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The Lyran Commonwealth is all about living large and swinging their big, turgid moneydick around; and their warfare is no different. Their most basic and common battle tactic is to swarm the field with enormous Assault or Heavy-class Mechs and simply pound a target into dust with the combined fire of their massive death machines, to the point that any mech under 50 tons is described by commanders as "obnoxious" at best and "Useless" at worst. So obsessed with their big stompy boys that the Lyran Commonwealth parks a pair of fucking [[Shadow Hawk]]s in the throne room to guard the Archon. Each Mech regiment is supported by three regiments of armor, artillery, and infantry in what is known as a Combat team, with the Mech unit's commander being in charge of everything else. While the Mechs are quite important, it is their Armor divisions that have often found themselves winning the day, since they can shit tanks out with regularity, and their commanders noted how useful they were in that they did not have to be fucking enormous mechs in order to accomplish their mission, and often found themselves doing the kind of tactical gruntwork that the Mechs were not. | |||
The biggest disadvantage of the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces is that it has | The biggest disadvantage of the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces is that it has a very bad habit of giving high ranks and promotions to noticeably undeserving people simply because they are wealthy, from prominent noble houses, or well connected politically rather than actual qualification. While this may not be a uniquely Lyran problem (you can straight up buy your way into the officer corps in [[Magistracy of Canopus|Canopus]]), it is definitely at it's most pronounced. Some officers are more concerned with keeping up appearances than ever leading effectively, and so it is often that the Lyran Commonwealth gets completely overran because they simply do not have the tactical know-how to adequately counter certain strategies, especially if they happen to come from Light mech lances. | ||
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Revision as of 06:33, 13 July 2021
The Lyran Commonwealth is one of the five successor states of the Inner Sphere ruled by House Steiner. It is typically influenced by Imperial Germany.
History
House Steiner
Society
Military
The Lyran Commonwealth is all about living large and swinging their big, turgid moneydick around; and their warfare is no different. Their most basic and common battle tactic is to swarm the field with enormous Assault or Heavy-class Mechs and simply pound a target into dust with the combined fire of their massive death machines, to the point that any mech under 50 tons is described by commanders as "obnoxious" at best and "Useless" at worst. So obsessed with their big stompy boys that the Lyran Commonwealth parks a pair of fucking Shadow Hawks in the throne room to guard the Archon. Each Mech regiment is supported by three regiments of armor, artillery, and infantry in what is known as a Combat team, with the Mech unit's commander being in charge of everything else. While the Mechs are quite important, it is their Armor divisions that have often found themselves winning the day, since they can shit tanks out with regularity, and their commanders noted how useful they were in that they did not have to be fucking enormous mechs in order to accomplish their mission, and often found themselves doing the kind of tactical gruntwork that the Mechs were not.
The biggest disadvantage of the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces is that it has a very bad habit of giving high ranks and promotions to noticeably undeserving people simply because they are wealthy, from prominent noble houses, or well connected politically rather than actual qualification. While this may not be a uniquely Lyran problem (you can straight up buy your way into the officer corps in Canopus), it is definitely at it's most pronounced. Some officers are more concerned with keeping up appearances than ever leading effectively, and so it is often that the Lyran Commonwealth gets completely overran because they simply do not have the tactical know-how to adequately counter certain strategies, especially if they happen to come from Light mech lances.