Marshal, Journeyman Protector
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Creating a ground combat unit for the NSLR
- Image Credit: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/13th_Penal_Legion_(Last_Chancers)
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Churhee's_Riflemen - Role: Front line infantry
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: NSLR
- Unit Name: NSLR Penal Battalion
- Affiliation: Arla Susni
- Classification: Infantry
- Description: Wearing whatever basic clothing they might own or acquire, each soldier is fitted with body armour and equipped with a blaster carbine. The armour, the weapon, and the soldier themselves are fitted with countermeasures to prevent incidents. Many sport scars and tattoos, and any badges of rank they may have earned.
- Unit Size: Large
- Unit Availability: Common
- Unit Experience: Recruit
- Equipment: Chestplate, Blaster Carbine/Rifle, optional blade or shank
- Combat Function: Light Shock Infantry
In combat the large groups of physically fit mostly large males of various species are a wild and aggressive force. They are trained to charge their enemies while spraying fire from their blasters. They are motivated to do this not only by orders, but from the desire to induldge themselves in close up violent combat against the foe. Roaring like maniacs, they can unnerve the enemy. Most of the RPBs carry illegal blades, be they makeshift or otherwise and them that don't are just as dangerous with the solid stock of their carbine as a makeshift bludgeon.
- Effective light infantry
- Extremely motivated
- No heavy weapons or explosives
- Unprofessional
Borne from the need to deal with prisoners and the lack of jail space aboard the Remnants fleet, the penal battalions are based on the Star League's penal code, with some arrangements and refinements made by the Commander. There is no forced consctription, unlike the Star League, the Remnant Penal Battalions are an all-volunteer force. The deal is quite simple. One year of service equals ten years of a term of confinement. Of no interest to those serving three or five years, but palatable to anyone looking at decades.
Those without formal military training are required to learn on the job. There is no free ride, and they will be expected to follow orders into danger from the moment they sign on. Through obedience and victory, the PBs earn back their lives through service. The result is highly motivated infantry, very fierce and very determined to win and survive. What the RPBs lack in professionalism they try to make up for in ferocity.
As a penal unit, these soldiers are kept separate from the regular military, and civilians both. They police themselves, and are kept to barracks when not in the field. The unit is commanded by a lieutenant colonel, the highest officer rank possible in the penal battalion. The highest ranked NCO is the command sergeant major.
NCOs deal with the integration of new recruits and deal harshly with disciplinary issues. Officers oversee the sub units and are created organically through selection from the experienced NCOs. There are no outsiders among the PBs, as their NCOs and Officers are raised from among them, and have walked in their shoes. Any training, promotion, or reassignments are handled from within the unit. This creates a form of honour among the unit, who are made up of the lowest of the low. Examples to be followed are provided, men and women who have begun from nothing and risen up to be something honourable and respectable.
