The British Army came into being with unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland and was administered by the War Office from London. Since 1963, it has been managed by the Ministry of Defence.

Entry: No prerequisites

Basic training:

• Small Arms: 2
• Melee Combat: 2
• Swimming: 1
• Wheeled Vehicle: 1
• Thrown Weapon: 1

Special: Characters with Intelligence and Education of 7+ may enter officer training academy. If so, they receive a level 1 Leadership skill, are commissioned as 2nd lieutenants, and then conduct their first term normally.

Regiments of line cavalry and the Royal Tank Regiment together form the Royal Armoured Corps which has units equipped with either main battle tanks or with light armour for formation reconnaissance. An additional reconnaissance regiment is provided by the Household Cavalry Regiment, of the Household Cavalry, which is not considered to be part of the RAC.

Entry: No prerequisites

First Term Skills:

• Heavy Weapons: 2
• Tracked Vehicle: 2

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Heavy Weapons
• Tracked Vehicle
• Stealth
• Observation
• Navigation
• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Mechanic

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Heavy Weapons: 1
• Tracked Vehicle: 1
• Leadership: 1
• Persuasion: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Heavy Weapons
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Leadership
• Persuasion
• Stealth
• Observation
• Navigation
• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Mechanic

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

The Royal Artillery consists of 16 regiments, four of which retain the cap badge and traditions of the Royal Horse Artillery.

Entry: Strength: 5+

First Term Skills:

• Heavy Weapons: 2
• Tracked Vehicle: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Forward Observer
• Computer
• Electronics
• Warhead
• Heavy Weapons

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Intelligence: 5+ and Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Heavy Weapons: 2
• Forward Observer: 1
• Navigation: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Forward Observer
• Heavy Weapons
• Computer
• Electronics
• Warhead
• Leadership
• Persuasion

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

The Army Air Corps provides battlefield air support with 6 Regiments and 4 independent squadrons and flights.

Entry: No prerequisites.

First Term Skills:

• Aircraft Mechanic: 2
• Electronics: 2

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Aircraft Mechanic
• Electronics
• Small Arms
• Scrounging
• Pilot
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Mechanic
• Machinist
• Warhead

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 9+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Agility: 6+ and Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Pilot (Rotary Wing): 3
• Parachute: 1
• Navigation: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Pilot
• Small Arms (pistol)
• Navigation
• Foraging
• Parachute
• Observation
• Leadership
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Aircraft Mechanic
• Persuasion

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

The Royal Engineers is a corps of 15 regiments in the regular army providing military engineering (civil engineering, assault engineering and demolition) capabilities to the field army and facilities management expertise within garrisons.

Entry: No prerequisites.

First Term Skills:

• Combat Engineer: 2
• Civil Engineer: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Combat Engineer
• Civil Engineer
• Small Boat
• Scuba
• Swimming
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Small Arms
• Observation

Contacts: One per term, military or specialist (Combat Engineer). Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: The character receives a demolitions kit as part of basic equipment.

Entry: Civil Engineer: 2+ and Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Combat Engineer: 2
• Leadership: 1
• Persuasion: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Combat Engineer
• Civil Engineer
• Small Boat
• Scuba
• Swimming
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Small Arms
• Observation
• Navigation
• Metallurgy

Contacts: Two per term-government, military, specialist (Combat Engineer or Civil Engineer). Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: The character receives a demolitions kit as part of basic equipment.

The Parachute Regiment is made up of two battalions (2nd and 3rd)

Entry: Constitution + Strength + Agility: 15+

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Melee Combat: 1
• Parachute: 1
• Navigation: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Foraging
• Forward Observer
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Parachute
• Navigation
• Stealth

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Constitution + Strength + Agility: 15+ and Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Leadership: 1
• Parachute: 1
• Navigation: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Forward Observer
• Leadership
• Persuasion
• Navigation
• Foraging
• Parachute
• Stealth

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

The Infantry is divided for administrative purposes into five divisions (Guards Division, Scottish Division, King’s Division, Prince of Wales' Division & Queen’s Division)

Entry: No prerequisites

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Melee Combat: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Foraging
• Forward Observer
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Leadership: 1
• Persuasion: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Forward Observer
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Leadership
• Persuasion
• Navigation

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

The Army Medical Services provide primary and secondary care for the armed forces in fixed locations and whilst deployed on operations. Personnel are attached to a parent unit, one of five field regiments or the defence medical services. The AMS comprises four different Corps providing the range of medical and veterinary care, with the Royal Army Medical Corps also providing the administrative framework for the regiments.

Entry: Education: 6+

First Term Skills:

• Medical: 2
• Wheeled Vehicle: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Melee Combat
• Medical
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Small Arms
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Scrounging

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Undergraduate degree, Medical: 3+ and Officer training academy or commission (often direct commission)

First Term Skills:

• Medical: 1
• Leadership: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Wheeled Vehicle
• Medical
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Scrounging
• Instruction
• Persuasion

Contacts: 2 per term, military or medical. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Medical school and Officer training academy or commission (often direct commission)

First Term Skills:

• Medical: 1
• Leadership: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Medical
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Persuasion
• Leadership

Contacts: 2 per term, military or medical. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

The Intelligence Corps provides intelligence support including collection, interpretation and counter-intelligence capabilities with three battalions and a joint service group.

Entry: No prerequisites

First Term Skills:

• Mechanic: 2
• Wheeled Vehicle: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Mechanic
• Electronics
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Warhead
• Small Boat
• Language
• Computer
• Instruction
• Scrounging
• Machinist
• Metallurgy
• Gunsmith

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Intelligence: 7+, Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills: Laguage: 2 Interrogation: 2

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Disguise
• Forgery
• Interrogation
• Language
• Lockpick
• Melee Combat
• Observation
• Persuasion
• Small Arms
• Stealth
• Thrown Weapon

Contacts: 2 per term, military or intelligence community. Roll 1D10, on 6+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Strength + Constitution + Agility: 18+. Must have served at least one term in the military and (for officer only) Officer training academy or commission

Note that officers may not spend two consecutive terms in the SAS. After a term in the SAS, they must spend a term in another branch of the army. They may then spend another term in the SAS, and this will be counted as a subsequent term for skill selection. The only way for enlisted SAS soldiers to move to another branch of the army is to be “RTU’d” (Returned to Unit). This is a form of punishment, and so any character that does so will not normally be able to spend another term in the SAS.

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Heavy Weapons: 1
• Melee Combat: 1
• Parachute: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Thrown Weapon
• Foraging
• Observation
• Stealth
• Instruction
• Parachute
• Navigation
• Forward Observer
• Language
• Medical
• Interrogation
• Leadership
• Persuasion
• Tracking

Contacts: 2 per term, military or intelligence community. Roll 1D10, on 6+ the contact is foreign

Special: The character has a sand-coloured beret as part of his basic equipment

The Combat Support Arms provide direct support to the Combat Arms and include artillery, engineer, signals and aviation.

Entry: No prerequisites

First Term Skills:

• Mechanic: 2
• Wheeled Vehicle: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Mechanic
• Electronics
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Warhead
• Small Boat
• Language
• Computer
• Instruction
• Scrounging
• Machinist
• Metallurgy
• Gunsmith

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Persuasion: 2
• Computer: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Electronics
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Warhead
• Language
• Computer
• Instruction
• Scrounging
• Persuasion
• Leadership

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None