Giblot (Realm)/Military

The Military Command

Military chain of command

Chancellor		Gellin Gellander
Grand General		Nightling Balewind
Marshal		Tipraite Trian, Marshal of the Army of Liberty
Marshal		Tomas O'claude Ve, Marshal of the Home Guard
Duke of Giblot		Elros Pannonius

Army of Liberty

Symbol: Yellow and Red Sunburst
Founded by Duke of Giblot Will Bell and the Liberty Party in an effort to return structure back to Giblot's military. The two primary concerns that first brought together the members of the Liberty Party were concerns with corruption or ineffectiveness present in the current government and the ineffectiveness and disorder present in Giblot's military. The Army of Liberty can thus be considered a natural outcome of the Liberty Party's pursuit of their goals. While the Army of Liberty is sponsored by the Liberty Party, so far there have been no political elements involved with the Army, perhaps due to the lack of opposing parties.

Home Guard

This army group requires Low Activity, and focuses on region maintenance.

Rules and Regulations

It is the right of every commander to determine their own retreat conditions and unit type. However, commanders showing cowardice and retreating when they are needed may face censure or even a demerit. All other unit settings are expected to follow the current orders as given by the Marshal.

Demerits

Demerits are 'black marks' on a commander's record given due to poor service. Demerits can typically be avoided by promptly reporting delays, expected absences, or reasons for previous absences, or by ensuring that oneself is in an army group of lower required activity/responsiveness.

• Demerits may only be filed by Marshals on commanders within their army.

• Demerits may be filed up to one week after a commander has transferred from said army.

• A Marshal may not place more than one demerit upon a commander for any one transgression.

If a commander is found suspect of a more serious offense (such as treason) and both has enough evidence to mark them as likely to be guilty, but not enough to ensure that it is so, they will immediately be subject to the next level of penalization (at 3, 5, and 6 demerits respectively).

• Demerits may be filed for any reason, not limited to the following:

Dereliction of Duty
Disobeying Orders
Breaking Giblotian Law
Fomenting Unrest in the Ranks(1)

(1): Defined as arguing with military superiors in a manner that compromises military effectiveness.

Procedure

A commander's total demerits for the purposes of fines and other penalizations is equal to that commander's total military recognitions minus their total demerits. Recognitions do not in any way remove demerits from record or otherwise affect demerits.

• The Marshal may declare a demerit upon a commander within two weeks of their transgression.

• The commander may file a case to have the demerit removed by contacting the Inquisitor within 2 weeks of the filing of the demerit. The case will then be reviewed by the Marshal and the Military Tribunal. If any two of the Tribunal find fault in the demerit it is then removed without record.

• Once a demerit has made it past the two week review period (or was called to review and was not overturned) any of the Military Tribunal may force a fine upon the commander. This fine may not be called by any other noble, including the commander's Marshal.

Any of the Military Tribunal may ask for an alternative service to be provided by the fined commander, though the commander may still opt to pay the fine instead. The nature of this service must always be approved by the Inquisitor.
Fines are as follows:
1st Demerit: 10 gold
2nd Demerit: 25 gold
3rd Demerit: 50 gold
4th Demerit: 75 gold
5th Demerit: 100 gold

• All of the following require the acknowledgement of the matter by the General or both of the Chancellor and Judge, with the General then ensuring the penalties are enacted with efficiency:

Once a commander in an Active (non-defensive) army has three demerits over the total number of military honours they have received they will be moved into a defensive army. If the commander can later balance out their demerits against honours they can request to be moved back to an active army.

Once a commander in a non-active army has five demerits they will have their taxes cut at their lord's discretion, but allowing them no more than 25 gold income a week. At six demerits the commander is removed from the active military, and, at their lord's discretion will have their taxes cut, but can receive no more than 15 gold per week.