CNW wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:19 pm
Do the branches of Loroi military have any sort of interservice rivalry? Hardly anything serious like Imperial Japanese Army vs. Navy (or they would've lost the war already), I'm thinking more along the lines of "I know we're on the same side, but these gals don't wash themselves below the collar line"..
Sure. For the most part, the responsibilities of the various castes are very specific, so there is not as much overlap of responsibility as in the example of the WWII Japanese command structure, which was a hot mess. The Loroi military encourages an element of rivalry that boosts
esprit de corps, encouraging pride in one's own unit or caste, but the emphasis is in the unit over the caste. As an example, Beryl takes no less pride in the elite status of
Tempest and SG51 merely because she's a Listel and is not directly in the command loop.
But, inevitably, conflicts will arise. Most notably in the line command elements (Torrai) and those responsible for receiving and disseminating orders (Mizol). This is why the arbitration of command disputes is placed in the hands of the senior Teidar, who commands the physical force to enforce arbitration decisions, but is (mostly) ineligible for direct command of fleet units (so they cannot simply place themselves in command.)
And while there is competition for a share of limited resources between services, there is not much dispute that the fleet must have the highest priority and the lion's share of production efforts.