divisions (Assault Corps)--Precisely the opposite of the 1st, meant to dish out and take extreme amounts of punishment. Will usually roll right over most static defenses due to it's inordinate amount of relatively heavy but inaccurate firepower.
Note these strengths are for EACH division, not combined for both.

Two Dragons

--(Usually the General and his top subordinate by rank, if not ability. The program to train the best tacticians as Dragonriders is slowly making inroads.--D.G.)

Two Troops of Dragoons

Two Troops of Cavalry

Fifteen Companies of Infantry

Four Companies of Heavy Infantry

Two Groups of Rangers

Three Cabals of Wizards

Thirty Siege Weapons (usually twenty catapult and ten ballista.--D.G.)

4th and 5th Divisions (Regular Army)--Your basic everyday infantry force, although supported by cavalry and artillery.
Note these strengths are for EACH division, not combined for both.

One Dragon

--(the general.--D.G.)

Three Troops of Dragoons

Six Troops of Cavalry

Thirty Companies of Infantry

One Company of Heavy Infantry

Five Groups of Rangers

One Cadre of Paladins

Two Cabals of Wizards

Ten Siege Weapons (usually three catapults and seven ballista.--D.G.)

6th Division (Marine Corps)--Trained to land on enemy-held beaches in lighters or swimming if necessary. A fast, hardy group of tough and self-reliant infantry.

Two Dragons

--(The DSS is permanantly attached to the Marine's troopship fleet.--D.G.)

Ten Companies of Infantry

Two Companies of Heavy Infantry

Ten Groups of Rangers

One Cabal of Wizards

UNATTACHED NAVAL FORCES
The navy is divided into six task forces--five centered around War Galleons and one around the DSS.
Their areas of responsibility are:

First Fleet: Straits between Northreach and Southreach. Home Port: Kalinka

Second Fleet: The Arctic Regions north of the two major continents. Home Port: Kalinka

Third Fleet: The Home Fleet--Guards the coast. Home Port: Kalinka

Fourth Fleet: The southern seas and the coasts of Strikehaven and Gaultheria. Home Port: Ellesmere

Fifth Fleet: The Crisalon Bay and Elvaille Coast. Home Port: Ellesmere.

Each of the above consists of a War Galleon, four Frigates, and six to eight Sloops.

Assualt Fleet: Based somewhere near Kalinka, this fleet consists of six sloops, the DSS, and eighteen galleons for troop transport.

Total forces by numbers are as follows:

Type	Units	Troops per	Total
Dragons	30	4*	120
Dragoons	30	105	3150
Cavalry	50	105	5250
Regulars	120	211	25320
Heavy Infantry	50	211	10550
Rangers	75	100	7500
Paladins	12	31	372
Wizards	36	12	432
Siege Weapons	125	25	3125
Trainee Paladins	12	7	84
Trainee Wizards	4	52	208
Trainee Riders	1	30	30
		Total:	56141

Navy
War Galleons	5	211	1055
Frigates	20	104	2080
Sloops	56	12	672
Galleons	67	34	2278
DSS	1	34	34
Fortresses	2	312	624
		Total:	6743

* Troops per designates handlers and caretakers as well as the rider--each dragon unit consists of one dragon and four humans.

Our normal policy of assigning every person over age twenty a military-related duty for wartime continues unabated. Our final totals for semi-active reserves plus actives is this:

Combatants: 723,121

Non-Combatant Support: c. 1,000,000

Non-Combatant Transport: c. 100,000

Non-Combatant Medical: c. 240,000

Total: c. 2,100,000 out of a population of c. 3,590,000

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS:

Dragoons: Heavy cavalry, on draft horses, with heavy armour, arbalests and heavy pikes. Troops of 105.
Cavalry: Regular light cavalry, armed with lances, light armour, and warhammers. Troops of 105.
Regulars: Mixed companies of standard foot soldiers, using a mix of crossbows, swords, and/or military hammers. Companies of 211.
Heavy Infantry: Basically unmounted knights, wearing the heaviest armour they can fight in and carrying halberds. Companies of 211.
Rangers: Elite infantry troops, carrying longbows and shortswords. Able to live off the land and move with reasonable stealth. Groups of 100.
Paladins: Elite knights of the kingdom, holding themselves to a high standard of honor. Wide variations in equipment, but the best in training. Cadres of 31, and they are usually all friends or at least acquaintaces.
Wizards: Masters of the various magics, mostly winds and weather, but others are occasionally seen. Organized in cabals of approximately twelve.
Siege Weapons: A very heavy artilley piece, manned by 20-25 men and pulled by the strongest draft horses.
Trainee Paladins: Squads of seven (six trainees and a teacher), occasionally see combat.
Trainee Wizards: Acolytes of the Storm, in groups of 52 in combat--rare for them.
Trainee Riders: The lucky thirty that are perpetually in training to become dragonriders.
War Galleons: The battleship of the era. Thick timbers, 74 guns, crew of 211. Five in service.
Frigates: Thirty to fifty cannon, crew of about 100. Twenty in service.
Sloops: Two to six gun patrol vessels of limited range without support. Crew of about 12, fifty-six in service.
Galleons: Armed cargo ships, of twelve to eighteen guns, crew of 34 to 50. 67 in service, of which 18 are converted as troopships with no more than four guns.
DSS: A converted war galleon, has a large expanse of foredeck and large food stores, in order to serve as a home-away-from-home for dragons and their riders. One in service.
Fortresses: Not really a ship...it floats, but doesn't move under it's own power. 312 men, 148 guns. Mobile if towed. Currently one sits in each of the two main ports.

DRAGONRIDERS OF MORROWIND
By name, rank, home garrison, and dragon.

Lord Sir Mastermind, Paladin Spiritus Commander, of Stormwind, rides the mithril dragon Bahamut, who is old and powerful.
General Daniel Grant, Paladin Temporous Commander, of Stormwind, rides the emerald dragon Perya, a barely adult, aspiring wizard.
Sir Blaine Haraal, Paladin Spiritus, of Stormwind, rides the emerald dragon Varis, a young warrior.
Lady Jania Kiliar, Paladin Spiritus, of Stormwind, rides the emerald dragon Belladonna, a juvenile not yet decided on class.
Sir Trevor Calaran, Paladin Spiritus, of Lightfall, rides the sapphire dragon Daraa, the youngest of the dragons in Morrowind's employ.
Captain Lady Cailin Damon, Paladin Temporus, of Lightfall, rides the silver dragon Kilcara, a brash and irrepressible middle-aged warrior.
Colonel Sir Mikhail Petrovich, Paladin Temporus, of the 1st Shock Army, rides the gold dragon Tyresor, a young and exuberant psion.
Captian Sir Stefan Armatta, Paladin Temporus, of the 3rd Assualt Corps, rides the emerald dragon Lyssa, a smallish and quiet middle-aged warrior.
General Sir Loranar Wy'nara, Paladin Temporus, of the 5th Army, rides the emerald dragon Loranar(!), a weak and old practical joker who changes his name to his rider's.
General Lady Kristine Omroosh, Paladin Temporus, of the 6th Marines, rides the silver dragon Faradan, a middle-aged warrior.
More to come when I get an imagination for names again...

Notes. First, this may take the initial appearance that my forces are pretty large...however, the troop counts are now based on units of companies or smaller instead of legions or divisions as most would be. For example, a Paladin Trainee squad (smallest unit) is seven, while a heavy infantry company (biggest unit) is 211. Secondly, the total strengths with reserves is just making note of the fact that I run a policy similar to modern-day Israel (last I heard, anyway) of having everyone serve their time, then be ready to take up arms if necessary. Necessary here is defined as a direct attack the regulars can't handle, at which point a good portion of our citizenry takes up arms and prepares for static defense on literally their home turf. For that matter, fully a third of the regulars are tied to static defenses.
For that matter, I realize my dragons aren't acting like the traditional fantasy dragons, loners who hoard treasure and dislike/distrust humans. Well, the community in WorldSpine is the exception that proves the rule... They don't particularly care for their brethern and choose instead to help the "younger races" (us, for instance) along, and work as a community. They encompass dissedents from many dragon species, although emeralds and silvers are the most prevalant...
After all, every species and group has its deviants, no?