Posted by: captainwolfer
« on: January 17, 2021, 02:52:49 PM »Whew! I was worried. I was also thinking I would need divisional sized units requiring a dozen large troop transports to move around, but you seem to be talking much smaller numbers. Realistically speaking, what size of an armed force do I need if I am exploring and possibly aggoing NPCs?I would aim for at least a division for offensive goals, which under my organizational format would be 200,000 to 250,000 tons.
However, for defense, I would say a battalion of infantry (10,000-12,500 tons under my format) on minor colonies, and a brigade of infantry (40,000-50,000 tons under my format) for major colonies. Infantry are cheap, a "garrison" company with 2,500 tons of infantry is only 79 cost (since unlike my offensive infantry they don't have the extreme temperature ability), so a single financial center could pay for multiple battalions of garrison infantry