Jungfruar ach Bandlagare

Jungfruar ach Bandlagare, sometimes better known abroad by it's English name "Maidens ach Tracklayers" or sometimes "Maidens and Tracklayers" or even "MaT" is a series of books written by the Imerian author Brynhilde Tinasdottir about a series of girls attending the bording school "Rosewood academy" and despite being girls take up the spot as one of the crew of a tracklayer crew as part of the school district's military education competitions when the Rosewood academy faces of either other schools or entire different school districts in competitions of mock combat as is common in federal education. However the training exercises described in the books are often described as a bit more realistic than what is common in the real school system. Often depicting the tracklayers used not as the downsized, unarmoured, and slower replicas used by school but instead using the statistics one would expect from real tracklayers. The book was originally intended for girls however it found a popular fan following by both boys and girls in the federation for it's humour and the fish out of water story as women are not included in military education and are instead given classes focused on more womanly activities.

The story follows a team of 15 girls and especially the young noble lady Tina auf Hammarnafe that serves as the PoV character that hails from a noble house that has commanded a hammar class tracklayer regiment since their introduction in the Imerian army, Tina and her comrades that were forced to take up the mantle of the schools tracklayer formation consisting of two tankettes, one light male tracklayer, two hammar class tracklayers of both female and male varieties, and later on even a heavy beheamoth class tracklayer. It should be noted that this is a very impressive tracklayer formation for a school the size of rosewood and another point that is not generally seen as very realistic. In the first story was the girls allowed to run because the school headmaster made a bet with the nearby rival school Oakenfield academy about who's school would win a mock combat engagement but the whole school's tracklayer specialists were said to have gotten sick due to food poisoning during a training exercise. Tina and her class mates volunteered to take the team after the headmaster realised that the challenge said that the combat was between "students" not "boys" and Tina used her noble lineage and what she had learned from her father and brother's at home to defeat a male team in a tracklayer duel. In later books is this not clarified furhter, however the second book also makes a mention of food poisoning and the third and forth novels does not even mention why this is allowed. Most fans however seems to believe in the theory that the headmasters keeps making best that he ill can afford to lose.

Stories

Name	Published	Takes place	Summary
A maid and her tracklayer	2017	Not mentioned	Tina auf Hammarnafe and her fellow students must face off against a rival school in a mock combat exercise, however can they prevent their fellow students and rivals from learning that they are women and bring home the victory at the same time? Especially as their rivals maintain one of the fiercest student cavalry corps in the realm.
Maiden tracklayer warfare	2018	Not mentioned	Rosewood and Oakenfield acadamies are forced to join forces as the local shrine between the two schools are mocked by a School from Vedian. Can our heroines preserve their identities while also fight alongside their rivals? And can they find out what they say about Vedians and their Kilts are true.
Maidens in a Tracklayer clash	2020	Not mentioned	The great anual student clash is upon the Rosewood, and the students are called in for a week long engagement between the entire school district this time facing off against a school from Blaland, can our heroines prevail in this new hot landscape and secure honour not only for Rosewood and Oakenfield but also for the entire school district?
A maid in royal blue.	2021	Not mentioned	Yet another school faceoff is again upon Rosewood and Oakenfield as they this time is brought up in a mock exercise in the dense jungles of Sydvinland. Can our heroines secure victory not only facing mud, heat, rain, terror birds, but worst of all, a lack of proper bathing facilities out in the jungle and can their new toy help them?

Characters

Tina auf Hammarnafe

Tina is a young and smart woman as home in a tracklayer as she is in the kitchen, embroidery workshop, or with the accounting books being often very creative and using a very feminine mindset and her math skills to secure victories.

Brynhilda Rosadottir

Brynhilda is the second in command and gunner to Tina and often serve as a competent woman even if her appitite and love of food is played up as a humorous element in the books.

Klara Erikasdottir

Klara is the driver of Tina's tracklayer and her riding as well as her driving skills are often described as comedically reckless.

Hageriker auf Rosenholmen

Hageriker is the son of a noble and attends Rosewood, as such is he often put in overall command of the schools students in military exercises. He serves as a romantic interest to Tina and knew of her identity as of the end of the first novel. Generally is he depicted as rather good natured and well willing and serves as a father to the men of Rosewood.

Birger auf Ekensjan

Birger is one of the main antagonists of the first novel as the commander of the Oakenfield cavalry is he depicted as a dashing and courageous young man with a duel scar across his cheek already despite his young age. He also serves as a potential love interest to Tina and knew of her identity as of the end of the second novel.