the new colossus
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To flesh out the Kathol Republic military by introducing their most commonly encountered unit in the wider galaxy.
- Image Credit: StarCraft Marine by Aleksei Grechenyuk
- Role: A strike force for the Kathol Republic specialized in space warfare.
- Links: Canon Link
- Unit Name: Kathol Republic Marines
- Affiliation: Kathol Republic
- Classification: Infantry/Special Operations
- Equipment:
Thinsuit with Respirator - Kathol Powersuit
- Lancer Gauss Rifle
- Particle Repeater
- Enforcer Heavy Blaster
- VT-Morp Knife
- Thermal Detonator (Bandolier of Four)
[*]Description: Kathol Marines are known throughout the Outback as one of the most elite military forces in the sector. The Corps has a proud tradition of training recruits into highly effective fighters, and due to their home cluster's comparative wealth they are better equipped than most of the rag tag militias or defense forces found scattered throughout the deep Territories. The nature of their symbiotic role serving aboard naval starships and space stations also means they are well known, all too often in such a dangerous region they are the face of the Republic.
COMBAT INFORMATION
- Unit Size: Medium
- Unit Availability: Uncommon
- Unit Experience: Veteran
- Combat Function: Experts in ship to ship and counter-boarding operations, Kathol Republic Marines function as the thin red line that defends a military vessel from enemy incursion. Equally comfortable in an offensive and defensive posture, the Marines serve primarily as a support group for the Republic Navy and are deployed planetside only on rare occasions. Even then, they are far more effective as surgical strike teams than as an invasion force.
- Corsairs: Kathol Marines are trained to fight in space. Whether that means zero-G vacuum, running sweep and clears through labyrinthine corridors, close quarters combat, or whatever else one might expect to come across when boarding an enemy ship or repelling boarders in turn.
- Heavy Ordnance: Marines have little training against heavy armor or artillery, and do not rely on any type of heavy weapons specialists themselves. Due to the nature of shipboard skirmishes, these types of engagements are rare and often do just as much harm to both sides.
Since the foundation of the Kathol Republic the Marine Corps has served as protectors of the realm and patrolled the Outback attached to Republic Navy starships. Although nearly a millennium old in its traditions, the Kathol Marines are a fairly recent fighting force in the galaxy. The original marines were only issued blast vests, helmets, and a single blaster pistol each. However as time marched on and more trade routes opened up with the Coreward systems, the quality of their equipment was raised until it is now roughly on par with galactic standards, if a little rustic.
Now each marine is issued a rifle and powersuit for EVA operations, but the Corps still lacks many of the resources other forces in the galaxy take for granted, and so they take great pride in their resourcefulness, ingenuity, and ferocious warrior spirit. Kathol Marines have maintained a longstanding rivalry with the Republican Guard, their home star cluster's systems defense force. Marine units are usually deployed in 'squads' of twenty.
Modifications 6/23/19
- Changed aesthetic from Halo shock trooper to StarCraft marine inspired.
- Updated equipment list to reflect their heavier profile.
