Darth Pyrrhus
Well-Known Member
Name: KSC Slave Soldiers
Intent: To flesh out and expand upon what KSC can offer to those willing to dip into the slave trade
Affiliation: Karazak Slavers Cooperative
Availability: Common
Quality: D, on average. The overall quality is varied and may differ slightly from unit to unit between rank C and D, due to the slaves’ different and inconsistent backgrounds.
Type: Multi-purpose infantry. These units can be ranged, melee, or a mix of the two. KSC provides the bodies, the customer provides their equipment and purpose.
Strength: 150
Description:
Ever fancied yourself the general, but never been able to inspire loyalty to the point where others were willing to fight for you? Think free will is overrated? Fret no more! Soldiers on demand! Brought to you by none other than the magnanimous Karazak Slavers Cooperative! Numbers are everything, right? Buy in bulk!
Karazak Slavers Cooperative is company making its money entirely on the slave trade. They have many ventures within that field, however. One such venture would be the military section. Coming under the control of a Sith Lord has not made the KSC any more pleasant. The KSC can provide a great number of bodies with the specific intent of seeing them used on the battlefield. Though really, once they’re purchased the KSC does not care much in which way they’re used. Want to pester your rival? Great. Want to buy two units, pit them against each other and bet on the outcome with your friends? Be our guests.
Each unit will naturally be very varied. The KSC are not picky with where their slaves come from, and as such they will contain slaves from a great number of backgrounds and species. Naturally they come with the guarantee of being within a suitable age and physical shape. Specific requests can be made for those who wish for homogenous units of the same species, though this may take more time depending on the request.
All units will have undergone rigorous training. Those slaves marked for combat duty get sent to specific slave camps where they’re forced to live and breathe battle. That’s the advantage of training slave soldiers; no need to concern yourself with friendly work hours. At the slave camps they receive basic training in several combat forms, with both ranged and melee weaponry. This is so that they can be flexible, and suit whatever function the customers may have in mind. The downside is of course a lack of specialization, but the upside is more potential customers for the KSC. Unsurprisingly, the slave company has maximizing profits as their main priority. They operate on a quantity over quality basis.
Despite being put through intense training upon admittance to the camps, they hardly match up against the likes of specialized clone troopers who literally have trained all their lives. Few of these slaves used to be warriors by profession before they were captured, though some undoubtedly were. You are just as likely to find a former farmer or a banker, as a soldier amidst their ranks. Perhaps they’re not trained stormtroopers, but they can hold a blaster rifle! Put one in their hand and tell them where to aim. They’ll do fine. Besides, every army needs its meatshields.
It is important to note that the KSC only provides the manpower, not the gear. Whoever purchases these units are themselves responsible to equip them with whatever armour and weaponry they deem appropriate. However for those who do not wish to go through the trouble of equipping their own slaves, there is the option to have them armed at a significantly increased cost. Technically any armour and weapons included will come from a different company, but KSC takes their own cut for making it all come together with no effort required on the part of the customer.
It almost goes without saying (but not quite) that all slaves will come equipped with highly functioning shock collars. Within each unit a number of slaves will be recommended to serve roles similar to that of officers, to help keep the rest in line. It is further recommended that these are given special accommodations and provisions, as it furthers the gap between common slave and snowflake slave. We don’t want them to form a union, now do we? The customer would be advised to deploy non-slave personnel for crowd control purposes, should it be necessary. The slaves have been broken into obedience, but user discretion is advised. You are after all arming a group of people who have been forcibly ripped away from their families and livelihoods. Keep those shock collar triggers close at hand.
Links:
Image source: Iron Ring Slaves, by Jason Engle
http://jaenews.blogspot.co.at/2013/11/iron-ring-slaves.html
