The Republic of Texas Marine Corps began acquiring hypercapable small craft immediately after The War began. The F-12 Avenger was the first, followed quickly by the B-17 Valkyrie, and later by the A-10 Righteous Vigilante. They also forced through a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Republic of Texas Marine Corps’ aerospace elements used a mixture of various small short-ranged spacecraft in the past. They flew bombers, fighters, attack craft, and even armed transports in their missions, but none of them could move between planets.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Marine Corps’ ground pounder elements typically use a mix of armed cycles and jeeps for short-range transportation. Many transform around the pilot into small mechs to improve combat capabilities. Standard Marine mechs usually deploy for atmospheric[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Marine Corps has two primary components. The ground combat arm, and the ground-support combat arm. Or so those in ground combat would describe them. Those who fly starfighters disagree with that characterization of their arm. Ground[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Marine Corps are not infantry. Ask them. They will be quick to disabuse you of that notion. They are Marines. They are trained to fight in space or on ground. They are trained in High Altitude[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Marine Corps has been an odd organization since the beginning of the Republic. Part light infantry. Part mobile infantry. Part naval infantry. Part diplomatic guard. Some are lawmen. Some fight in air and space. All wear[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Space Force designed and deployed the F-23 Super Sabre not long after War’s End. It incorporated all of the lessons Texas had learned during The War into a single fighter that could, theoretically perform any mission[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Space Force operated the B-17 Valkyrie throughout The War, with successive point updates to cover up deficiencies in the rushed design. They promised an upgraded production version every year as The War continued, but retooling was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Space Force greatly wished a new series of homegrown hypercapable attack and fighter craft to go along with their Valkyrie bombers. Texas was getting its Texas on when it replaced the older Vigilante’s autocannons with gravitic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Space Force welcomed the F-12 Avenger with open arms. It did hit the “not invented here” problem, but they wanted a hypercapable fighter badly enough that they were willing to hold their noses and license the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…