Ashlan Remnant
- Intent: To create a force of heavy infantry for the Ashlan Crusade
- Image Credit:
- Flag created by
Pietro Demici
- Banners created by
Ingrid L'lerim
- Armoured figure from online PNG repository
- Flag created by
- Role: Members of one of the Ashlan Knightly orders, one that relies on force of arms over force sensitivity
- Permissions:
- Permission for use of FAUE technology
- Lucerne Labs assault rifle and cannon
- Prayer quote from
Pietro Demici
- Links: n/a
- Unit Name: Order of the Sister of Ashla
- Affiliation: Ashlan Crusade
- Classification: Heavy infantry
- Description:
- Soldiers are Engineered Variance humans grown and trained by First United Astral Engineering
- Embellished with Ashlan iconography and has prayer to Ashla engraved on right pauldron
- Unit Size: Small
- Individual units of 8 Sisters
- Unit Availability: Common
- Intended to make up a large proportion of Ashlan Ground forces, the Strand casts are ordered in bulk and there are generally replacements in development.
- Unit Experience: Veteran
- Tactical information:
- Trained on techniques to improve resistance to mind affecting force powers.
- Typically deployed in larger formations, each 8 sister unit can work independently or as part of a whole.
- Often deployed via armoured transport or drop ship.
- Raptured Sisters used for mobile assault
- Imbued Sisters for fire support
- Annointed Sisters for close assault and entering high risk occupied spaces such as fortifications.
- Wall of Steel tactic - slow moving line abreast section of sisters approaches enemy, or holds line against enemy useful against poorly equipped foes where the Sisters can rely on their armour alone.
- Stepping line tactic - unit breaks into two teams of four, one provides covering fire whilst the other advances or retreats and then swap.
- Killing ground tactic - 2 Sisters in the center of a V of the other 6 in cover. 'V' Sisters hold fire whilst center two engage. As enemy charge centre two fall back and V open fire on both flanks - primarily only useful against low numbers of very close ranged foes.
- (Raptured Sisters) Ashlan Hellfire - by directing their guns and grenades at the ground before they drop they can saturate the area for a shock and awe landing.
- Armor of Sanctity
- Ashlan Rosary
- D16 slugthrower pistol sidearm
- LPD-43 reckoning assault cannon
- Each issued with - casings modified to fit 10 grenade waist bandoliers
- 2 x V-6 Haywire grenades
- 2 x Thermal Detonators
- 2 x Fragmentation grenades
- 1 x Cryoban grenade
- 1 x Incendiary grenade
- FAE-M-01 Scherezade energized vibroblade
- Portable medipack with bacta-injectors
- FAE-U-02 Eleleth Ultralight Propulsion Unit built into modified back unit
- Replace LPD-43 with LPD-31 Stormshard Assault Rifle
- These units are fewer in number and have additional training due to the complexity of using the portable repulsor units. They should be considered Elite.
- Replace LPD-43 with LPD-31 Stormshard Assault Rifle
- Squad broken into weapons teams of three sisters each responsible for one of the following weapon options (two identical weapons per 8 sister squad). 7th member and sergeant act as spotters and cover gaps.
- Anti-material Molecular DIstruption rifle
- Torun Medium Mortar
- One single Adywan-ii Heavy mortar (all 6 gunners man single weapon)
- EO-12 Medium Repeating Blaster cannons on tripod
- MP-042s "Skjöldr" Energy Shield
- 1 member replaces their LPD-43 with either
- These units are fewer in number and have additional melee and close assault training including use of their personal shields. They should be considered Elite.
- Armour weight increased to extremely heavy by additional dedicated HAPU unit powering shield. This results in reduced mobility.
- Devoted to Ashla - Part of the flash training procedure is a strong devotion to the Ashlan cause. This makes them almost impossible to bribe or convince to disobey the Ashlan commanders, unless they feel that the commander is directly contradicting Ashlan Faith. It also gives them the willpower to resist a lot of mind affecting force powers.
- Heavily armed and armoured - Strong armour and powerful weapons make the Sisters of Ashla a potent foe to face, more than a match for their contemporaries on a battlefield
- (Raptured sisters) Flight - capable of repulsor flight the Raptured Sisters are highly mobile and can strike from unexpected angles
- (Imbued Sisters) Concentration of firepower - these units bring serious firepower and concentrate it, along with the training how to effectively utilise it.
- (Anointed Sisters): Ferociously durable - between their heavy armour and advanced personal shields, these units are extremely hard to take out.
- Tactically inflexible - The combat doctrine of the Sister's of Ashla means that each unit is very effective in their primary method of warfare, but they have limited tactical flexibility. They find it harder to improvise new tactics and their specialisation makes it harder for them to change roles to react to unexpected actions by the enemy.
- Sometimes too devoted- This has been a bit of a difficulty for some less pious, yet fully legitimate commanders. If they believe that their orders directly contradict the teaching of Ashla, then they can be hesitant to carry them out and have a number of commanders investigated for dereliction of faith.
- A sister will pray before battle and regularly in the mornings and evenings. Whilst they wont ignore an engaged enemy to blindly stop and pray. There will be moments were commanders may need them to do something less immediate such as marching, battle preparation or logistics. As far as a Sister is concerned, these activities are acceptable to be delayed.
- The most common cause of dereliction of faith charges, is Commanders being too ready to offer their hand to the Bogan. The Sith are unforgivable and to enter into negotiations with them could be a slope to the darkside. For the most part the Sister's will not immediately disobey orders to commit warcrimes, but they are much more likely to kill than capture and will protest against open negotiation.
- The Sisters believe that any other faith is less than Ashla, the worship of the Bogan is utter blasphemy, but even greyer deviations from the guiding light of Ashla can be treated with disrespect, this can make working with locals difficult as there may be cultural clashes.
- (Raptured Sisters) Outnumbered - The limited number and more mobile nature of the Raptured Sisters often leaves them lacking support when they need it so can be overwhelmed by superior numbers.
- (Imbued Sisters) Specialised firepower - doctrine dictates that each unit bring matching guns to maximise efficiency against the right target, at a cost of lower effectiveness should the wrong target present itself.
- (Anointed Sisters) Reduced mobility - the shield emitters and additional power generation required for the personal shields make them heavy and slow moving units.
By phoenix wing and oaken leaf,
and warm embrace of Lady’s Light,
let your shining beacon endure.
Through the blinding rays of Ashla’s dawn,
may all darkness melt away.
Petro Demici circa. 855 ABY
Inscribed on right pauldron
Inscribed on right pauldron
The Order of The Sisters of Ashla were founded to be the new backbone of then Ashlan armed forces under the leadership of Isla Draellix. They are grown as engineered variance clones, encouraging genetic variance to allow them to be a healthy population that can easily integrate into Ashlan Society once their military requirement is over.
They are a well trained and heavily armed fighting force with different unit types capable of performing different mission roles, from the fast moving Raptured Sisters to the heavily defended Anointed Sisters.
All of them are programmed to be devoutly faithful to the Ashla and will fight to the death for their cause if ordered to do so. They are trained to resist the dark side in order to better combat the Bogan. They routinely pray before battle in order to cleanse themselves and bring balance to their own force presences. This programming is hard wired in to the Sisters and is difficult for them to act against in the same way as a child that had grown their whole life only knowing one truth. However, over time and faced with significant evidence that contradicted their teachings, it would be possible for their faith to begin to weaken. Any signs of this are watched for amongst the ranks, and whilst the Ashlans under Draellix would never punish a Sister too harshly for wavering faith, if it becomes to pronounced or a risk of spreading, they will likely be moved to less essential duties.
As they march into battle, they will often sing hymns and issue private prayer to Ashla to protect them, this varies from unit to unit and is not dictated military practice. The imbued sisters in particular will over say prayers over their weapons asking for Ashla's hand in aiming. Outwardly they looks and operate like any other heavily armoured foe, but instead of the usual curse words, which they tend not to use unless they have picked them up working with other units, they may utter phrases such as "Death to the Bogan", "Ashla protects me" "For Ashla!". When engaged in close combat, they fight in a deliberate fashion that typically relies on strength over finesse.
Doctrine dictates that negotiation is always an option, and as such, specific stances are trained, such as ready, but submissive holding of weapons, aiming of mortars away from enemy lines and such.
Their first active engagement came at Panatha, laying seige to the capital in order to try and capture the Zambrano family of Sith leaders. In this role they performed admirably and were able to show intelligence and patience as virtues alongside power.
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