The 5th Outrim War: Eanzhshent Geithurebr Epliavlefr - The Republic of Geithur Naval Force

The Geithurian Republic is an alliance of ten non-Imperial systems in the Lymethius subsector, and a member polity of the Outrim Alliance. With a total population of 101.121 billion sophonts, the Republic is dominated by humans of mixed Zhodani, Solomani and Vilani origin (99.2% of the population). Non-human Minor Races (Aaronites of Lysarnor and Tharoysa of Dysa Metharoth, plus smaller sophont groups) make up about 0.7% of the total population.

While supposedly a democratic alliance, in reality the Council of the Geithurian Republic has been dominated by the Edlchtel Clan, hereditary Konzevrs of Appaer and Presidents of the Republic, for the last two centuries. Of Zhodani origin, the Edlchtels have driven both the Geithurian Republic's, and the Outrim Alliance's, opposition to Imperial expansion into Lymethius Subsector.

- Library Data: Geithurian Republic

The Geithurian Republic has a Navy budget of TCr14.222 The bulk of the shipbuilding for the Navy passes through the Tech Level 12 yards of Appaer. TCr0.142 is deducted from the Navy Budget to maintain bases and support personnel. While the Trillion Credit Squadron rules suggest an initial start-up campaign budget of ten times the annual Navy budget, I decided to limit this initial budget to four times the annual budget, or TCr56.866.

The Geithurian Republican Navy - the Eanzhshent Geithurebr Epliavlefr, or EGE -  currently favors a tactical doctrine of Battleriders over Battleships in potential conflicts with the Imperium. With a maximum native technology level of 12, Republican planners believe that inefficiencies in Drive technology can be addressed by building Navy Combat Groups around several massive Carriers and their attendant Riders. Recently, the EGE has acquired a squadron of TL14 Carriers and Battleriders from the Hand of Ssra'Ka Aissr - a Tsalur-dominated polity in the Entorth Subsector, spinward of the Geithurian Republic.

The EGE has four main bases: Geithur (0202), Lysarnor (0302), Vermorzol (0304) and Dysa Metharoth (0601). Patrol Stations are maintained at Hiona (0206), Fiona (0602) and Jul'ni (0505). An unofficial Fleet Station is maintained in the Appaer system.

The senior Navy Command Officers are as follows:
Geithur/Lymethius
Fleet Admiral Stietlchiapr Jinchniz Jdiezhdodrzdikr
Vice Admiral Zashi Iiarki
Rear-Admiral Ergur Prebrtsafl
Vermorzol/Lymethius
Vice Admiral Sara Kashgiish
Rear-Admiral Frensi Kuusnashkhaa
Lysarnor/Lymethius
Vice Admiral Zhdil Shiirgishe
Rear-Admiral Ikiaan Qletl
Dysa Metharoth/Lymethius
Vice Admiral Sluritmav Spiap
Rear-Admiral Ibrde Ietsiivr
Appaer/Lymethius
Vice Admiral Octavian Eprkaiad
Rear Admiral Kupuud Gadu
Hiona/Lymethius
Commodore Dana Evriaprzheqr
Fiona/Lymethius
Commodore Herrod Jabline Eudiish
Jul'ni/Lymethius
Commodore Gusam Gelish Afrzho'

Squadron Deployment

Geithur		Lysarnor		Appaer		Vermorzol
1 Epl Staql		3 Epl Staql		2 Epl Staql		4 Epl Staql
10 Epl Staql		8 Epl Staql		7 Epl Staql		6 Epl Staql
11 Epl Staql
202 Epl Stiabsedr		204 Epl Stiabsedr		203 Epl Stiabsedr		205 Epl Stiabsedr
209 Epl Stiabsedr		211 Epl Stiabsedr		207 Epl Stiabsedr		212 Epl Stiabsedr
215 Epl Stiabsedr		216 Epl Stiabsedr		213 Epl Stiabsedr		214 Epl Stiabsedr
				217 Epl Stiabsedr		218 Epl Stiabsedr
104 Epl Ienshbresh		101 Epl Ienshbresh		110 Epl Ienshbresh		102 Epl Ienshbresh
107 Epl Ienshbresh		108 Epl Ienshbresh		115 Epl Ienshbresh		111 Epl Ienshbresh
112 Epl Ienshbresh		113 Epl Ienshbresh		121 Epl Ienshbresh		116 Epl Ienshbresh
120 Epl Ienshbresh				Ivl Epl Pianta

	Dysa Metharoth	Hiona	Fiona	Jul'ni
	5 Epl Staql
	9 Epl Staql
	206 Epl Stiabsedr		200 Epl Stiabedr	201 Epl Stiabedr
	208 Epl Stiabsedr
	210 Epl Stiabsedr
	219 Epl Stiabsedr
	105 Epl Ienshbresh	100 Epl Ieshbresh	106 Epl Ieshbresh	103 Epl Ieshbresh
	109 Epl Ienshbresh	117 Epl Ieshbresh	118 Epl Ieshbresh	119 Epl Ieshbresh
	114 Epl Ienshbresh

The Geithurian Republican Navy - the Eanzhshent Geithurebr Epliavlefr, or EGE - consists of 1414 ships, crewed by 503,105 personnel, with a total tonnage of 63,240,000 dtons. 19,004 Marines are deployed as Ship's Troops, drawn from 9th (Marine) Division, as well as 34,630 Navy Security personnel.

Epl Staql - Combat Group. The EGE is built around 11 Combat Groups.
1, 3 - 4, 6 - 7 and 11 Epl Staql consist of:
1 x 300,000 dton Khalermu-L Class Battleship
12 x 70,000 dton Tedr Edrial Class Battle Riders
3 x 700,000 dton Edfrevl Class Fleet Carriers
8 x 70,000 dton Plaljansh Class Heavy Cruisers
8 x 20,000 dton Datsshianzh Class Heavy Destroyers
12 x 10,000 dton Dlazhchteb Class Destroyers
16 x 5,000 dton Stojiebl Class Destroyer Escorts

2 and 5 Epl Staql consist of:
1 x 300,000 dton Khalermu-L Class Battleship
18 x 40,000 dton TL14 Nophla Class Battle Riders
3 x 500,000 dton TL14 Hituphl Class Fleet Carriers
8 x 70,000 dton Plaljansh Class Heavy Cruisers
8 x 20,000 dton Datsshianzh Class Heavy Destroyers
12 x 10,000 dton Dlazhchteb Class Destroyers
16 x 5,000 dton Stojiebl Class Destroyer Escorts

8, 9 and 10 Epl Staql consist of:
1 x 300,000 dton Khalermu-L Class Battleship
5 x 300,000 dton Khalermu Class Battleships
8 x 70,000 dton Plaljansh Class Heavy Cruisers
8 x 20,000 dton Datsshianzh Class Heavy Destroyers
12 x 10,000 dtons Dlazhchteb Class Destroyers
16 x 5,000 dtons Stojiebl Class Destroyer Escorts

Epl Stiabsedr - Strike Group.
200 Epl Stiabsedr consists of:
6 x 70,000 dton Plaljansh Class Heavy Cruisers
2 x 90,000 dton Diefshto' Class Strike Carriers
8 x 10,000 dton Dlazhchteb Class Destroyers
10 x 5,000 dton Stojiebl Class Destroyer Escorts

201 - 214 Epl Stiabsedr consist of:
6 x 70,000 dton Plaljansh Class Heavy Cruisers
2 x 90,000 dton Diefshto' Class Strike Carriers
8 x 10,000 dton Dlazhchteb Class Destroyers
8 x 5,000 dton Stojiebl Class Destroyer Escorts

215 - 219 Epl Stiabsedr consist of:
6 x 70,000 dton Plaljansh Class Heavy Cruisers
8 x 10,000 dton Dlazhchteb Class Destroyers
8 x 5,000 dton Stojiebl Class Destroyer Escorts

Epl Ienshbresh - Escort Group.
100 - 121 Epl Ienshbresh consist of:
8 x 15,000 dton Si'zenz Class Destroyers

Ivl Epl Pianta - Support Group.
72 x 75,000 dton Ebr Shtodiz Class Troop Carriers, also known as "Brigade Carriers".
50 x 10,000 dton Itlprie Class Medical Transports
36 x 99,900 dton Shukshaiin Class TL11 Gunned Planetoids
36 x 40,000 dton Ishkhashre Class Light Carriers - each carries 4 x 1100 dton System Defense Boats

Note: Now that I have worked out the Geithurian Republican Navy with my revised and self-imposed campaign budget rules, I will have to give the 297th Imperial Fleet another pass to ensure that it complies.

Huiha Esoyatre - an Aslan Minor State Part 3

I needed to create new Aslan terms to describe some of the larger formations deployed by the Trekhyair of Huiha Esoyatre. Using Space Corsair's Word Generator, I added to the word list I had already found:

Trokh Word List
aikoho	"many ships", fleet
afeahyalhtow	popular Aslan pet; flying carnivore/killer
ayakyuir	carnivore native to Kusyu, noted for speed and ferocity
Akoaft	"Far Throwing" - artillery
Khoiaya	armor
Soarl	"elite"
Trekhyair	"land protector" clan military force
Areiale	"they who sprint" – marines
Hraye	"wanderer" – scout
Ekho’ear	"armed family" – squad
Ahr’eah	"armed pride" - platoon or company
Hryo	"half dozen" - a squadron
Huih’eal	"armed clan" – battalion or regiment
Ahr'ekhaoa	"pride brotherhood" – brigade
Huih'aisai	"dewclaw of the clan" – division
Kheheasoikhir	"gathering of warriors" – corp or army

With terminology established for the higher echelons of the Trekhyair, and a basic plan of unit assignments worked out, I began thinking how large Aslan forces might be mustered.

While I otherwise enjoy and use the material in GURPs: Traveller Alien Races 2, I am reluctant to accept that the Aslan military is essentially based around Light Infantry formations. Perhaps this is how clan military units operate in the Aslan Hierate, but in the RimWorlds, Aslan ground forces face opponents who do not follow the Rules of War and Honour. Consequently, the Aslan of the Huiha Esoyatre have evolved formations that match those that they come into conflict with.

Given that Aslan forces are clan based, and that Aslan culture shares parallels with Medieval and Early Renaissance Japanese culture, I had a brief look at some famous Japanese battles of the Edo Period, such as Sekigahara. I also looked at another clan-based military culture, that of the Scots and their order of battle at Culloden. It occurred to me that the name of the officer who leads a formation might be significant in Aslan culture, as names accrue power in a culture that values individual prowess.

This made me consider a culture in transition between the individual prowess of heroic feudal leaders
and the mass produced, die stamped military of the machine age of total warfare. If the Huiha Esoyatre is currently working its way through this process, we might see the numerically inferior, but dominate, Esoyatre Clan producing the numbered regiments of a modern society, while the numerically superior clans that owe fealty to the Esoyatre muster battalions or regiments of various sizes under the personal names and banners of their Colonels. And even the Esoyatre, in their elite formations, may still know their brigades by the Brigadier-Generals who take control of the groupings of battalions, much as Americans recall the brigades of their Civil War.

So, a first pass at part of the Huiha Esoyatre's elite formations:

1st TL14 Elite Amoured Corp			Kheheassoikhir Soarl fyo Esoyatre Khoiaya
1st Armoured Division			Alr Huih’aisai Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
	Ahr’ekhaoa fyo Ye'oa'ai (Ye’oa’ai’s Brigade)
		1st Elite Regiment Scouts of Yuwe				Alr Huih’eal Soarl Hraye fyo Yuwe
		Taulauh’s Elite Armoured Regiment				Huih’eal fyo Taulauh Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
		Waoeha’s Elite Armoured Regiment				Huih’eal fyo Waoeha Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
		1st Elite Infantry Regiment of Yuwe				Alr Huih’eal Soarl Khir fyo Yuwe
		1st Elite Artillery Regiment of Yuwe				Alr Huih’eal Soarl Akoaft fyo Yuwe
		Ahr’ekhaoa fyo Khteaes (Khteaes' Brigade)
		2nd Elite Regiment Scouts of Yuwe				Hlai Huih’eal Soarl Hraye fyo Yuwe
		Koaaiea’s Elite Armoured Regiment of Yuwe				Huih’eal fyo Koaaiea Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
		Hkehealr’s Elite Armoured Regiment				Huih’eal fyo Hkehealr Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
		2nd Elite Infantry Regiment of Yuwe				Hlai Huih’eal Soarl Khir fyo Yuwe
		2nd Elite Artillery Regiment of Yuwe				Hlai Huih’eal Soarl Akoaft fyo Yuwe
		Ahr’ekhaoa fyo Ealeiktyes (Ealeiktyes’ Brigade)
		3rd Elite Regiment Scouts of Yuwe				Kheh Huih’eal Soarl Hraye fyo Yuwe
		Uikhaiw’s Elite Armoured Regiment of Yuwe				Huih’eal fyo Uikhaiw Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
		Eariylu’s Elite Armoured Regiment of Yuwe				Huih’eal fyo Eariylu Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe
		3rd Elite Infantry Regiment of Yuwe				Kheh Huih’eal Soarl Khir fyo Yuwe
		3rd Elite Artillery Regiment of Yuwe				Kheh Huih’eal Soarl Akoaft fyo Yuwe
		Syehoiye's Brigade Artillery				Ahr’ekhaoa fyo Syehoiye Akoaft
		4th Elite Artillery Regiment of Yuwe				Hryeh Huih’eal Soarl Akoaft fyo Yuwe
		1st Elite Esoyatre COACC Regiment of Yuwe				Alr Huih’eal fyo Esoyatre Soarl Afeahyalhtow fyo Yuwe

The First Armoured Division, Alr Huih’aisai Soarl Khoiaya fyo Yuwe, is an Elite formation raised from E'kho Hleahayaou on Yuwe. As E'kho Hleahayaou is a progressive family, and is the dominant family within Huiha Esoyatre, the Huih'aisai has adopted the progressive fashion of numbering individual battalion-regiments, at least within their elite formations. Brigades are still known by the name of their commanding Brigadier.

Huiha Esoyatre - an Aslan Minor State Part 2

Trokh is the main Aslan language and has remained fairly constant across both millenia and parsecs of space. In the RimWorlds, the three known Aslan states are at least 10 parsecs distant from each other and rarely interact. Each Huiha speaks Trokh but with slight local variations. I discovered a partial Aslan dictionary online which has some useful terms, and which seems to either be derived from the word list in MegaTraveller Alien Vol 2: Solomani and Aslan - the Rimward Races, or to have helped form it, as well as a word list in GURPs Traveller: Alien Races 2: Aslan, K'kree, and Other Races Rimward of the Imperium. Further Trokh words will need to be generated as required from Space Corsair's excellent Traveller word generator programme.

Trokh Word List
aikoho	"many ships", fleet
khoiaya	armor
afeahyalhtow	popular Aslan pet; flying carnivore/killer
ayakyuir	carnivore native to Kusyu, noted for speed and ferocity
Akoaft	"Far Throwing" - artillery
Soarl	"elite"
Trekhyair	"land protector" clan military force
Ahr’eah	"armed pride" - platoon or company
Areiale	"they who sprint" – marines
Ekho’ear	"armed family" – squad
Hraye	"wanderer" – scout
Hryo	"half dozen" - a squadron
Huih’eal	"armed clan" – battalion or regiment

This list of words provides some useful starters, but I think I will have to generate more.

The Personnel figures I generated for each Huiha and E'kho of the Huiha Esoyatre in part 1 of this article were drawn from the populations of each of the Aslan worlds within the hasoi of Huiha Esoyatre. Consulting Alien Races 2 and Solomani and Aslan I determined that 10% of the population, or population resource equivalent, were currently available for Military service. This is a little higher than normal, but the Huiha Esoyatre shares border space with two potential enemies - the Imperium and the Kalar-Wi - and annexed a Kalar-Wi system only four years ago, so political tensions are elevated.

I had earlier determined, using the tables in GURPs Traveller Ground Forces, that the Huiha Esoyatre had some 3000 battalion equivalents available for offworld deployment as a Tech Level 12 force. The choice was made by the Huiha government to upgrade part of this force to Tech Level 14, and this produced 3 Elite Corps, 3 Elite Divisions and two Elite Independent Regiments equipped to TL14, and 10 Corps, two Independent Divisions and one Independent Brigade equipped to TL12. The equipment upgrade reduced overall numbers to about 1000 battalion equivalents.

When I looked at the Geithurian Republic Table of Organization, I essentially started with the first formation and then assigned battalions to it, before moving on to the next formation. With the Unified Imperial Army Gamelea Command, I worked out possible ranges of unit numbers across all Imperial Subsectors in the RimWorlds, and then assigned units to each formation within the Gamelea and Miazan Subsectors from the available units for those Subsectors. The Huiha Esoyatre, however, was a little different.

.With essentially a feudal form of government, each E'kho is required to contribute personnel and units towards the trekhyair, or "land protector", force of the Huiha, or clan, and each lesser clan is required to contribute units toward the trekhyair of the dominant clan of the Huiha. All these subordinate forces remain under the control of the contributing E'kho or Huiha, even if they fall under the command of the senior E'kho or Huiha. To begin to untangle this knot, I had to know how many personnel each E'kho was able to contribute; work out the percentage of the total trekhyair this represented; and then work out what percentage of the 1000 battalion equivalents already determined as making up the Huiha trekhyair each E'kho's contribution actually numbered.

Did I really need this information? No. But I did want to capture the flavour of an Aslan force, and creating this background material contributes to the richness of the mileau. Also the numbers, as they came up, posed questions as to how politics within the Huiha Esoyatre actually worked, and answering these questions gave me a clearer picture of the Huiha as a whole.

After a little number crunching, I arrived at the following raw figures:

Huiha or Clan	Battalions by system
Huiha Esoyatre	Yuwe: 18 Battalions; Yuakteisye: 192 Battalions; Faiwawhwe: 75 Battalions
Huiha Uahwil	Yuakteisye: 1230 battalions; Faiwawhwe: 72 battalions
Huiha Aiaihfa	Yuakteisye: 600 battalions; Faiwawhwe 66 battalions
E’kho Hraktiskear	Atlasiykh: 1 battalion
Huiha Hwouwoahiw	Faiwawhwe: 132 battalions
Huiha I’iyheas	Faiwawhwe: 141 battalions
Huiha Eakteaei	Faiwawhwe: 153 battalions
Huiha Awuahra	Faiwawhwe: 150 battalions
Huiha Htualraluikh	Faiwawhwe: 144 battalions
E’kho Hroukhteftai	Yaitlaorail/Kidan: 1 battalion

As these battalion equivalent numbers were based on the original TL12 3000 battalions, I decided that I would arbitrarily reduce the strength of the larger clans by a third to reduce the over-all total of battalions to better match the formations I had originally generated from GURPs Traveller Ground Forces. One thing that did give me a little wriggle room was the fact that the Aslan don't have set sizes for various units - squads, for example, can vary between 4 and 12 soldiers.

Huiha Esoyatre is both the dominate clan of Yuwe, and the clan that dominates the wider hasoi, even though in military numbers Huiha Esoyatre falls behind Huiha Uahwil and Huiha Aiaihfa. However, Esoyatre's strength may lie in the fact that its four families work more in harmony under the leadership of E'kho Hleahayaou then the eight familes of Huiha Uahwil and the seven families of Huiha Aiaihfa work together under their leading E'khos. Add in political and traditional ties between E'khos of the Great Huihas, as well as alliances with the Lesser Huihas of Faiwawhwe, and interfamily and interclan relationships, and the political landscape of the Huiha becomes a scintillating web of connections. A web that can become an armoured sphere around the hasoi in the event of outside aggression.

Next: A look at the Huiha and E'kho tables of organisation.

Huiha Esoyatre - an Aslan Minor State Part 1

While I haven't written much here, of late, I have been working on a couple of Traveller related projects that tie together.

Looking to be able to game out an escalating ground war between the Outrim Alliance and the Imperium, I have been painting up infantry and armoured units for the main protagonists in 6mm scale. Progress photos are on my modeling log and my gaming blog.

I've also been working on Tables of Organisation for the various factions, extrapolated from the figures I generated for Lymethius Subsector, Gamelea Subsector, and Miazan Subsector, as well as the two articles on the Imperial Marines here and here.

When I came to look at the Aslan of the Huiha Esoyatre, I realized that I needed to take a closer look at the internal political structure of the Huiha. The Aslan are clan and family orientated, and each clan and family maintains their own defense force, recruited from their members and retainers.

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Huiha Esoyatre

Huiha Esoyatre is an Aslan polity of five non-Imperial systems in the Lymethius subsector. Consisting of the four systems of the Yuakteisye Cluster (Yuwe, Atlasiykh, Faiwawhwe, and Yuakteisye) as well as the former Kalar-Wi system of Kidan (annexed in 1106 in the aftermath of the Kalar-Wi War and now known as Yaitlaorail), Huiha Esoyatre has a total population of 85.0136 billion sophonts, 99.9% of whom are Aslan. As one of the major polities in the Outrim Alliance, Huiha Esoyatre has been involved in four wars with the Imperium as the Alliance has resisted Imperial expansion into the Lymethius subsector.

E'kho Hleahayaou dominates the polity from their capital of Hyufteirleryeweiwiy (tr. "the place where the people meet by the swirling spire") in the crater Yuwaol ("great basin") in the northern hemisphere of Yuwe (0408). From this, their ancestral seat, E'kho Hleahayaou has been the most senior family within the Esoyatre Clan for most of the last 700 years. The current Hleahayaouko is Tlehiui V (born 1030), a venerable leader who is still fit and active, having guided the Huiha for over fifty years.

Clan Esoyatre leads an alliance of eight clans. The other seven vassal clans that make up the alliance are: Huiha Uahwil, Huiha Aiaihfa, Huiha Hwouwoahiw, Huiha I'iyheas, Huiha Eakteaei, Huiha Awuahra, and Huiha Htualraluikh. Of the five systems that form the hasoi of Huiha Esoyatre only Yuakteisye has anything like a breathable atmosphere and it is on this world that the bulk of the population of the Huiha are concentrated.

The following table shows the relationships of the various E'khos that make up the member Huihas of Huiha Esoyatre. It also shows the number of E'kho members, vassals and retainers that are contributed to the armed forces of the Huihas, and who crew the Huiha fleets and form the Trekhyair – “land protector” clan military force:

Yuwe:	Huiha Esoyatre		Personnel	Fleet		Trekhyair
	E'kho Hleahayaou		(45,000)	(15,000)		(30,000)
		E'kho Eahikh	(15,000)	(5,000)		(10,000)
		E'kho Oukeihtoi	(7000)	(2,300)		(4,700)
		E'kho Steiai	(3000)	(1,000)		(2,000)
			(70,000)	(23,300)		(46,700)
Yuakteisye:	Huiha Esoyatre
	E'kho Hleahayaou		(25,000)	(8,300)		(16,700)
		E'kho Eahikh	(9,900)	(3,300)		(6,600)
		E'kho Oukeihtoi	(4,700)	(1,500)		(3,200)
		E'kho Steiai	(854,000)	(284,500)		(569,500)
			(893,600)	(297,600)		(596,000)
	Huiha Uahwil
	E'kho Oakhwohkal		(1,205,000)	(401,500)		(803,500)
		E'kho Tliyuftea	(992,000)	(330,500)		(661,500)
		E'kho Iysutreah	(907,000)	(302,300)		(604,700)
		E'kho Suhliy	(825,000)	(275,000)		(550,000)
		E'kho Ahwao	(673,000)	(224,300)		(448,700)
		E'kho Seyu	(258,000)	(86,000)		(172,000)
		E'kho Htuayur	(171,000)	(57,000)		(114,000)
		E'kho Eawaeirl	(127,000)	(42,300)		(84,700)
			(5,158,000)	(1,718,900)		(3,439,100)
	Huiha Aiaihfa
	E'kho Eahei		(339,000)	(113,000)		(226,000)
		E'kho Orakhtoi	(609,000)	(203,000)		(406,000)
		E'kho Hiaui	(515,000)	(171,600)		(343,400)
		E'kho Kawyahlyu	(495,000)	(165,000)		(330,000)
		E'kho Auakhah	(223,400)	(74,500)		(148,900)
		E'kho Hfosaa	(159,000)	(53,000)		(106,000)
		E'kho Oiyas	(98,000)	(32,500)		(65,500)
			(2,438,400)	(812,600)		(1,625,800)
Atlasiykh:	E'kho Hraktiskear		(4000)	(1,300)		(2,700)
Faiwawhwe:	Huiha Esoyatre
	E'kho Hleahayaou		(84,000)	(28,000)		(56,000)
		E'kho Eahikh	(79,400)	(26,500)		(52,900)
		E'kho Oukeihtoi	(74,200)	(24,700)		(49,500)
		E'kho Steiai	(72,200)	(24,000)		(48,200)
			(309,800)	(103,200)		(206,600)
	Huiha Uahwil
	E'kho Oakhwohkal		(52,000)	(17,400)		(34,600)
		E'kho Tliyuftea	(45,500)	(15,100)		(30,400)
		E'kho Suhliy	(44,400)	(14,800)		(29,600)
		E'kho Ahwao	(42,000)	(14,000)		(28,000)
		E'kho Seyu	(38,000)	(12,500)		(25,500)
		E'kho Htuayur	(37,200)	(12,400)		(24,800)
		E'kho Eawaeirl	(35,000)	(11,600)		(23,400)
			(294,100)	(97,800)		(196,300)
	Huiha Aiaihfa
	E'kho Eahei		(59,000)	(19,500)		(39,500)
		E'kho Orakhtoi	(57,000)	(19,000)		(38,000)
		E'kho Hiaui	(35,000)	(11,600)		(23,400)
		E'kho Kawyahlyu	(34,500)	(11,500)		(23,000)
		E'kho Auakhah	(33,700)	(11,200)		(22,500)
		E'kho Hfosaa	(30,000)	(10,000)		(20,000)
		E'kho Oiyas	(29,000)	(9,600)		(19,400)
			(278,200)	(92,400)		(185,800)
	Huiha Hwouwoahiw
	E'kho Yukheaiw		(94,500)	(31,500)		(63,000)
		E'kho Aewi	(86,200)	(28,700)		(57,500)
		E'kho Htoioua	(74,700)	(24,900)		(49,800)
		E'kho Fihoilreil	(74,300)	(24,700)		(49,600)
		E'kho Ewoheah	(73,700)	(24,500)		(49,200)
		E'kho Oisehwih	(73,200)	(24,400)		(48,800)
		E'kho Weoiyah	(69,300)	(23,100)		(46,200)
			(545,900)	(181,800)		(364,100)
	Huiha I'iyheas
	E'kho Ahoaolr		(107,000)	(35,700)		(71,300)
		E'kho Yesiwarl	(82,000)	(27,300)		(54,700)
		E'kho Ouhkyu	(76,200)	(25,400)		(50,800)
		E'kho Iysealeah	(74,000)	(24,600)		(49,400)
		E'kho Eaaiy	(64,700)	(21,500)		(43,200)
		E'kho Ktelriykhoi	(63,000)	(21,000)		(42,000)
		E'kho Iywaifaur	(62,100)	(20,700)		(41,400)
		E'kho Eoahfi	(61,500)	(20,500)		(41,000)
			(590,500)	(196,700)		(393,800)
	Huiha Eakteaei
	E'kho Aoia		(121,000)	(40,300)		(80,700)
		E'kho Khtoahar	(96,700)	(32,200)		(64,500)
		E'kho Hwourlii	(94,500)	(31,500)		(63,000)
		E'kho Ketreh	(84,200)	(28,000)		(56,200)
		E'kho Kheoua	(82,000)	(27,300)		(54,700)
		E'kho Sahuirea	(80,100)	(26,700)		(53,400)
		E'kho Yoleaiy	(79,000)	(26,300)		(52,700)
			(637,500)	(212,300)		(425,200)
	Huiha Awuahra
	E'kho Aaih		(97,200)	(32,400)		(64,800)
		E'kho Hlyeseaas	(85,100)	(28,300)		(56,800)
		E'kho Aaolruiw	(83,000)	(27,600)		(55,400)
		E'kho Uiai	(73,700)	(24,500)		(49,200)
		E'kho Eaui'alr	(73,000)	(24,300)		(48,700)
		E'kho Roiftealroi	(72,900)	(24,300)		(48,600)
		E'kho Khtakhafah	(70,100)	(23,300)		(46,800)
		E'kho Fteawalei'	(69,000)	(23,000)		(46,000)
			(624,000)	(207,700)		(416,300)
	Huiha Htualraluikh
	E'kho Earla		(104,000)	(34,600)		(69,400)
		E'kho Ftyuhrolyel	(83,400)	(27,800)		(55,600)
		E'kho Taaooul	(81,100)	(27,000)		(54,100)
		E'kho Iylraoa	(71,200)	(23,700)		(47,500)
		E'kho Oulelye	(70,000)	(23,300)		(46,700)
		E'kho Fteasoih	(69,300)	(23,100)		(46,200)
		E'kho Kyekhealryo	(68,000)	(22,600)		(45,400)
		E'kho Oilreaweh	(53,000)	(17,600)		(35,400)
			(600,000)	(199,700)		(400,300)
Yaitlaorail:	E'kho Hroukhteftai		(4100)	(1,300)		(2,800)
			(12,448,100)	(4,146,600)		(8,301,500)

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Aslan khoiaya (armour)

A half-hryo (squadron)

Armed Forces of the Outrim Alliance

The Outrim Alliance is a collection of at least seven small, non-Imperial Interstellar Polities lying to Spinward of Gamelea and Miazan Subsectors in Per Vulia, Entorth, Lymethius and Cabria Subsectors. Coalescing as an alliance during the late 8th Century, the disparate states were united in their opposition to Imperial expansion to Spinward. While membership has fluctuated over the course of two and a half centuries, the current alliance consists of: the Geithurian Republic; Huiha Esoyatre; Hand of Ssra'Ka Aissr; Khedivate of Nutharal; Huiha Khysokhou; Hunt of Rronurl; and the Johdari Association.

Initial skirmishes along the Spinward-Rimward frontier of Daltharmai Subsector led to a state of undeclared war as Imperial colonists moved into the Trailing end of the Tallu Cluster in Lymethius Subsector. During the 2nd Rimward War of 793 - 794, Sector Duke Liarb I launched a series of reprisal raids against the Geithurian Republic which galvanized that state to ally with the neighboring Aslan of the Huiha Esoyatre. Following the end of the Rimward War, Sector Duke Liarb II sought to pacify the Geithurians with a rapid campaign of deep Cruiser strikes against their trade and starport facilities. Unfortunately for Liarb II, the Ko of Huiha Esoyatre had been actively recruiting allies from amongst the scattered minor polities to Spinward and these responded to the Imperial raids with overwhelming force. Duke Liarb II's death in a skirmish in the outer system of Anar in 810 resulted in a temporary peace that lasted for over a century as the Imperial Sector Government became distracted by its own internal upheavals.

By the early 10th Century, the Imperium began to push into Lymethius Subsector again, only to find that the Outrim Alliance was still firmly opposed to their expansion. A series of four wars fought between 925 and 1085 have resulted in stalemate, with the political borders essentially unchanged. A Black War run against the Geithurian Republic by Siridar-Lord Elmar Hendrian, Head of Imperial Intelligence under Sector Duke Kanus II, during the decade prior to the outbreak of the 4th Outrim War in 1080, effectively paralyzed the Republic politically for nearly twenty years after the Battle of Anthorann and the end of the war in 1085.

Since the end of the Kalar-Wi War in 1105, and the accession of Konzevr Ashtebr Edlchtel of Appaer/Lymethius as President of the Geithurian Republic, the Outrim Alliance has shown increasing signs of a resurgence. This development is beginning to worry Imperial Officials, especially as relationships with the Kalar-Wi, who were instrumental in the military defeat of the Outrim Alliance at the end of the 4th Outrim War, are still at a low ebb.

It is against this background that I take a look at the Ground Forces of the Outrim Alliance.

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As before, I am using GURPsTraveller: Ground Forces by Douglas Berry as my guide. As with the development of figures for Imperial armed forces, it seems logical that non-Imperial planets above a certain population and Tech Level will produce "Battalion Equivalents" from a percentage of their population. These "Battalion Equivalents" can either be grouped into Battalions and higher formations at the producing planet's tech level, or traded-in/amalgamated into Elite formations, or higher Tech Level formations. In the latter case, the assumption is that the planetary Government imports higher Tech equipment, which makes individual formations more efficient, and permits the Government to enlist fewer soldiers.

In the case of non-Imperial planets and polities, it would seem unlikely that they would be able to import Tech Level 15 equipment as I have yet to generate a non-Imperial Tech Level 15 planet. This indicates that the degree to which local armed forces may be upgraded is more limited than with the Imperial Unified Army.

As previously, to determine the number of Battalion Equivalents each planet produces, the Battalion Equivalent Table is used. This table is my adaption of the original Classic Traveller table that appeared in Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society Issue 10, rather than the one from Ground Forces as I find it easier to use.

Defence Battalions or Battalion Equivalents (BEs)
Population	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A
TL
3	-	1	10	1C	1K	10K	50K	100K
4	-	1	10	1C	1K	2K	20K	200K
5	1	2	3	30	3C	3K	30K	300K
6	1	2	3	30	3C	3K	30K	300K
7	-	1	2	20	2C	2K	20K	200K
8	-	1	2	20	2C	2K	20K	200K
9	-	-	1	15	150	15C	15K	150K
A	-	-	1	15	150	15C	15K	150K
B	-	-	1	12	120	12C	12K	120K
C	-	-	1	12	120	12C	12K	120K
D	-	-	1	10	1C	1K	10K	100K
E	-	-	7	7	70	7C	7K	70K
F	-	-	-	5	50	5C	5K	50K

Working with these figures and applying them to Lymethius Subsector, we begin to see the following emerge:

Lymethius Subsector Worlds
Planet	Port	Pop	TL	BEs	Reserve	Raw BE	Units
Bilas	C	2	A	-	-	-	Nil
Geithur	A	9	A	15C	24C	8C	1 TL12 Elite Armoured Division, 1 TL12 Elite Armoured Regiment, 2 TL12 Elite Infantry Divisions, 1 TL12 Elite Infantry Brigade, 2 TL12 Armoured Divisions, 1 TL12 Armoured Brigade, 2 TL12 Infantry Corps, 1 TL12 Infantry Brigade, 1 TL12 Regiment (overstrength)
Evvikkim	D	4	6	1	2	1	1 TL6 Infantry Battalion
Welthor	C	4	9	-	-	-	Nil
Lysarnor	B	8	8	2C	3C	1C	1 TL12 Elite Armoured Regiment, 1 TL12 Elite Infantry Regiment, 1 TL12 Infantry Regiment, 1 TL12 understrength Regiment (4 battalions)
Tian	C	6	A	1	-	1	1 TL10 Infantry Battalion
Vermorzol	A	6	7	20	30	10	1 TL7 Brigade
Appaer	B	A	C	120K	180K	60K	1 TL14 Elite Armoured Field Army, 1 TL14 Elite Armoured Division, 1 TL14 Elite Armoured Regimrnt - the Konzevr's Guard, 2 TL 14 Infantry Field Armies, 2 TL 14 Infantry Corps, 2 TL14 Infantry Divisions, 1 TL14 Infantry Brigade, 27 TL12 Armoured Field Armies, 54 TL12 Infantry Field Armies.
Hiona	C	5	B	-	-	-	Nil
Yuwe	A	5	C	-	-	-	Nil
Atlasiykh	C	5	A	-	-	-	Nil
Jul'ni	B	8	9	14C	21C	7C	1 TL14 Elite Armoured Division, 1 TL14 Elite Armoured Regiment, 2 TL14 Elite Infantry Divisions, 1 TL14 Elite Infantry Brigade, 4 TL14 Infantry Divisions
Faiwawhwe	C	5	A	-	-	-	Nil
Yuakteisye	A	A	A	150K	225K	75K	5 TL13 Elite Armoured Field Armies, 10 TL13 Elite Infantry Field Armies, 10 TL13 Armoured Field Armies, 50 TL13 Infantry Field Armies
Dysa Metharoth	B	4	9	-	-	-	Nil
Fiona	A	4	9	-	-	-	Nil
Coroson	C	6	8	2	3	1	1 TL8 Infantry Battalion
Tallu	A	5	C	1	-	1	1 TL12 Infantry Battalion
Auru	C	3	B	-	-	-	Nil
Kidan/Yaitlaorail	C	4	7	-	-	-	Nil
Kalar-Wi Empire
Masaad	B	3	8	-	-	-	Nil
Kalar-Wi/Gamelea	A	7	C	120	180	60	1 TL12 Armoured Brigade, 2 TL12 Infantry Divisions
Loa-Wi/Cabria	A	8	B	120	18	60	1 TL12 Armoured Regiment, 1 TL12 Infantry Division
Gaidon/Cabria	B	9	9	15K	24K	8K	1 TL12 Armoured Corp, 2 TL12 Elite Infantry Divisions, 1 TL12 Elite Infantry Brigade, 2 TL12 Infantry Corps, 2 TL9 Elite Armoured Corps, 2 TL9 Elite Armoured Divisions, 1 TL9 Elite Armoured Brigade, 1 TL9 Elite Infantry Field Army, 10 TL9 Infantry Field Armies, 2 TL9 Infantry Corps, 1 TL9 Infantry Division, 1 TL9 Infantry Regiment
Yolurlund/Cabri	A	5	C	-	-	-	Nil
Geithurian Republic Expeditionary Force - Ingeki Kargesu
Personnel for the Geithurian Republic Expeditionary Force are recruited from all member worlds of the Republic	3060	TL12	2 TL14 Elite Infantry Corps, 2 TL14 Elite Infantry Divisions, 1 TL14 Elite Infantry Brigade - Geithurian Republican Marines, 2 TL14 Armoured Corps, 2 TL14 Armoured Divisions, 1 TL14 Armoured Brigade, 5 TL14 Infantry Corps, 1 TL12 Armoured Corp, 3 TL12 Armoured Divisions, 1 TL12 Armoured Regiment, 3 TL12 Infantry Corps, 1 TL12 Infantry Division, 1 TL12 Infantry Brigade
Huiha Esoyatre Expeditionary Force
Personnel for the Huiha Esoyatre Expeditionary Force are primarily recruited from E'kho Oakhwohkyal of Yuakteisye	3000	TL12	1 TL14 Elite Armoured Corps, 1 TL14 Elite Armoured Division, 1 Elite Armoured Regiment, 2 TL14 Elite Infantry Corps, 2 TL14 Elite Infantry Divisions, 1 TL14 Elite Infantry Regiment, 3 TL12 Armoured Corps, 2 TL12 Armoured Divisions, 1 TL12 Armoured Brigade, 7 TL12 Infantry Corps
Kalar-Wi Empire Mobile Force - JKW/Orsh
Personnel for the Kalar-Wi Empire Mobile Force are recruited from all member worlds of the Empire	286	TL12	1 TL14 Elite Infantry Brigade, 1 TL14 Infantry Division, TL14 Infantry Brigade - Kalar-Wi Marines, 2 TL12 Armoured Divisions, 1 TL12 Armoured Brigade, 1 TL12 Infantry Corps, 3 TL12 Elite Infantry Battalions

Since the end of the 4th Outrim War in 1085, both the Huiha Esoyatre and the Geithurian Republic have been upgrading the equipment and training of their respective Ground Force Lift Formations as well as Planetary Defense units. Much of the High Tech equipment is being sourced from the Hand of Ssra'Ka Aissr and the Johdari Association to Spinward.