Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20161203190626

While the Legion is the heavy hitting hammer of the empire and the Custudo is the massive shield the Imperial Marines are the middle ground in all ways possible. Being able to hold the line but also being mobile, being superior to the Custudo while inferior to the legions. These are the Imperial Marines.

The Imperial Marines are the Infantry of the navy being used as mobile shock troops, boarding troops, and guards of Fleet bases and Naval bases. They are also used as rapid response troops being quickly sent to where the border is weakest or as shock troops coming from the skies with a hail of fire power.

For the most part they are armored much better then the standard soldier but not totally up to par with the legions lacking bulky armor they make use of medium combat armor and void shields (If available)

They come in a variety of types the main three being Colonial Marines, Fleet Marines, and Shock Marines.

Colonial Marines are those stationed to the outer colonies and alongside countless divisions of the Custudo and a few legions guard the border of the empire. They are given standard issue 'Shock Armor' and laser rifles and phasers.

Fleet marines are the actually 'marines' in the lexical definition of the word being Naval infantry used in boarding actions and as guards upon ships. They generally prefer phasers over lasers for accuracy and practical use.

Shock Marines are the purely infantry the only connection they have with the fleet is the fleet transporting them from space to the planet's surface. They are much like Shock Troopers except more flexible and generally more numerous as the fleet has money and resources to spare.

Shock marines are deployed in two wars 1 being by a orbital dropship which fires thousands of drop pods to the planet (Each carrying 4 Shock Marines and 1 Shock marine equipped with a plasma cannon) or by shuttles. Shuttles are normally used for more precise drops or to put a large group of Shock Marines in one spot. 