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===Colonial army===

The armies amassed by the [[Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company|Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC)]] in their colonies were never considered as first-rate as those of the Ducal Guard. In many cases they were ill-equipped and underpaid, but it was still a way for the settlers to make a living. While the Ducal Guard focused on the precepts of a strong hierarchical structure, rigid discipline, and best doctrine of [[Levantia|Levantine]] strategists, the colonial armies were scrappy, resourceful, and even low level leaders were authorized to take a certain level of initiative. In the early days of the colonial ventures the settlers were often outnumbered and outgunned by the remnants of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. The strongmen and warlords who ruled over the grand fortresses that the Oduniyyad had built proved difficult for the [[Bergendii]] and their [[Occidental]] strategies to defeat. But having only recently survived the [[Great Confessional War]] and the [[Dragonnades]] the soldiers of the colonies were vicious, self-righteous and out for blood. Additionally, as a way to entice more people to join the colonial armies, the Duke offered a {{wo|patroonship}} to soldiers who fought for a full year. In many cases this proved more of an incentive than pay, but it developed into a constant need for conquest to keep meeting the increasing number of recruits. The program was ceased as the MNLC's [[Eloillette]] colony was boxed in by other [[Bergendii]] colonies on the early 1700s.