When you need an armed force quickly, you hire mercenaries. This article describes such companies, their organisation, occupations, fees, and how they might be employed.
There's another new addition to the page of Character Sheets & Profiles (this one called Retro Ivinian, by Erik Lindenius) so we're publishing this page yet again. There's also a new version of Daniel Petrone's PC Profile Generation package, and after correcting a problem, it's now available for download once more.