Royal Marines (Sicinia Salis)

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Other nations in Namura may be able to field greater or better armies than Sicinia Salis, but none can match the skill or numbers of the Royal Marines.

Every ship in the Royal Navy carries a contingent of Marines, but there are also three brigades who duty has always remained the same: land on a hostile shore, accomplish a mission, then either hold out until the regulars arrive or pull back to the ships. The Marines have been used in amphibious operations across Acheron, most notably udring the Panselle War and the Three Day's War.

During the Panselle War their main purpose was raiding and disrupting, generally wreaking havoc with Akaeian coastal emplacements and supply convoys. They suffered only one defeat during that war, when an attempt to capture the fortress of Nakantus failed.

However, the Royal Marines played a crucial role during the Three Day's War, in which they assaulted and captured the cities of Kleotensis and Erektheneos (now Saint Auguste). They also landed with a company of grenadiers behind the Gap of Taeana and were responsible for the bottleneck of Akaeian forces there.

The Marines are the projection of Sicinian world power, and the arrival of the red-coated "web-foots" on some distant shores heralds that "Saint Michele has come a'calling."

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A private in the Royal Marines
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Units of the Royal Marines

10,000 men aboard Royal Navy vessels and in shore posts.

  • 1st Regiment of Marines, "The Rusty Bayonets"
  • 2nd Regiment of Marines, "The Bastards of Nakantus"
  • 9th Kommandos d'Marin (300 men)
  • Marine Artillery (3 batteries)