I think Svech/Mart -in and I are broadly on the same page here, but we may still be tripping over one or two bits of terminology and semantics...
> The whole point of my post was to illustrate that offical ranks above
> regimental and below the general of an army (whatever he is called) do
> no formally exist in the Imperial army, why? Because for such a rank
> to exist there must also be a formalised operational body that
> warrants such a rank. There is no such body in the Imperial army.
But there do _seem_ to be some such, to a greater or lesser extent; what about your example of the first post, the Warlord/Army of Sartar, being subordinate/to a component of the Warlord/Army of Dragon Pass? (The second isn't an operational unit, is that the point?)
Or likewise, we have Jorkandros, subordinate to Fazzur, commanding a multi-regimental force during the initial siege of Whitewall. (The latter's command isn't formalised? Or, he isn't actually a Warlord? Which may amount to the same thing, I suppose.)
Or indeed, are you just saying they exist on a case by case basis (this hierarchy there; this one here, for the time being); but aren't systematised? In the sense of, a unit of type [blah] is [farble] sized, and consists of [foo] [bars]. (Which is indeed clearly not the case.)
Cheers,
Alex.
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