[MR] additional info

[Sunniva Kyrre]

Greetings, 

Before my inbox is flooded, please let me add a few things about the manual. 

The purpose of the Atlantian Army Basic Melee Training Manual is to provide minimum training standards for every member of the Atlantian Army regardless of rank, time spent in the Society, geographic location, or affiliation.  This manual is intended to be a very basic guide to understanding how the Atlantian Army fights melees.  It assumes that the reader is already authorized, or is about to be authorized.  The manual provides a common-sense approach to prepare the reader for the first battle and beyond. 

NOTE:  This manual and its references were written from the perspective of shieldmen.  Appendices are in development to address basic melee concepts for Spearmen, Polearmsmen, Combat Archers, Scouts, Siege Engineers, and Sappers.  These documents will be appended to Version 2 of this manual. 

We will address in Version 2 how to defend against the use of combat archery, seige weapons, etc. 

If you have ideas you would like to contribute to this future manual, write it up and send it to me. I will then compile and sort these ideas to include them in Version 2.

Any other concerns or questions regarding this manual please contact me at turgeis_hakonson at verizon.net

In Service to Knight, Crown and Kingdom
Turgeis
Squire to Syr Forgal Kerstetter