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The Zakhmurat Empire
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| Yabghu_Obadiah | Date: Saturday, 29 Dec 2012, 1:09 AM | Message # 1 |
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| The Zakhmurat Empire is one in name, not in power or wealth. In the earlier years of the Republic when the Zakhmurat's homeworld was lost to the ages, their first vessels touched the sky and fled towards the fringes of the Old Republic. As the Old Republic continued to grow, the Zakhmurat vessels pushed further and further away from the Core Worlds and into the Outer Rim. With their homeworld lost, entire generations have spent their lives on the vessels that the Zakhmurat call home, either the large civilian ships, or on one of the many warships that patrol the fingers of their migratory homes.
The current Zakhmurat Empire would consist of the following Sectors. This is not a request to control these Sectors, as the Zakhmurat would lack that capability to control whole Sectors with their military vessels. This is a request that the following Sectors are recognized to be the Zakhmurat Empire, the space that they call home and where they would most likely be seen. In due time however it may come that they establish a new home by settling and taking a world, but for now the Zakhmurat Empire is as follows.
- The Grohl Sector
- The Ferra Sector
- The Sevetta Sector
- The Quiberon Sector
- The Herios Sector
These Sectors were chosen as the Zakhmurat Empire due mainly to the lack of Imperial activity in these Sectors. The most information I could dig up shows a colony in the Sevetta Sector that is "subjugated sometime before the Battle of Yavin." This means that it is relatively safe to say that these Sectors and the Zakhmurats would be overlooked by the Empire in the big picture, than if the Zakhmurat's weren't a nomadic people and began to conquer worlds.
Vessel wise the Zakhmurats would be surviving and getting by through the centuries by taking what they could get their hands on. This means that many of the vessels would be used, and would often be handed down from captain to captain. While this would account for the military vessels, which would mainly be grabbed and used and maintained over the years, the civilian vessels are of a different matter. The civilian vessels could be described, using the closest term possible, as dreadnaughts. They would be massive ships, often created through the use of fusing multiple ships and systems together to form a larger ship capable of holding thousands of beings along with the facilities needed to grow food stuffs, maintenance bays, smelters and mining facilities, etc etc. These vessels would be home to the sick, elderly, women, children and those men and women not stationed on the military vessels.
For the ease of this request, I'll request the civilian vessels as follows.
- Unspecified number of Civilian Vessels
This means that none of the civilian vessels are armed, with their only protection being from thick armor plating, heavy shielding and military vessels and fighter compliments that patrol the area around and near the civilian vessels as they migrate from one end of the Zakhmurat Empire to the other.
Zakhmurate Military Force
The military force of the Zakhmurate Empire lacks formal land units, with their soldiers being marines, to board and take hostile ships that attack the civilian fleet. Many of the Marines though are often in service on the civilian vessels, acting as security and law enforcement on the large civilian dreadnaughts, with only a small number of marines in active duty on the military vessels.
- Argyn Marine Corps (5000 Personnel)
- Kerey Marine Corps (5000 Personnel)
Both the Argyn and Kerey Marine Corps would be serving on the civilian dreadnaughts, along with having more personnel in reserve to be called upon when such a situation occurs. This means that many of the civilians would have training to a certain degree in the use of weapons in close quarters and close quarters combat when it comes to defending their ships.
Zakhmurat Marine Divisions on Military Vessels
- Kyzyl Company (200); Serving on the Theodosia
- Nadym Platoon (36); Serving on the Samkarsh
- Kupshak Platoon (36); Serving on the Sudak
- Zheteru Platoon (36); Serving on the Sarkel
- 18th Alimuly Squad (12); Serving on the Kazarki
- 12th Alimuly Squad (12); Serving on the Atil
- 21st Alimuly Squad (12); Serving on the Khazaran
- 1st Alimuly Squad (12); Serving on the Samandar
Total Marine Numbers: (10,356 Personnel)
Zakhmurat Military Vessels
Zakhmurat Civilian fleet Starfighter Compliment
- (36) Z-95 Headhunters w/ hyperdrives
- (12) BTL-S3 Y-wings
These fighters would always be with the Civilian vessels to serve as their fighter defense if fighters or other vessels make it pass the Zakhmurat military fleet.
Yabghu Obadiah
Khagan of the Zakhmurat
Message edited by Yabghu_Obadiah - Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 5:39 PM |
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 5:31 PM | Message # 2 |
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| I APPROVE of this, minus the large number of surface forces. Three quarters of a million ground troops seems, to me, rather incongruous with the idea of a nomadic space society. I doubt the people in this small band of ships, who survive by cobbling together whatever they can find, can support a robustly-sized army. Moreover, it would take almost eight Star Destroyers to ferry this many troops around; from the look of this request, the Zakhmurats don't have that kind of carrying capacity. Rightly so, I think. I'm happy with the marine complements, and maybe some additional forces for raids. But as with the Legions of Kala, I'm afraid this is too many.
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| Yabghu_Obadiah | Date: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 5:41 PM | Message # 3 |
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| I've edited the numbers and dropped them. Both Marine Corps have been dropped to (5,000) each. I feel that I need to lift up the point that the Marine Corps would not be used as planetary forces for invasions. They are there purely for on board ship defense if a civilian vessel where boarded.
The numbers though have been edited so now the total marine number is (10,356) which includes both the Marine Corps and the Marine Compliments on the military vessels.
Yabghu Obadiah
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 6:02 PM | Message # 4 |
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| Wait, so when you say, for instance, "Kyzyl Company (200)," you mean 200 companies, not 200 people? My approval was on the assumption the numbers in parentheses were the total numbers of marines you were requesting.
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| Yabghu_Obadiah | Date: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 6:07 PM | Message # 5 |
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| No, the numbers in parentheses are the units. If I was going to request 200 Companies, I'd put down, I'm requesting 200 companies. When we use the example.
Kyzyl Company (200) that (200) means (200 personnel) not (200 companies)
That means right now the marine personnel request is currently at (10,356 Marines) just like the previous was (74,000 Marines)
I get the feeling though that at this time this idea may also be a bit ambitious and it may be best, like the Legions of Kala, to hold off on implementing this until a more appropriate time.
Yabghu Obadiah
Khagan of the Zakhmurat
Message edited by Yabghu_Obadiah - Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 9:33 PM |
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| Jaron | Date: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 10:25 PM | Message # 6 |
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| In this case, it's less an issue of ambition and more of an issue of size. Simple as that. I mean; to me, the civilian vessels, in this particular situation, would be primarily there to carry civilians. Not a large brigade each of ground troops. This would be ships that would focus on carrying capacity and providing services, such as hospitals. Again, that is in my mind. In addition, while there is likely to be a military leadership in place, their focus will be on space-based naval warfare, thus a Marine force large enough to support massive surface warfare seems unlikely. I could however, be getting a bad read from both you and Jace here.
To clarify, I'm not saying that these ships would not have a military presence, I'm merely critiquing/openly thinking upon why there would be these large military units within a space-based military/society.
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| Jace_Varitek | Date: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 10:42 PM | Message # 7 |
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| I do think any surface forces should be geared more practically toward raids rather than conventional warfare.
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| Yabghu_Obadiah | Date: Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013, 2:34 AM | Message # 8 |
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| With my picking up the Cronese Mandate again, I believe it would be for the best if we retire this request and close it for now.
Yabghu Obadiah
Khagan of the Zakhmurat
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| Karth_DeQora | Date: Tuesday, 08 Jan 2013, 9:37 PM | Message # 9 |
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| I... fine, whatever.
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