Taldryan Army

Clan Taldryan's Army Service is an integral part of the Taldryan Security Service.

Information

The Army makes up the the largest part of the Taldryan Security Service, and is responsible for ground-based military operations. It's soldiers are ubiquitous in Taldryan territory, all clan members are very familiar with their black and gray uniforms. Organizationally the service is roughly modeled upon the Imperial Army, however in an appropriately simplified manner. The Army is commanded by Surface Marshall Travik Korr, who reports directly to Taldryan's Consul.

Army/Clan Interaction

The Army service is both independent of, and dependent upon, the Dark Jedi of Clan Taldryan. It's units are made up of entirely non-Jedi personnel and officers, fully capable of operating on their own. However, during large conflicts or particularly important engagements, Clan Jedi may be assigned to embed with individual units to bolster their strength. All Army units rotate through training modules designed to teach them the best ways to fight with Jedi support, and therefore can easily accommodate embedded Clan members.

The Army's officer core retains operational command of all units, regardless of embedded Jedi. While nearly all of the Clan's Jedi have combat skills, most lack essential tactical and strategic training, which is not offered until they have reached a moderately high rank or have specialized in combat command. Embedded Jedi often work with unit commanders during engagements, but they cannot overrule the Army officer's decisions. The Jedi themselves obey their own chain-of-command as set forth in the House and Clan system, and orders from the Clan command supersede Army orders. While seemingly complicated, the highest levels of Clan and Army command have vast experience in coordinating their forces and when they are deployed, Jedi-embedded units have been incredibly successful.

Command Structure

The command structure of the Army service is divided up among unit commanders who report up the chain of command to the Regional Unified Commands, who themselves report to Surface Marshall Travik Korr, the Army Command Council, and Clan Taldryan's Consul. The unit commanders are as follows:

Unit	Commanded By
Squad	Sergeant
Platoon	Lieutenant (1st or 2nd)
Company	Captain and staff
Battalion	Major and staff
Regiment	Colonel (Lt or Full) and staff
Battlegroup	General (Brigadier or Major) and staff

These organizational groups and their leaders can be found scattered throughout Taldryan's territory. To more easily supervise and conduct operations in the various areas, the territory controlled by the clan is divided into Regional Unified Commands. These commands are of various sizes – some may consist of a single continent upon a planet, other may consist the entire surface of a planet – determined by the population of the area and security needs. These Regional Unified Commands are headed by a Lieutenant General, full General, or High General.

The regional commands are coordinated by the Army Command Council. The Council is headed by Surface Marshall Travik Korr, and generally consists of six to eight General's along with their staffs, who plan and coordinate all of Taldryan's operations at the strategic level. These officers receive their training at the Taldryan Military Institute as all Taldryan Security Service officers do, but they also complete advanced War College courses in strategic planning and operations. Surface Marshall Tarvik Korr supervises and guides the actions of the Command Council, and brings all important operations to the Consul for final approval. The entire command structure can be seen here:

Taldryan's Army Command Structure

Taldryan's Army Command Structure

Equipment

Soldier's Equipment

Taldryan Army Soldiers are the standard infantry of the Taldryan Security Service, and the most common soldiers found on Taldryan-controlled worlds and facilities. The equipment used by all of the Army soldiers is uniform based on squad type (Scout, Sharpshooter, Artillery, etc). They wear standard-issue uniforms enforced with plasteel combat armor. Standard armament includes a BlasTech E-14 Carbine and concussion grenades, and officers often carry a blaster pistol as a sidearm. In addition soldiers will carry field backpacks (containing a tent, water, rations, blaster power packs, and a glowrod) and a comlink.

Vehicles

The Army utilizes a wide array of ground vehicles, mostly of the Imperial-variety. These vehicles are assigned to individual units as necessary for specific missions, and together in armored units. Here is a brief list of some commonly used vehicles:

• Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery
• Self-Propelled Medium Artillery
• 1-H Imperial-class Repulsortank
• 1-M Imperial-Class Repulsortank
• All Terrain Armored Transport
• All Terrain Anti-Aircraft
• All Terrain Scout Transport
• All Terrain Attack Pod
• All Terrain Reconnaissance Transport
• All Terrain Personal Transport
• TIE Crawler
• Heavy Assault Vehicle/repulsorlift A9 Floating Fortress
• Light Assault Vehicle/repulsorlift QH-7 Chariot
• PX-4 Mobile Command Base

Special Forces

The Special Forces are a group of elite soldiers trained by Taldryan's combat instructors. They are given extensive knowledge in combating the Jedi arts, and are trained to resist most forms of mental control. These soldiers are used by the Clan to carry out the most sensitive missions, usually accompanied by one or more Dark Jedi commander.

Rank Structure

Enlisted

Ranks
Recruit
Private Second Class
Private First Class
Corporal
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Command Sergeant Major

Officer

Ranks
Recruit
Second Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel
High Colonel
Brigadier-General
Major-General
Lieutenant General
General
High General
Surface Marshall