Federation Ground Forces

Federation Ground Forces
AKA	FG
Type	Ground warfare branch
Years Active	AC 332+-432+
Location	Pacific Federation
Members	Units
Actions	Oceanian War Cascadian Conflict Operation Carpet Dawn Operation Water Stable Fall of Presidia Operation Flash Hazard Raid on Wensleydale Range Operation Blackout Operation Null Star Operation Free Agent CIF Offensive Campaign Mission Telmort-00-Exil Operation Anticipation Operation Blue Shelter Operation Recall Second Battle of Presidia
Appearances
Project Wingman

The Federation Ground Forces (FG) is the land force branch of the Federation Military Forces.

History

The FG deployed to Oceania during the Oceanian War, bringing in battle-hardened veterans back to countries like the Federation Core States Magadan, half of its Ground Reserve Divisions constituted by those veterans.

Their first actions in the Cascadian Conflict involved seizing Rowsdower Air Force Base from Cascadian Independence Force-aligned National Guard elements. They were unprepared, however, for the PMC Sicario's swift taking and obliteration of their defenses there. Despite this, they still took hold of vital areas like the Chaohord Defense Region, the Solana Communications Array, and Prospero. Solana was especially important as it provided EW support for their war effort and command-and-control.

The FG also simultaneously cornered and pushed CIF forces into a siege line at the Salvemini Vineyards, which however was broken by reinforcements despite hasty attempts to adjust to air defense. They were able to notify Regional HQ of the mercenaries' presence, however, especially with other sorties across the theater occurring at once.

During the Fall of Presidia, the FG relentlessly hunted down retreating CIF units from the capital, and loosened rules of engagement after encountering Cascadian partisans but were told to engage police forces in self-defense due to infighting. They also evacuated civilians to clear a free line of fire in the area but were pinned down by rebel air power, being unable to effectively counter them. They could not summon Crimson Team into the battle due to them being deployed out of country beforehand, and consequently decided to hold position to pursue survivors next week. Over the following weeks, they took numerous vital strongholds as they landed in Cascadia and advanced.

They also unsuccessfully defended the Apodock Fracture and other geothermal facilities, only evacuating civilian personnel while they worked on stabilizing production to avoid excessive damage. Following the capture of the FNS Jerusalem, the FG's coastal emplacements were shelled by it, deteriorating Federation security in Cascadia.

The Ground Forces continued taking losses, such at in the Wensleydale raid, the Solana Array itself and the 1st Defense Battalion in Operation Blackout, and a renewed CIF Offensive Campaign. These setbacks put the Federation on the defensive in-country. In a desperate if misguided measure, they discharged Cascadians from their units and airlifted veterans out to the Federation Core States to reinforce less experienced forces; they were all downed in Operation Guillotine, however.

The FG reassigned defense units to Harkema Industrial Park later on, and retreated through the countryside to Presidia and Prospero, their last major strongholds in the country. To worsen matters, they set up defensive positions gambling on Task Force 1's arrival in-country, but its annihilation resulted in their swift fall, and then followed up tomorrow by an invasion of Magadan. Because Federation business occupied the Periphery and Asia, only the ill-equipped local Ground Reservists were up, and gradually regular Ground Force elements arrived in-country to push out the Cascadian rebels and bring their insurrection to heel once they were finished.

To compensate for their mainland losses, the FG went as far as burning down Grimwood Forest and attempting to shoot down firefighting personnel from the Cascadian Firefighting Corps. This failed, and they focused on dumping as much as possible for equipment and personnel, having presumably lost troops to summary executions. Eventually, they capitulated. While defending Prospero, Regional HQ informed them of a "new strategy" being run for the AO, but obeyed regardless, knowing as well that Crimson Team couldn't be summoned.

They were vaporized when the strategy - revealed to be cordium-tipped cruise missiles launched from an FG mobile artillery battalion - resulted in the Cascadian Calamity Event. At the same time, FG elements were at one of the launch sites - the Magadane Arctic Circle - stopping the Cascadian White Fleet from bombarding Base Station Zero; sadly for them, the missiles, combined with the neutralizer-induced pressure rise meant to prevent mass destruction in the raid's worst-case scenario, began the apocalypse anew.

From then on, all communications in the theater on both sides were cut. Surviving troops took refuge in places such as Brite Fortress, now risen in importance as a safe zone from the new Calamity. The fortress came under assault just as they were preparing to continue their offensive, however, and they were by then weary of the war and only wanted it to end. Following the fortress' fall, other unprepared units were wiped out in surprise attacks or retreated to Presidia.

A small FG contingent was patrolling the now-barely habitable Prospero ruins when it was wiped out in Operation Recall at the same time during a mass retreat. The FG defended the capital valiantly during the Second Battle of Presidia, even going as far as threatening to shoot civilians in the outside presumably for collaborating with the rebels. By the time they were pushed all the way back to the Port Authority Building, a ceasefire was declared, and a tense moment ensued as Federation soldiers rushed to the harbor to leave or be taken prisoner, though some were confused as to whether they should continue the fight. However, the entire Presidian garrison was decimated by Crimson 1 when he triggered the Presidian Disaster save for a handful of survivors including their CO, and they came under extreme prejudice following the disaster due to the rebels and mercenaries thinking they were complicit with them even though he went rogue.

In total, the FG lost several hundred thousand troops in the war, resulting in a severe depletion of Federation military power.

Rank structure and personnel

Name	Rank/Occupation	Fate	Notes
Jameson	N/A/SAM operator	MIA	Participated in the Salvemini Vineyards engagement of February 10, AC 432.
Ben Serano	N/A/MANPADS operator	MIA	Participated in the Salvemini Vineyards engagement of February 10, AC 432.
Nick	N/A/Armored vehicle operator	MIA	Participated in the Salvemini Vineyards engagement of February 10, AC 432. Provoked a beehive, which he drove away from in a panic.
Sable 1-6	N/A/Sable member	Active	Participated in the Fall of Presidia.
Unidentified Federation Commander (Sawaiiki)	N/A/Officer	Active	Put surface ships in front of Task Force 1 and scrambled Sawaiiki-based defense forces in a vain attempt to save them from the Operation Free Agent airstrike.
Federation Ground Reserve CO	N/A/Reservist commander	KIA	Led with other officers the preparation of defensive measures at Point Refuge. KIA on May 14, AC 432 by CIFS Eminent Domain artillery fire.
Kravitz	N/A/Machine gunner	Active	Participated in Mission ASKAR-59.
Unidentified Federation Commander (Grimwood)	N/A/Officer	POW	Ordered Cascadian Firefighting Corps aircraft shot down. Refused to surrender until end of CIF Offensive Campaign at Grimwood Forest.
Flowers	Captain/Brock CO	KIA	Commanded Federation forces in Mission Kaibir-59 then shipped on tour to Cascadia. Victim of fratricide by Cascadian Peacekeeper Commander which enabled him to begin the Cascadian Calamity Event.
Brock Echo 4	N/A/Brock Echo member	Active	Damaged by a grazing hit in Mission Kaibir-59
Brock Echo 7	N/A/Brock Echo member	KIA	Destroyed in Mission Kaibir-59.
Brock Echo 8	N/A/Brock Echo member	KIA	Destroyed in Mission Kaibir-59.
Unidentified Federation Commander (Brite Fortress)	N/A/Officer	KIA	Brite Fortress base commander for Air Force elements. KIA July 25, AC 432 in land battleship.
Unidentified Federation Commander (Presidia)	N/A/Officer	MIA	Led the Federation remnant forces of Presidia. HIGHCOMM orders were to hold the capital until ceasefire signing. Fate unknown after Presidian Disaster.

Units and bases

Name	Fate	Commanding officer	Composition	Notes
1st Defense Battalion	Dissolved	Unknown	Unknown	Majority Oceania War veterans including CO. Destroyed in Operation Anticipation.
Construction Battalion Unit Bear	Active	Unknown	Unknown	Loaded up Task Force 1's airships during Operation Free Agent.
Reserve Division E	Active	E-6 Actual	E-1 E-6 E-9	Led the land defense of Magadan during its invasion prior to and during regular reinforcement.
Reserve Division M	Active	Unknown	Unknown	Formerly armored, then tanks transferred to regular FG. Participated in Mission ASKAR-59, where it merged with Line Epsilon.
Fireteam Charlie	Active	Unknown	Unknown	Supported Point Refuge Phase Line Yellow during Mission ASKAR-59.
Fireteam Foxtrot	Active	Unknown	Unknown	Supported Point Refuge Phase Line Yellow during Mission ASKAR-59.
Bravo Company	Active	Unknown	Unknown	Participated in Mission Bellefon-59.
Brock	Active	Flowers	Brock Charlie Brock Delta Brock Echo Brock Foxtrot Brock Gamma Brock Hotel Brock India Brock Juliet	Constituted the final offensive of Mission Kaibir-59.

Equipment

Mobile

• Artillery
• Tanks
• Trucks

Stationary

• Bunker
• AA guns
• SAMs
• Railguns
• Land battleships

Small arms

• MANPADS
• Machine guns