There’s an army platoon assigned to garrison Forest Watch 21, defend adjacent territory, and prepare for recapture of Forest Watch 20. A quick overview:

Current commander of FW21, has two subordinate officers, each with his own crack team.

Lieutenant Donkey’s team is specialized in close engagements.

Lieutenant Richter’s team Includes multiple ranged-attack specialists, allowing them to project force without needing, necessarily, to change positions to engage. As such they will frequently be called upon to hold positions such as the watchpost itself.

Please note that the rank system used only loosely follows those in use by contemporary militaries. That the second team consists entirely of non-player characters is totally coincidental and not a metagame ploy to keep the spotlight on the player characters at all. Really.

Shortly after the death of Pvt. Leucis, 48 reinforcements arrived, consisting of one Lieutenant, six sergeants, and forty-one privates. In total, this brings FW21 to four Lieutenants (including the commander), seven sergeants, and fifty privates.