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In the rulebook it gives a FOC that saids you NEED 1 HQ and 2 troop choice. Then it saids optional 1 HQ and 4 troops, does this mean I can have 1 HQ and 4 troops instead of 1 HQ and 2 troops or have it on top of the original. And it saids a similar thing with fast attack and heavy support.

Also, what if want a bigger army is an FOC like "for every HQ you need to take this stuff" so with one HQ im allowed to take 2 troops and if I add 1 more HQ I can take 2 more troops.

And what specifies a primary detatchment, is it a certain FOC from a certain HQ and how can you have 2 to get more allies?

Look on page 109 of the rulebook. It has a nice little diagram that nicely explains everything, and it's not hard at all to read. As you can see, on the FOC there are two types of boxes for each slot, black and grey. The black boxes represent mandatory slots, and grey boxes optional slots. So in short, the diagram shows you that you can take 1-2 HQ choices, 2-6 Troops choices. 0-3 Elites choices, 0 - 3 Fast Attack choices, and 0-3 Heavy Support Choices. For the allied detachment, you have the option to choose whether or not you take allies. If you do, you get to take 1 HQ, 1-2 Troops, 0-1 Elites, 0 - 1 Fast Attack, and 0 - 1 Heavy Support. Fortifications are the odd man out, since despite being completely optional they are in a black box, but ignore that, the limit on fortifications is 0 - 1. Now, in games of at least 2000 points, you can take a second FOC, which means that essentially you have two FOC's that you can fill out. You don't need to fill them both completely, but you have to fill the minimum requirements of both before you can legally play.

Basically the 1 HQ and two troops are mandatory. The additional HQ and troops, fast attack, etc. slots are optional. Again, this is standard FOC, and with allies and different scenarios and special rules it does change. Sorry this is short, I'm typing on an iPhone but I hope it helps to clarify.

Probably clear already, but I'll restate it another way just in case:

Your FOC is

HQ 1-2
Elite 0-3
Troops 2-6
Fast Attack 0-3
Heavy Support 0-3

Thanks guys this helped a ton! And I was reading pg.109 I just couldn't understand if it was 4 troops or 0-4 troops. Thanks

You can only have one allied army. When you double your force organization you only get to double what you already have.