People's Democratic Republic of United Earth Nations

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The Universal Library of the People's Democratic Republic of Allied Earth Nations

This is a collection of Party approved reading materials for students wishing to learn more about the past and present of the glorious utopia they live in, the People's Democratic Republic of Allied Earth Nations. It encompasses many different scholarly fields and numerous topics. Readers are encouraged to take their time studying these texts.

Table of Contents

• A Brief Overview of the Armed Forces of the PDR-AEN

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Armed Forces of the People's Democratic Republic of Allied Earth Nations

The armed forces of the People's Democratic Republic of the Allied Earth Nations have the glorious task of safeguarding the citizens from external threats, wherever they might be and whatever form they might take. Their secondary task is to ensure the economical and industrial prosperity of the PDR.

The AF-PDR is divided into two main forces:
The Aether Force and the Ground Force. The former fights in the Aether, namely space, and controls all military assets whose primary purpose are missions performed in the Aether. The latter fights on solid surfaces, whether these are planets, asteroids, stations or ships. Both forces are further split into branches, each tasked with a specific mission. These are as follows.

In Aether Force:
The Battle Fleet is tasked with the decisive battle against major enemy combatants. It specializes in close quarters battle and operates the heaviest ships that Earth can build.

The Strike Fleet is tasked with the encirclement and neutralization of major enemy assets. It specializes in long distance combat and operates the carriers and fighters required for this mission.

Assault Fleet is tasked with breaking enemy strong points, sieges, and planetary fortresses. It focuses entirely on such assaults and operates a mix of specialized vessels, designed solely for this purpose.

Guard Fleet is tasked with the defense of colonies, outposts, and shipping lines. It operates a variety of light and medium ships as well as armed stations, and is the most widespread Fleet.

In Ground Force:
The Territorial Army is responsible for defending Earth, PDR colonies, outposts and bases. For this purpose, it operates both land warfare and orbital warfare units.

The Republican Army is the sword of the PDR, tasked with overwhelming enemy ground forces and to take planets. It operates armoured, mobile units. However, it can only operate on planets and moons where the gravity, temperature, and the atmospheric pressure are all within human tolerances.

The Ranger Corps is part of the special forces of PDR. Its task is to perform opposed landings on bodies that are hostile to human existence, such as lacking an atmosphere or being too hot or cold for normal troops. The Rangers operate specialized equipment and vehicles for this purpose.

The Marine Corps is part of the special forces of PDR. It has two tasks. Firstly, it provides security forces for the Aether Force and, secondly, it operates the specialist vessels capable of boarding enemy aether ships. The Marines should not be confused with the Rangers as they are not meant to operate in extreme environmental conditions.

In addition to these forces mentioned above, the Ministry of Stability and Harmony commands the peace officers of the Bureau of Counter-Revolutionary Activities. While it is a paramilitary organization, the BCRA officers can support the military forces if the need arises.

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Republican Army organization

The backbone of the Republican Army is the citizen soldier, committed to performing their national duty through military service. Each soldier is honour bound to uphold the values and laws of the People's Democratic Republic against all enemies. The army is made up of several branches, namely infantry, artillery, armour, engineer, C4I and logistics. The basic building block of the army is the venerable infantry squad, that has withstood the test of time. Each squad consists of eight soldiers:

• Squad leader, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, sergeant
• Assistant squad leader, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, lance corporal
• Gunner, armed with the Type-02 machinegun, corporal
• Assistant gunner, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, private
• Grenadier, armed with Type-03 advanced rifle, corporal
• Hunter, armed with Type-04 antimaterial rifle, corporal
• Trooper, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, private
• Trooper, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, private

In combat, the squad generally splits into two fireteams, with the squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner and grenadier providing fire while the assistant squad leader, hunter, and the two troopers provide movement. Three squads make a platoon alongside a command element of:

• Platoon Leader, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, 2nd lieutenant
• Platoon Medic, armed with the Type-05 carbine, corporal
• C4I Specialist, armed with the Type-05 carbine, corporal
• Platoon Sniper, armed with the Type-06 sniper rifle, private

This makes a platoon 28 soldiers strong. However, while a platoon is able to use fire and manoeuvre on the low tactical level, it is not considered capable of independent operations and is thus always a part of a company. The most senior sergeant acts as an assistant platoon leader. In general, regardless of whether a platoon is advancing or defending a position, it will maintain a triangle formation of two squads deployed forward, one squad deployed back, acting as the platoon reserve. A keen reader can spot that the platoon leader is encouraged to lead from the front and this is the reason they are armed with the Type-01 battle rifle instead of the more compact Type-05 carbine that the medic and the C4I specialist carry. As for the three specialists in the command element, the medic is only expected to stabilize wounded so that they can be evacuated, the C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence) specialist is responsible for maintaining the communications with the company command post as well as any supporting elements as well as coordinate drone usage inside the platoon area, and the platoon sniper has a dual-role of being both the premier scout of the platoon as well as a force multiplier for the platoon leader. With their Type-06 sniper rifle, the sniper is capable of eliminating important enemy personnel as well as take down enemy drones up to a distance of two kilometres in Earth gravity and atmosphere.

Infantry company is made up of three infantry platoons, a weapons platoon and a command squad. The command squad consist of:

• Company Commander, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, captain
• Company Executive Officer, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, 1st lieutenant
• Company Quartermaster, armed with the Type-05 carbine, staff sergeant
• Company Medic, armed with the Type-05 carbine, sergeant
• C4I Specialist, armed with the Type-05 carbine, lance corporal
• C4I Specialist, armed with the Type-05 carbine, corporal
• C4I Specialist, armed with the Type-05 carbine, corporal
• Education and Mental Hygiene Officer, armed with the Type-05 carbine, 1st lieutenant

Similarly to the platoon leader, the company commander is expected to lead their company personally in battle if the situation so demands with the executive officer acting as a backup at the command post. Often a company command squad will be split with a forward command post and a rear command post to ensure that the chain of command is not disrupted in the chaos of battle. The tasks of the Education and Mental Hygiene Officer are CLASSIFIED BY ORDER 67-555-A9 OF THE MINISTRY OF STABILITY AND HARMONY. To provide improved organic firepower to the company, a fourth combat platoon is included, though it is a common practice of commanders to split up between the infantry platoons and it is a rare situation where the weapons platoon would operate on its own:

• Platoon Leader, armed with the Type-01 battle rifle, staff sergeant
• Heavy Gunner, armed with the Type-07 heavy machinegun, sergeant
• Heavy Gunner, armed with the Type-07 heavy machinegun, lance corporal
• Heavy Gunner, armed with the Type-07 heavy machinegun, corporal
• Heavy Grenadier, armed with the Type-08 grenade launcher, sergeant
• Heavy Grenadier, armed with the Type-08 grenade launcher, lance corporal
• Heavy Grenadier, armed with the Type-08 grenade launcher, corporal

The platoon leader in this case is a staff sergeant, not a commissioned officer. As the platoon is expected to almost always be split between the three infantry platoons, the CO-WPNPLT as he is officially designated, is also responsible for many bureaucratic functions in the company and in combat they are often used to cover casualties among the command staff of the company.