Approved NPC Athysian Stratis Hosts: Vorran Iron Guard

[Irratar Hemstagon]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create faction specific units for the subfactions of the Athysian League
• Image Credit: Credit photoshopped by me
• Role: Special Forces
• Permissions: NA
• Links: NA

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Unit Name: Vorran Iron Guard
• Affiliation: Athysian League
• Classification: Cyborg Troops
• Description: Their chests thick durasteel. Their veins wires and their bones rods. The Iron Guard stands out as a twisted tech-cult of Athys, consisting the non-tactical force of corsairs who man the large warships of the Hegenika. Although their form is not always similar to eachother, they all carry several tattooes on their iron bodies with the mark of the Athysian Hegenika and their own cult. Believed by most heretics and abominations, the Hegenikas that utilize such corsairs keep them always onboard their ships, not willing to deploy them in open view. However, regardless the ill-viewed cult of theirs, the Iron Guard proves to be a rather violent, berserker cult with highly mobile troops that can fight both in direct confrontation as well as shadow warfare.

COMBAT INFORMATION:

• Unit Size: Medium
• Unit Availability: Uncommon
• Unit Experience: Elite
• Equipment:
  • Vibrowblade
  • Cybernetic electroclaws
• Combat Function: Marines

Strengths:

• Fireproof. With most of their bodies replaced by cybernetics and bionic limbs, they feel little change when walking into fire or explosion. However, the shockwave an explosion may produce may throw them off balance, should their claws are not piercing onto the ground or a stable surface.
• Lightning Speed. The Vorran Iron Guard troops have all their limbs replaced as well as most of their bone structure with high durability steel. This allows them to reach three times the speed of a normal man.

Weaknesses:

• More Machine then Men. Due to the excess modification put onto these troops, being exposed to EMP instantly incapacitates them.
• Vulnerable to Lightning. The machinery and plating on the Vorran Iron Guard makes the troops vulnerable to lightning damage.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Vorran Iron Guard is a cult within Sazhizchor Hive City State, consisting of zealous warriors who crave the power of Vorr's Iron Will. To accomplish this "blessing" they keep altering their bodies, enhancing them with cybernetics. Initially, this cult was illegal to th Hive, up until the Hegemon saw the potential such a cult could have. Being accepted into the Stratis Hosts of the Hegenika, the Iron Guard became the cyborg corsairs who man the warships and stations of the Hive. Not being noble, or anywhere near a tactical force, they are not being used in ground warfare as they are viewed as Marines corps, meant to operate only in void warfare as vessel defenders and boarding parties.

 

[Judah Lesan]

Irratar Hemstagon

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