[Arkahn Th'alashar]

Ponutis 39, Era XIII
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The Ministry of Defense was quite an imposing building that held many rooms. Besides many offices it also held several conference rooms. Upon arrival in the company of the mages that had fetched them the officers would quickly be led through the Ministry and into one of the conference on the second floor of the building. It was a large, spacious room with tall windows on the far side of the door that looked out on the forum. In the center of the room stood a long, oval table with sixteen chairs, six on each side and one at the end of each table. On the table lay three neat stacks of papers and three nameplates. The one at the end of the table said 'Imperial Admiral Sapienta'. On the left side of the table sat another namesign that said 'Provost Imperatis Kaldres'. On the opposite of the table stood the final nameplate which said 'Provost Imperatis Xin'dell'. Arkahn was unaware wether or not the men had ever met before, although there was no doubt in his mind that Riconus and Sheng had. Truth was, he didn't know what any of the men looked liked and to avoid emberassing moment he had assigned places to them with nameplates as to prevent mix-ups.

At every assigned place stood two cup and in the center of the table stood a few trays with a coffee pot and a teakettle. In the corners of the room stood servants who would pour the coffee or tea at the request of any officer. Arkahn had strictly forbidden any alcoholic beverages at the table. He didn't mind a drink now and then, but not on duty. Besides, he doubted anyone would want a drink this time of brightening. He had instructed the mages to teleport their charges to Alleria Prime at the 11th candlemark, a time he thought was good for a meeting as it still left a large part of the brightening open. He also held into consideration any delays, expecting them to arrive at the 12th candlemark at the latest. Because of that fact he was the only man missing from the room should all three arrive. The Tigron sat in his personal office, still writing letters, looking through budgets and trying to familiarise with the names of Ministers and Senators. He had ordered the guards at the door to fetch him once the three officers would be present in the conference room and seated.

Should any of the officers get curious about the stack of papers he'd find they were budgets.

Budget of the Imperial Marshall: Legions
Salary
Imperial Marshall: 5000 crowns per cycle.
Provost Imperatis (Both Naval and Legion): 440 crowns per cycle.
Kestor Imperatis: 360 crowns per cycle.
Imperatis: 200 crowns per cycle.
Provost: 160 crowns per cycle.
Kestor: 120 crowns per cycle.
Cencoris: 100 crowns per cycle.
Daekin: 80 crowns per cycle.
Sword-Daekin: 60 crowns per cycle.
Shield-Daekin: 40 crowns per cycle.
Private: 20 crowns per cycle.

Administrative Upkeep
For the Imperial Marshall:
3000 crowns per cycle for administrative staff & costs.
4000 crowns per cycle living stipend

For Daekin upwards: 28.05 crowns per cycle.
For Sword-Daekin and below: 18.04 crowns per cycle.

Soldiers per Legion:
Imperatis: 1
Provost: 2
Kestor: 10
Cencoris: 20
Daekin: 100
Sword-Daekin: 500
Shield-Daekin: 1000
Private: 10,000

Total: 11,633

Total Personnel:
Provost Imperatis: 6 (3 Legion, 3 Classis)
Kestor Imperatis: 9
Imperatis: 30
Provost: 60
Kestor: 300
Cencoris: 600
Daekin: 3000
Sword-Daekin: 15,000
Shield-Daekin: 30,000
Private: 300000

Total: 348,990

Total Salary (Legion): 8,451,600 crowns per cycle (422,580,000 crowns per era)
Total Upkeep (Legion): 6,335,719.5 crowns per cycle (316,785,975 crowns per era)

Administrative Upkeep and Outfitting: 1,000,00 crowns per cycle (5,000,000 crowns per era)
Building Upkeep: 600,000 crowns per cycle (3,000,000 crowns per era)

Total Budget (Legions): 16,420,949.5 crowns per cycle (821,047,475 crowns per era)

Budget of the Imperial Marshall: Classis
Salary
Provost Imperatis (Both Naval and Legion): 440 crowns per cycle.
Ducor Navarch: 360 crowns per cycle.
Navarch: 280 crowns per cycle.
Ducor: 200 crowns per cycle.
Zeton: 160 crowns per cycle.
Trierius: 120 crowns per cycle.
Navit: 100 crowns per cycle.
Helm-Navit: 80 crowns per cycle.
Sail-Navig: 80 crowns per cycle.
Oar-Navit: 60 crowns per cycle.
Senior Seaman: 40 crowns per cycle.
Seaman: 20 crowns per cycle.

Administrative Upkeep
For Helm-Navit upwards: 28.05 crowns per cycle.
For Sail-Navit and below: 18.04 crowns per cycle.

Sailors per Classis:
Ducor Navarch: 1
Navarch: 2
Ducor: 4
Zeton: 20
Trierius: 100
Navit: 400
Helm-Navit: 400
Sail-Navit: 1276
Oar-Navit: 2552
Senior Seaman: 2552
Seaman: 20,416

Total: 27,723 sailors per classis. (This varies slightly depending on the composition of the first three units of the fleet.)

Ships per Classis:
First: 1
Second: 6
Third: 13
Fourth: 16
Fifth: 18
Sixth: 15
Sloop: 30

Based on preliminary research, this is a reasonably normal distribution of vessels. Depending on composition of each classis’ specialist units, the number of ships in a given category varies slightly.

Total Personnel:
Provost Imperatis: (Included in Legion numbers)
Ducor Navarch: 10
Navarch: 20
Ducor: 40
Zeton: 200
Trierius: 1,000
Navit: 4,000
Helm-Navit: 4,000
Sail-Navit: 12,760
Oar-Navit: 25,520
Senior Seaman: 25,520
Seaman: 204,160

Total: 277,230 (Again, varying slightly based upon the composition of a fleet.)

Total Salary (Classis): 8,545,200 crowns per cycle (427,260,000 crowns per era)
Total Upkeep (Classis): 5,094,021.9 crowns per cycle (254,701,095 crowns per era)

Administrative Upkeep and Outfitting: 1,000,00 crowns per cycle (5,000,000 crowns per era)
Harbor Upkeep: 300,000 crowns per cycle (1,500,000 crowns per era)
Ship Upkeep: 600,000 crowns per cycle (3,000,000 crowns per era)
Mothballing: 400,000 crowns per cycle (2,000,000 crowns per era)

Total Budget (Classis): 15,939,221.9 crowns per cycle (796,961,095 crowns per era)

Total: 32,360,171.4 crowns per cycle (1,618,008,570 crowns per era)

Once all officers had entered Arkahn would wait in his office just a little more longer, waiting for them to introduce themselves to eachother so that would be out of the way and allow them to get a cup of tea or coffee.