>
> danhalberd wrote:
> > Beryl Phalanx is in Barbarian Adventures as one of the 10 wall
> > regiments. They are a Dara Happan unit who worship Darvesh the
> > Unyielding which is a hero cult of Urvairinus. They are lsited
as
> > initiates with three affinities: Beryl Phalanx, Destroy Dara
Happan
> > Foes and Light of Action. Strangely they are listed as drawing
up 8
> > deep on the march but 4 deep in action. This is rather shallow
for a
> > hoplite unit who historically usually drew up 8 deep and also
doesn't
> > really match ILH1 where Dara Happan files are of 10.
> Yes, I can see your point. I think the thing to recall here is
Wall
> Regiment. Were they at some point actually deployed atop physical
> walls? The unit deployment makes perfect sense in that context.
I
> think it is the most likely explanation, but I'm afraid I don't
know the
> history of the term Wall Regiment...
>
> Are they combining Phalanx maneuverability and persistence with
light
> infantry screening tactics, by which they deploy at the front of
the
> other Phalanxes? I think that is possible.
>
> Anyway, I was surprised they were solar worshiping Darra Happans
not
> Lunar Regiments, but yes it makes perfect sense now. They are
part of
> the Heartland Corps as I recall from Dragon Pass the boardgame?
They
> operate alongside the Thuder Delta Slingers, who as I recall are
from
> Erigia (?) and Hadrian's Dragoons, is that correct? Is the
Heartland
> Corp still an official Lunar Army unit, or is it actually a
Vexilla?
> Just idle curiosity
>
> cj x
I always assumed that they were a wall regiments because they made a
wall of spears accross the centre of the battlefield. Historically
this is what the phalanx was for.
Screening of deployment is carried out by different types of light
infantry units such as psiloi or peltasts who move out forward from
the phalanx to delay the enemy and inflict casualties by shooting
with bows, slings or javelins. This would be the role of units like
the Thunder Delta Slingers, Jahara, Pittance or Moonrunner.
As far as I'm concerned the Heartland Corps still exists and is a
collection of infantry units from different satrapies of the Lunar
Empire as well as some other troops provided by other regions as
part of treaty obligations such as the Thunder Delta Slingers. I
think they are deployed into regions where the Lunar government is
engaging in campaigns or supressing rebellions. This would be why
units like the Beryl Phalanx are in Dragon Pass. Hadrian's Dragoons
are also part of the Heartland Corps.
My ideas about the Lunar Army are at www.halberdgames.com then go to
Glorantha/Lunar Army.