Dan The Imposter
Figbarf: Steampunk Military
Various ranks of an imperial army during an age of innovation and discovery.
From left to right:
- Foot Soldier/Grunt: The bottom of the ranks, expected to follow orders and die for the empire he serves. The recent implications of more advanced machinery in factories has cost many workers their jobs, leaving them the choice between military service or a life of crime. Soldiers like these are sent to the front lines, considered expendable by generals, and are quite likely to die in their first large battle.
- Drill Sergeant: The highest rank a working class soldier can reach in the army. In charge of the order and discipline of soldiers, during training, battle or and other time. Since soldier formations can be extensively large, a simple megaphone is used for shouting orders at his men. Discipline is often administered through the use of a truncheon; "nothing gets a soldier in line like a good beating". During battles, these Drill sergeants are often found toward the rear, relaying orders from officers to the soldiers in front, while ensuring soldiers don't try to escape/desert.
- Officer: Military pedigree or at least from a distinguished family, officers and generals lead entire fronts, plan battles, organise military resources and ensure the overall efficiency of the imperial army. Often completely indifferent to the "peasant" soldiers that fight for them, Officers instead keep there eyes on the bigger picture: the numbers, after all, the whims of the men are for the Drill Sergeants to deal with. Although Officers still attend most battles even if just to watch its progress first-hand, or even just for the ceremony and medal-winning.
- Royal Guard: considered an extremely honourable position, reserved only for battle-hardened veterans, and for which an extremely vigorous training and selection process is required. These guards protect the King, his property and the most important locations in the empire. These guards are most often seen ceremoniously standing still in and around important buildings in the imperial Capital, however their inactivity is not to be mistaken for passivity, attacks against them or what they guard will be thwarted swiftly and without mercy.
- The Royal Protector: The highest achievable rank in the imperial military, selected by the King himself. Leader of the Royal Guard, and personal bodyguard to the king, the Royal Protector has authority over all generals and hence all military affairs and assets, and regularly advises the King on matters of war. No man in the empire, or perhaps even the world is better versed in tactics and combat than this man, and with the entire imperial military at his disposal, he can make extremely effective use of his talent.
Hope you like this, because I'v got more steampunk figbarf lined up, but with a twist...
Figbarf: Steampunk Military
Various ranks of an imperial army during an age of innovation and discovery.
From left to right:
- Foot Soldier/Grunt: The bottom of the ranks, expected to follow orders and die for the empire he serves. The recent implications of more advanced machinery in factories has cost many workers their jobs, leaving them the choice between military service or a life of crime. Soldiers like these are sent to the front lines, considered expendable by generals, and are quite likely to die in their first large battle.
- Drill Sergeant: The highest rank a working class soldier can reach in the army. In charge of the order and discipline of soldiers, during training, battle or and other time. Since soldier formations can be extensively large, a simple megaphone is used for shouting orders at his men. Discipline is often administered through the use of a truncheon; "nothing gets a soldier in line like a good beating". During battles, these Drill sergeants are often found toward the rear, relaying orders from officers to the soldiers in front, while ensuring soldiers don't try to escape/desert.
- Officer: Military pedigree or at least from a distinguished family, officers and generals lead entire fronts, plan battles, organise military resources and ensure the overall efficiency of the imperial army. Often completely indifferent to the "peasant" soldiers that fight for them, Officers instead keep there eyes on the bigger picture: the numbers, after all, the whims of the men are for the Drill Sergeants to deal with. Although Officers still attend most battles even if just to watch its progress first-hand, or even just for the ceremony and medal-winning.
- Royal Guard: considered an extremely honourable position, reserved only for battle-hardened veterans, and for which an extremely vigorous training and selection process is required. These guards protect the King, his property and the most important locations in the empire. These guards are most often seen ceremoniously standing still in and around important buildings in the imperial Capital, however their inactivity is not to be mistaken for passivity, attacks against them or what they guard will be thwarted swiftly and without mercy.
- The Royal Protector: The highest achievable rank in the imperial military, selected by the King himself. Leader of the Royal Guard, and personal bodyguard to the king, the Royal Protector has authority over all generals and hence all military affairs and assets, and regularly advises the King on matters of war. No man in the empire, or perhaps even the world is better versed in tactics and combat than this man, and with the entire imperial military at his disposal, he can make extremely effective use of his talent.
Hope you like this, because I'v got more steampunk figbarf lined up, but with a twist...