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Traditionally, the Hegemony's heavy infantry and marines were made up of Alpha-Male Jaxtians; strong, smart, fast, and flexible. But a new battle doctrine was created for this campaign; something requiring the endurance, discipline, and unique capabilities of the Hegemony's other warrior phenotype.
Vetuckers equipped with the brand new Broadback weapon system have been deployed as your primary ground forces on the Aristocrat planets. Essentially a mobile reassembler backpack and attached weapon; the broadback sucks up useful materials from the enviorment, quickly recycles them, and supplie them as ammunition for the primary weapon system. Conductive metals used for electrostatic nets and darts to stun and fry swarms and smaller opponents, powerful magnetic slugs for armored and large-bodied targets, and flammable gases absorbed and used for the powerful plasma throwers meant to burn up all organic material. On planets whose biosphere wants to kill you; every plant and tree is an enemy combatant, and must be treated as such.
The Vetuckers move in lines; combing the surface immediately after ariel bombardment. It was not expected that kinetic weapons alone could destroy the Aristocrats defenses; which is why these soldiers were deployed to clean up after. It is also not expected to be able to permanently dislodge the Aristocrat defenses; total destruction of the topsoil and underground root system would be too costly and difficult. So instead, as grazing animals do, your soldiers decimiate the local ecosystem before moving to the next. Too dangerous for constant extraction; they're expected to stay on the planet for days at a time. While its not safe to let them consume the organic matter; they can at least drink recycled and distilled water and have a salt lick installed on the inside of their helmets, and only need to sleep for an hour or two at a time given the Vetucker biology. Special braces on their legs allow them to sleep standing up; ensuring formation can be kept even as some rest and others advance. Who knew the Hegemony's herbivores would end up being the perfect soldiers?
Vetuckers equipped with the brand new Broadback weapon system have been deployed as your primary ground forces on the Aristocrat planets. Essentially a mobile reassembler backpack and attached weapon; the broadback sucks up useful materials from the enviorment, quickly recycles them, and supplie them as ammunition for the primary weapon system. Conductive metals used for electrostatic nets and darts to stun and fry swarms and smaller opponents, powerful magnetic slugs for armored and large-bodied targets, and flammable gases absorbed and used for the powerful plasma throwers meant to burn up all organic material. On planets whose biosphere wants to kill you; every plant and tree is an enemy combatant, and must be treated as such.
The Vetuckers move in lines; combing the surface immediately after ariel bombardment. It was not expected that kinetic weapons alone could destroy the Aristocrats defenses; which is why these soldiers were deployed to clean up after. It is also not expected to be able to permanently dislodge the Aristocrat defenses; total destruction of the topsoil and underground root system would be too costly and difficult. So instead, as grazing animals do, your soldiers decimiate the local ecosystem before moving to the next. Too dangerous for constant extraction; they're expected to stay on the planet for days at a time. While its not safe to let them consume the organic matter; they can at least drink recycled and distilled water and have a salt lick installed on the inside of their helmets, and only need to sleep for an hour or two at a time given the Vetucker biology. Special braces on their legs allow them to sleep standing up; ensuring formation can be kept even as some rest and others advance. Who knew the Hegemony's herbivores would end up being the perfect soldiers?
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