KHs says the space fleet has elite officers but the enlisted are often the dregs of the spaceways. It would stand to reason that Ground Fleet experiences something similar. With career officers and NCOs who stay in in-between wars but the bulk of the enlisted are released when not needed. Unfortunately, the quality of some of the career officers falls off the longer things go between the sathar wars with some beings looking at a career in Ground Fleet as a cushy job and never really expecting that they'll be called on to fight. Conversely the Royal Guard has a tradition of service and enthusiastic support of the common people for the monarchy. Its enlisted is long service with a high percentage of its officers being drawn from the nobility because a tour in the RG or RM is considered part of getting their ticket punched. To be fair there are many long service officers drawn from both the nobility and the commons. Its just that the some what occasional aristocratic fraghole stands out and becomes the cliche and over generalization. Still despite this the RG on a bad day has better quality then any two GF formations at least until the GF units get blooded and become veteran units.
- Log in to post comments