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==Buccaneer and colonial warfare culture== | ==Buccaneer and colonial warfare culture== | ||
*[[ | *[[1625]]-[[1835]] acts of necessity and decentralization | ||
*{{wpl|Buccaneer#Land|Land pirates warfare tactics}} | *{{wpl|Buccaneer#Land|Land pirates warfare tactics}} | ||
*{{wpl|Colonial_war#Policy,_strategy,_and_tactics|Colonial warfare's policy, strategy, and tactics}} | *{{wpl|Colonial_war#Policy,_strategy,_and_tactics|Colonial warfare's policy, strategy, and tactics}} | ||
small forces relying on shock, mobility, and surprise when massed formations were still the hotness in the [[Occidental world]], reminiscent of modern small unit tactics. | small forces relying on shock, mobility, individual initiative, and surprise when massed formations were still the hotness in the [[Occidental world]], reminiscent of modern small unit tactics. | ||
In the early days of the [[Burgoignesc Colonial Empire]] the [[Bergendii]] were few in number and their military hardware was left over from the [[Great Confessional War]]. It wasn't long before their incursions in [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]] were met with stiffening resistance from established power players with the military vestiges of the late [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]]. Warlords, local strong men, and regional lords who could afford larger armies and fortified defenses were the scourge of the efforts at expansionism under the trappings of set piece [[Occidental]] battles. Soon the [[Bergendii]] shifted tactics, out of necessity to make their smaller numbers and increasingly archaic weaponry. | |||
Creating numerous small units of men were specially selected and trained (often by local natives) to participate in {{wpl|sorties}} and {{wpl|razzia}} against much more numerous and fortified enemies became a fairly standard practice by [[Audonia]]n and [[Alshar]]i based [[Bergendii]] colonial governors. These were contemporaneously called the governor's Life Guards, but they were never on bodyguard duty and were a purely offensive force. These units were never standardized but often shared common themes, they were meritocratic, not restricted by class, race, or creed. | |||
==[[First Fratricide]]== | ==[[First Fratricide]]== | ||