The Star Army Rikugun's first Area Army specifically trained and equipped for long-range deployments. Comprised of five Expeditionary Armies, the 1st Expeditionary Area Army is an extremely high readiness command able to rapidly deploy to take the lead in all manner of missions from missions from humanitarian assistance to planetary invasions. Chief among the duties of the 1st Expeditionary Area army is to maintain five Legion Command Groups which are intended to be the premier rapid deployment force of the Star Army of Yamatai.

Current force structure outlined by Rikugun Reforms and Base Realignment YE 44

• YE 44.7 Operation Fireplace

• Headquarters Battalion
  • Command Century
    • Area Army Commander Kikumoto Sora Chujo
    • Area Army XO (typically a Shôshô )
    • Area Army Senior Enlisted Adviser (Jôtô Heisho)
    • Headquarters Centurion (typically a Taii)
    • 5th Fleet Liaison Officer
    • G1 Personnel Officer (typically a Taisa)
    • G2 Intelligence Officer (typically a Taisa)
    • G3 Operations Officer (typically a Shôshô)
    • G4 Logistics Officer (typically a Taisa)
    • G6 IT Officer (typically a Taisa)
    • G9 Public Relations Officer (typically a Chusa)
    • 90 Enlisted personnel and Service Android, Type 36A "Emma" divided between the staff sections

• 46th Legion Command Group
• Legion XII
• 47th Legion Command Group
• 48th Legion Command Group
• 49th Legion Command Group
• 50th Legion Command Group

• 1st Expeditionary Training Regiment

Each of the five Expeditionary Armies of the 1st Expeditionary Army are responsible for generating a Rikugun Legion Command Group to spearhead expeditionary activities. Each LCG is comprised of two brigades from the parent army and fleet elements generally provided by Fifth Fleet in a process facilitated by Fifth Fleet Force Structure YE 45.

Each LCG shares its number with its parent army. When a rapid Rikugun presence is required, an Expeditionary Army can task part of or an entire Legion Command Group to provide a wide array of capabilities. It is rare for more than one LCG to be sent to a particular hot spot. Instead, if an issue escalates beyond what a single LCG can handle, more forces from its parent Expeditionary Army are sent to support it. This can escalate until regular Rikugun forces from other Area Armies are being deployed. It should be noted that the LCG structure is meant to provide a flexible, rapid response capability, not to be the primary fighting force of the Rikugun.

LCG personnel should be level headed, adaptable, and act with the utmost professionalism because they are often going to be among the first SAoY personnel to arrive at a crisis. Leaders from the fire team level up to the LCG Commander must be able to act judiciously with limited oversight and be ready to advise relevant decision makers with timely, up to date, and unbiased information.

• Star Army Rikugun Infantry, Type 45 outlines the common equipment of individual infantrymen
• Star Army Rikugun Vehicle Crew, Type 45 outlines the common equipment of an individual vehicle crewman.

• 1st Expeditionary Area Army Commander: Kikumoto Sora Chujo - Neko
• 46th Army Commander: Ōu KēJié 欧轲杰 Shôshô Zhenren Human Upgrade (M)
• 47th Army Commander: Chiba Aoi Shôshô - Neko
• 48th Army Commander: Shôshô Random Dragon-esque alien (F)
• 49th Army Commander: Shôshô Eudocia Lascaris - Elysian (F)
• 50th Army Commander: Shôshô Kostyantyn Moroz - Kodian (M)

Locked 0ut created this article on 2022/12/08 05:04. Edited by Demibear

This article was approved by Andrew on 2023/08/25¹⁾. Faction Manager Approval was also by Andrew.