Armed Forces of the Oceanykan Federation
Oceanykan Peoples’ Army and Red Navy
The Federation’s Fighting Force
The Armed Forces of the Oceanykan Federation are an armed institution tasked with defending the sovereignty of Oceanyka from foreign invasion. They are an evolution of the pre-Revolution Federal Army, and were created in their current form by the Constitutional Reform Act of 1962. Its head is the Chief of Defence, which is hand-picked by the Oceanykan Council from one of the Oceanykan People's Army generals or the Red Navy's admirals. They are then free to organise the Joint General Staff as they see fit, though the Field Marshal of the Oceanykan People's Army and the Fleet Admiral of the Red Navy are elected from amongst their peers. All forces belonging to the AFOF are subordinate to the President of the Oceanykan Federation, who holds supreme executive authority, but cannot intervene in their internal organisation. These institutions follow a simple hierarchy:
- President of the Oceanykan Federation
- Chief of Defence
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff
- Joint General Staff of the AFOF
- Field Marshal of the Oceanykan People's Army
- Oceanykan People's Army
- OPA Field Corps
- OPA Combat Divisions
- OPA Field Corps
- OPA Air Force
- OPA-AF Air Divisions
- OPA Marine Corps
- OPA-MC Marine Infantry Divisions
- Oceanykan People's Army
- Fleet Admiral of the Red Navy
- Red Navy
- RN Fleets
- Red Navy Aviation Corps
- RN Aviation Wings
- Red Navy Marine Commandos
- RN MARCOM Regiments
- Red Navy
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff
- Chief of Defence
Command Hierarchy
| ENLISTED RANKS | ||||
| OCEANYKAN PEOPLE'S ARMY | OPA AIR FORCE & R.N. AVIATION | RED NAVY | ||
| PRIVATE | AIRMAN | SEAMAN | ||
| LANCE CORPORAL | ABLE AIRMAN | ABLE SEAMAN | ||
| CORPORAL | LEADING AIRMAN | LEADING SEAMAN | ||
| SERGEANT | SERGEANT | PETTY OFFICER | ||
| STAFF SERGEANT | FLIGHT SERGEANT | CHIEF PETTY OFFICER | ||
| WARRANT OFFICER | WARRANT OFFICER | WARRANT OFFICER | ||
| CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER | CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER | CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER | ||
| SERGEANT MAJOR | WING SERGEANT | PETTY COMMANDER | ||
| OFFICER RANKS | ||||
| SECOND LIEUTENANT | FLYING OFFICER | MIDSHIPMAN | ||
| FIRST LIEUTENANT | FLIGHT LIEUTENANT | SUB-LIEUTENANT | ||
| CAPTAIN | SQUADRON LEADER | LIEUTENANT | ||
| MAJOR | WING COMMANDER | LIEUTENANT COMMANDER | ||
| LIEUTENANT COLONEL | GROUP CAPTAIN | COMMANDER | ||
| COLONEL | AIR COMMODORE | CAPTAIN | ||
| BRIGADIER | AIR VICE-MARSHAL | COMMODORE | ||
| MAJOR-GENERAL | AIR MARSHAL | REAR ADMIRAL | ||
| LIEUTENANT-GENERAL | AIR CHIEF MARSHAL | VICE ADMIRAL | ||
| GENERAL OF THE ARMY | ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY |
Order of Battle
I. Corps (Cestlep)
• OPA Military Police Metropolitan Regiment "Watchdogs"
Specially trained for urban warfare, counter-insurgency and VIP protection, these MPs are tasked with protecting government facilities and affluent neighbourhoods in central Cestlep.
• 1st Commando Division “Black Bunyips”
The Ghosts Down Under, the 1st's commandos descend from the now-defunct "Federal SAS Regiment", now bolstered by Spetsnaz GRU equipment and training.
• 2nd Airborne Division “Dropbears”
Formed initially by ex-VDV veterans, the 2nd's "Dropbears" can appear unexpectedly in any part of the country. The 2nd is the Council's primary reaction force.
• 3rd Air Assault Division “Wedgetails”
Trained by American and German ex-military contractors, the "Wedgetails" can appear behind the enemy at any time, and rain hell from their attack helicopters.
• 4th Mechanised Division “Gatekeepers”
Formed and trained in the ever-besieged Sydney, the 4th's personnel are used to the defense and the counter-attack. They form Cestlep's elite defense force.
II. Corps (Bosphorus)
• 5th Armoured Division “Buccaneers”
Raised on the coastal areas of Oceanyka, the 5th can respond to enemy amphibious operations with extreme speed and violence.
• 6th Mechanised Division “Titans”
Mostly Ferozen in composition, the 6th rides with its IFV's hatches open, always guns blazing toward the enemy.
• 7th Mechanised Division “Kangaroos”
Many of its members ex-nomads from the Outback, the 7th can sustain itself in long-term desert operations.
• 8th Armoured Division “Cuirassiers”
Trained zealously by Soviet armoured officers, the 8th excels at contemporary tank warfare, and can break through any defensive line.
III. Corps (Rhineburg)
• 9th Armoured Division “Lancers”
An up-armoured unit of bannerets, their deadly Klongen charge has been upgraded to the thunderous roar of T-64s in the assault.
• 10th Mechanised Division “Highwaymen”
Recruited from death-penalty robbers and brigands, the 10th can control and ambush vital roads better than anyone else.
• 11th Mechanised Division “Dragoons”
Hailing from the infamous and now defunct "Oceanykan Light Horse" units, these men excel at screening, harassment and fast attacks.
• 12th Artillery Division “Warhammer”
Armed with Soviet ballistic missiles and heavy artillery, the 12th is the OPA's sledgehammer, and is capable of nuclear strike under extreme circumstances.
OPA Marine Corps (Little Britain)
• 13th Mech. Marine Division “Anzacs”
As well-equipped and trained as any Soviet mechanised naval infantry unit, the "Anzacs" form the tip of the spear for the Marines.
• 14th Marine Division “Tropic Thunder”
Trained in the hellish greenscapes of northern Oceanyka, the 14th excels at jungle warfare above all else.
• 15th Marine Division “Farenday Fury”
Recruiting largely from Farenday marine infantry units, these men excel at assymmetrical warfare and deception against a larger force.
• 16th Marine Division “Salty Seamen”
Hailing largely from elite pirate groups, the 16th's naval boarding teams are unmatched anywhere in the globe.
OPA Air Force (Cestlep)
• 1st Interceptor Air Division “Sky Rangers”
Equipped with the latest Soviet jet interceptors, meant to deter strategic aerial campaigns over Oceanyka.
• 2nd Fighter Air Division “Red Dragons”
Oriented towards air-to-air combat, the 2nd's objective is to fiight toe-to-toe with an airborne invader.
• 3rd Bomber Air Division “Demolition Crew”
Equipped with both large bombers and ground attack craft, the 3rd can conduct strategic campaigns or pummel enemy ground forces.
• 4th Support Air Division “Beehive”
Operates any non-combat aircraft, mostly transports for strategic deployment and logistical sustainment, and some reconnaissance platforms.
Red Navy (Melbourne)
• 1st Battlefleet “Black-Flag”
The Scourge of the Seven Seas, equipped with the latest naval jet fighters, retrofit missile destroyers and detection equipment.
• 2nd Battlefleet “The Armada”
Focused towards traditional airpower and RAP-firing battleships.
• 3rd Battlefleet “Crimsons”
Equipped with modernised WW2-era warships, functions as the Red Navy's reserve fleet.
• 4th Supply Fleet “Waverunners”
Sustains naval operations, has its own organic convoy escort vessels.
• 5th Coastal Defence Fleet “Sons of the Beach”
Mostly made up of fast attack craft and midget submarines, but a force to reckon in Australia's littoral zones.
• 6th Special Warfare Fleet “Hadal Ghosts”
This fleet commands vessels designed to seek and destroy enemy fleets; namely, missile boats and attack submarines.
• 9 Marine Commando Regiment
Experts at irregular warfare, boarding actions, airmobile insertion and amphibious assault. Bested by no other unit in the Armed Forces.
These 16 ground divisions, 4 air divisions and 6 fleets compose the professional volunteer force of the Armed Forces of the Oceanykan Federation in the late 1960s. However, OPA units usually operate in coordination with local allies of the Council such as militia groups, warlord armies or contracted mercenaries, bolstering their numbers with more “replaceable” troops. They are equipped with a mixture of Soviet, British and American equipment, in many occasions reverse-engineered and produced locally or rechambered.
Furthermore, the Oceanykan Peoples’ Army Reserve Force can mobilise about 65 combat divisions in four weeks from the Council’s major factions, with varying degrees of quality and motorisation. Under an enactment of Article 5 of the Oceanykan Constitution, and a state of Total War, the nation’s petroleum reserves, industrial capacity and economy can, at most, sustain about 376 combat divisions. Though not part of the OPA command structure or logistics system, it may be aided by the following divisions; 1 from a secret federal organisation, 2 from the Federal Enforcement Unit and 19 from the Federal Police.
