Stahlrim Pact Shock Troops
- Intent: To create the standard soldier unit of the a new department of the Eternal Empire's military.
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- Role: The Stahlrim Shock Troops are the rank & file of the Stahlrim Pact, an elite department of the Eternal Empire who originates from the world of Nordmar. They field the standard troops of the Pact.
- Permissions: [N/A]
- Links: Ultranaut Corps, Stormtrooper Corps, Imperial Army
- Unit Name: Stahlrim Shock Troops
- Affiliation: Eternal Empire
- Classification: Mechanized Infantry, Mechanized Artillery and Armour
- Description:
- Ranks
- Enlisted: Recruit, Shock Trooper, Corporal-at-Arms
- Non-Commissioned: Sergeant-at-Arms, Banner Sergeant, Sergeant-Commander
- Commissioned: Officer Cadet, Lieutenant-Commander, Commander-at-Arms, Captain-Commander, Major-at-Arms, Major-Commander, Colonel-at-Arms
- Flag Command: Brigade General, Banner General, General-at-Arms, Captain-General
- Uniform: The uniforms of the Shock Troops are distinctively dark grey with red shirts and black ties in their parade dress. Their armors and combat uniforms are adaptive to their surrounding terrain and therefore can vary in colour. The troops of the Stahlrim Pact have their own insignia and rank badges, separating them from the normal Eternal Army and Ultranaut Corps.
- Ideology: The troops of the Stahlrim Pact are disciplined, iron willed soldiers, fanatics for the cause of the Eternal Empire. They see order as absolute, there is noone beyond the law of the Eternal Empire and the Eternal Empire alone. They are dedicated, absolutely loyal and fierce in their picture of the enemy. They are without remorse, without conscience and would march into the gates of hell if the Eternal Sovereign ordered it.
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- Ranks
- Unit Size: Medium (Battalions of various Unit Classes)
- Infantry Unit
- Fireteam: 4 Shock Troopers led by a Corporal-at-Arms
- Group: 2 Fireteams led by a Sergeant-at-Arms
- Rifle Platoon: 3 Groups led by a Lieutenant Commander + Platoon Command (4)
- Rifle Company: 3 Platoons led by a Captain-Commander + Company Command (4) + Heavy Weapons Squad (8)
- Battalion: 6 Rifle Companies led by a Major-at-Arms + Battalion Command (6) + Anti-Tank Platoon (20) + Tactical Weapons Platoon (22)
- Artillery Unit
- Artillery Battery: 6 Guns and 2 Rocket/Missile Launchers with 50 men led by a Lieutenant-Commander + Battery Command (4)
- Artillery Company: 3 Batteries led by a Captain-Commander + Company Command (6)
- Artillery Battalion: 3 Artillery Companies led by Major-at-Arms + Battalion Command (10)
- Armoured Unit
- Armoured Platoon: 4 Main Battle Tanks plus 1 Command Tank led by a Lieutenant-Commander
- Light Armoured Platoon: 3 Light Tanks plus 1 Command Tank led by a Lieutenant-Commander
- Armoured Company: 4 Armoured Platoons, 1 Light Armoured Platoon plus 2 Command Tanks led by a Captain-Commander + 2 Assault Gun Batteries + Super Heavy Detachment
- Armoured Battalion: 4 Armoured Companies plus 3 Command Tanks led by a Major-at-Arms
- Various Units
- Anti-Tank Platoon: 3 Motorized/Mechanized Anti-Tank Guns led by a Lieutenant-Commander
- Heavy Weapons Squad: 3 Heavy Weapons led by a Sergeant-at-Arms
- Assault Gun Battery: 5 Assault Guns plus 1 Command Tank led by a Lieutenant-Commander
- Tactical Weapons Platoon: 4 Motorized/Mechanized Light Artillery led by a Lieutenant-Commander
- Super Heavy Detachment: 3 Super Heavy Tanks + 1 Super Heavy Command Tank led by a Major-at-Arms
- Infantry Unit
- Unit Availability: Rare
- Unit Experience: Veteran
- Equipment:
- Standard Equipment:
- Infantry Battalion
- Main Arm(s): KC SAT Assault Rifle 21
- Sidearm(s): KC SAT Pistol 13
- Armor(s): NORD Body Carapace Mark I (officers), NORD Body Carapace Mark II (enlisted & NCOs)
- Melee Weapon(s): KC Crassus-pattern Bayonet, Nelvaanian Longsword, Cayatitr be Srumayata'yr
- Heavy Weapon(s): KC SAT Machine Blaster 33, KC MT-9 Gauss Field Mortar, KC-91 Automatic Cannon, OL-7 Portable Missile Launcher
- Light Artillery/AT: KC-91 Automatic Cannon, Sfyra-pattern Anti-Tank Artillery System
- Vehicles: Echo-series Xiphos-pattern IFV, E-Series Lykos-pattern Armored Utility Vehicle, KV-1807 'Armadillo' Armored Personnel Carrier
- Additional Equipment: Plasma torch, Hydrospanner, Multipurpose Entrenching Tool, Mines, Demolition Charge
- Artillery Battalion:
- Main Arm(s): KC SAT Assault Rifle 21
- Sidearm(s): KC SAT Pistol 13
- Armor(s): NORD Body Carapace Mark I (officers), NORD Body Carapace Mark II (enlisted & NCOs)
- Melee Weapon(s): KC Crassus-pattern Bayonet, Nelvaanian Longsword, Cayatitr be Srumayata'yr
- Heavy Weapon(s): KC SAT Machine Blaster 33
- Artillery: KV-1310 'Scorpion' MLRS, Gorgon-pattern Artillery System, E-Series Drakon-pattern Self-Propelled Gauss Artillery System, E-Series Hydra-pattern Self-Propelled Surface-To-Orbit Missile Launcher
- Vehicles: Echo-series Xiphos-pattern IFV, E-Series Lykos-pattern Armored Utility Vehicle, KV-1807 'Armadillo' Armored Personnel Carrier
- Additional Equipment: Plasma torch, Hydrospanner, Multipurpose Entrenching Tool, Mines, Demolition Charge
- Armoured Battalion:
- Main Arm(s): KC SAT Assault Rifle 21
- Sidearm(s): KC SAT Pistol 13
- Armor(s): NORD Body Carapace Mark I (officers), NORD Body Carapace Mark II (enlisted & NCOs)
- Melee Weapon(s): KC Crassus-pattern Bayonet, Nelvaanian Longsword, Cayatitr be Srumayata'yr
- Heavy Weapon(s): KC SAT Machine Blaster 33
- Tanks: Echo-series Sarissa-pattern Main Battle Tank,
- Super Heavy Tanks:
- Assault Guns: Theta-series Heavy Weapons Carrier
- Additional Equipment: Plasma torch, Hydrospanner, Multipurpose Entrenching Tool,
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- Combat Function:
- Doctrine: Stormwar
- Superior Firepower: Through the extensive, even massive use of heavy weapons, tanks and artillery, the Shock Troops are capable of overpowering the enemy with their firepower. Due to versatility and expert weapon handling, they can deal with horde and specialised units alike and bring weapons to bear, that they even outgun equally equipped enemies by optimizing firing arcs, reload and redeployment.
- Blitzkrieg: Through the use of fast moving infantry and armoured units, in conjunction with the coordination of coordinated close air strikes, the Shock Troops are capable of rapidly deploying and advancing, both with their main fighting bodies as well as with their fire support units. Through extreme cohesion and coordination the rapidly assaulting troops are ideal for mobile warfare or to launch retaliating strikes from within fortified positions.
- Double Envelopment: Through quick armoured spearheads, the Shock Troops aim to pierce through the frontline of the enemy. With mechanized and motorised infantry in tow, they press on while the infantry covers a corridor for supplies which constantly flow towards the assaulting front. By two spearheads meeting behind enemy lines, complete encirclement can be achieved.
- Goals: The Stahlrim Pact has a simple goal: Serve the Eternal Empire. Serve the Eternal Sovereign. They do not ask why or what for, they just do.
- Doctrine: Stormwar
- Force Abilities (Force User Units Only): N/A
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"I swear by my life and honour this sacred oath:
That I shall render unconditional obedience to the Sovereign of the Eternal Empire, supreme commander of the military and rightful claimant to the Eternal Throne,
And that I shall at all times be ready to give my life for this oath. "
Stahlrim Oath, taken upon finishing Basic Training
That I shall render unconditional obedience to the Sovereign of the Eternal Empire, supreme commander of the military and rightful claimant to the Eternal Throne,
And that I shall at all times be ready to give my life for this oath. "
Stahlrim Oath, taken upon finishing Basic Training
The Stahlrim Pact is the new military branch of the Eternal Military, raised and drilled on the world of Nordmar for the sole purpose to obey and serve the Eternal Empire's sovereign, enforce and execute any orders in their name. They are being armed with the best of equipment and even compared to the formidable Ultranauts, the training of the Stahlrim troops is tough. They are especially loyal, fanatical to the cause of order and structure through unity, force and terror if necessary.
The Stahlrim Shock Troops are the heavy lifting backbone of the Stahlrim Pact, the line troops which are fulfilling a general fighting purpose. Deploying as highly mobile and armoured forces, the Shock Troops are fighting as ultimate interpretation of the Stormwar Doctrine of the Eternal Empire by utilizing fast acting mechanized infantry, with heavily armored spearheads and hard-hitting artillery.
The training of the Shock Troops is extremely thorough and tough. And it starts at young age. Starting as Project: Nord twenty years ago, children from the age of 6 to 12 of patriotic families, voluntarily offered, were introduced into a separate training program of the Ultranauts. The emphasis of dedication, service and loyalty was extreme, just as the tough physical and military education. Life fire exercises are still issued after just four weeks of training, military manoeuvres after two months in the cold storms of Nordmar.
Competition is supported, rivalry forbidden, this shall support a strong bond between the soldiers and light the eagerness to achieve more. Aided by a point-system which the soldiers gain throughout their training, education and exercises, they are being evaluated by their drill masters and lecturers, who are usually ex-Wolfguards, veteran Ultranauts and especially Wardens of the Shroud. Their evaluation will determine in which branch the soldiers will be serving.
If they excel in close combat and melee scores, they will be assigned to the Landsknecht units. Do they show promise in direct assaults and the handling of special weapons as well as grenades, the soldiers are assigned to become Stormtroopers. Those with special devotion and a seemingly unbreakable will, are becoming part of the Security, the military police and field enforcers.
Those few that excel in all aspects of training, education and especially discipline and loyalty, are assigned to the Wehrkin, the elite soldiers who are more of a legend.
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