Rennian Military Forces

The Rennian Military Forces are the unified military forces of the Rennian Republic, including Land, Air, Sea, Space and Technological Commands. It has undergone several changes of identity from its inception during the First Rennian Rebellion.

Overview

Irinian Liberation Front (ILF)

The ILF was formed by Sergio Ren in 220, and participated in what was later referred to as the First Rennian Rebellion. After their brutal defeat at the hands of the New Roman Military in 223, from which under a third of the ILF survived, the ILF was dissolved by Ren and his top commanders as they dispersed. It's short-lived tenure and largely small scale impact on the New Roman Army left it as a forgettable stepping stone in the history of the RMF.

2nd Armed Resistance Force for Irinian Independence (2AR)

The 2AR was founded by the surviving leaders of the ILF nearly right away after they regrouped in the Latian Republic

Imperial Armed Forces of the Empire of the Lego Plains (IAF)

Elite Imperial Guard

The Elite Imperial Guard and its subsidiaries, the various regional Gubernatorial Guard Units, were involved in several notable conflicts.

History

Re-Armament as New Roman Replacement

Despite the assimilation of much of the NRR Army, the EotLP still didn’t have a very large army of their own. They had a standing force of about 17,500 men, an air force made up of 100 50-year old Jets that they had inherited from the NRR, who had captured them during the NRR War of Independence. Their Cavalry was made up of 128 GIT-1760 “Buffalo” Tanks, which, although being only about 7 years old, were quickly proving to be maintenance nightmares, underpowered, overpriced, slow, and unreliable. Now that they had control over Iseli, they had need for a navy, as well. They had inherited a few old battleships from the NRR, as well as three destroyers, but all of them were nearing the end of their life. Their ground forces weapons & equipment also had not been updated since the NRR introduced the system that was still being used, 40 years ago. Emperor Ren called upon the two smartest Businessmen in his nation, Kai Octan of the Octan Corporation, and Michael Osborne, of the Osborne Group, to source out companies to update their equipment & assets. One of Octan’s biggest discoveries was the small (at that time) start-up, Lancer Technologies. Lancer spent a year developing the R-100 “Dragons”, the EotLP’s first Jet Fighter. They also pioneered much faster methods of production (known as the Lancer External Grapple Over System (LEGOS)), so that by the end of 233, 150 R-100s were in service. Thanks to Lancer’s production methods, another company, Focused Nautical Systems, managed to produce three aircraft carriers, each capable of carrying 20 R-100s, by the end of 234. On a different front, Emperor Ren had mandated that Krennic have a Military Rocket developed for cargo & personnel deployment into space. Krennic’s Engineers returned the Brutus-2-C Rocket. It was relatively advanced, with 3 stages, a total a total of 8 T-5-A engines on the first stage, 1 T-5-A on the second stage, and 4 T-5-A vacuum engines on the third stage. It was also powered by Solid Hydrogen, making it incredibly powerful, capable of putting 5 tonnes into space, at the relatively low cost of 120 million Krens a launch. Ren launched a few satellites, then ordered his designers to create a capsule that could put a man into space on top of the B-2-C. They gave him the 4.5 tonne Ren-5-D Capsule, capable of lifting one LEGO person, who weighed up to 500 lbs into orbit, and safely bringing them back. Ren used Osborne’s private launch vehicles as well as his own new one to assemble a space station – Testudo-1 – into orbit.

Meanwhile, a company Michael Osborne had discovered and purchased, Polar Mechanical Integrations, had finished developing the Rennian Military Personal Attack & Defense Module (MPAD), a whole suite of tools, weapons, gear, equipment, and personal protective gear, together which suddenly made the EotLP Military one of the most advanced in the world. They still had not finished a suitable Replacement to the Buffalo Tanks, but the EotLP’s largest car manufacturer, Silva Sport, had developed a high-capability SUV, of which several variations were pulled specifically for Military Use, known as the Rennia Silva All-Terrain (RSAT). The RSAT entered production in 234. Another Company, Savara Ltd. designed a Battle Cruiser, the design for which was then distributed to 50 different companies across the now-expansive EotLP. By the beginning of 235, they had used LEGOS to produce 150 Battle Cruisers. The Octan Corporation had designed and built 33 Light attack ships in the same time. 45 Reconnaissance ships were designed by members of the Osborne Group, and entered production in 235. Krennic decided not to decommission the only NRR reconnaissance ship, as it was quite new at the time. Osborne also developed two supplements to the R-100 Dragon; the OA1 Pegasus, a versatile attack helicopter, and the O5 Firebird Direct Combat Fighter. Lancer also produced the R-200 Thunderbird, a high capability stealth bomber. Between the years of 232 & the beginning of 235, Ren’s military grew from being a backwater defense force to an offensive-capable, regional power. At the same time, the heavy investment he had pumped into the defense sector had created thousands of new design, manufacturing, and other jobs, which had stepped the Rennian Economy up drastically, and strengthened it greatly. The growth of the military, and its prevalence in many people’s lives also built a sense of National Pride & Identification that had been lacking in the initial years of the Nation carved out of subjugated Nova Terrans, Irinians, Roman Colonists, and Roman Nationals. The new Military-industrial complex had built a Rennian Nationality incredibly effectively. Emperor Ren was doing well. He had prepared his people for, he believed, any situation. But no amount of preparation could have avoided the disaster that was about to hit the EotLP.

Smelly Cabbage Incident

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Theodore Berge - General during Etkian Coup, killed.