| Royal Hapan Army | |
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| Organisational Information | |
| Departments | Administration Personnel Reconnaissance Infrastructure Marine Operations |
| Chief of Staff | Heyallo Stylez |
| Department Heads | N/A |
| Headquarters | Maries, Hapan system |
| Establishment | 13–3946 4000–present |
The Royal Hapan Army is the oldest service of the Royal Hapan Armed Forces and is an enormous versatile ground force devoted to the security and defence of the Hapes Consortium. It was founded as an official branch of the Hapes Consortium in year 13, during the Foundation Era when the Consortium consisted only of Lorell and Hapes Prime.
Unlike the Royal Hapan Navy, the ground forces maintained a fairly constant structure throughout the Age of Queen-Mothers and was always considered an important part of the Hapes Consortium due to the job opportunities it provided for all Hapans who wanted it. In 702 when Queen-Mother Tini'duran III introduced the idea of the feudal nobility system, the army was partially split with some divisions working under a central commoner command called the Consortium Army while noble houses maintained large planetary garrisons called the Noble Army.
During the Phoenix Age and later Golden Age, the Royal Hapan Army has been reformed numerous times to become a more effective and versatile fighting force in line with the Consortium's needs in modern times.
History
For a more detailed history on the ground forces prior to the Phoenix Age, see History of the Hapes Consortium's ground forces, Royal Hapan Army during the Age of Queen-Mothers and Hapes Consortium's ground forces during the Hapan civil war.
During the years following the Hapan civil war, the Royal Hapan Army was a loose union of the remnant armies of the Draconian Union primarily, along with the remnants of the Phoenix Movement. It proved initially difficult to keep the peace on former worlds of the Sword Confederacy and Phoenix Movement when old Draconian Union troops were deployed there. As it took time to manufacture new neutral Hapes Consortium uniforms, many local populations were suspicious towards the troops. Eventually things settled, but some officers who came from opposite sides had trouble getting along. Hence HapSec was founded to help keep the peace on installations and facilities in the Capital region of the Hapes Cluster. It employed primarily individuals who wished to immigrate to the Hapes Consortium and had no knowledge of the conflict that had taken place.
The military officers Pez Harr and Ta'Me'Wes were primarily considered responsible for the large success of the Royal Hapan Army from 4016 and on. They advocated for additional funding of the army and the development of more advanced equipment. While Harr was the overall commander of the Royal Hapan Army and HapSec, Ta'Me'Wes was put in charge of leading the Phoenix Guard which specialised in the security of the Capital region.
After Grand General Harr attempted a military revolt against King James in 4027, Lieutenant General Ta'Me'Wes was put in command and HapSec's use ceased. In the following year the Royal Hapan Army was transformed primarily in to the Marine Corps which was used for swift military operations, keeping minimal amounts of troops garrisoned on any world. It saw extensive action on the surface of Lorell during the lengthy Black Sun Crisis and was later also deployed to foreign space during the Dellalt Conflict.
In recent years the ground forces have been reformed numerous times to make it more effective and planetary garrisons have been re-established. It is currently headed by Tovakinpi Toshikhan following the successful leadership of Lord Tyrridon.
Departments
Template:Portal-HapesAF Following a series of reforms within the Royal Hapan Armed Forces in the late 4033 and early 4034, the Royal Hapan Army introduced a new structure more closely resembling that of the Royal Hapan Navy. It was intended to encourage fluidity in multi-division operations and to enhance the effectiveness of the Army’s actions. Essentially the Army subdivided its current divisions of the Fleet Detachments and the Core Division into a series of smaller departments with more precise and specific duties.
Army Administration
The Department of Army Administration is also commonly referred to as Army Command. It is made up of all the other department heads as well as the Royal Hapan Army Chief of Staff, responsible for Army justice, promotions and awards.
Army Personnel
The Department of Army Personnel deals with newly enlisted recruits and is responsible for their training in proper Hapan and Army operating procedures as well as basic piloting skills, docking procedures and facility usage.
Army Infrastructure
The Department of Army Infrastructure is responsible for developing ground based defenses, fortifications and outposts throughout the cluster both automated and human controlled. It is the remnant of the old Regiment Corps which was stationed on various key worlds of the Hapes Cluster, forming basic garrisons.
Army Reconnaissance
The Department of Army Reconnaissance is responsible for all scanning and reconnaissance performed by the Royal Hapan Army. Duties entail the scanning of planetary surfaces under Hapan control in order to maintain cluster security, as well as performing operations in cooperation with other branches of the Hapes Consortium in matters regarding intelligence.
Marine Operations
The Department of Marine Operations maintains Marine detachments with each individual fleet of the Royal Hapan Navy in order to provide security in inter-cluster operations as well as intra-cluster normal proceedings. The marines provide offensive and defensive immediate options to situations at hand.
The department has a single Director who is in command of a number of detachments based on the number of fleets within the Royal Hapan Navy each one having its own Detachment Commander. The Director may or may not choose to command a detachment of his own. The Minister of Defence or the [[Sovereign of Hapes]|Sovereign] may via the Army Chief of Staff request the formation of additional detachments temporarily for special operations as requested which members will be taken temporarily from preexisting detachments.
Rank Structure
Equipment
Vehicles
The Royal Hapan Army employs a wide array of fighting vehicles, with the most prominent one being the H-1 Light Battle Tank. Commissioned in 4026, it has been the mainstay fighting vehicle of the Hapes Consortium's ground forces ever since, seeing how it is a distinct Hapan design. Its speed and maneuverability makes it a formidable scout and escort vehicle.
Among other vehicles used are imported foreign vehicles such as the AT-PT, T-47 and Combat Cloud Car which have varying degrees of usefulness. They are deployed to planetary garrisons as patrol and peace-keeping vehicles.
Ships
For movement of equipment and personnel, the Royal Hapan Army primarily utilizes two ships. The Gallofree Medium Transport is primarily used because of its larger weight capacity as well as hangar bay, making it suitable for transporting ground vehicles around the Hapes Cluster, as well as 200 troops. The ships armaments and relatively faster hyper-rating makes it ideal for most Army operations.
For short range transports of small amounts of troops both Atlas Troop Transport Shuttles and Drop Ship Transports are used, being able to carry 40 and 25 troops each respectively.
Weaponry
In the early years of the Phoenix Age, the Royal Hapan Army used almost exclusively armament provided by the Royal Armaments Guild of Charubah and Charubah Industries. However following a lack of development of new weapons to meet the needs of the Army, the new weapons manufacturer Endara Arms entered the market, proposing the HB series. Since 4028 it has been the standard of the Royal Hapan Armed Forces, consisting of the following weapons:
