Army units are constructed at factories or recruited and trained. and individual units can be purchased on the market in varying quantities. Armies are just organizational groups for easy deployment. They can be assigned commanders depending on the size of the force. Sub groups can be formed for specific operations.
Army units need credits, refined materials, gas, food and people to operate. They can be used to invade, repel invasions, put down revolts or intimidate. Lack of credits lowers morale and increases failure rates. Refined materials are needed for repairs. Crew is needed for piloting the vehicles and also for ground troops. Lack of food will cause attrition in the people of the army. Gas is needed to power reactors, repulsors and lasers. Armies require transport between systems and landing craft. These landing craft can be shot down or intercepted. After battles prisoners and salvage can be collected. Reverse-engineering for the vehicles and technology is similar in capabilities to that of the ships’ reverse engineering.
