Darth Acharon
Cyrus Teraah
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create the standard army soldier for use by the Empire of Ailara in future threads
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- Role: Rank and File Soldier
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: N/A
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Unit Name: Ailaran Army Trooper
- Affiliation: Empire of Ailara, Lords of the Sith
- Classification: Infantry
- Description: Ailaran Army Troopers all wear a standardized, solid white armor set reminiscent of Imperial stormtroopers from various eras, as well as Clone Troopers from the Clone Wars era. On their right should each trooper has the Empire of Ailara crest in a obsidian black, while on the left shoulder they have their unit number blazoned in a dark red. Ailaran Army Troopers maintain an air of professional disciple at all times while in combat armor and uniform, and are noted to rarely talk except to acknowledge orders, or in rare cases, ask questions.
- Unit Size: Large
- Unit Availability: Common
- Unit Experience: Trained
- Equipment:
- Armor
- DC-15a
- Medical Kit
- Entrenching Tools
- Combat Knife
- Thermal Detonators
- Combat Function: The Ailaran Army Trooper makes up the rank and file of the Empire of Ailara ground forces, and serve in various frontline roles as required by the Empire. These duties range from front line combat to base security, and serve as vehicle operators in both the combat and logistics corps. Ailaran Army Troopers are drilled relentlessly by hired military professionals from across the galaxy, Unlike other contemporary Imperial militaries however, the individual is certain levels of freedom, and low ranking officers within individual squads are encouraged to take tactical initiative if they believe they see an opportunity. At the beginning of any campaign, no matter where they are going, it has become a habit for Ailaran Army Troopers to always step off the transport, warship, or other vehicles with the right foot. To step off with the left foot first is seen as a ill omen for the campaign that is to come.
- Disciplined: Ailaran Army Troopers undergo rigorous training and drilling on Ailara over the course of half a year before they are eligible for combat duty. During this time, they are forced to endure the creative tortures and endurance drills that the various military instructors can come up with, including highly hazardous live fire drills. In the heat of combat, Ailaran Army Troopers can be trusted not to break and run when things begin to turn against them.
- Initiative: Ailaran Army Troopers are given a well rounded military education during the second half of their basic training period. Each soldiers is encouraged to think for themselves in the field, and while following orders is highly enforced and encouraged, Ailaran Army Troopers of all ranks are given the knowledge and training to be able to make on the call tactical decisions should they lose contact with the chain of command, or see an opportunity present itself.
- Isolationist: Given their rigorous training and indoctrination on Ailara, Ailaran Army Troopers are notoriously problematic when it comes to working alongside other military forces in a combined campaign. Especially among units they see as of poor quality or ill repute, such as mercenaries or pirates, Ailaran Army Troopers will go out of their way on occasion to inconvenience or even harm their 'comrades'. In the heat of combat, unless strictly ordered to, Ailaran Army Troopers have even been known to abandon their allies and leave them without support, potential crippling the overall military effort.
- Logistics: The individual Ailaran Army Trooper is issued very little in the way of provisions beyond what might be needed for a single engagement, and next to no equipment that would be needed for prolonged campaigns without constant resupply and housing. Ailaran Army Troopers are only capable of direct combat situations for extended periods of time when they have a well supplied logistical support, and ready made quarters for them to fall back to. They are unable to operate behind enemy lines, and will run out of supplies quickly if they are cut off from their supply lines.
Following the establishment of the Empire of Ailara, the new Emperor Darth Acharon began the recruitment of the first professional army that the world of Ailara had seen in centuries. Calling on various military instructors from across the galaxy, the Ailaran Army Troopers began to enter service roughly half a year following the establishment of the Empire, and have steadily grown in number with each month as the staggered recruitment and training phases come to an end. Stationed primarily on Ailara itself, the Ailaran Army Troopers have begun to see wider deployment beyond their home star system, and have even entered service of the Lords of the Sith in certain circumstances, most commonly when their Emperor has need of a professional, and loyal, military arm to aid him in his efforts.
