Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170615170348

The Grapplers and the Marines of the offensive infantry, guards, and boarding troops of the Empire. They are equivalent to the Custudo army formations of the Militum. The fleet has no real equivalent to the legions and tends to loan a company of legionaries for larger fleets and fleet bases.

The Grapplers are technically by our definition 'marines', but within the fleet they are considered lower class (A Sailor is always below a Soldier) they are generally lightly armored and lightly armed when compared to the Fleet Marines and are used for lower duties as massed attacks, guard duty, and other such work.

Fleet Marines are considered above Grapplers and are better armed and armored with many fancy and heavy weapons/armor being available to them. Fleet Marines are used as boarding troops and rapid response troops.

Other ranks and roles exist within both basic groups like Wardens (Police), Fleet Commissars, and more bureaucratic roles. 