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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a light infantry for the Hutt Republic; when independence is achieved.
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- Role: Light Infantry and a Portion of the Rank and File of Faction
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- Unit Name: The Bootana Hutta Volunteer Troopers
- Affiliation: The Hutt Republic
- Classification: Light Infantry
- Description: The Bootana Hutta Volunteer Troopers are the next generation of light infantry for the Hutt Republic. Replacing the old mercenaries armies of the Ancient Hutt Cartel with a formidable fighting force that can hold the line against any invaders. Handpicked from the Garden of the Hutts; these individuals are trained in battle tactics and given the standardized armor of the Volunteer Troopers to make for a force with an increased loyalty to the hutt families and their assets in the galaxy; much like the deployment troopers they come with a variety of skill levels; be they experts in sabotage; infiltration; slicing and other noticeable traits that they have learned in there service to their hutt overlords across the galaxy. The Volunteer Troopers work well with the Deployment Troopers and the Nal Hutta Heavy Cannoneer Units and regularly use combined arms tactics to bring down enemy's positions regardless of how strong there defenses might be. The Emblem of the Volunteer Troopers is the Hutt Ruling Council Chambers with a blaster rifle on top of it. With the same problems as the deployment troopers; the variety of different skills don't lead to a general mindset that is for victory but to what they can gain from their hutt overlords for a job well done; be it a pay rise; 24/7 attendants or other bonus items that they can sell or use for other purposes.
- Unit Size: Large
- Unit Availability: Common
- Unit Experience: Recruit
- Equipment:
- Combat Function: The Bootana Hutta Volunteer Troopers are a front line fighting force comprised of individuals handpicked or conscripted from the Garden of the Hutts. The Chance for a better life away from domestic service to the hutt families has driven many volunteers to the troopers as they grow tired of bowing to the every whim of individual hutt crime lords that don't respect them for their individual skills. With bonuses and rewards set up into place through the same tier system as the deployment troopers; many have decided to stay in the service of the hutts and defend their interest as they have nothing left to do with their lives. Each individual that makes up the Volunteer Troopers are unique and have different personalities that often conflict with each other. This can hinder operational effectiveness but overseers have been put into the ranks to make sure that everyone is getting along and fighting for the same purpose of defending their hutt overlord's property. They work extremely well with both the Nar Shaddaa Deployment Troopers and the Nal Hutta Heavy Cannoneers as they have a wide variety of individual skill level that is trained to be effective in combined arms tactics.
- Each their Own: The Volunteer Troopers like the Deployment Troopers are comprised of many different backgrounds and various amounts of skill. This works to their advantage is that someone will have the technical know how to handle any situation that comes their way and allow the troopers to advance unopposed.
- Improved Maneuverable: The Volunteer Troopers lack of heavy equipment and armor makes them have improved mobility compared to the Deployment Troopers and Heavy Cannoneers. This betters allows them to act as light infantry on the battlefield. As such this allows them to regroup if they have to withdraw from a battlefield and can effectively organize a counter strike against an advancing force. They will also suffer less casualties on the battlefield because they have improved mobility to get into cover to protect themselves from enemy fire and push through the battlefield
- Working as a Team: The Volunteer Troopers are well educated in the use of combined arms to defeat their foe even when outnumbered and like the Deployment Troopers; know how to operate all machinery that may be fielded by the hutt republic during a battle. They are best suited with the Nar Shaddaa Deployment Troopers backed up with the heavy support of the Nal Hutta Heavy Cannoneers as they all are infantry units that can play off of each others strengths and protect each other from their weaknesses on the field of battle.
- Infighting Happens Again: Much like it can be a strength; and like the Deployment Troopers the blending of many different kinds of people into a fighting force is often difficult as they have many individual goals in mind and have many different ways to win a battle in their head that doesn't exactly respond to the tactics issued by the Hutt Republic's Commanding Officers. With such a blend also comes the same problem; in that these people have different belief systems that can spire into an argument and decrease the overall effectiveness of the operations being carried out as tensions between them run high on the battlefield.
- Greater Armor Vulnerability: In order for the Improved Mobility on the battlefield; they had to lose immense armor protection that can end up in overwhelming high casualties at an alarming rate as the battle commences. They are extremely vulnerable to light and heavy vehicles and other heavy equipment that the enemy may bring to the battlefield and they can be taken down by a few blaster bolts in their unprotected areas more so than the Nar Shaddaa Deployment Troopers.
- Lack of Good Training: While the Volunteer Troopers do have some form of training in the use of weapons and simple tactics. Like the Deployment Troopers; they have a large array of skills or not skill at all when they come to join the service for the rewards offered by the Hutt Families for their loyalty to the republic. As such the cost to train everyone up to an operational status has been considered to be a waste and the cases of resentment among the skillness people when the volunteers with skill show off; creating the same internal division as the Deployment Troopers instead of a unified force as is the goal. Often units will be pushed into battle without any formal training just to fill out the rank and file numbers.
The Bootana Hutta Volunteer Troopers were another concept of the Militaristic Qunaalac Kajidic. In order to further replace the expensive mercenary armies fielded by the past versions of the once mighty hutt cartel. The idea of an organized light infantry force along the lines of the Imperial Army Troopers were tested at first with a small regiment hand picked from the the throne worlds of the hutt families as a recruitment drive into the Hutt Guardsman Guild; much like the deployment troopers this attempt ended in failure as the infighting problem was again swifty noticed when attempting to train different people from two different light styles into working with each other for the common goal of protecting the Hutt's Interest in the Galaxy. In order for the program to work as intended; the Hutt Families would still have to rely on mercenaries for their main infantry force; but the reorganization of the Volunteer Troopers along the lines of the Interstellar Regulators and the Nar Shaddaa Deployment Troopers into a Light Infantry for the Hutt Republic was apparent; while the troopers would never completely replace the vast mercenaries as the dominate fighting force; they now compromise a good portion of the fighting force that the Hutts can now wield into battle against their foes. They are mainly stationed inside the Garden of the Hutts but do have a presence on the two main planets of the former Hutt Cartel; Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa. The Garden of the Hutts otherwise known as the Bootana Hutta region is where they have gotten their namesake for a majority of the volunteer troopers were conscripted from the garden of the hutts to serve in the Volunteer Troopers. A few regiments have been sent to the Retreat World of Darvannis to act as reinforcements for the Local Security Forces on the planet and to test out if they are suited to working full time with the Nar Shaddaa Deployment Troopers in times of conflicts with another faction. They are also being used in the roll of police on hutt planets like the deployment troopers instead of military units because the hutt republic doesn't have any enemies to fight currently at this time.
