La Legion Etrangere Gauloise

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La Legion Etrangere Gauloise
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Basic Information

[font=Trebuchet Ms]The LE is a military group thats based off the Gallic Royal Navy. While it became famous in the last few years, the Legion is nearly as ancient as the Navy itself. Being the elite group of the Navy, its mainly deployed against Gallic organizations/groups/criminals, everything that could damage the throne. While it is led independently by the Lord Mareshal, he still responds to the King and the Legion can also be deployed against inner-gallic threats. Their base of operation is basically whole Gallia, and the Lord Mareshal only takes orders from the King himself.

Although until now, no attacks against Sirian people were made, King Louis V. regards the Legion as his ace against anyone, anytime, anywhere. The men and women who have the luck to be a part of the Legion are handpicked by the highest members from all over Gallia and are generally considered to be the best pilots, having the best skills both mentally and physically.

As the Gallic Borders have been recently opened by the Council, the King needed more backup and thus has elected a new, more-capable Lord Mareshal. Although hes younger than most of his predecessors, the King sees him as the Chosen One of Gallia. His name is Enzo du Sable.

History of the Gallic Foreign Legion

As mentioned before, the Legion was based off the original Gallic Navy, but was founded later in 99 A.G.S., 13 years after the landing on New Paris. To understand why it was even founded we must take a look at the situation going on at that time. Millions of Gallic people of all classes were trying to build a new life on a never before seen or known planet. They were all depressed and disappointed by their former Alliance partners who made them not worthy of having an own sleeper ship. Thus, many conflicts began to raid between the people and the crime rate increased dramatically. Each day new rogue groups were founded to unleash terror upon humble citizens. It was that time of chaos when Queen Madeleine chose one man out of his people to solve this situation once and for all. He was known as Comte Andre Le Benevole (Lord Andre the Helper). It was during those darkest times when the first ideology and principes of the Legion were created. Andre believed that every man and woman has to be valued by what he/she can do for a certain purpose, no matter what origins or beliefs he/she has. And so, he founded the Foreign Squad, and the fundament for the Legion has been set. He and his men were travelling from town to town, from village to village and from fields to fields to unite the people to believe in Gallia and the Queen. Those who did not agree to this were simply executed infront of everyone. Thats how he managed to unite even rogues with merchants and humble citizens to create the perfect population, although under heavy military surveillance. After their great success on New Paris, the Queen ordered the Foreign Squad to the recently colonized Planet Lyonnais, where under-paid workers were striking and damaging the whole colonization process. The Foreign Squad arrived and, with most of the workers back to their contruction sites, within 3 months the colonization could start again. Queen Madeleine was so delighted by their success that she finally created La Legion Etrangere Gauloise. However, one day before the official foundation of the group, Andre was murdered silently and thus a new leader had to be elected. It was a man named Leon du Sable, one of the very early relatives of the current leader Enzo.

The exact date of the foundation of the Legion was 104 A.G.S. After the death of the Queen, the newly-ascended King Josef grants the Legion pure independence as military group (they still have to respond to the King). The goal has been finally reached, and Leon started a total overhaul of the Legion, including ranks and members, and those rules by him have hardly changed even until our date today. As time passed on and new planets were discovered and inhabitated, the Legion stepped more and more into the shadows, finally becoming unknown to the majority of the Gaulois. During the Golden Age they completely vanished from the surface, heavily operating in the background. Everything was running perfectly for Gallia: The cities were flourishing, the wealth was rising, the population was happy, politicians were fair and crime and corruption was too low to be dangerous. And all that while the Legion was controlling from the background, undetected by their clever methods: Members of the Legion could not be percieved as law-enforcers; they were dressed as usual citizens, did the same as usual citizens and acted like them. People all around Gallia didnt notice those hidden agents around them, so that they acted as they were not under surveillance, and exactly that was the source of the Legions success. If incidents amongst civilians happened, they reacted quickly as law-enforcers; much more quickly than the actual police, solved the problem and then stepped back into the shadows before the police even reached the location. Of course this was not always the case, but it was enough to keep greater incidents from happening and rogues from uniting to a bigger group. That was the real secret behind the Golden Age of Gallia.

In the Dark Ages however, things were starting to get worse, as some politicians started to get corrupt and throw critics at the King. Most of these politicians were liberal, and most of them were those who would later join the Council. As it was much harder to hide the murdering of greater numbers of politicians, the Legion tried to place their agents to keep the majority of Gallics from listening to the Liberals, leaving the actual assassination a matter of the Royal Assassins. But as they failed, the politicians gained more and more admirers and later finally created the Council (720 A.S.). This was the time when the Legion has first suffered a loss in over 700 years; it was their first and last loss. King Louis IV disbanded the Legion and called all members into the Navy to aid for the upcoming civil war. With the Council gaining more and more influence over the Gallic population, their power was finally so big that they declared war in 794 A.S. The war started and the Council gained control of the two border system, Champagne and Languedoc. When the Council finished their way through the minefield to Orkney and thus opening Gallia to whole Sirius, King Louis V. needed a new ace in his hands to eliminate any remaining traitors. He knew his only hope to ban these unworthy scum was to recreate the Legion, which was disbanded from 720-816 A.S.

King Louis V. called in the only descendant of Leon du Sable, the man who had the most success wtih the Legion and made it so papoular that it was engraved in the Gallic history.
The last du Sable was a young man named Enzo who, when the Royal Searchers found him, was in a club in the Gallic underground on New Paris, living the life of a street gang leader. Thats how the leader of a small mobster gang became Lord Mareshal. When Enzo asked the King why he chose him over his most feared Lords, he answered: It was a du Sable who made the Legion what it was, and it will be a du Sable who will make the Legion Etrangere what it will be. Enzo swore infinte allegiance to the crown and the King and was finally granted the highest rank of the Legion. Before the King gave him orders, he passed him the Bible of the Legion and the Blade of the Legion. As the nomination finally ended, the King published his orders to the Legion:

The three main objectives are:

+The primary objective is to have a amount of forces deployed against inner Gallic unlwafuls (Council, Maquis, Brigands, pirates...) and to have agents in between their men. Furhermore, the Legion has to deploy hidden agents in the rank of the Junkers as the King still has doubts about their intentions in Gallia.

+ Protect Gallia with every effort possible and eliminate any Gallic enemies of the throne
(+ Eliminate any Sirians wanting to damage Gallia in any way and keep Gallia clean of Sirian influences)
(+ Explore whole Sirius and discover the various Sirian factions and their reputation to Gallia)
(+ Maintain an outer-Gallic presence all the time to ensure the ultimate safety of Gallia from Sirian attacks)


After Enzo read the Legions Bible, he gave their main ideology a new sense. The most important rule of the Legion is: Every man and woman has to be valued by what he/she can do for a certain purpose, no matter what origins or beliefs he/she has.
(Enzo modified the rule and made it valid for non-Gallics, which means the Legion even accepts Sirian men and women into their ranks and that regardless of their former life before joining the Legion. King Louis V is very sceptical on his idea, so he declined it in the first place. But Enzo made a very clever proposal: They should only be used not to waste any of the Legion's pure-Gallic soldiers, and of course Sirians would never be told the true cause to why they were accepted/taken into the Legion. King Louis was highly impressed, and placed his trust in Enzo, as he is the only one who could save Gallia in the end.)

"First in, last out"

Legionnaires would go right into the battle, before the Gallic troops came, holding the position for as long as possible and taking all the fire. If the Gallic troops faced a loss, the Legionnaires would secure their retreat with every effort possible, even sacrificing their own life, as they should not face a loss of honour in any way.

The 9 Commandments of the Gallic Foreign Legion

+ Never question the will of the King or the Lord Mareshal
+ Never show mercy for your enemies, as they do not deserve it
+ Anywhere you go, always keep the Gallic morals and those of the Legion, regardless what you were in your life before joining us
+ Be neutral to everyone you encounter but only if youve never met them before
(+ Always be suspicious of Sirians and never trust them, even if they become our friends)
(+ Do not change yourself and your beliefs to Sirians ones, even if you have to leave Gallia for your whole life)
+ Never bring shame over the Legion or decieve it, if you do, prepare for the worst punishments
+ Always aid the Royals or Gallic lawful organizations when they are under attack
(+ Never be racist towards another Legion member, even if they are of Sirian origin, as the past does not count anymore)

Diplomacy

Allied: Gallic Royal Navy
[color=#FFFFFF]Neutral: Junkers, Gallic Royal Police, Gallic Royal Corporations
Unfriendly: all Sirian factions
Hostile: Gallic Brigands, Maquis, Union Corse, pirates.
War: Gallic Council


Zone of influence
Depending on current order, whole Sirius possible

Ranks

Military ranks

Lower/Commander/Officer ranks

Flag / General rank

Leader of the Legion - Supreme Commander Rank

Military Ranks Desriciption

Lord Marechal: He has the supreme power over the Legion and only answers to the King. He is representing the Legion both militarily and politically, if needed. He can access all of the available Legion ships and is the captain of Le Coursier de Victoire, the Valor-class Flagship of the Legion.

General: One of the 3 generals of the Legion; he has the full power over his own fleet. Mostly they are older and experienced members who have done military service over a lifetime. They can use anything up to a Cruiser. If a General proves worthy enough, the Lord Mareshal can grant him the right to fly a Battleship, which would make him a Duc.

Colonel: They are the right hands of the Generals of the Legion; high ranking commanders. Only the best and most dangerous pilots can become Colonel, and only if they are able to lead a large attack formation. They can use any ship up to a gunboat, the Lord Marechal can grant him the right to fly a cruiser if he proves worthy enough, which would make him a Seigneur.

Commandant: The various commanders of the Legion have shown their leader-skill many times, and thus can lead a mid-sized attack squad. They can use all ships up to a Gunboat.

Capitaine: A Capitaine was once an elite soldier, a Lieutenant, who got promoted because of his keen leading skills, even in the most extreme situations. They are usually seen leading a group of up to 4 people into high-classed missions. They can use any ship up to a VHF / bomber and is allowed to use special coded weaponary* directly given from the higher ranks.

Lieutenant: An elite soldier - these men have shown their over-average skill in a battle and thus have become Lieutenants. If no Capitain is around, one Lt. gains the temporary control over a small squad. They can use any ship up to a bomber / VHF.

Sous-lieutenant: Usually a veteran soldier, they are the backbone of the Legion. They are still working hard to become Lt. and act as mentor for the Aspirantes and Cadetes. They can use everything up to a VHF, but can't use any bomber.

Aspirant: The typical frontline-soldier of the Legion, able to obliterate any equally-armed enemy thanks to the secret Legion training. They can only use ships up to a Heavy Fighter.

Cadet: A typical recruit and rookie, these men have to undergo a test phase of 1 or 2 weeks, if they show remarkable skill they can even be promoted to Castellan. They can only use the LF.

Noble/Honorary titles

Descrpition:

[font=Trebuchet Ms]Duc: The highest available rank after the Lord Mareshal. The Duc has been once a general who has done marvellous services for the Legion. In the whole Legion history there were only 3 Ducs in total, and each one of them had to sacrifice a lot of men to gain such an honour. They should be the idol for any soldier that has lost his hope in battle. Ducs are allowed to request their own Battleship from the Lord Marechal and command it.

Seigneur: They are the so-called "Second Generals", although only few of them existed over the centuries. A Colonel who has proven his worthyness could be granted the title Seigneur which also grants him access to a cruiser-class vessel, ready to fly under the Legion's flag.

Chevalier: The "Chosen Ones" of the Legion are Chevaliers. They have been so rare in the Legion's history that there's no record of them. To become a Chevalier, one must sacrifice their life to the Legion, to serve it and love it more than one's own family. This title is given to extremely heroic and talented individuals, usually from the lower ranks. Chevaliers take no orders from anyone except the Lord Mareshal, and even then, only if it is very important. But, on the other hand, they have no commanding power overy any rank higher than a Lieutenant. They fly their own way of the Legion in this galaxy and can use any ship up to a cruiser, and can use coded weaponry.



Member list:

Seby DeeJay - Lord Enzo du Sable (Lynx VHF, Valor BS "Grande Guillotine" - under construction)
Mao - Colonel
Mario - Capitaine Drakus Lemorte (Gunboat "Terreur du Gallia")
Alex - Capitaine Jean Lassale (Lynx VHF)
Ramke - Lieutenant
Marissa - Lieutenant
Jef - ?
Joseph - ?

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