Enyo Typhos
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To sub a support unit for Enyo's forces.
- Image Credit: Here. 'Grenadier quicky' by Asahisuperdry. Found on asahisuperdry.deviantart.com.
- Role: Bombardiers.
- Links: Enyo Typhos, Iron Fist Consortium
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Unit Name: Iron Fist Bombardiers
- Affiliation: Enyo Typhos, Iron Fist Consortium
- Classification: Heavy support infantry.
- Reinforced Duraplast body armour with sealed bodyglove, internal life support, rebreathers and commlink with encryption module. Suit incorporates Sonic Dampeners to reduce risk of damage or disorientation from loud noises, such as explosions or high-pitch frequencies.
- ACS-206 Arrowhead Missile Launcher (request here, permission here).
- MM-s3 grenade launcher or Electromagnetic Pulse Launchers
- Portable Mortars
- Miniature proton torpedo launchers
- DC-17 hand blaster or shatterpistols.
- ACS-207 Aerosolblaster (purchased in storefront, request here, approval here)
- Vibroknives
- Standard Grenades (frag, concussion, smoke, gas, incendiary, flash, sonic, cryo, ion), thermal detonators. Specialised grenades: Proton, nerve gas, Dampener aerosol.
- Mission-specific: Thermite explosives, det charges.
- Military rations, medkits, Lifeform scanners, sensors etc.
- Repulsorlift sleds, speeders.
COMBAT INFORMATION
- Availability: Rare
- Deployment: Minor
Strengths & Weaknesses:
- Heavy firepower. The Bombardiers are well-equipped to take out armoured vehicles, airborne craft or blow a hole into large concentrations of enemy infantry at range. Since they focus on being a heavy infantry support force, they can afford to carry more grenades, missiles and so on. Qualified in the use of explosive ordinance.
- Minor cybernetic augmentations enhance their sight, hearing and reaction time. Their implants also allow nonverbal communication.
- Use of light repulsorvehicles gives them mobility. Grenade launchers and the like can be mounted on repulsorlift sleds, enabling the Bombardiers to get close enough to launch an attack, while evading enemy fire.
- Comparatively poorly equipped to take on infantry, except at a distance. Explosive weapons are a terrible choice at close range. No rifles, no automatic weapons such as repeating blasters, no swords etc. They only have sidearms, wrist weapons and vibroknives to fall back on.
- Low rate of fire. Their main weapons are heavy and reloading them takes time...which they may not have in the midst of battle. Carrying explosive ordinance around is also risky, as enemy actions could cause it to explode prematurely.
- Vehicles grant them mobility, but they're very light and easily damaged or destroyed by enemy fire.
- Body armour resists glancing blows from lightsabres, but not full-on impacts.
The Iron Fist Bombardiers represent a dedicated support unit geared towards providing heavy fire support. Thus they are not a frontline unit. Rather they can be considered mobile artillerists. Equipped with anti-tank/anti-air missiles, grenade launchers and portable mortars, they can support soldiers by cracking vehicles, providing some defence against enemy air strikes or blowing a hole through enemy fortifications and strong points such as bunkers. Enyo's minions often find themselves fighting in urban environments, so gas is a useful tool to clear buildings and flush out concealed enemies.
Since Enyo is an amoral, nihilistic Cyborg, she has no problem using a weapon as horrible as nerve gas, though its employment is limited since it's more difficult to acquire. Anti-Blaster aerosol is capable of rendering even painful blaster bolts into harmless slaps that pass through the screen. Smoke grenades, propelled by hand or through launchers, can obfuscate their comrades' approach, confusing the enemy and providing cover. Use of portable mortars allows them to serve as light artillery.
However, the Bombardiers' main weapons are rather heavy and take time to reload. In order to compensate for this weakness and give them some mobility, they have access to repulsorlift sleds and speeders. These allow them to make a quick getaway if they come under enemy fire or conversely get into position quickly so that they can unleash their firepower upon enemy targets, then dash away. However, the speed of these vehicles comes at a price, as they are very lightly armoured and thus easily damaged. As a support force, the Bombardiers require protection from their comrades, for they are ill-equipped to take on enemies at close quarters, as their main weapons are rather impractical in such situations.
Bombardier training is quite intense, as carelessness can easily result in friendly fatalities. It includes extensive training to handle explosive ordinance and projectiles. This also keeps accidental casualties down. The Bombardiers operate in teams and tend to be attached to common platoons. Within the Bombarder units, an individual soldier using a missile launcher or mortar is usually paired with a spotter/reloader to ensure greater accuracy and speed up reload time.
