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NPC Combat Unit Template 3.0
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
Strengths
Weaknesses
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Bluecoats rose to prominence shortly after the coronation of Lord-Imperator Cedric Grayson I. After being under control by so many foreign powers, large swathes of the Coruscanti population have grown disgusted by the state of their planet. The Imperator's message of cleaning up the planet, and returning it to its former prominence at the center of the galaxy spoke to these disenfranchised youths.
Shortly after the coronation, crackdowns began across the planet to reduce the influence of the planet's former warlords, and the criminal underworld. Coruscant is, however, a massive world, and the Essonians and their allies simply lacked the numbers to bring about sizable change. This was noticed by several groups of university students, who requested a private meeting with the Lord-Imperator. To their surprise, their audience was granted. In return for their assistance, the Imperator promised that the government would turn a blind eye to their activities, and provided a handful of Essonian officers to train this burgeoning group.
In the two months that have passed since the coronation, the Bluecoats have organized beyond the simple fraternities of the universities. With the Lord-Imperator calling upon his father's brief rule over Coruscant as a line of canonical succession, elements of the youth population with a greater affinity toward authority and force of will opted to put their trust in Coruscant's first ruling monarch in generations. Additionally, the Imperium's relief efforts have worked to endear much of the population, as the Essonians have poured billions of their credits into reforming the Undercity, as well as working to undo the damage that decades of war have brought to the galactic capital. This all coupled with the Lord-Imperator's rhetoric of Coruscant reigning as the head of a new hegemony have spurred on the hearts and minds of many. Whilst some elements remain embittered due to the Essonian's nature, many have been able to see the Imperator as something of a local, given his family's several thousand years of documented service to the Old Republic and residence on Coruscant. As a result, thousands of young men looking for a cause joined up with the paramilitary unit, and began to assist in the government crackdown on corruption.
The Bluecoats are present on all Imperium worlds, usually with one or more chapter houses. Their greatest contributions have been in the Coruscant underworld. Emboldened by a sensation of history being made, the Bluecoats have spread through the underworld like wildfire. Crime families that have stood for centuries were dragged and beaten through the streets, drug dens bombed, sympathizers with foreign powers made to simply disappear. In their place have risen churches devoted to the Ashla, humanitarian organizations providing food and housing to the homeless, and numerous state funded businesses designed to kickstart the underworld as its economy shifts from a black market economy to a white market economy.
While this all sounds lovely, the Bluecoats have been known to see some of the gray areas as more black and white. Prostitution, marketing of intoxicants, and general places of debauchery such as strip clubs have all been targeted by the Bluecoats. Whilst some businesses working in these areas (those sanctioned by the state, and thus must pay exorbitant taxation fees) have remained, much of Coruscant's culture is changing to fit the moral mold of the Imperium, whether it wants to or not.
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To further buff up the lore of the Grayson Imperium, and introduce a more authoritarian group into the faction
- Image Credit: Wikicommons
- Role: The Bluecoats are a paramilitary organization made up of private citizens that are fanatically loyal to the new regime, and wish to affect its moral changes throughout the Imperium.
- Links: Grayson Imperium, Cedric Grayson, Followers of The Ashla
- Permissions: Myself, The Grayson Imperium members
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Unit Name: Officially known as The Bluecoats, Unofficially as Grayson's Bluecoats
- Affiliation: The Bluecoats are fanatically loyal to the Imperium and whomever its Imperator may be at any given time.
- Classification: Conscripts/Infantry, The Bluecoats are primarily made up of civilians and military veterans.
- Equipment: The Bluecoats have no official equipment, and will generally make use of blunt instruments to bring about the changes they wish. They have been known to engage in the use of firearms when they are required, but generally utilize non-lethal melee force to subdue their opponents.
- Description: The Bluecoats are the result of rising nationalism within Coruscant's populace. They are a movement primarily comprised of young humanoid men that have been thrown into a frenzy by the words of their Lord-Imperator. The Bluecoats are not sanctioned by the Imperium, and serve as a paramilitary policing arm that carries out acts of vigilantism in service of the state. They are fanatically loyal, and have mobilized under the idea that to bring about the Imperator's vision for a just and moral Imperium, they must take matters into their own hands. Whilst not officially condoned, the Bluecoats tend to follow the orders of the Imperator whenever they are given, though the group often acts of its own accord. Bluecoats are marked as members by their respective blue coats, all of which are colored a deep navy blue to signify the organization's devotion to the Imperium.
- Unit Size: Large: The Bluecoats are quite large, as their movement has been romanticized by much of Coruscant's media. A surge in the desire to return Coruscant to its former glory has led to thousands of young men taking to the streets in the hopes of seeing their Imperator's vision realized.
- Unit Availability: Common
- Unit Experience: Recruit: Whilst much of the Bluecoats are made up of fanatical university students, common men, and laborers, the orchestraters of the movement are almost all former military. This has resulted in basic military training for the majority of the group. Most of the men know how to operate basic firearms, move as a unit, etc.
- Combat Function: The majority of the Bluecoats' operations are against gangs, political dissidents, and followers of the Dark Side within the Imperium. They are generally not expected to participate in real warfare, though if the situation is called upon, the Bluecoats would serve as a reserve garrison in defense of their homes.
Strengths
- Ideological Fanaticism: The Bluecoats are true believers in the Imperium dream. They feel that theirs is the cause of righteousness, and will fight to the death in the name of their ideology.
- The Ashla: Many of the Bluecoats have converted to the Imperium's state religion, The Followers of the Ashla. Their belief in the Ashla has resulted in the Bluecoats taking on many humanitarian missions across the Imperum, endearing them to the populace, and tempering the brutality often associated with such zealous groups.
Weaknesses
- Ideological Fanaticism: As stated before, the Bluecoats are true believers. They have little tolerance for those that think Coruscant and her subsequent worlds should follow any path other than the Imperator's. A Bluecoat will have little sympathy for those disloyal to the monarchy, especially for those that espouse the teachings of the Bogan, believers in unrestrained capitalism, loyalists to the old imperial regimes, and communists. Followers of any nation aside from the Imperium and its allied states are seen as disloyal dissidents as best, and scum best put in a cell at worst.
- Poorly Equipped: The Bluecoats are neither sanctioned nor funded by the Imperium. All their arms and armaments are already owned by their members, or are donated by private citizens sympathetic to the cause.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Bluecoats rose to prominence shortly after the coronation of Lord-Imperator Cedric Grayson I. After being under control by so many foreign powers, large swathes of the Coruscanti population have grown disgusted by the state of their planet. The Imperator's message of cleaning up the planet, and returning it to its former prominence at the center of the galaxy spoke to these disenfranchised youths.
Shortly after the coronation, crackdowns began across the planet to reduce the influence of the planet's former warlords, and the criminal underworld. Coruscant is, however, a massive world, and the Essonians and their allies simply lacked the numbers to bring about sizable change. This was noticed by several groups of university students, who requested a private meeting with the Lord-Imperator. To their surprise, their audience was granted. In return for their assistance, the Imperator promised that the government would turn a blind eye to their activities, and provided a handful of Essonian officers to train this burgeoning group.
In the two months that have passed since the coronation, the Bluecoats have organized beyond the simple fraternities of the universities. With the Lord-Imperator calling upon his father's brief rule over Coruscant as a line of canonical succession, elements of the youth population with a greater affinity toward authority and force of will opted to put their trust in Coruscant's first ruling monarch in generations. Additionally, the Imperium's relief efforts have worked to endear much of the population, as the Essonians have poured billions of their credits into reforming the Undercity, as well as working to undo the damage that decades of war have brought to the galactic capital. This all coupled with the Lord-Imperator's rhetoric of Coruscant reigning as the head of a new hegemony have spurred on the hearts and minds of many. Whilst some elements remain embittered due to the Essonian's nature, many have been able to see the Imperator as something of a local, given his family's several thousand years of documented service to the Old Republic and residence on Coruscant. As a result, thousands of young men looking for a cause joined up with the paramilitary unit, and began to assist in the government crackdown on corruption.
The Bluecoats are present on all Imperium worlds, usually with one or more chapter houses. Their greatest contributions have been in the Coruscant underworld. Emboldened by a sensation of history being made, the Bluecoats have spread through the underworld like wildfire. Crime families that have stood for centuries were dragged and beaten through the streets, drug dens bombed, sympathizers with foreign powers made to simply disappear. In their place have risen churches devoted to the Ashla, humanitarian organizations providing food and housing to the homeless, and numerous state funded businesses designed to kickstart the underworld as its economy shifts from a black market economy to a white market economy.
While this all sounds lovely, the Bluecoats have been known to see some of the gray areas as more black and white. Prostitution, marketing of intoxicants, and general places of debauchery such as strip clubs have all been targeted by the Bluecoats. Whilst some businesses working in these areas (those sanctioned by the state, and thus must pay exorbitant taxation fees) have remained, much of Coruscant's culture is changing to fit the moral mold of the Imperium, whether it wants to or not.
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