Ilford Wargames Group
The UNST is administratively split into various service arms and within those arms, different structures apply.
e.g. Within the Infantry Arm are several regiments which supply infantry battalions, while within the Cavalry Arm there are regiments that supply Armoured and Reconnaissance elements.
Regiment | Type | Primary Recruiting Area |
Grand Admiral's Guard | Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth |
Chandr Skauts | Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | India |
Tsuki Rentai | Armoured Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Japan |
Barsoom Highlanders | Mountain Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Mars |
Darkside | Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Luna |
Triton Marines | Marine Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Sol Outer Planets & Moons |
Inari | Infantry | Inari |
Odin | Infantry | Odin |
Atolls | Maritime Infantry | Pacific Rim |
Jundui | Armoured Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Far-East especially China |
C'thik | Infantry (C'thik) | Ran |
Zvezdnyye Voyska | Armoured Infantry, Exotic Atmosphere | Russia |
Irrawaddi | Helicopter Infantry | Myanmar |
Askari wa nifari | Infantry | Eastern Africa |
Awon Iyooda | Gendarmerie | West Africa |
Woden | Armoured Infantry | Odin |
Dangun | Infantry | Earth/Dangun |
In the field, the standard organisation is the brigade. These brigades are commanded by a Brigadier and are made up of units from various of the administrative branches of the service. (See UNST Standard T.O. & E for examples)
Where multiple brigades are required to operate in a region, a Divisional Headquarters Brigade will coordinate their work and where a planet needs multiple brigades to be present a Corps Headquarters Brigade will provide the central logistics and signals needed for effective command. This Corps Headquarters may be further supplemented by an Army or Army Group Headquarters Brigades as necessary.
Example brigades in service month 43 include: -
Brigade | Type | Primary Recruiting Area |
I XXX | Corps HQ Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth |
III XXX | Corps HQ Brigade | Earth |
1st Division | Infantry Divisional HQ Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth |
2nd Division | Infantry Divisional HQ Brigade | Earth |
3rd Corps Engineer Group | Engineer Works Group HQ | Earth |
6th Division | Parachute Divisional HQ Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth |
ALB-15 | Alien Liaison Brigade | Earth |
EB-50 | Engineer Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth |
MEX-01 | Maritime Exploration Brigade | Earth |
PEX-01 | Planetary Exploration Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth's Research Universities |
PEX-09 | Planetary Exploration Brigade | Earth |
MEX-01 | Maritime Exploration Brigade | Earth |
IB-05 | Mobile Infantry Brigade | Ameratsu System |
IB-08 | Static Infantry Brigade | Inari |
IB-09 | Static Infantry Brigade | Odin |
IB-14 | Mobile Infantry Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth and Luna |
IB-18 | Air Mobile Infantry Brigade | South Asia, Earth |
IB-21(A) | Armoured Infantry Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth and Mars |
IB-24 | Mobile Infantry Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Earth and Luna |
IB-25 | Mobile Infantry Brigade (Auxilliary) | Africa, Earth |
MB-12 | Marine Brigade, Exotic Atmosphere | Sol Outworlds |
MB-26 | Maritime Brigade | Earth |
The UNST sees all troops loyal to UN member states as UN Auxilliaries.
UN Auxilliaries are the only non-UN units that may be deployed off-Earth. All other UN member troops are deployed under the UN Peacekeeping banner and as such are liable to deployment on earth only.
UN Auxillaries are generally only trained and equipped for habitable planet deployment.
Examples include:-
XVIII Corps from the USA
16th Air Mobile Brigade from the UK
11th Air Mobile Brigade, an Armoured Brigade and a number of Foreign Legion Battalions from France & the EU
83rd Airborne Brigade (and others) from Russia
The PLA Volunteers Brigades from China
The internationally staffed UN Air Mobile Brigade, Security Brigade and Mountain Infantry Brigade
The UNST support of the Sieur of S'tiri has seen the provision of local C'thik troops trained, equipped and led by UN officers. These local troops are currently limited to security police units.
The establishment of the Local Volunteers gave the allied C'thik commanders on Ran ideas, and they have managed to employ a small number of Human troops as Mercenaries or Military Contractors.
This contraversial development has increased the firepower of the local's pike-and-shot brigades with the addition of RPGs and machineguns but has been seen as potentially exploitative politically. i.e. the control is not through the UN.