Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide the Silver Jedi Concord with a commando unit
- Image Credit: Bungie Concept Art found here combined with HALO armor pieces mis-mashed together through "Vanity" application and then modified by yours truly
- Role: The 22nd serve as commandos, mostly focused on discretely penetrating through enemy lines to sabotage material assets and abduct important enemy personnel
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Personal Defense, Lucerne Labs, the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk
- Unit Name: 22nd Provisional Commando Company - "The Stormriders"
- Affiliation: Silver Jedi Concord
- Classification: Special Forces
- Description: The 22nd Provisional Commando Company is a temporary amalgamation of special forces troopers whose worlds were overrun by the Bryn'adul Covenant. Under the leadership of the quiet but capable Major Tyias, these toughened warriors were re-equipped with top of the line equipment from Lucerne Personal Defense and underwent some additional training to standardize doctrine and use of their new gear. With plenty of motivation to strike back at those who ruined their worlds, the soldiers of the 22nd specialize in infiltrating areas to sabotage equipment or abduct personnel to drag them back to base for interrogation.
- Unit Size: Medium
- Unit Availability: Unique
- Unit Experience: Elite
- Equipment:
- Command Element (1 Squad Leader, 1 Demolitions Expert)
- 2 Firespike Submachine Guns with silencers (Squad Leader primary weapon / Demolition's primary weapon)
- 1 Stokhli Spray Stick (Squad Leader Secondary weapon)
- 1 Interference Box (Squad Leader)
- 2 Thermal Wells (demolitions expert)
- 1 large container of Plasticene Thermite Gel (demolitions expert)
- 1 LPD-36 Fire Pillar Detonation Charge (demolitions expert)
- Fire Team Aurek (3 Riflemen, 1 Sniper)
- 3 Shadowstride Battle Rifles with Crasher Underbarrel Grenade Launchers (Riflemen primary weapon)
- 1 Firespear Heavy Rifl with silencer and Targeter Ranging Scope (Sniper primary weapon)
- 2 LPD-24 Fireblast Dual Purpose Grenades (per team member)
- 2 7-PrG Proton Grenades (per team member)
- 1 LPD-35 Shadowcaster Gaseous Grenade (per team member)
- Fire Team Besh (3 Riflemen, 1 Sniper)
- 3 Shadowstride Battle Rifles withCrasher Underbarrel Grenade Launchers (Riflemen primary weapon)
- 1 Firespear Heavy Rifle with silencer and Targeter Ranging Scope (Sniper primary weapon)
- 2 LPD-24 Fireblast Dual Purpose Grenades (per team member)
- 2 7-PrG Proton Grenades (per team member)
- 1 LPD-35 Shadowcaster Gaseous Grenade (per team member)
- Combat Function: While thousands if not millions of infantrymen and battle droids form the bulk of most galactic armies, not every situation requires employment of such massive numbers, especially to execute more subtle strategic tasks. To that end, special forces remain a key asset to most galaxy's governments - the Silver Jedi Concord is no exception. The 22nd Provisional Commando Company is an amalgamation of survivors from federal and local special forces units that were once engaged in activities in the Galactic East against the rising tide of the Bryn'adul horde. These tough survivors were reconstituted and reequipped under the leadership of Major Tyias, one-time commandant of the Sanctuary special forces before that world's fall to the Bryn'adul. Highly equipped and experienced, the Stormriders have built up a quiet reputation within the Concord's military circles by taking advantage of naturally occurring phenomena (notably storms) to hide their deep penetrations through enemy lines before executing the final stage of their missions with explosive bravado that seems to defy their initial approach.
- Elite Fighters The members of the 22nd are almost universally survivors not only of hardened special forces units, but frequently from cataclysmic events that wracked their worlds when the Bryn'adul invaded. Not only are the members of the 22nd excellent marksmen, but most are experienced and trained in deadly martial arts such as Broken Gate or K'thri - techniques that are only more devastating given their use of power armor.
- Infiltrators: The 22nd is almost universally well-equipped with silenced weapons, active camouflage cloaks, nagnol gas grenades, and squad level communications and sensor jammers. These technologies combined with competent fieldcraft based on the use of psychological ruses and extensive use of terrain to conceal themselves can make them more difficult to detect than average soldiers.
- Demolitions Team: The 22nd has a high focus in using a variety of explosives and some impromptu demolition techniques. While there is a demolition specialist in each squad, other members of the fire teams are also cross-trained on the basic use of not only their team's explosives, but many common explosives and volatile substances found throughout the galaxy.
- What do you mean tanks? The 22nd is not equipped with direct fire heavy weapons for conventional combat against enemy vehicles, starships, and heavier battle droids. This can make them vulnerable if they discovered by such assets during their primary missions.
- Fractious: The 22nd is drawn from a wide variety of cultures and units, many of which have fallen to the Bryn'adul horde. There are few commonalities among the men aside from a personal hatred of the Bryn'adul, and because of the haphazard nature of their formation there are frequent disagreements and misunderstandings within the ranks. Loyalty among them frequently is at the squad level and few have long-term trust and loyalty to their leadership.
- Small Numbers: The 22nd is a traditional company-sized element, numbering no more than roughly 144 men at any time - a pittance in conflicts that involve millions of men.
The 22nd Provisional Commando Company was formed from the scattered survivors of dozens of special forces and special operations groups from worlds that fell to the Bryn'adul onslaught into the galaxy. These hardened and frequently vengeful survivors were thrown together under the leadership of Major Tyias for several training exercises in the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk during which they were gradually requipped and trained with new weapons and technologies. While most grunts perfected their fieldcraft skills during these exercises, Tyias ironed out a command structure and basic doctrine with the field officers and senior NCOs that emphasized taking advantage of natural phenomena to help infiltrate locations before rapidly bringing down converging strikes with overwhelming local superiority to secure objectives. While not intended to be a permanent formation, it would appear that the Stormriders will likely remain a unit until most of their homeworlds can be liberated from the Bryn'adul.
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