Yeah I suppose that make sense. I was just under the impression that they all fucking died. The reasons behind the lack of heavy equipment are sensible.
I’m not a big fan of armies overly reliant on human shields, as that always feels more like something you see in propaganda than something that can realistically happen. Especially things like not giving guns to soldiers. I mean even if they’re disposable politically or something like that, you still have to feed them, clothe them etc. Arming them won’t add much to the logistic strain, especially considering most countries have a virtually infinite supply of small arms, the only limit being how far back in time you’re willing to look. That was just a rant, don’t take it too seriously.
Something interesting you could do in term of world building, is to give your countries different men/division ratios. It’s a small detail, but it goes a long way to show that there’s a difference between each country’s military doctrine and organisation.
I find it also weird that an outnumbered force of armed civilians managed to have less casualties than a more professional, if disposable, force. And I would rather avoid thinking about the nightmare that would be organizing an operational encirclement with untrained civilians. Are those red army civilians at least militas or reservists ? Or are there more professional troops in that army ?
Could you please explain to me what Despair Screamers are too ?
I actually gave them the same ratio, must’ve calculated them wrong…
Anyways, the Imperium isn’t actually trying to win. or at least, the Padishah Kaiserin isn’t trying to win. It’s actually part of the golden path, which is a way she calculated to throw the world into socialism in order to prevent the destruction of humanity. The Reserves in this case are filled with despair, so they kind of want to die.
And the Red Army isn’t completely civilian, they have some basic training, just not as much as a professional force. After the basic collapse of western civilization, it was sort of formed from soldiers and volunteers from across the world. And the Reserves are even more garbage, as this paragraph from the fanfic itself suggests:
Despair Speakers are elite soldiers who also function as despair priests, and they’re basically reskinned Sardaukar. Their name is also a Dune reference (fish speakers).
edit: the red army doesn’t belong to a specific country, it’s more like a general resistance force.
Yeah I suppose that make sense. I was just under the impression that they all fucking died. The reasons behind the lack of heavy equipment are sensible.
I’m not a big fan of armies overly reliant on human shields, as that always feels more like something you see in propaganda than something that can realistically happen. Especially things like not giving guns to soldiers. I mean even if they’re disposable politically or something like that, you still have to feed them, clothe them etc. Arming them won’t add much to the logistic strain, especially considering most countries have a virtually infinite supply of small arms, the only limit being how far back in time you’re willing to look. That was just a rant, don’t take it too seriously.
Something interesting you could do in term of world building, is to give your countries different men/division ratios. It’s a small detail, but it goes a long way to show that there’s a difference between each country’s military doctrine and organisation.
I find it also weird that an outnumbered force of armed civilians managed to have less casualties than a more professional, if disposable, force. And I would rather avoid thinking about the nightmare that would be organizing an operational encirclement with untrained civilians. Are those red army civilians at least militas or reservists ? Or are there more professional troops in that army ?
Could you please explain to me what Despair Screamers are too ?
I actually gave them the same ratio, must’ve calculated them wrong…
Anyways, the Imperium isn’t actually trying to win. or at least, the Padishah Kaiserin isn’t trying to win. It’s actually part of the golden path, which is a way she calculated to throw the world into socialism in order to prevent the destruction of humanity. The Reserves in this case are filled with despair, so they kind of want to die.
And the Red Army isn’t completely civilian, they have some basic training, just not as much as a professional force. After the basic collapse of western civilization, it was sort of formed from soldiers and volunteers from across the world. And the Reserves are even more garbage, as this paragraph from the fanfic itself suggests:
Despair Speakers are elite soldiers who also function as despair priests, and they’re basically reskinned Sardaukar. Their name is also a Dune reference (fish speakers).
edit: the red army doesn’t belong to a specific country, it’s more like a general resistance force.
I see, that’s certainly an interesting reason behind a war. Kinda accelerationist, that’s sus.
Is there some kind of ritualized human sacrifice in this religion ?
I’m not really a fan of Dune, so I don’t understand a lot of references, but I get the idea about the Speakers. (After visiting the wiki)