Ozymandias
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To flesh out the ritualistic elements of the Sith Order's First Legion
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Role:
The Obsecrati are purpose built to secretly transport and handle the 'Maledicti', a monstrous troop used to devastate enemy positions. They are also tasked with retrieving these weapons once a battle is done.
Permissions: N/ALinks: The Maledicti
GENERAL INFORMATION
Unit Name: First Legion Auxiliary V.I, 'The Obsecrati'
Affiliation:
The First Legion
The Sith Order
Classification: Sithspawn HandlersDescription:
Unit Overview:
The Obsecrati are an elite yet grimly revered military unit tasked exclusively with handling, deploying, and retrieving the horrific Maledicti abominations within Darth Empyrean's First Legion. Their presence evokes both awe and dread, as each mission brings them dangerously close to madness and death.
Appearance:
Clad in dark, ritualistic armor etched with faintly glowing Sith runes, Obsecrati members often wear hooded cloaks bearing chains symbolizing their precarious control over the Maledicti. Their helmets resemble blank, expressionless masks with narrow visors emitting a subtle crimson glow. Cultist Keepers, identifiable by intricate tattoos and archaic amulets, lead each squad, murmuring chants continuously as if warding off madness itself.
Unit Emblem:
Their sigil depicts a stylized chain encircling a cracked skull, symbolizing the tenuous boundary between control and chaos. This emblem is typically worn prominently as a badge or engraved onto their armor.
Mindset & Behavior:
The Obsecrati are stoic, disciplined, and fatalistic. They speak rarely, communicating primarily through subtle gestures and concise, coded language. Their mindset borders on religious fervor, believing their duty sacred—yet fully aware it will inevitably claim their sanity or lives. Hardened and unflinching, they approach every mission knowing it might be their last, whispering mantras that serve both as prayers and desperate pleas to keep madness at bay.
COMBAT INFORMATION:
Unit Size: Small | 8-12 Individuals per Squad
The Obsecrati operate in highly specialized, compact units designed for precise control and rapid deployment of their volatile charges. Each squad includes one or two cultist keepers, supported by a handful of elite guards responsible for protection, containment, and extraction. Their small size ensures discretion, adaptability, and minimizes casualties when the inevitable mishaps occur.
Unit Availability: Rare
The Obsecrati are exceedingly specialized, requiring extensive training in both combat and esoteric Sith rituals. Their members are difficult to recruit, slow to train, and prone to high attrition rates due to the inherent dangers of their role. Consequently, their numbers remain limited, making each squad a precious—and dangerously costly—asset.
Unit Experience: Elite
The Obsecrati stand among the most disciplined and battle-hardened of Darth Empyrean's forces. Each member undergoes rigorous and perilous training in Sith rituals, containment methods, and specialized combat doctrine, facing mental and physical trials that push them to the brink. Survivors emerge deeply scarred but incredibly skilled, capable of maintaining control under conditions that would shatter lesser minds. Their status as elite reflects both their extraordinary capabilities and their harrowing path of service.
Equipment:
- Ritual Sith Armor:
Specialized dark armor inscribed with Sith runes that offer moderate physical protection while enhancing the wearer's resistance to Force-based corruption and mental influences from Maledicti. - Obsecrati Masks/Helmets:
Expressionless, intimidating helmets with narrow visors and integrated filtration systems, providing psychological resistance and masking the soldier's identity, as well as limited HUD capabilities. - Force-suppressing Chains & Shackles:
Specialized restraints imbued with Sith Alchemy, used to contain Maledicti during transportation, preventing premature release or breakout. - Sith Ritual Amulets & Talismans: (Cultist Keepers only)
Artifacts used to channel and amplify Force rituals for controlling or temporarily pacifying the Maledicti during deployment and retrieval operations. - Containment Stasis Pods (Mobile):
Transport pods designed specifically to hold Maledicti in a sedated or restrained state while being moved to and from battlefields. - Heavy Blaster Pistols and Short-bladed Vibroswords:
Personal defensive weaponry carried for self-defense and close-quarters protection of Cultist Keepers. Intended strictly for defensive and emergency combat scenarios, not prolonged engagements. - Emergency Ritual Kits: (Cultist Keepers only)
Compact sets containing essential items—runes, sacrificial daggers, incense, and ritual chalk—for rapid containment or binding rituals should control over a Maledictus begin to slip.
The Obsecrati serve primarily as a specialized support and terror deployment unit within the First Legion. Their sole tactical objective is the safe transportation, precise release, and careful reclamation of the fearsome Maledicti abominations. They do not directly assault enemy positions—instead, they infiltrate or maneuver close to targeted enemy strongpoints under heavy guard, carefully timing the release of their horrific charges at critical moments to maximize chaos and demoralization among enemy ranks.
Tactics and Habits:
- They operate cautiously and deliberately, communicating quietly and efficiently, ever aware of the devastating consequences of failure.
- During combat, they remain in defensive positions, shielding the Cultist Keepers who actively chant and maintain ritual control until the Maledicti are released.
- Post-release, Obsecrati squads shift immediately into containment mode, preparing artifacts, runes, and ritual circles for surviving Maledicti reclamation.
- Obsecrati require dedicated conventional Sith troops as defensive escorts during transport, especially through contested areas.
- Once Maledicti are deployed, regular forces exploit the ensuing chaos by initiating assaults or flanking maneuvers.
- Retrieval efforts, after combat, necessitate specialized backup squads to help ensure safe extraction, as reclaiming surviving Maledicti is extraordinarily dangerous.
Force Abilities (Force User Units Only):
(Cultist Keepers Only):
The Obsecrati themselves are predominantly conventional elite soldiers and do not possess significant Force powers. However, each squad includes one or two Cultist Keepers—specialized Sith ritualists—who wield rare and unsettling abilities specifically tailored toward the handling of Maledicti.
- Ritual of Binding:
Complex Sith rituals using chants, runes, and amulets to subdue and control Maledicti temporarily. Requires constant focus and is extremely taxing mentally. - Suppress Presence:
Able to mask their squad's Force signatures temporarily, making transport and deployment harder for enemy Force-sensitives to detect. - Chains of Torment:
Manifest dark, spectral chains through Sith sorcery to momentarily restrain or slow the Maledicti in emergencies or post-combat reclamation attempts. - Aura of Calming Despair:
Project an unsettling yet pacifying aura, subtly influencing Maledicti to remain docile during transport. This power manifests as a whispering chant that calms their charges yet profoundly unsettles nearby soldiers.
Strengths:
- Elite Discipline & Specialization:
The Obsecrati possess exceptional discipline, resilience, and specialized training in both conventional combat and arcane Sith rituals, making them uniquely capable of handling and deploying Maledicti effectively. - Psychological Warfare Mastery:
Their ability to unleash Maledicti precisely creates extreme terror and chaos among enemy forces, breaking morale and disrupting enemy cohesion without direct combat, amplifying the effectiveness of the First Legion's offensive strategies.
- Fragile Control:
The Obsecrati's success depends entirely on maintaining tenuous ritualistic control over the Maledicti. If their Cultist Keeper is incapacitated or killed, control rapidly breaks down, unleashing catastrophic violence upon their own ranks. - Limited Combat Capability:
Their intense specialization leaves Obsecrati squads ill-suited for direct combat engagements. Without strong support from conventional Sith forces, they become vulnerable targets, risking total annihilation if isolated or directly confronted.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Obsecrati were conceived by Darth Empyrean shortly after his ascension, formed in secrecy as part of his ruthless military strategy to crush dissent and instill overwhelming fear within enemy forces. Inspired by ancient Sith rituals and the dark knowledge of the Worm Emperor residing within him, Empyrean envisioned a unit capable of wielding madness itself as a weapon—thus, the Maledicti and their sinister handlers, the Obsecrati, were born.
Their creation involved gathering Sith scholars, alchemists, and ritualists to refine the process of binding unwilling prisoners to chaotic Sith spirits or Netherworld amalgamations. As these experiments succeeded, Empyrean formed dedicated squads drawn from hardened veterans and those Sith devotees willing to sacrifice their sanity or lives for the Empire. Thus, the Obsecrati became a specialized, elite, and deeply secretive branch of the First Legion.
Their debut occurred during the infamous Burning of Makem Ti, where the careful deployment of Maledicti shattered enemy morale and secured a decisive Imperial victory. Following that battle, whispers spread quickly, both within the Empire and among its enemies, of chained horrors and the eerie handlers who guided them into war.
However, the Obsecrati also experienced catastrophic failure during an unnamed assault on an Alliance Space Station, when a Cultist Keeper was assassinated mid-operation. The resulting loss of control allowed the Maledicti to rampage indiscriminately, devastating the Obsecrati squads and nearby Imperial forces alike before being brought down through great effort and sacrifice. This tragedy emphasized the fragility of their control, a sobering lesson still haunting the unit's culture.
Today, Obsecrati squads are primarily stationed at hidden fortresses and secretive facilities within Sith-controlled space, carefully isolated due to the inherent danger of their charges. Deployed sparingly and under precise strategic conditions, their continued existence reflects Darth Empyrean's willingness to push the boundaries of morality, sanity, and power in the pursuit of absolute dominance.
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