[Yu Ominae]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

I've never played the game, and I'm curious about a few things:

1. What are the sizes of the respective militaries? By all appearances, the Imperial army is the largest of the three belligerents, but by how much? And how much of that force has been sent to the Gallia campaign?

2. What's the relationship between the Gallian Militia and Regular forces, and their respective sizes? I would presume that the Regulars were the standing pre-war military, and the Militia are the conscript soldiers called up to active duty at the beginning of hostilities. However, do the Regulars get their forces enlarged by conscripted troops as well, or do they all go into the Militia?

3. How heavy is the fighting in Gallia? From the beginning, I assumed that the Imperials were in danger of overrunning Gallia, but from the relaxed attitude of the Gallian soldiers and their ability to counterattack seems to refute that. Maximillian is supposed to be some sort of strategic genius, but the lack of action seems to belie that. Is the section of the front where Squad 7 is just really quiet, or has the Imperial force stalled, or are the Imperials just not that good?

By the way, if the answers are spoiler territory, please don't answer them.

1.

Spoiler for Answer:

No details are given for the Imperial military. For Gallia...

80,000 ground units
10,000 marine units
2,000 military police units

2.

Spoiler for Answer:

Basing on my knowledge on conscript/national service armies, the regulars would be those individuals who decided to go on and serve after their conscription has ended. The militia is only used for emergency situations such as war or natural disaster.

But in the VC universe, it seems that those called up for service and are not in the regulars are automatically placed in the militia, as so it seems to be. There is some tension between them as hinted many times in the game (also in the manga too) due to their "importance", as I would say.

3.

Spoiler for Answer:

Well this is most likely due to the reason that the Imperials are consolidated in Ghirlandaio fortress. It's also probably because the Imperials are defeating the Gallians all the time that Maxie boy's confident when they later invaded Gallian soil.

Like the Gallian regs, the Imps don't think too highly of the militia since most of them are made up of Gallians called up to do national service.