The Old Adament

The Old Adament
Attribute: Stubborn Effect: A Stubborn army refuses to give ground to invaders. When fighting from defensive positions they can inflict massive casualties on enemy forces that dare to approach them. An army who uses every advantage to make their enemies pay for every inch of territory their enemy try’s to take can cause wide spread casualties amongst the enemy as they attempt to advance whilst receiving proportionally higher in return, whilst some simply possess a dogged refusal to back down before their foes and so grind them enemy down for every step forward they take into the defenders lands.

Accordingly this army can make use of the “Not one step back” order when on the defensive, as the army attempts to bleed the enemy, making them pay for every inch of ground surrendered or taken from them. The army takes any chance to butcher their attackers; catching them in crossfires and ambushes, with counter attacks striking into the enemies’ flanks and metaphysical face, causing them to suffer greatly increased casualties if they push forward, though at the price of increased losses for the defenders. In terms of casualties the attackers suffer 40% higher casualties from this order being in effect whilst the defenders suffer 20% higher casualties as they fight tooth and nail from their defences.

The Army as a Whole
Made up of compliments of Port militia from the lower tunnel bound ports, the ‘Old Adamant’; as the rigger’s and raiders that serve in it call the army, serves as the primary ‘ground pounders’ of the raven privateers. Operating in the larger tunnels and small side paths from their retrofitted transport shuttles, nicknamed hammer heads due to their pilots favourite tactic of ramming larger mutants and rogue brutes with their heavily armoured prows, the raider marines on-board have developed a no nonsense attitude when dealing with the enemy, be that when piling out to finish off whatever raises its head from the carnage of their actions, or when fighting through the tunnels. Their stubborn refusal to back down or to be intimidated by anyone or anything has led them to be assigned the tougher duties often undertaken by the privateer’s armed forces by the admiralty.Accordingly this has led to a bit of a rivalry developing between the Old Adamant and the Black coats, however this usually expresses itself when the two meet in terms of sword fighting competitions, drinking tournaments and bare knuckle fights to see which side is tougher. So far the ‘Old Adamant’ holds the edge in terms of number of these competitions won, but the black-coats are ahead in terms of popularity amongst the populace of the raven privateers.

Size: 3000 At Maximum Strength

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