Maldor Mecetti
Darth Trigonus
IMPERIAL MARINE CORPS
AKA
IMPERIAL PARAGONS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create the NPCs to fill out the background units of the Imperial Marine Corps
- Image Credit: Midjourney, prompted by me and edited with Paintshop
- Role: Hostile Boarding Actions and Beachheads
- Permissions: NA
- Links: NA
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Unit Name: Imperial Marines aka Imperial Paragons
- Affiliation: Empire of the Lost
- Classification: Heavily-Armed and Armored Assault Troops
- Description: Men, women, and otherbeings in heavy powered armor, wielding heavy weapons.
COMBAT INFORMATION:
- Unit Size: Large
- Unit Availability: Uncommon
- Units of the Imperial Marines are selected from the best of the Naval Security Forces and Naval Commando personnel.
- Unit Experience: Veteran
- These units are the most experienced and skilled Naval security and commando forces, drawn into a new heavy assault role.
- Equipment:
- Combat Function: Performing heavily contested boarding actions and Securing 'Beachheads,' enabling regular forces to follow.
- Force Abilities (Force User Units Only): None
Strengths:
- Trained in Naval Commando Skills
- Fierce loyalty and combat morale
Weaknesses:
- Imperial Marine armor is large and more easily targeted with vehicle scale weapons.
- Imperial Marines' large equipment is unsuitable for activity in the cramped confines built for the use of smaller species.
- Unsuited to clandestine or stealth operations.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Imperial Marines, also known as the Imperial Paragons, are a special division of the Navy created on orders from the Emperor. They are tasked with the role of conducting highly-contested boarding actions and establishing beach-heads or capturing landing-zones so that regular forces can follow-on and bring invasion troops, vehicles, and equipment. They are typically not utilized for long-term combat operations or nuanced objectives. Their job is to roar in, tear stuff up, and make a place safe for nimbler and more lightly armed forces to follow and conduct standard capture and occupation operations.
Marines are unique among Naval troops in that they do not require a ship in order to perform insertions. Their equipment allows each individual trooper to be their own dropship.
Their ranks are pulled from the most experienced Naval security and commando officers. Usually, no more than 5% of a ship's onboard troops will be Imperial Marines, and it is considered a high-prestige position with guaranteed intense combat associated with it. Regardless, many foes would prefer to encounter the full 90% of standard Naval troops as opposed to the 10% juggernauts that are the Imperial Marines.
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