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<Donald> A revised draft of force composition at various stages in the siege including comments made up to today (2004/4/14).
Please give your suggestions, speculations and comments on Lunar regular and irregular forces present at the siege.
For suggested numbers and their fluctuation during the siege, see the Excel spreadsheet at
http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/ww/siegeforces.xls
1. The initial encounters.
- New Moon General?
- Light or Irregular Cavalry - half a regiment - 250
- Shieldwall Infantry - understrength regiment - 700
- Light Infantry - regiment - 1000
- Irregular Infantry - several companies - 500
'Total: 2,450 troops'
2. The first major assault.
- Jorkandros - Crescent Moon General
- Valkhonius Ytrior - New Moon General with The Goat Boys (and Girls)
- Heavy Infantry - regiment - 1000
- Peltasts - regiment - 1000
- Dragoons - half regiment or
- Light or Irregular Cavalry - regiment - 500
- Shieldwall Infantry - 2 understrength regiments - 1500
- Light Infantry - regiment - 1000
- Irregular Infantry - several companies - 1000 (including 200 Shargashi fanatics)
- Moonboats - One Small
'Total: 6,000 troops'
3. The BatBlat
- Jorkandros - Crescent Moon General
- Valkhonius Ytrior - New Moon General with The Goat Boys (and Girls)
- Heavy Infantry - regiment - 1000
- Peltasts - understrength regiment - 800
- Dragoons - half regiment or
- Light or Irregular Cavalry - regiment - 500
- Shieldwall Infantry - 2 understrength regiments - 1000
- Light Infantry - understrength regiment - 900
- Irregular Infantry - several companies - 500
- College of Magic (Crimson Bat, 25 priests of the Bat, and company of bat guards) - 150
- Moonboats - One Small
'Total: 4,850 troops'
4. Early 1620
- Jorkandros - Crescent Moon General
- Valkhonius Ytrior - New Moon General
- Heavy Infantry - understrength regiment - 800
- Peltasts - understrength regiment - 700
- Dragoons - half regiment or
- Light Cavalry - regiment - 500
- Shieldwall Infantry - understrength regiment - 600
- Light Infantry - understrength regiment - 800
- Irregular Infantry - several companies - 500
Arrives Sea Season 1620
- Engineers - 50 (who may have brought the daimonic battering-ram Vigorous Veegor the Indefatigable Ibex or Kylkarak - Breaker of Walls or both!)
- Arlaralanths Wyverneers - 150 (including six wyverns and pilots)
Arrives Fire Season 1620
- College of Magic - 30
- Moonboats - One Small
'Total: 3,900 troops' + 230 specialists
5. late 1620
- Tatius the Bright - Waxing Moon General
- Dara Happan - New Moon General?
- Tarshite - New Moon General?
- AN Other - New Moon General?
- Heavy Infantry - regiment - 1000
- Peltasts - regiment - 1000
- Dragoons - regiment - 1000
- Shieldwall Infantry - 2 understrength regiments - 1500
- Light Infantry - regiment - 1000
- Irregular Infantry - several companies - 1000
- Dragonewts? - 888 (I assume this number is significant)
- Engineers - 100 (may contain the daimonic battering-ram Vigorous Veegor the Indefatigable Ibex)
- Arlaralanths Wyverneers - 150 (including six wyverns and pilots)
- College of Magic - 50
- Moonboats - Two Small and Two Large
'Total: c.7,500 troops' + 300 specialists
6. 1621 the buildup to the final assault
- Tatius the Bright - Waxing Moon General
- Dara Happan - New Moon General?
- Tarshite - New Moon General?
- AN Other - New Moon General?
- Heavy Infantry - 2 regiments - 2000
- Peltasts - 2 regiments - 2000
- Dragoons - regiment - 1000
- Light Cavalry - regiment - 500
- Shieldwall Infantry - 5 understrength regiments - 3000 to 4000
- Light Infantry - 2 regiments - 2000
- Irregular Infantry - several companies - 2000
- Dragonewts? - 888 (I assume this number is significant)
- Engineers - 200 (may contain the daimonic battering-ram Vigorous Veegor the Indefatigable Ibex)
- Arlaralanths Wyverneers - 150 (including six wyverns and pilots)
- College of Magic - 100
- Moonboats - Two Small and Five Large
'Total: c.14,000 troops' + 450 specialists
Units
I've kept descriptions as generic as possible so that narrators can fit individual units in to suit their game.
- Heavy Cavalry - Just about every cavalry unit not included below, pretty useless in a siege. (examples)
- Light or Irregular Cavalry - Horse Archers, Char-Un, Sable Riders (examples)
- Dragoons - Mounted Infantry also capable of fighting as cavalry (examples)
- Heavy Infantry - Tarsh Huscarls, Dara Happan Phalanxes, Sun Domers, Imperial Bodyguard units (examples)
- Shieldwall Infantry - Basic Lunar troops, often militia. Quality varies from average downwards but there are plenty of them. (examples)
- Peltasts - Well trained skirmishers also capable of fighting in close order. (examples)
- Light Infantry - Skirmishers equipped with Slings, Bows or Javlins (examples)
- Irregular Infantry - Sartarite clans, Tarsh Highlanders, Various Mercenaries (examples)
- College of Magic - An organised unit of Magicians
- Engineers - People trained to build siege equipment, plan defensive works etc. Labour is supplied either by Spearwall Infantry and sometimes slaves. (examples)
- Flying Troops - (examples)
- moonboats - logistical or tactical transport.
- ''Lunar Spies and Sneaks
Stewart's notes on Vexilli and how they can be used in a game Lunar Bits n' Bobs .
Tatius's Lunar Staff and high level command structure.
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