Royal Guard of TECT

Royal Guard of TECT
The official flag of the Royal Guard of TECT.
Active	210BCE – present.
Country	The Empire of Common Territories
Allegiance	TECT.
Type	Guards, Marine Infantry/Aerospace/Armor.
Size	800,000.
Part of	TECT Armed Forces, Emperor.
Nickname(s)	"Gardistenkorps" or "Gardisten," "Gardisten Seebataillon."
Patron	"Warrior Saint of The Shield," Archduke Burkhard Waldvogel.
Motto(s)	"Loyalty before, during, and after death!"
Colors	Black, white, and gold.
Mascot(s)	Crusader Knight.
Commanders
Current commander	Lord Marquess GEN Volker Gerhardt.
Ceremonial chief	Emperor JC of TECT.

Gardisten bearing their ceremonial uniforms and traditional rifles.

The Royal Guard of TECT or "Königliche Garde der Das Reich der Gemeinsames Staatsgebieten", is a service branch of the TECT Armed Forces, Honor Guard of the Empire and its royalty, and an Imperial Law Enforcement arm of the Imperial Government. Militarily, the "Königlich Gardisten Seekorps" (Royal Maritime Guardsman Corps or Royal Guardsman Maritime Corps) serves as the full-time military branch of the Royal Guard and is responsible for providing marine force projection by both land and sea for the TECT Armed Forces. Traditional duties of the Royal Guard are religated to the "Königlich Gardistenkorps" (Royal Guards Corp.), who serve as honor guards, Imperial/military/royal law enforcement, and reservists.

Historically, the Royal Guard can be traced back to second hundred BCE TECT when Emperor Augustinus 'Maximus' Eugenios drafted a private army made up of trusted personal guards and decorated soldiers to serve as his personal guards. Although Emperors had personally recruited guards for well over a thousand years prior, Eugenios formally founded the service that would go on to become the Royal Guard; this move broke with tradition where Imperial Army soldiers or recruited soldiers served as personal guards, a tradition Emperor Maximus (TECT's founder and first Emperor) created by using soldiers from his Grand Army as personal guards. While intended to protect himself from perceived assassination plots from untrustworthy nobles, Eugenios' also desired a militarily elevated personal army that answered to him alone; troops that would not take orders from the national parliament, nobles looking to bribe or recruit their own soldiers, or even the Empire itself if other officials demanded action. After his death, the Royal Guard continued under his son Augustinus II, serving as originally intended for six hundred years before it saw its first major reform. Around the fourth century AD, Emperor Primitivus Bertrand III reformed the Royal Guard officially and expanded their duties exponentially. Under his reign, the Royal Guard began protecting the immediate family of the Emperor as a "Secondus Priority" (literally second in priority under the Emperor) and selectively assigning guards to extended family as well as properties with royal affiliations (such as political allies, government facilities, or businesses favored by the Crown). Although much of these reforms had been in practice for many generations, even as far back as Augustinus II, these reforms officially codified the practice for future generations to follow. Fast forward another hundred years and Primitvus III's grandson, Emperor Anton Becker Bertrand "the Baptist," expanded Royal Guard duties further by deploying Royal Guardsmen to the front lines to serve in battle; Royal Guardsmen were highly revered by the early competing churches for their roles during this time. The "Baptist Crusades" against the mostly agnostic peoples residing near Tritten Bay (or Tritten Inland Sea) were one such conflict that highlighted Royal Guard prowess on the battlefield. Although still occasionally dispatched to the battlefield, Emperor Manfried 'Antony' Steinmann reformed the Royal Guard once again during his reign from 1602 to 1625. Under Marquess Arnold Albrecht's leadership, the Royal Guard transformed into a more highly respectable honor guard capable of military service that commanding respect for their showmanship and military professionalism. Many of Marquess Albrecht's teachings and traditions are still largely kept intact and serve as proper examples for honor guard units for the last four hundred years. Fast forward again to the early twentieth century, Emperor Charles oversaw the last major reform to the Royal Guard. Believing strongly in their capabilities as a military force, Charles officially integrated the Royal Guard into the TECT Armed Forces as the Empire's chief expeditionary force. Push-back from the Imperial Army's command staff and the objections from government officials was strong however, but Charles continued anyways and enacted his reforms even amidst a strong number of officials who personally disapproved of the reform. Charles II would be the final Emperor to alter the Royal Guard as an entity by dividing the service into two branches: The "Königlich Gardistenkorps" or Royal Guards Corp. that would be tasked with the Royal Guard's traditional duties, and the "Königlich Gardisten Seekorps" or Royal Guardsmen Maritme Corps. who were tasked with fulfilling the Royal Guard's mandates under the Ministry of the Armed Forces of TECT.

"Königlich Gardistenkorps" (Royal Guards Corp.) "Königliche Garde Seeregiment" (Royal Guard Marine Regiment)

The Royal Guard is considered an elite military branch that focuses on force projection and defense of the Throne; they receive heavy amounts of training and are subject to brainwashing that elevates recruits into being patriotically loyal to the Emperor and their Empire at any cost (this process is made more simple by the certain recruits allowed to join the recruitment program). The recruitment process is extremely thorough in order to weed out any signs of weakness or disobedience - selecting the best candidates on the basis of their mental health, physical strength, loyalty, physical features, and nationality; such conditions include height, gender, dental and physical health, you must be Commoner born, and other genetically preferences decide candidacy. Once part of the recruitment program, enlisted persons are removed from public life and enter a pre-boot camp where they are conditioned, brainwashed, and introduced to Guardsmen lifestyles. The RG is also elusive to the public, often remaining in the realm of mystery and operating under classified conditions; some aspects of the branch are heavily classified and servicemen, where applicable, are prevented by law and orders from revealing details about previous services. Much of their training is classified material, but public records of how brutal it is have been declassified; such as its length, quitting record, requirements, and how many die during training due to unforeseen accidents. The Royal Guard's intricate structure and internal happenings are often heavily classified to the many military circle because of their close operation to the top-tier leaders of the country, including the public. Soldiers are usually under order to hide their identity from public media unless given specific permission allowing publicity - they will otherwise refuse questions or give their name and rank.

Ranks & Structure

Officers of the Royal Guard
General (General) Gen	Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) GenLt/GL	Major General (Generalmajor) GenMaj/GM	Brigadier General (Brigadegeneral) BrigGen/BG	Colonel (Oberst) Oberst/O	Lieutenant Colonel (Oberstleutnant) Oberstlt/OTL
OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4

Lower Officers of the Royal Guard
Major (Major) Maj/M	Staff Captain (Stabshauptmann) StHptm/SH	Captain (Hauptmann) Hptm/H	1st Lieutenant (Oberleutnant) OLt /OL	2nd Lieutenant (Leutnant) Lt/L
OF-3	OF-2	OF-2	OF-1	OF-1

Non-Commissioned Officers of the Royal Guard
Sergeant Major (Oberstabsfeldwebel) OStFw/OSF	Master Sergeant (Stabsfeldwebel) StFw/SF	Sergeant 1st Class (officer cadet) (Oberfähnrich) OFähnr/OFR	Sergeant 1st Class (Hauptfeldwebel) HptFw/HF	Staff Sergeant (Oberfeldwebel) OFw/OF
OR-9	OR-8	OR-8	OR-7	OR-6

Lower Non-Commissioned Officers of the Royal Guard
Staff Sergeant (officer cadet) (Fähnrich) Fähnr/FR	Staff Sergeant (Feldwebel) Fw/F	Sergeant (Stabsunteroffizier) StUffz/SU	Corporal (officer cadet) (Fahnenjunker) Fhj/FJ	Corporal (Unteroffizier) Uffz/U
OR-6	OR-6	OR-5	OR-5	OR-5

Enlisted Ranks of the Royal Guard
Corporal Specialist (Oberstabsgefreiter) OStGefr/OSG	Specialist (Stabsgefreiter) StGefr/SG	Lance Corporal (Hauptgefreiter) HptGefr/HG	Private 1st Class (NCO cadet) (Obergefreiter UA) OGefr/OG	Private 1st Class (Obergefreiter) OGefr/OG
OR-4	OR-4	OR-3	OR-3	OR-3

Lower Enlisted Ranks of the Royal Guard
Private 1st Class (officer cadet) (Gefreiter OA) Gefr/G	Private 1st Class (Sergeant cadet) (Gefreiter FA) Gefr/G	Private 1st Class (NCO cadet) (Gefreiter UA) Gefr/G	Private 1st Class (Gefreiter) Gefr/G	Private (Soldat) S
OR-2	OR-2	OR-2	OR-2	OR-1

The basic structuring system for both the Imperial Army and Royal Guard.

Organization

The Royal Guard is split into two services: The Guardsmen and the Marine Branch. Although they can serve as Guardsmen if necessary, Marines are the military side of the Royal Guard organization. Marines are less affected by strict rules of secrecy due to their primarily military role, but can still come under the same rules the entire branch serves under. Unlike the Guardsmen, Marines make up the majority of the branch. Guardsmen make up a smaller portion because they serve more traditional and internal security roles then military roles. The Guardsmen branch serves as the guard branch for the Emperor, Royal Family, VIPs, and important locations; they key difference between Guardsmen and Marines is their roles, which have more specific training - Guardsmen, for example train in more policing and protection maneuvers while Marines focus on marine warfare.

Royal Guardsmen are Germanized by policy and practice; as a culturally sensitive unit, it focuses on using only Commoner German traditions like language, honor, and code of ethics. Guardsmen and Marines only speak german, have a strong sense of honor and loyalty, a deep sense of brotherhood, and event their ranks and units are in germans. Similar to other TECT military branches, the Royal Guard follows a Divisional structure that will often include ground/marine elements with air support units; Marine Divisions focus, however, on two types of Divisions: Marine (Marine-ee) Divisions and Flugzeug Marine (Airborne Marine) Divisions. Standard Marine Divisions consists of amphibious landing vehicles, ground vehicles, and marine infantry with both ground and air support. Flugzeug Marine Divisions however focus on airborne vehicle transports, air support, and airborne marine infantry. The two exist because the Imperial Navy uses both landing dock and helicopter amphibious assault ships. The specific make ups of these divisions can vary, however. Guardsmen, however, come only in Infantry Divisions. Unlike Imperial Army Infantry Divisions, Guardsmen Divisions are the bulk unit make up; Guardsmen Divisions are assigned to military sectors throughout the country - regiments or battalions are often deployed thereafter. For example, the 1st Guardsmen Division, is assigned specifically to the Homeland State and act as the Emperor's primary guard unit (among many other duties); they are culturally famous and are revered as the Royal Guards most decorated/honored Guardsmen Division. 1st Infantry Regiment specifically is the unit's most infamous for being the primary guard unit located in the capital with elements protecting the Emperor and his fortress retreat. The remaining units inside a Guardsmen Division are often Military Police, Mechanized Infantry, or Airborne Infantry. Marine Divisions have armored elements, infantry varying from mechanized to airborne, aviation, and artillery.

Equipment

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  The AR Fortgeschritten bullpup assault rifle.

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  Mark-7 Kanone Service Pistol.

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  SM Stinger sub-machine gun/personal defense weapon.

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  LSW Mare squad automatic rifle and light machine gun.

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  SMJ 14.5 mm Heavy Machine Gun family Info.

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  SMJ 14.5 Gatling Series family Info.

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  Fang Sniper System, semi-automatic sniper rifle.

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  ASG Hirsch automatic shotgun.

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  MK-19 automatic grenade launcher. Info.

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  Panzerfaust-11.

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  AMR Sturm anti-material sniper rifle.

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  Nashorn CAR.

Tank(s)

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  The Feurig 2A1 MBT (Reserved or Upgraded). Info.

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  Feurig 2A2 (Primary). Info.

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  T-62F Medium Battle Tank. Info.

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  Schwert Light Battle Tank. Info.

Armored Personal Carriers & Armored Fighting Vehicles

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  The Schildkröte AAV/APC. Info.

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  Puma Wheeled APC/AFV Series. Info.

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  Höllenhund Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Info.

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  Bär Heavy APC Series.Info.

Other Armored Vehicles

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  The Fuchs Scout/Light Armored Vehicle. Info.

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  The Schroder Gun Truck Mk.2 Series. Info.

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  Luchs Protected Mobility Vehicle. Info.

Engineer/Support Vehicles

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  Entlein Combat Engineering and Recovery Vehicle. Info.

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  Ente Amphibious Transport Series. Info.

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  Wolverine All Terrain Transport. Info.

Artillery Pieces

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  Longbow Towed Howitzer. Info.

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  Crossbow Lightweight Towed Howitzer. Info.

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  LMS-14 90 mm Mortar.

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  HMS-15 155 mm Heavy Mortar.

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  SpeerWurf Self-Propelled Howitzer. Info.

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  Boar Self-Propelled Howitzer. Info.

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  Heiliger Blitz multi-role MRLS. Info.

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  Panther Flakpanzer SPAAG. Info.

Airborne Equipment

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  The Kondor Utility Helicopter. Info.

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  The HLT Adler Helicopter. Info.

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  The Anakonda attack helicopter. Info.

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  Ground Attack Plane Dragon. Info.

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  Blackfly multirole UAV/UCAV.

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  The Bartgeier-C Multirole Fighter. Info.

Ordinances

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  'Faerber' Series of Ammunition.

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  'Speer' Anti-Tank Guided Missile family. Info.

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  ALOT ATGM Series. Info.

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  Slingshot "New Age" Surface-to-Air Missile family. Info.

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  'Pfeil' 120/220 Rocket Artillery Series. Info.

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  'Fromme Faust Artillery Rocket Series. Info.

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  M666 GLATGM. Info.

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  M225 Artillery Shell. Info.

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  M290 Tank Shell. Info.

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  M291 Tank Shell. Info.

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  M230 Tank Shell. Canister shot tank shell; no further info available.

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  M299 Tank Shell. Info.

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  SSM-7 Mk. 1 & 2 'Mary Sue & Blue' (B model) ASM. Info.

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  Lanze Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile System. Info.

History

Jatzi Incident & Operation Sweeper

Marine Royal Guard troops were reportedly accused of the gassing of native Jatzi and operating infamous torture chambers called "Folterkammer" (german for 'Torture Chamber') in the Zwischen Ozean Colony. The said territory holds a number of Royal Guard Marine facilities, including a naval base and a number of land bases. In response, Jatzi natives launched an unprecedented guerrilla war against Commoner military forces. Although unofficial and unrecognized by some - said militants declared their homeland's independence and declared a war to "liberate occupied lands, native or not, by Commoners." A number of attacks were reported primarily against routine patrols in the area partially located into the claimed homeland; other attacks against police and civilian targets occurred with minimal affects - attempted attacks on military facilities were foiled.

In retaliation and a long awaited opportunity; regional commanders on the Emperor's directive formulated a combat operation targeting insurgents in Jatzi homelands in order to root out the militants. The operation, 'Operation Sweeper', was lead by the locally stationed Marine Royal Guard Division alongside the locally stationed Imperial Army Infantry Division; the two forces launched a two-pronged advance from the north (Imperial Army) and southern coast (Royal Guard Marine). Marine & and Imperial Army aviation and Imperial Air Force aircraft continuously bombarded positions before and during the operation while providing close air support throughout the combat operation. Although the Imperial Army forces approached the operation carefully to avoid collateral damage, often slowing its progress down, Royal Guard Marine forces have been accused of overreaching during the operation; a number of accusations, often labeled as war crimes, include deliberate or uncaring cause of collateral damage, lack of concern for civilians caught in the crossfire, and violation of commonly observed rules of warfare. The operation was slated as a complete success with a majority of commanders killed or captured and thousands of militants reportedly killed or captured. With the territory under full control now the local Colony Government set in place cultural based policies aimed at combating ethnic tension and discrimination. While the scars of war will always remain, many residents on both side have come forward together to end the tension and fighting - a sign of a more peaceful and united future.

Commoner Invasion of Roski Kamchatka Krai

On Sep 07, 2014, The Empire of Common Territories began a swift yet premeditated invasion of the Roski state of Kamchatka Krai. The invasion was started off with a naval and air bombardment of military facilities throughout the territory conducted by the special organized 1st Expeditionary Armada; cruise missiles, bombs, and rockets reportedly rocked the territory throughout the first night of the invasion. What proceeded the following morning was a large scale marine landing operation in three zones - a northern zone, a southern zone, and multiple islands acting as an individual zone. Conducted by the specially organized Royal Guard Marine 42nd Marine Corp., three divisions conducted multiple landing operations throughout the region; the first to the north focused on cutting off the territory from the mainland of Roski, halting any reinforcements or aid that would help; a second landing south focused on sweeping northward until it met the northern deployed division - this unit would likely see the most combat during the operation; and the third division were tasked with taking the many islands throughout the region belonging to the Roski Empire. To the surprise of the commanders and leaders back at home, opposition was totally unseen in Kamchatka Krai. There were two recorded instances where combat took place: a bombardment operation to eliminate a supposedly heavily defended abandoned settlement (which declassified military reports claim to have been the size of a division of ground troops) and the engagement of enemy naval reinforcements in the region; an Imperial Army forward deployed artillery unit, the 202nd Artillery Battalion, took major part in both combat missions. By the tenth (third day of the operation), the entire state was militarily under the control of Royal Guard Marine Expeditionary forces. The campaign, one of the TECT Armed Forces most successful in history, is noted for having zero casualties injuries, zero resistance in the form of native military forces or local resistance movements, and the full control of a territory within a few days time. Although criticized as "an act of unprecedented, unprovoked, aggression and imperialism." by skeptics, the operation is considered one of the Empire's (and the Royal Guard Marines by association) greatest military and cultural successes.