Garlean Outposts (Spoilers)

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The XIVth legion outposts in Eorzea don’t necessarily exist in a time bubble.

Gaius van Baelsar went against the wishes of the Empire (Varis, before he got his throne) when he invaded Eorzea again and soon after taking over the old VIIth legion outpost from 1.0 and establishing his own, he became cut-off from the rest of Garlemald due to blockades and being deep within enemy territory. At the end of ARR when Ultima is defeated and Gaius deserted his own legion to go kill Ascians, that left much of the XIVth abandoned in Eorzea with no way back and likely not even a way to communicate with the homeland.

They’re nothing more than bandits now. In post-ARR dialogue, Raubahn and the Eorzea Encyclopedia mention that the soldiers left behind have dug in and haven’t gone anywhere. Even if they did receive the calls to return to the Empire to participate in both civil wars over the throne, they didn’t really have the ability to do so or the leadership to organize around. Some escaped Eorzea to join the VIIth, but obviously not all of them were able to.