Is anyone else dying to get to Garlemald?

[YianKutku]

This was the timeframe during which Gauis' XIVth Legion went rogue... and all deemed traitors punishable by death, which is why Nero didn't return to Garlemald after Gaius' death.

I have this vague recollection that the XIVth were responsible for taking over (or rather, re-establishing themselves in) the Castrums after the Battle of Cartenau, by executing whatever remnants of the VIIth legion were still there. I'm not sure if this is canon, though.

If it is, then everyone in the XIVth, including the rank and file, knew the consequences of going rogue. That they followed Gaius anyway is possibly a sign of severe systemic dysfunction in the whole Imperial military organization; if the soldiers are loyal to their general over their nation (due to actual loyalty, or merely fear of punishment), then there isn't much preventing said general from attempting to launch a coup, assuming they have plans to deal with the other legions.

EDIT: Found the cite: lorebook page 54, about Gaius's actions directly after the fall of Dalamud. He sent the XIVth to take over Castrum Novum, which is now known as Castrum Centri, then sent troops all over Eorzea to secure land and build even more Castrums.

Considering one of them was Castrum Meridianum, which has a Phantom Train Depot like Castrum Centri has, I would suggest the XIVth had Imperial sanction at least in the beginning. I would otherwise find it difficult to believe that a rogue Imperial Legion, presumably cut off from mainland support, would be able to construct four entire Castrums plus one outpost at Cape Westwind in the space of five years.

(Four Castrums, since Castrum Oriens was already built after Silvertear, and Castrum Novum was renamed Castrum Centri. The extra Castrum is Castrum Aquilonis, over in Dravania, near Ishgard.)