Lancelot Seat

From Acw

Lancelot Seat is one of the New Seats, split from Percival Seat as the Arthur approached New Iowa to facilitate a ground invasion. Like Percivals, they are martial, but the character of their current Prime has influenced their character to become something more cold and ruthless.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Adjunct to Percival 1.2 The Return is Marred 1.3 Lancelot Seat is formed 2 Structure

History

Adjunct to Percival

The Department of the Ark Ships saw fit to equip the Arthur with a company of infantry in cryogenic storage, just in case. In year 146 of the journey, they were thawed out and armed against an unknown threat. Originally this company was put under the command of Percival-2.

The Return is Marred

When the Arthurians realised that New Iowa was already occupied, panic ensued. The Round Table convened in year 369 debated for three days over the merits of invasion. At first the Table was split while Taliesinn Prime abstained, then on the second day, Colgrevance-2 abstained from the vote. Eventually the motion was revised by Galahad Prime, so that a ground force would be made ready, but would only invade if the Arthur was first fired upon.

Lancelot Seat is formed

However, the plan decisively changed when Colgrevance Prime mooted his plan for pre-implants in year 372. At this late stage the ground forces were re-tasked with a full-scale invasion. It was decided that Percival-2 was not up to the task on his own, so he and the ground forces were split from Percival Seat and renamed Lancelot Seat. Percival-2 was to serve under the then Colgrevance-3, who was renamed Lancelot Prime. It was believed that the planning abilities of Colgrevance mixed with the martial prowess of Percival Seat would produce the best results.

Structure

There are six Lancelot Divisions, which have recently been re-organised. Their order of battle is as follows:

• A Division, consisting of three Battalions, headed by a Seneschal and his Seneschal-Errant
  • A Battalion, consisting of three Comapnies, headed by a Knight Commander and his Knight Commander Errant
    • A Company, consisting of three platoons, and led by a Knight Captain
      • A Platoon, of ten men each, including a Knight Sergeant

This innovative structure reveals much about the young Arthurian military. American and British military intelligence were impressed by the fact that this structure allowed the powerful Arthurian battle-armour to make up for a lack of troops. An entire Arthurian Division is only 287 men, and only contains 17 officers and 81 NCOs. Moreoever, to make up for the lack of experienced field commanders, the 'errant' system was developed to allow greater movement between levels of command. As his name suggests, and officer-errant is never still, travelling along the line at all times to fill gaps in the chain of command. How it will work in battle is yet to be tested.