Garlean Military and Armament

[Melinia]

They could promote certain, actually capable and suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, members of the subjugated in order to KEEP them down by giving them false hope of becoming part of the greater nation.

Except that what we learn about Gaius and his subordinates seems to suggest the opposite. Gaius's non-Garlean subordinates actually seem to be pretty much unique within the Garlean forces, largely due to the racial prejudices of the Garleans. That also further suggests that Gaius himself is meritocratic to a degree not present within most of the Empire. On the one hand, he and his subordinates needed to be stopped. On the other, it seems almost a shame to be forced to kill what appears to be the one Garlean in a position of power who isn't hindered by the racial prejudices of his countrymen.

I also find it ironic that the one subordinate to survive the bloodbath (Nero), is also the one who is potentially the biggest disaster waiting to happen.

[Orophin]

Roman legions were made up of 10 cohorts named first to tenth cohort. Garlean cohorts would most likely be the same (except possibly the number per legion), so those are 1st-8th cohorts of the XIVth legion.

Thanks for the education, apparently I should have done some more research.