Mawite Buccaneers
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To expand on the lore and military forces of the Brotherhood of the Maw.
- Image Credit: Chaos Cultists by Harry Osborn (original source removed)
- Role: Boarding Teams
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- Unit Name: Mawite Buccaneers
- Affiliation: Brotherhood of the Maw
- Classification: Marines
- Description: Culled from the ranks of Mawite aspirants, warships sworn to the Maw are always in need of new fodder to replenish their crews. To be chosen is a minor blessing of the Aspects for with service comes better rations and equipment, even some basic deckhand training. Not to mention a chance at any loot that isn't confiscated for the greater war effort. They still labor in barely tolerable conditions with a high casualty rate during raids yet the prospect for advancement through attrition or treachery offers a glimmer of hope for some minor luxuries.
- Unit Size: Medium
- Unit Availability: Common
- Unit Experience: Trained
- Equipment:
- Combat Function: Buccaneers are the basic ship to ship shock troops employed by Mawite raiders. Not as well trained or experienced as the fearsome Kitiakara Warbands sworn to a Heathen Priest. Their tactics rely on toxic gas as well as brutal melee weaponry to achieve shock and awe against their victims. Both conscripts and stimulants are also employed to overwhelm the enemy with wave tactics. Some have even learned enough about ship tech to conduct basic sabotage.
- No Quarter: Trained and equipped to fight without atmosphere. Often used to board vulnerable ships. Combined arms for close quarters combat.
- Chem Troopers: In more ways than one. Rely on stims to boost combat performance and nagnol to poison their enemies/render internal sensors useless.
- Honor Among Thieves: Likely to cut and run against unfavorable odds so they might return in greater numbers.
- Pirate Rags: Equipped with breath masks and hazmat suits but still vulnerable to vacuum.
There are as many pirate clans as marauder tribes in Maw space. Only the most desperate and depraved seek out this kind of brutal marauding life. Many are pressed into service against their will. These are the kind of scoundrels that give other scoundrels a bad name. For revenge or fortune or religious fanaticism each captain in their own way has declared war against the civilized galaxy. Some are faithful to the Mawite cause while others are only loyal to the spoils of conquest. They are a plague on the farthest fringes preying on local spacelanes and remote colony worlds. Everything of value to the Brotherhood is seized for their war machine while malnourished crews slowly tear themselves apart fighting over the scraps which remain.
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