Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170127202410

"The Immortals, silent and deadly. They never speak in battle save during the suicide 'Wansui' charges and even then it is only the cry Wansui or the Emperor's name. For the most part they are dead silent completely unnerving the troops."

- Guardsmen, Custudo  VII Regiment

The Askari military is a formidable foe one able to defeat the military machine of the Empire and even the legionaries. They fight with unnerving discipline unmatched by any other. If this is grim determination of the citizen soldiers or something more sinister is unknown but no matter what they preform their duties and fight unlike any other.

All soldiers come from the Soldier Caste and are recruited from birth to fight and if necessary die for the Empire and the Path. These are the Immortals the face less rank and file of the Empire. They are equipped with the 'Combat VI Power Armor' and with the standard pulse rifle (A mainly medium to long range weapon very accurate and very deadly against armored or unarmored targets not as effective against vehicles or mech armor) for short distances the are equipped with a Ion-Rifle (A three round burst effective against infantry of all types at 100 meters or less) and if things should come even closer they are given a Crisis Blade (Sci-fi Katana)

Their armor is equipped with basic life support and a series of sensors they also have a communications amplifier on the right side of their helmet. The two 'eyes' of the helmet are equipped with all sorts of fancy gadgets from a HUD, to a motion tracker, thermal scanners, and much more.

Immortals usually wear yellow with officers having white helmets. They also wear a large power pack (Not shown in the pic)

The Immortals are not the only Infantry (Some drones and AI are also used) available. Although every Askari army is built around a core of immortals different situations call for different cadres of troops from Path Finders, Rangers, to Heavy Weapons.

Path Finders are scouts of the Askari army. Normally they are cadets and mainly use marksmen variants of the standard pulse rifle (Slower fire rate but more accuracy and range) they also wear a lighter form of Combat Armor which is made to be dead silent. They generally have red as a standard color.

Rangers are the Snipers of the Askari and wear a suit much like the standard soldier. They have at all times sniper drones with them which help scout out targets but can also snipe at the enemy. They normally wear yellow armor with the left shoulder painted white.

Heavy support comes in many forms from the 'Phalanxes' which are veteran infantry and have a elongated right should pad and bear the repeating pulse carbine and then comes the 'Xian' which are wear a heavy suit of armor alongside the basic power armor. They have a plasma cannon and a large Ion Repeater.

The next level of Infantry is the Forbidden Troops which wear white as their color and are the elites of the Empire. They are normally Honor guard of sorts and also the core from which a army is built around. 