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Ok so first before I start I will show you where I got my inspiration from. You might even find it educational.
My regiment is based on the First American Volunteer Group (1st avg) also known as the flying tigers. You can find out more about them here and watch a “ history channel dogfights” episode here.

Arkan is a temperate world covered in forests. The planet is 25% larger than Terra and revolves around a bright blue star from which it is named
The world’s forests consist of taiga, redwood, deciduous, jungle, and pine. No matter where you are on Arkan you are either surrounded by forest, or on the oceans. There are no deserts, or plains, there is only forest. The ubiquity of forest environments is due to the rapid rate at which vegetation grows. Once a tree is cut down it only takes a year for a new tree to grow and become just as big as the one that came before it. No one knows why vegetation grows so quickly, but the ecclesiarchy officially states that it is a gift of the emperor.

Forests and plants grow so quickly that any indent on the landscape is restored in a short time. This makes the development of settlements, and clearing of land troublesome. Agriculture gets around this problem by consolidating land, labor, and capital in plantations. These plantations use void shield generators on their outskirts in order to prevent the forest from encroaching on agricultural land. Outside of plantations, The most common way for agriculture to be done is nomadic. Forest fires rage all the time on Arkan and some have found a way to employ them to their benefit. Land that has been cleared by forest fires in quickly turned into temporary agricultural ground where it is utilized until the forest begins to encroach again.

Forest fires are very dangerous and constantly threaten the people of Arken. Walls are erected, and trees are constantly cleared from around settlements to combat the threat. An entire section of the planetary defense force is dedicated to fighting these fires. The men and women that make up this task force are the initiates of the local defense force.
Under the constant threat of fire, and the obstacles presented by thousands of miles of forest, traditional vehicles are essentially impossible to utilize for transportation. In their stead aircraft and walker vehicles perform the same role. Without an abundance of aircraft the transportation of goods and personnel would be far too dangerous and hindersome. Due to their importance many people and families have aircraft. These can be small gyro copters, balloons, prop planes, helicopters, jets, VTOL capable aircraft, and amphibious landers. The majority of the aircraft are stored in large underground hangers, mountain airbases and sprawling airfields. Airports are the lifeblood of commerce and trade for Arkan, for without one it could not send or receive anything. The abundance of aircraft on Arkan and the importance of that its people impart on them, make Arkan a place filled with natural pilots and airmen.

Arkan society is pseudo class based. Mutants generally work in the nomadic agricultural and logging trains where they. Humans of low class either work in the plantations as sweat shop “employees” or as valued workers, or clear the land around settlements for protection from fire. Low class citizens also work as mechanics on the vast array of aircraft. Arkan’s middle class is comprised of cargo pilots, low ranking members of Arkans planetary government, accountants, lawyers, teachers etc. High ranking members of Arkan society are high ranking members of the Planetary Government, members of nepotistic business families, and the descendants of famous persons. Above all of them is the Planetary Governor. The Planetary Governor is elected by the people in a first past the post system. Every citizen of Arkan votes for the Governor each has a single vote. The only people that cannot vote are mutants, and criminals. Once a Planetary Governor has been elected he serves until his death at which point a new Governor is voted upon.
The Governor heads the entire planet and is responsible for its defense, imperial tithes, and the wellbeing of the people. The people vote for the candidate that they feel benefits them the most, thus most planetary governors fulfill that purpose well in relation to other imperial worlds. Not all provide for their people though, as that ruse was only needed to get elected, and thus protected by edict of the imperium. Imperial tithes are required of Arkan like almost every other imperial world. It supplies a vast amount of lumber, and produce, so vast that Arkan is not required to give units to the imperial guard or navy.

The Planetary defense force defends the planet from possible invasions, heretics, and lawbreakers. The unique property of Arkan draws a certain kind of criminal. Drug farmers come to Arkan from all over to plant illicit vegetation in the shield of the woods. The planetary defense force employs task forces to find destroy, and execute these criminals and their drugs. It does this by deploying scouting and recon forces on the ground which are equipped with horses that can traverse the terrain for months at a time without needing to refuel. Behind them are light infantry detachments made up of heavy weapons teams, equipped with mortars, rocket launchers, lascannons, and heavy bolters, general infantrymen, and sentinels ,which can traverse the forests due to their bipedal nature. The task force is then supported by air cavalry that drops troops via grav chute, or fast rope into combat; and provides air support. The aerial element also intercepts and destroys criminal aircraft. If the situation warrants it can execute aerial boarding protocols with vtol aircraft, or even moving planes.
The lack of imperial guard and navy recruitment has left the PDF with many veterans. In response to this the First Arkan Volunteer Group was formed by a veteran of the pdf that wished to fight on other worlds for the imperium. Ever since then volunteer groups have formed on Arkan that seek to serve the Imperium. The members of the 1ST AVG are the most veteran members of the PDF. They are given leave from the PDF to join the 1st AVG by the Planetary Governor. Each member of the 1st AVG must be given leave by the Governor and then accepted by its commander.

The 1st AVG itself is not under the command of anyone but its leader. It exists outside the authority of the Governor, as he only gives leave to its members and supplies them with some of their equipment. The organization itself is pretty much free to do as it wishes and take on tasks that please it. The freedom that this unit is able to operate with is both a boon and a burden. While the governor gives his blessing and supplies them with some equipment they still possess fewer resources than other regiments. To get around this they take on jobs that pay well, and resupply them. Surprisingly they are well equipped even with these logistical nightmares. They contain a vast array of aircraft, sentinels, camo cloaks, carapace armor, and hotshot lasguns but no tanks or any tracked or wheeled vehicles. Some suspect that they are regularly hired by inquisitors to perform jobs such as support a revolution on a world against a corrupt Planetary Governor as a way to keep inquisitorial involvement shrouded.


The pilots and men of the 1st AVG are all veterans that fight in the forests and the skies for an imperium that didn’t ask them to join.

Pretty Cool, and pretty solid what kind of advice were you looking for ?

I have to agree, this fluff is pretty cool, but I'm not sure what help you were trying to get, Where you looking on ways to expand upon this?

If so, I would look at adding divisions or regiments to the army. So you have the AVG described pretty well, but who is their commanding officer? Are there other regiments that have earned a name for themselves?

Like the horse riders. The best squad probably has a name for themselves, and most of the work they do all begins with the horse scouts. So let's hear more about them?

For help i just wanted to see if there were any inconsistencies in the fluff or anything that seems like it stands out oddly.

The riders are simply the froward scouts and ground operators for the AVG. They are members, its just that they have a different purpose opposed to the infantrymen, airdrop troops, and pilots. The unique structure of the unit allows them to have vastly different roles still be combined under one command. The AVG might have its aircraft and ground personnel under the same command unlike normal imperial guardsmen, but then again they must also take on jobs or scavenge to keep up with the wear and tear of the unit.

I guess because of the many trees, that outside the city they mostly use walkers because of the quick plant growth.

I would say that you have a good solid base now add in some characters, like the commander or a unique hero or have some cool battle fluff from games you may have played with them recently.

Good! Why did you ask for "help"?