Lt. Tab-At “Tabby” (L)—Engineering Officer.
Ensign Min-Sakir “Minnie” (L)—Bridge talker.
Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jeek (L)—Former crew chief, Special Air Division.
Chief Engineer Isak Reuben—One of the original Mice.
Chief Quartermaster Patrick “Paddy” Rosen
Juan Marcos—Officer’s Steward.
Earl Lanier—Cook.
Wallace Fairchild—Sonarman, Anti-Mountain Fish Countermeasures (AMF-DIC).
Corporal Neely—Imperial Marine and bugler assigned to Walker.
USS Mahan (DD-102)
Cmdr. Tiaa-Baari (L)
Cmdr. Muraak-Saanga (L)—XO (former Donaghey XO and sailing master).
Lt. Sonya—Engineering Officer.
Chief Gunner’s Mate Pak-Ras-Ar “Pack Rat” (L)—Gunnery Officer.
Torpedoman 1st Class Fino Saal (L)—Acting Torpedo Officer.
USS James Ellis (DD-21)
Cmdr. Perry Brister
Lt. Rolando “Ronson” Rodriguez—XO.
Lt. (jg) Suaa “Suey” Jin (L)—“Sound Man,” Anti–Mountain Fish Countermeasures (AMF-DIC).
Lt. (jg) Paul Stites—Gunnery Officer.
Lt. (jg) Johnny Parks—Engineering Officer.
Chief Bosun’s Mate Carl Bashear
Taarba-Kaar “Tabasco” (L)—Cook.
U-112
Oberleuitnant Kurt Hoffman (German).
Oberleuitnant Walbert Fiedler (German).
USS Savoie (BB-1)
Cmdr. Russ Chappelle
Lt. Michael “Mikey” Monk—XO.
Lt. Naala-Araan (L)—Quartermaster.
Lt. (jg) Dean Laney—Engineering Officer.
Lt. Stanly Raj—Impie First Lieutenant.
Surgeon Cmdr. Kathy McCoy
Stanley “Dobbin” Dobson—Chief Bosun’s Mate.
Gunnery Sergeant Arnold Horn, USMC—formerly of the 4th (US) Marines.
USS Fitzhugh Gray (CL-1)
Cmdr. Toru Miyata
Lt. Cmdr. Ado-Sin (L)—XO.
Lt. Robert Wallace—Gunnery Officer.
Lt. Sainaa-Asa (L)—Engineering Officer.
Lt. (jg) Eno-Sab-Raan (L)—Torpedo Officer.
Ensign Gaat-Rin (L)
CPO Pepper (L)—Chief Bosun’s Mate.
USS Tarakaan Island (SPD-3)
Self-propelled dry dock.
USS Sular (Protected Troopship)
Converted from Grik BB.
Carrier Air
Admiral Keje-Fris-Ar (L)
Commodore Tassanna-Ay-Arracca (L)
USNRS Salissa “Big Sal” (CV-1)
Captain Atlaan-Fas (L)
Cmdr. Sandy Newman—XO.
Surgeon Commander Sandra Tucker Reddy—Minister of Medicine and wife of Captain Reddy.
Diania—Steward’s Assistant and Sandra’s friend and bodyguard.
1st Naval Air Wing
Captain Jis-Tikkar “Tikker” (L)—Commander of Flight Operations (COFO) of 1st Naval Air Wing, including 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bomb Squadrons; 1st, 2nd Pursuit Squadrons.
USS Madraas (CV-8) 8th Naval Air Wing.
Frigates (DDs) Attached
Des-Ron 10
USS Bowles***
USS Saak-Fas***
USS Clark**
USS Kas-Ra-Ar**—Captain Mescus-Ricum (L).
USS Ramic-Sa-Ar*
MTB-Ron-1 (Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Number 1)
11 x MTBs (Numbers 4, 7, 13, 15, 16, 18–23)
Lieutenant Nat Hardee
Land-Based Air
Colonel Ben Mallory
Arracca Field—Army/Navy air base at the mouth of the Zambezi River
Lt. Cmdr. Mark Leedom—Commander of Flight Operations (COFO), 4th, 7th, 8th Bomb Squadrons; 5th, 6th, 14th Pursuit Squadrons; and the remainder of the 5th Naval Air Wing.
2nd Lt. Cecil Dixon—Mallory’s Operation Officer.
2nd Lt. Niaa-Saa “Shirley” (L)—Mallory’s aide and pilot.
Lt. Araa-Faan (L)—Commander of Flight Operations (COFO) at Grik City.
Lt. Walt “Jumbo” Fisher—Pat-Squad 22.
Former General of the Sky Hideki Muriname
AEF-1 (First Fleet Allied Expeditionary Force)
General of the Army and Marines Pete Alden—Former sergeant in USS Houston Marine contingent.
I Corps
General Lord Muln-Rolak (L)
1st (Galla) Division
General Taa-leen (L)
1st Marines; 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th Baalkpan
2nd Division
General Rin-Taaka-Ar (L)
1st, 2nd Maa-ni-la; 4th, 6th, 7th Aryaal
II Corps
General Queen Safir Maraan (L)
3rd Division
General Mersaak (L)
“The 600” (B’mbaado Regiment composed of “Silver” and “Black” Battalions); 3rd Baalkpan; 3rd, 10th B’mbaado; 1st, 5th Sular; 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines
6th Division
General Grisa (L)
5th, 6th B’mbaado; 1st, 2nd, 9th Aryaal; 3rd Sular
1st Cavalry Brigade
Lt. Colonel Saachic (L)
3rd and 6th Maa-ni-la Cavalry
“Maroons”
Colonel Will
Consolidated Division of “Maroons,” Shee-ree, and Allied Advisors
III Corps
General Faan-Ma-Mar (L)
9th & 11th Divisions
2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th Maa-ni-la; 8th Baalkpan; 10th Aryaal
Hij Geerki (G)—Rolak’s “pet,” captured at Rangoon, now “mayor” of Grik POWs at Grik City.
VI Corps
Special Force
1st Allied Raider Brigade—“Chack’s Raiders” or “Chack’s Brigade”
Lt. Col. Chack-Sab-At (L)
Chief Gunner’s Mate Dennis Silva
Lawrence “Larry the Lizard”—orange-and-brown tiger-striped Grik-like Sa’aaran.
21st (Combined) Allied Regiment
1st, 2nd Battalions of the 9th Maa-ni-la; 2nd Battalion of the 1st Respite
Major Alistair Jindal—Imperial Marine.
Captain McIntyre
7th (Combined) Allied Regiment
19th Baalkpan; 1st Battalion of the 11th Imperial Marines
Major Enrico Galay—former corporal in the Philippine Scouts.
1st North Borno Regiment
Major Abel Cook—in place of Major I’joorka.
1st Sergeant “Moe” the Hunter
Sergeant “Pokey”—Real Grik who has switched sides.
En route
XII Corps
General Mu-Tai (L)
Half-trained Austraal volunteers with rifle-muskets
XIV Corps
Militia out of Baalkpan, Sular, and B’taava
In Persia
(Detached Duty, shadowing General Halik)
5th Maa-ni-la Cavalry
Colonel Enaak (L)
Czech Legion
Colonel Dalibor Svec
The Czech Legion, or “Brotherhood of Volunteers,” is a near-division-level cavalry force of aging Czechs, Slovaks, and their continental Lemurian allies, militarily—if not politically—bound to the Grand Alliance.
The Republic of Real People
Caesar (Kaiser) Nig-Taak (L)
General Marcus Kim—Military High Command.
Inquisitor Kon-Choon (L)—Director of Spies.
General Taal-Gaak (L)—Republic Cavalry Commander.
Courtney Bradford—Australian naturalist and engineer. Minister of Science and Plenipotentiary at Large for the Grand Alliance.
Colonel Bekiaa-Sab-At (L)—Military liaison from the Grand Alliance and Legate under General Kim; now directly commanding the
23rd Legion.
Optio Jack Meek—Bekiaa’s aide, Inquisitor Choon’s liaison, and Doocy Meek’s son.
Prefect Bele—Bekiaa’s XO.
TFG-2 (Task Force Garret-2)
Long-Range Reconnaissance and Exploration
USS Donaghey (DD-2)
Cmdr. Greg Garrett
Lt. Mak-Araa (L)—XO.
Lt. (jg) Wendel “Smitty” Smith—Gunnery Officer.
Chief Bosun’s Mate Jenaar-Laan (L)
Surgeon Lt. (jg) Sori-Maai (L)
Marine Lieutenant Haana-Lin-Naar (L)
Major “Tribune” Pol-Heena (L)
Leutnant Koor-Susk (L)
USS Matarife (prize ship)
At Baalkpan
Cmdr. Alan Letts—Chairman of the United Homes and the Grand Alliance.
Leading Seaman Henry Stokes—Director of Office of Strategic Intelligence (OSI); formerly of HMAS Perth.
Cmdr. Steve “Sparks” Riggs—Minister of Communications and Electrical Contrivances.
Lord Bolton Forester—Imperial Ambassador.
Lt. Bachman—Forester’s aide.
Leftenant (Ambassador) Doocy Meek—British sailor and former POW (WWI), representing the Republic of Real People.
Surgeon Cmdr. Karen Theimer Letts—Assistant Minister of Medicine.
“King” Tony Scott—High Chief and Assemblyperson for the Khonashi of North Borno.
Eastern Sea Campaign
High Admiral Harvey Jenks—CINCEAST.
Second Fleet
Fleet Admiral Lelaa-Tal-Cleraan (L)
USS Maaka-Kakja (CV-4)
“Flag” Captain Tex Sheider
Gilbert Yeager—Chief Engineer; one of the original Mice.
3rd Naval Air Wing
2nd Lt. Orrin Reddy—Commander of Flight Operations (COFO) 9th, 11th, 12th Bomb Squadrons; 7th, 10th Pursuit Squadrons. Orrin Reddy, though as reluctant as his cousin to assume higher official rank and still stubbornly considering himself a 2nd Lt. in the US Army Air Corps, has been named “Flag” COFO of Second Fleet.
Sgt. Kuaar-Ran-Taak “Seepy” (L)—Orrin Reddy’s “backseater.”
USS New Dublin (CV-6)—6th Naval Air Wing.
USS Raan-Goon (CV-7)—7th Naval Air Wing.
Line of Battle
Admiral E. B. Hibbs
9 Ships of the Line including HIMSs Mars, Centurion, Mithra, Hermes, Diana, Ananke, Feronia, Poena, and Nesoi, plus:
USS Sword—Former Dom Espada de Dios.
USS Destroyer—Former Dom Deoses Destructor.
Cmdr. Ruik-Sor-Raa (L)—One-armed former commander of USS Simms.
Lt. Parr—XO—Former commander of HIMS Icarus.
Attached DDs
HIMSs Ulysses, Euripides, Tacitus
HIMS Achilles
Lt. Grimsley
USS Pinaa-Tubo—Ammunition ship.
Lt. Radaa-Nin (L)
USS Saanga—Fleet oiler.
USS Pucot—Fleet oiler.
Second Fleet Allied Expeditionary Force
Army of the Sisters
General Tomatsu Shinya
Saan-Kakja (L)—High Chief of Maa-ni-la and all the Filpin Lands.
Governor-Empress Rebecca Anne McDonald
Lt. Ezekial Krish—Aide-de-camp.
Surgeon Cmdr. Selass-Fris-Ar (L)—Daughter of Keje-Fris-Ar.
X Corps
Three divisions Lemurian Army and Marines, 6 divisions Imperial Marines, 4 regiments “Frontier Troops”; total 10 divisions w/ heavy artillery and support train.
General James Blair
Colonel Dao Iverson—6th Imperial Marines.
Captain Faal-Pel “Stumpy” (L)—1st Battalion, 8th Maa-ni-la.
Sister’s Own Division
“Colonel” Sister Audry—Benedictine nun; nominal command.
Colonel Arano Garcia—“El Vengadores de Dios,” a regiment raised from penitent Dominion POWs on New Ireland, augmented by disaffected Dom Christians represented by Captain Bustos, who replaced Ximen, KIA.
Captain Jasso—Garcia’s XO (Pacal’s replacement).
“Lord” Sergeant Major Koratin (L)—Marine protector and advisor to Sister Audry.
Major Blas-Ma-Ar “Blossom” (L)—2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, and the Ocelomeh (Jaguar Warriors).
Captain Ixtli—Blas’s acting XO.
Lt. Anaar-Taar (L)—C Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.
Spon-Ar-Aak “Spook” (L)—Gunner’s Mate, and 1st Sgt. of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.
XI Corps and Filpin Scouts
General Ansik-Talaa (L)
XV Corps
Embarked Imperial Marines.
In contact with “New United States” Forces
Lt. Fred Reynolds—Formerly Special Air Division, USS Walker.
Lt. (jg) Kari-Faask (L)—Reynolds’s friend and “backseater.”
“New United States” Forces
Admiral Duncan—Overall operational commander of the NUS naval and land forces in the Caribbean, aboard NUSS Zachary Taylor.
Commodore Semmes—Commanding NUS Fleet, aboard NUSS Eric Holland.
Lt. Ulysses “Ully” Locke—XO.
Captain Ezra Willis—Commanding heavy frigate NUSS Congress.
Lt. Samuel Hudgens—XO.
Captain “Anson”—NUS Ranger.
Alferez (Ensign) Tomas Perez Mole—League Prisoner (Spanish).
Enemies
Grik (Gharrichk’k)
Celestial Mother (G)—Absolute, godlike ruler of all the Grik, regardless of the relationships between the various Regencies.
General Esshk (G)—First General of all the Grik, and Regent Champion Consort to the new Celestial Mother.
The Chooser (G)—Highest member of his order at the Court of the Celestial Mother; prior to current policy, “choosers” selected those destined for life—or the cookpots—as well as those eligible for elevation to Hij status.
General of the Sky Mitsuo Ando—Muriname’s former XO.
General Ign (G)—Commander of Esshk’s New Warriors.
First Ker-noll Jash—Commander of the Slashers.
Ker-noll Naxa
Ker-noll Shelg
In Persia
General Halik
General Shlook
General Ugla (G)
General Orochi Niwa (Japanese)
Holy Dominion
His Supreme Holiness, Messiah of Mexico, and by the Grace of God, Emperor of the World—“Dom Pope” and absolute ruler.
Don Hernan de Divina Dicha—Blood Cardinal.
General Mayta—Commander of the Army of God.
General Allegria—Blood Drinker and son of Don Hernan.
League of Tripoli
Capitaine de Fregate Victor Gravois (French)
Capitano di Fregata Ciano (Italian)
Contrammiraglio Oriani (Italian)—Organizations for Vigilance and Repression of Antifascism.
In Allied custody
Capitaine Dupont (French)
SPECIFICATIONS
American-Lemurian Ships and Equipment
USS Walker (DD-163)—Wickes (Little) class four-stacker destroyer. Twin-screw steam turbines; 1,200 tons; 314′ x 30′. Max speed (as designed): 35 knots. 112 officers and enlisted (current) including Lemurians (L). Armament: Main—3 x 4″-50 + 1 x DP 4″-50. Secondary—4 x 25 mm Type 96 AA, 4 x .50 cal MG, 6 x .30 cal MG. 40-60 Mk-6 (or equivalent) depth charges for 2 stern racks and 2 Y guns (with adapters). 2 x 21″ quadruple-tube torpedo mounts. Impulse-activated catapult for PB-1B Nancy seaplane.
USS Mahan (DD-102)—Wickes-class four-stacker destroyer. Twin-screw steam turbines; 960 tons; 264′ x 30′ (as rebuilt). Max speed: 25 knots. Rebuild has resulted in shortening, and removal of 2 funnels and boilers. Forward 4″-50 is on a d
ual-purpose mount. Otherwise, her armament and upgrades are the same as those of USS Walker.
USS James Ellis (DD-21)—Wickes (Walker) class four-stacker destroyer. Twin-screw steam turbines; 1,300 tons; 314′ x 30′. Max speed: 37 knots. 115 officers and enlisted. Armament: Main—4 x DP 4″-50. Secondary—4 x .50 cal MG, 6 x .30 cal MG. 40-60 Mk-6 (or equivalent) depth charges for 2 stern racks and 2 Y guns (with adapters). 2 x 21″ quadruple-tube torpedo mounts. Impulse-activated catapult for PB-1B Nancy seaplane.
USS Sular—Protected troopship converted from Grik BB. 800′ x 100′, 18,000 tons. Twin-screw, triple-expansion Baalkpan Navy Yard steam engine. Max speed: 16 knots. Crew: 400. 100 stacked motor dories mounted on sliding davits. Armament: 4 x DP 4″-50, 4 x .30 cal MG.
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