Approved NPC Io Veterans

[Laertia Io]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a Heavy trooper unit

• Image Credit: https://www.deviantart.com/wolfkroger74/art/House-of-Cobra-Foot-Soldier-MK01-783061564
• Role: To serve as feared Remnant Shock Units that are highly adept at survival
• Permissions: N/A
• Links: N/A

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Unit Name: Io Veterans
• Affiliation: House Io
• Classification: Special Forces Unit
• Description: Deadly killers in service to Laertia, the Io Veterans hunt enemy SF AND Force users

COMBAT INFORMATION:

• Unit Size: Medium
• Unit Availability: Rare
• Unit Experience: Elite
• Equipment: Range Finder. Med Kit. Burn kit.

Ranged:

Rifles

Blaster Carbines:
Elemental Assault Carbine Type 1 OR Io-Series Laser Carbine

Assault Rifles:
House Io Assault Radiation Blaster Model 1 OR Laufey-21 Cryonic Assault Disruptor

Slugthrower:
House Io Battle Scout Rifle

Sniper:

House Io Stormtrooper Sniping Blaster

Slugthrower:

Myrkr Rifle

Pistols

House Io Stormtrooper Blaster Pistol

Slugthrowers:

Dragon's Breath Pistol

OR

Heavy Weapons

House Io Sniping Launcher OR Assault Concussion Rifle OR House Io Assault Radiation Repeating Blaster OR Ultralight Ion SAW Type 1 OR Verpine Shatter Machine Shotgun OR Disposable Rocket Launcher (SPECIAL: May carry up to two per soldier in addition to standard weapons)

Thrown:

Ordinance (Light)

Type-007 Thermal Detonator (2), Type-007 Swell Detonator (1)

OR

Ordinance (Heavy)
Radiation Grenade (4)

Melee

Citizen Energy Sword

Support

Basic Cultist (1 in every squad, Often the Commander)

Droids:

Nuetralizer Model 1 (1 Per Squad, Second in Command)
Model 1 Equipment:
SFOR Carbine OR Nuetralizer Disruptor Model 1 OR DC-15N OR House Io C.D.M.D.C.
Citizen Energy Sword


Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1 Per Squad)
Medical Nuetralizer Equipment:
Regenerative Enzyme Treatment A (Ten Vials)
Healing Blaster Type A OR Io-Series Laser Carbine


Support Nuetralizer Model 1
Support Neutralizer Equipment:
Automatic Civil Defense Laser Disruptor
Type 2 Energy Sword
Witchtaker Pistol


Chaplain Nuetralizer Model 1
Chaplain Nuetralizer Equipment:
Type 2 Energy Sword OR Type 3 Energy Sword
Enclave's Herald

Fortress Nuetralizer Model 1 (Special Missions Only)

Worm Nuetralizer Model 1 (Special Missions Only)


Vehicles:

House Io Military Transport
Aerial Neutralizer Model 1
Lancelot-Series LBT

Starships:
House Io Corvette OR House Io Star Destroyer OR Moonlighter Hauler


Armor:

Rebecca-Series Light Battle Suit

Equipment

Sith Energy Shield
Concealed Escape Kit
2A Enviro Tent
Universal Recharger
Portable Heater
Saltwater Converter

Med Kit Contents:

Regenerative Enzyme Treatment A (Three Injections)
Military Aid Kit

Cybernetics

Comprehensive Cybernetic Enhancement Level 1
Sword-Herald Nerve Enhancement System
Sword Herald Reflex Implant
Synth-Limb Weapons Platform (Left and Right Arm)
Bio Organic Sonic Organ (Throat)
Hi-Sense Enhanced Eyes (Both Eyes)
Drug Processing Implant

Synth Limb Weapons:

Nuetralizer Claws
Bio-Organic ARC Caster
Bio Organic Repulsor Cell

Genetic Enhancements:

Biorestoration Glands

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• Combat Function: These soldiers specialize in fighting against large numbers of opponents, whether solo or in groups, with an emphasis on hunting and slaying enemy Special Forces Units and enemy Force Users, and can operate in nearly any hazardous environment
• Force Abilities (Force User Units Only): None

Strengths:

• Droid Support: Io Veterans usually have support from extremely dangerous Nuetralizer Units, each specialized to assist them in combat, medicine Communication/Diplomacy, or Engineering and repairs, or even disposing of enemy Force Users
• Psycho: These are elite veterans of House Io, once among the craziest, most unpredictable, and most vicious of The Minor Factions. Every last one of them is capable of brutally killing vastly larger numbers of even experienced soldiers in fits of blackout psychotic rage that was trained into and encouraged by Laertia's Droid Children through the use of excessively lethal weapons and honed aggression training, maximizing the application of violence to take on many kinds of very deadly opponent. An individual is often so deadly up close larger numbers will often try to keep their distance or resort to ambush tactics. They display a horrific tenacity in the most severe hazardous environments imaginable, able. There is nowhere they are not willing to fight or pursue an opponent
• Panic Inducing: Over the decades, House Io survivors gained a reputation for cruelty and ruthlessness, that, combined with focused explosions of direct violence, have made even relatively small squads a potential source of anxiety and dread for even other veteran units, as it is well known that their faction is willing to deploy extremely dangerous, painful, lethal weapons along with notoriously inhumane tactics to kill opponents, often relying on some of their more specialized droids to assist. Lesser skilled squads may potentially simply retreat rather than pick a fight with even a lone example, and even units of similar size, experience and skill may potentially think twice before attempting to engage even a depleted squad. To make matters worse, a typical squad is almost always accompanied by a Brain Demon Cultist, enhancing the threat they represent with the Dark Side of the Force, able to use spells and rituals to supplement already lethal combatants
• Tight Knit: Alone, a single, fully trained Io Veteran is always a danger: With a full strength Squad, they potentially pose a threat to multiple platoons of less experienced soldiers. At Platoon Strength, they can potentially pose a deadly threat even to larger, just as experienced units. If in even larger groups, entire cities may be under threat, and they have a good chance of laying waste to an area the size of a small valley or even potentially outright burning down a city. The Cultist serves as a major morale booster to squads, and often commands during special operations
• Fearless: Veterans will fight anyone and anything that picks a fight with them, no matter how powerful or how much larger the threat is. They will fight it solo or in groups, with no weapon or armed to the teeth. They are extremely difficult to affect with Force Illusions, Force Fear, Force Horror, Force Insanity, Tear Knowledge, Mind Tricks, Force Persuasion, Torture by Chagrin, Torture in general, and can even resist high strength applications of Drain Life and Death Field due to having such strong wills for a brief period, and have been known to keep fighting at a psychotic level even if fatally wounded. In short, if you get into a fight with one, only one of you is potentially leaving.
• Mage Killer: House Io Citizen Soldiers were trained to fight and resist Force Users every day of their existence. Their leadership was dominated by those who actively encouraged them to research the subject on their own, and all of their training was led by droids specifically built to kill Force Users in particular. A Jedi Hunter curriculum was worked into the public education system from Kindergarten to College. They know things about killing Jedi and Sith that would surprise not just Mandalorians, but Veteran Sith Assassins as well as Jedi Shadows at them having such extensive academic and practical knowledge. They shine in engaging heavily combat oriented Force Users such as Jedi Weapon Masters and Sith Marauders or their lesser equivalents, and have a better than excellent chance of killing either in direct, one on one combat, either if solo or in groups. They possess an encyclopedic knowledge of Lightsaber Fighting Styles, the many variations of Lightsabers, as well as each variant's weaknesses, along with being able to cross evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each variant paired with a comparable style, and are skilled in dismantling custom lightsaber fighting styles after a few minutes exposure. They are extremely skilled at defeating lightsaber users whether at ranged or melee combat, and often wield both energy and slugthrower weapons specifically made to defeat Force Users and lightsaber guards. Even if armed with an ordinary rifle, they are so good at shooting through lightsaber defenses that even veteran Soresu Users wielding not one, but two double bladed lightsabers may potentially be unsafe if fired on by a given Veteran. That's not even getting into their droid support, each armed with deadly anti Force User weapons, with each squad having their own Chaplain Neutralizer to help engage particularly powerful Jedi and Sith Opponents. They are each skilled in Teras Kasi. Io Veterans are so skilled they can instinctively dodge or avoid certain telekinesis based Force Attacks
• Elite Killer: Not only are they excellent at killing Force Users, they are great at guessing the tactics of and slaying enemy SF Units, and in fact, hunting such units is their default behavior when no enemy Force Users are present. Lone Io Veterans are deadly enough to engage Jedi Knights being assisted by a small team or even just conduct solo hunts for enemy squads of a roughly similar skill level, even if armed with only their most basic equipment and weapons
• Enhanced: Each soldier received cybernetic and genetic enhancements over the years, making them partly lightsaber resistant, having hidden weapons and able to see in very low or infrared light, and having further enhanced strength due to having both arms replaced
• Versatile: Makes full use of House Military Vessels to project power on the battlefield. They also have a shielded hazmat suit as their default gear, and their anti force users weapons are just as good for killing regular troops
• Radical: A large number of their weapons have a radioactive basis, and they are skilled at focused, heavy irradiation of a single area if need be to kill large numbers of opponents, using the Brain Demon Cultist assigned to their squad to help clear a local area of radioactive contamination afterwards with Sith Magic.

Weaknesses:

• Front towards enemy: These aren't the type for sensitive operations like diplomacy or long term occupation. These soldiers are there to lay waste to their target, be it a person or a city, whatever it is, and make it back alive in that order.
• Feared: Their horrific reputation follows them, to the point certain enemies fire on them upon sighting
• Cyborg weaknesses: All their cybernetics are vulnerable to Ion damage, and may require specialized medical care not easily obtained in the field without one of their own Medical Nuetralizers. While all soldiers can conduct basic repairs to their cybernetics, their Droid Squad Mates may be needed for more complex repairs
• Organic Soldiers Organic Problems: They still need to eat drink, sleep and dispose of waste
• Training periods: It takes a long time to reach such vet status. They are large enough to replace in an emergency but are generally deployed no greater in strength than a single platoon, with larger units being extremely rare and for special operations against city sized targets. They are almost always outnumbered otherwise.
• Ambush: Stealth Oriented Force Users and Opponents with similar guerilla and urban warfare backgrounds prefer to rely on hit and run attacks
• Cultist Weakness: If the Cultist is killed unexpectedly, their morale takes a nose dive and may become highly disorganized in the immediate aftermath as they scramble to adjust
• Weak: Their shielded Hazmat Suits can only protect them so much from standard forms of damage, barely better than standard stormtrooper Armor

HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

Io Veterans are House Io members who didn't split off from the faction as the horrific consequences of the Cult of the Brain Demon influencing Laertia came to a head. Possibly among the most skilled and experienced Force Hunters of any faction in the modern era, Citizen-Soldiers gradually earned the fearsome reputation they gained through repeated skirmishes and full on bloodbaths with an often uncanny skill at fighting or surviving opponent who could and often did kill their fellows. True believers in Laertia Io and the Cult, they have staunchly stuck by her in the aftermath of a devastating civil war, keeping House Io on life support as they fight in a galaxy that has seemingly chosen to bring the hammer down on their leader...

Squad Layout

Rifle Squads:

Standard:
Riflemen (8)
SAW Support (2)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (1)
Chaplain Neutralizer Model 1 (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)

Anti-Force User:

Riflemen (4)
SAW Support (3)
Chaplain Nuetralizer (2)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (2)
Medical Nuetralizer (1)
Support Nuetralizer (1)
Cultist (2)

Counter Special-Forces

Rifleman (5)
Support Nuetralizer (2)
SAW Support (1)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (2)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (3)

Grenadier Squad (Light)

Riflemen (2)
Grenadiers (3)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Designated Marksmen (1)
Cultist (1)

Grenadier Squad (Heavy)

Riflemen (1)
Grenadiers (4)
SAW Support (1)
Designated Marksmen (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (3)

SAW Squad

Riflemen (1)
SAW Support (4)
Designated Marksmen (1)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (2)

Vehicle Support (Light)

Vehicle Crew (2)
Riflemen (5)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (1)

Vehicle Support (Heavy)

Vehicle Crew (4-8)
Riflemen (7)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (2)
SAW Support (2)
Designated Marksmen (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (2)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (2)
Cultist (1)

Marksmen Squad (Light)

Designated Marksmen (3)
Riflemen (2)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (1)

Marksmen Squad (Heavy)

Designated Marksmen (5)
Riflemen (1)
SAW Support (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (2)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Cultist (1)

Sniper Unit:

Sniper (1)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (1, Functions as Spotter)
Medical Neutralizer Model 1 (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)

Cultist

Spec Ops

Riflemen (2)
Designated Marksmen (3)
Grenadier (3)
SAW Support (1)
Vehicle Crew (4-8)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (4)
Chaplain Nuetralizer (2)
Support Nuetralizer (2)
Medical Nuetralizer (1)
Cultist

Dark Ritual Squad

Cultist (3)
Riflemen (4)
Medical Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Support Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Chaplain Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)
Nuetralizer Model 1 (1)

 

[Judah Lesan]

Laertia Io

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