Legatus Bellum

Lords of the Stars

Anybody still alive?

Lords of the Stars

@Legatus Bellum Sorry for da wait, I was on a vacation without access to usable internet a platform suitable for writing long posts. I'll probably make a post soonish.

@6slyboy6

No problem, mate! I got a lot of time

Lords of the Stars

Sorry guys Im resigning from this one. Hope you all have fun. Maybe I'll join in the future!

@Thecrash20

Aw, that's a shame. Anyways, hope you can join in the future!

@DeadDrop: Don't worry, the guide would be completed before Tuesday (Beijing time).

Lord of the Stars Guide

UDSN

(NOT EVEN HALFWAY FINISHED YET)

Internationale Army Weapons

PISTOLS & SMGs

9mm High-Power: The common handgun used by officers and infantrymen alike.

UDSN 7mm: A less common handgun model used more by higher-ranking officers, chambered in a 7mm cartridge.

Bagin 9: An SMG designed by a man named Bagin, chambered in 9mm, and can fire at a rate of 800rpm. Can come in a 35-round box magazine, or a 100-round drum magazine.

M51c (Mark 51 carbine): An SMG chambered in 7mm, capable of firing at 1200rpm, and comes in either a 35-round box magazine, or a 120-round drum magazine.

M51s: A specialist variant of the M51. Instead of chambering a 7mm, it instead chambers a 5mm round (can be HE or AP), and fires at 1400rpm. It is also shorter than the original.

MELEE WEAPONS

UDSN Machete: A heavy-bladed weapon used to cut through flesh easily. It is the common soldier's weapon.

UDSN Battle-axe: To combat the Imperial Polearm, the UDSN designed its own melee weapon meant to dish out bunt force trauma. The Battle-axe is a heavy weapon with a large axe head, and a large hammer on the other side.

GRENADES

Fragmentation Grenade: A cylindrical grenade with an effective range of 7m. Unlike the Imperial grenades, one may easily attach a stick to the grenade instead of having to produce a new variant.

Incendiary Grenade

RIFLES

Standard NRG: A play on the word 'energy,' this rifle acts as the standard rifle for infantrymen. It is a directed-energy laser weapon, and its only true weakness is the amount of dispersion. Unfortunately, the NRG suffers from one fatal flaw: being mass-produced, it is prone to misfires, as well as having varying frequencies. Like Imperial versions, it is not meant for use against heavily-armoured troops.

NRGC: A bullpup version of the Standard NRG, the NRGC is called the 'Laser Carbine' by Imperials for its stubby appearance as used by some specialist troops. It is not as mass-produced as the Standard NRG, and is better in all respects.

Solon: A UDSN bullpup assault rifle which serves as the second standard weapon of the army. While not as powerful as the NRG when facing against unarmored troops, it is better at armour-piercing. Fires at 700rpm, and chambers a 7.62mm round.

Hebért: A powerful UDSN battle rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm. It is commonly used as a sharpshooter rifle, but some soldiers use it in burst-fire mode.

M50 Sniper Weapons System: A powerful sniper rifle chambered in 7.62x60mm. It is purely a sniper rifle, and its composition allows it to be light.

50S: A powerful sniper chambered in 12.7x100mm; however, it has a lower velocity and effective firing range than the Imperial Light Thirteen, but it is more destructive thanks to the sheer amount of energy imparted upon the target.

SUPPORT WEAPONS

XW5: An experimental weapon which fires plasma. It is low-velocity, very hard to produce, and requires 1kg-heavy packs of hydrogen to fire a single shot. From medium range, it could disintegrate a Human being, but if used in close range, the wearer is prone to being caught in the explosion and also be disintegrated. It is also capable of melting through enemy armour. Rendered useless at ranges beyond 500m.

M92: A shoulder-mounted 75mm recoilless rifle capable of piercing through the enemy armour's rear.

M92-2: A two-barrelled version of the M92, which can fire shots one at a time, or twice at a time.

Athenian Tube: A very powerful UDSN HEAT ATGM capable of piercing even the sides of an enemy Bellator tank. It also is capable of changing velocities based on what the user wants, but its standard velocity is 400m/s.

MACHINE GUNS

M9 GPMG: The standard machine gun used by the UDSN. Light, cheap, and chambered in 7.62x51mm.

50 MG: A standard HMG chambered in 12.7x100mm.

NRG-MG: An HMG version of the NRG. It is heavier, and has a larger diameter and firing rate.

AUTOCANNONS

1.1": A 28mm autocannon, usually mounted in a quadruple mount, used for anti-aircraft and anti-infantry.

M244: A 25mm autocannon with a higher velocity that the 28mm, but a lower rate of fire.

Mk3: A 35mm autocannon capable of putting lightly-armoured Imperial vehicles out of action.

M103 Maelstrom: A 30mm autocannon gatling gun with a firing rate of 7500rpm.

NRG M9: A 105mm NRG that serves as both a field gun and an autocannon, capable of penetrating through the sides of the Imperial Bellator.

FIELD GUNS

37mm M5: A light, quick-firing 37mm used by scouts that could fire high velocity shots capable of going through enemy scout armour usually mounted on halftracks.

75mm Field Gun: A 75mm gun capable of firing a heavy high-explosive shell, HEAT, and a regular AP discarding-sabot fin-stabilised round. It is possibly the most common field gun, with UDSN armies fielding them in the tens of thousands in campaigns. It is capable of penetrating through the sides of a Bellator whilst doing significant damage, but the round goes so fast that the gunners need to have perfect shots in order to knock out lighter tanks.

76mm Rifled: A 76mm field gun that fires high-explosive squash-heads, APCR, and AP. Not for use against actual enemy tanks, and is more for use against light tanks, scout vehicles, general-purpose vehicles, and the like.

M01: A 90mm field gun commonly placed on tank destroyers. It is a quick-firing anti-tank and anti-aircraft gun, capable of being fired at a rate of a round per five seconds. It is similar to the 75mm in the diversity in rounds, but it is generally more powerful, and can go through the sides of the Caesar, but only barely.

105mm Howitzer: A 105mm howitzer meant for use against enemy fortifications and infantry.

105mm Gun M21: A 105mm field gun made specially for fulfilling anti-tank roles.

140mm M354: A 140mm tank gun that serves as the main armament of most modern UDSN tanks.

155mm Howitzer: A 155mm howitzer used against enemy fortifications.

24cm m500: A heavy 24cm howitzer to be carried only on SPGs.

Hathor: A massive harmonica-shaped rocket artillery launcher with 18cm diameters.

UDSN Vehicles

GENERAL PURPOSE VEHICLES

M5 Rhino: A massive armoured personnel carrier capable of carrying 20 men. It is, however, surprisingly fast. Thanks to its speed and sheer horsepower, it is sometimes used to haul heavier vehicles and field guns. Uses an Athenian Tube for anti-tank defence.

Halftrack M1: A simple armoured halftrack for troop and equipment transport. Armed with an M9 GPMG.

AT-09: An armoured vehicle used for transporting grenadiers and specialists, armed with a 20mm autocannon.

Garrison Carrier: A heavy dropship that can transport entire platoons.

INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES

Lords of the Stars

@caliban22 I'll be putting it up soon. My only problem is my lack of time. I've been working on my CS for days. Don't worry, I'm free tomorrow

Lords of the Stars

Here's my CS to those who want to see it here

Praetor Gaius Bellator

𝕻𝖗𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖔𝖗 𝕲𝖆𝖎𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗

"𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧?"

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Age: 30
Gender: Male
Unit: Army Group A

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Rank: Imperial Legate/Strategos
Role: Staff Officer
Allegiance: Dominion

Equipment:

• Custom Remus 5.7mm, gold-plated, ivory grip
• Han Jian
• Dominion Army Dress Uniform
• Imperial Governor Exosuit (as seen in the photo above)

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Appearance:
Praetor Gaius Bellator is a lean, young man, standing at 5'7". He may not seem much compared to his taller contemporaries, but he shares the same features of the Bellator family, with pale skin, an Asiatic eye shape, a strong jawline, and a broad nose. He doesn't look very imposing at all to the commanders of the other army groups, but to those lesser than him, from him radiates an air of imperial authority. His posture is always rigid, with him standing tall, chin up. Some might see him as condescending at first glance. His deep brown eyes make him look like an ever-scheming statesman, nearly cold and unfeeling. Because of this, he also emits an air of mystery.

Personality:
The Praetor is a quiet and reserved man, but that doesn't mean he lets his authority get pushed around. He is iron-fisted, iron-willed. Despite his silent nature, however, he communicates with his officers in important matters constantly, but refuses to speak to anyone regarding personal matters, and tends to keep emotions to himself, sometimes to the point that some even question if he was a Human or a mere machine with a single purpose. He sees the individual lives of his men as important, but their collective lives as mere statistics; he is unafraid to sacrifice for the greater good, but only for the greater good, for he believes that the ends would eventually justify the means. The only two emotions he ever showed were amusement and lividity, nothing more. He shows a deep disdain for disorder and illogical reasoning. Despite this, he is a masterful orator, painting with words. He has a tendency to contradict himself, however; he is lazy for the most part, but when the battle comes, he organises and checks everything himself and makes sure that everybody does their duty. The Praetor is also very duty-oriented. To him, that is the meaning of life: duty to something. For him, his is duty to nation. It is this sense of duty which has made him a respected commander, serving as the role model for his soldiers.

Despite this, he has a sense of justice and mercy, but his judgement isn't so easily clouded by compromising virtues. He is also a bit of a lover, but he's never shown it to anyone, as he never lets his emotions get the best of him.

History:
The Praetor was born to a poor line descending from one of John Bellhouse's ancestors in the edges of UDSN space, on a poor planet known as Philippi. His mother and father were both labourers, but the young Bellator, once named Kai Bellsyze had other plans. Originally, the young man wanted to be a lawyer, graduating with flying colours in law school, as well as graduating from the mandatory military training. As he grew older, however, the military caught up to him, and he became a distinguished officer and orator, before his planet capitulated to the Dominion without a fight. So far, he had been living a fairly regular life, having been removed from the military for being an officer. At the age of 22, however, that changed, as the so-called Reclamation began, in which the entire population of Imperial space was scanned for people related to the Bellhouse bloodline. Kai's family was discovered, and subsequently awarded. Though his father lived, it was Kai who was given the title of Count Bellsyze. However, he was subsequently allowed to use the name of Bellhouse, but instead opted to rename himself Gaius Bellator, just like his distant relative, Emperor John Bellhouse, who was later baptised as Ioannes Bellator.

His military training was noted once again. Usually, regular soldiers would have been reprimanded or arrested for a short period of time, but Gaius was the exception. Instead, he was promoted to be a captain immediately. Some saw this as an easy way out for a noble like the Count, but when Gaius showed his genius in strategy after proposing a plan to his superior in a time of need, he was further elevated, and became recognised as a military genius. He was elected to be a Commissar, continuing to show his prowess in strategy time and time again in the various crusades against the UDSN. This short, young man was therefore nicknamed the Short Commissar. His opponents disdained him, and he was eventually ordered to command a ragtag group of partisans and volunteers in one of their campaigns against the Internationale, with his opponents hoping to eliminate him. By the end of the campaign, he had made for himself a strictly-disciplined battalion of proper soldiers, and had made himself even more popular, before eventually rising above the rank of his opponents. He had all of them subsequently executed for committing treason against an Imperial Family member.

Eventually, he reached the rank of Legate, or Divisional Commander, at the mere age of 28. It was here where his golden age truly began. He was placed in command of the popular 7th Tank Division of the 10th Tank Army during the Carolean Crusades initiated by his distant relative, Charles Bellator, son to the Emperor himself. It was on Planet-0182, when, upon landing, the 10th Tank Army was immediately cut off from the rest of the Army Group when a logistical error dropped them off nearly a hundred kilometres away from where they should have landed. None of the Army Group's armies and reserves could come to the rescue, seeing as they were being besieged and pressured on all sides. Instead of going west, the 10th instead opted to connect to the massive river to their rear 5km away. The 3rd Division was sent to accomplish this, while Gaius' 7th was ordered to prepare an offensive. The enemy attempted to envelop the 10th by capturing a mountain with the use of a division, but this effort failed when Gaius sent a hundred MT1 'Mountain Goats' supported by a thousand infantrymen to take the hill in advance. By the time the Internationale got within range of the MT1s and the towed artillery, the bombardment had begun. Thinking that an entire enemy division had taken the mountain, they retreated. However, they were immediately cut off from the rest of the UDSN army, and were forced to surrender. The UDSN army which had sent for the division responded slowly with an attempted attack on the leftmost pincer of Gaius' division, but by the time they reached the supposed location of the Imperials, they had gone. They had strayed too far, and were again bombarded by the same unit Bellator had sent to the mountains. They tried to fire at the mountain, but the Imperials had dug in. Disorder spread through the Democratic lines, and some units began to retreat contrary to the orders of their general to continue pushing on to the foot of the mountain.

Gaius took advantage of this rout, and spearheaded an attack by his reserve Caesars on the retreating forces, once again making an entire unit surrender bloodlessly. A portion of the UDSN forces arrived at the foot of the mountain, but were unable to climb. Thinking that the enemy couldn't have made it to the mountain's eastern slope, they attempted to go through there. At first, there was quiet, when the last remaining 17,000 men of the enemy's attack force had reached the slope. They were forced to line up against the foot of the mountain, thinning their lines. Like a vice, a massive force came crashing onto the enemy front and rear; the mountain unit and the rest of the division had attacked simultaneously. Then, the reserve Caesars crashed onto the southern end of the enemy row, ending the lives of 17,000 men in an instant. The enemy army collapsed when the 3rd Division attacked from the river to the enemy's flank, taking three cities without resistance, consolidating their positions. The 8th and 9th Divisions, which have so far not seen any action, penetrated through the area of least expectancy: a small seemingly insignificant village by a mountain. This surprise gave way to a dilemma for the enemy, for the village had direct routes to more cities. The 7th exploited this dilemma by suddenly appearing at the rear of the enemy. In a single day, the 7th had travelled more than a hundred kilometres. They were utterly unprepared, so the enemy attempted to make use of a scorched earth policy by destroying their own infrastructure. The plan never came into fruition, as the guard tower the engineers took cover in was captured by orbital drop troopers, who surrounded all 1200 men inside. When the 7th arrived a few hours later, all 1200 men surrendered, and the 7th continued on, unopposed as the rest of the UDSN army had already mobilised against the 8th and 9th. From day to night, the 7th advanced without stopping until the sweep to some of the central cities eventually made the entire enemy army collapse under its own weight.

However, that was nothing compared to what he did next. After relieving the pressure on the flank of the rest of the Army Group, they linked up and solidified their positions. The entire Army Group linked up with four other Army Groups on the Western Front of the continent, and formed a thousand-mile-wide front, from the southern end to the northern end of the continent. The UDSN attempted to solidify their own lines by bringing in static guns, which they emplaced parallel to the Imperial lines. Two months later, however, the 10th Army began to do its job. In the northernmost reaches of the Imperial lines is a dense frozen forest, much like the Terran Siberia. Scouts reported snipers in the forest. The construction of static emplacements were slow. Calculations made by Bellator told him that his initial attack would cripple the enemy for an entire week, but it would also cripple his forces for three days. He would not allow such a leeway for the enemy to manoeuvre.

The rest of the 10th Tank Army stood east of the forest whilst the 7th entered, and as expected, the badly-placed artillery had, to a degree, crippled the 7th's fighting ability and made them stop by a river. The enemy, too, had been crippled; many of their guns were destroyed and had run out of ammunition, while the rest were ordered to form a solid line along the river, with thousands of infantrymen guarding them. The 10th, with even its leader now under the influence of Bellator, sneaked an additional two hundred tanks into the forest at night. By morning, the 7th unexpectedly forded the deep river without the use of pontoon bridges, and emerged on the other side, creating a beachhead on unguarded territory, watched only by scouts. Those scouts were subsequently executed on the spot, as two hundred fresh tanks forded the river, followed by the rest of the 7th. The beachhead allowed the rest of the 7th's ever-broadening spearhead to exploit the enemy lines, with the rest of the 10th following closely behind.

The penetration was not reported as the enemy's communications were cut. A fellow tank division, the 9th, worked hand in hand with Bellator's 7th. By the time the 10th had arrived further into enemy territory, the 7th's advance was blocked off by a heavy division consisting of roughly 500 tanks, outnumbering the 7th. To relieve some pressure on the 7th and the rest of the armies of Army Group A, the 9th and 8th Divisions of the 10th Tank Army chose to attack an enemy besieging the the centre of the Imperial Theatre. The 8th diverted their attention in two places, allowing the centre to push through the static line, while the 9th secured their defeat by attacking reinforcements from another part of the Theatre.

The enemy heavy tank division was ordered to attack the 8th and help the encircled enemy army to break free, while Gaius himself broke free from the enemy tank division's blockade. He would not allow the enemy to construct more static emplacements. An enemy motorised infantry division was sent to block his advance, with a grenadier division supposed to arrive a day after the motorised infantry division had stopped Gaius. The enemy's plans began to solidify before Gaius' eyes. While the enemy mechanised division was refuelling one midnight, Gaius surprised them. By UDSN calculations, Gaius should have been 20 kilometres away, but here he was now. While the enemies were sleeping, the 7th overran their camp. He took a further 10,000 prisoners that day. The grenadiers, upon hearing of this, were forced to retreat, or face the same fate as the mechanised division they were supposed to support. The 7th, now unstoppable, began to lose communication with the rest of the army, leaving behind crippled enemy units in their wake. Two weeks into the offensive, the psychological state of his enemies had degraded significantly, to the point that Gaius had taken an entire city with a feint and a simple lie. He was, however, forced to swing back when the enemy tank division that had blocked him earlier began to attack the 8th Division. The 9th did this, too, and a day later, the 7th and 9th made contact with the 500-tank-strong division, and decimated them in a two-pronged attack before the two divisions continued further into enemy territory. Soon enough, Army Group A was free to move. The static line was destroyed in a few days, freeing the rest of the Army Groups.

Two and a half weeks into the offensive, and the enemy had lost its bearings. What sealed the fate of their enemies on the continent, however, was Gaius' final push. He was given orders to perform a perilous swing into the rear of the enemy in the westernmost part of the continent. Initially thinking that he would be met with heavy resistance on his way, he found himself cruising silently along the wide green fields without resistance, save for a few desperate stragglers who either skirmished with the entire division, or surrendered. He learned from them that they were the only remaining men left guarding the outskirts of the two cities. The rest of the single division left to guard the cities had broken in two, and put up a final stand to defend the strategic rear of the UDSN forces on the continent. The rest of the divisions had apparently been ordered to support the enemy in the pocket Gaius' superiors were planning to create.

All 300 of Gaius' tanks arrived at the cities and besieged them. For 15 days, he besieged both cities without directly engaging them. On the 5th day, the southernmost city collapsed, starving and thirsty. He used this as his beachhead. The rest of the 10th Tank Army arrived just in time to clean up the mess. On the 15th day, half of Army Group A had come to exploit Gaius' lines, enveloping most of the enemy in a massive pocket. Only about 20% of the enemy managed to escape encirclement. The encircled were treated mercilessly by the Imperials as they didn't surrender. Three whole enemy Army Groups were crushed by the weight of the five-Army-Group pocket, and the 20% surrendered in a week after the collapse of the UDSN resistance on the second continent. It took a mere five and a half weeks.

Because of his actions on the front, he was promoted to Imperial Legate, and granted the title Praetor of Philippi. Since then, he has caught the interest of his superiors. With a million elite troops at his disposal, he made his name known and feared throughout the Dominion and the UDSN alike. Since then, he has been ordered to be part of the counteroffensive on the Segmentum Ceres, prepared to unleash the wrath of his Armies upon the UDSN.

Lords of the Stars

𝕻𝖗𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖔𝖗 𝕲𝖆𝖎𝖚𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗

"𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧?"

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Age: 30
Gender: Male
Unit: Army Group A

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Rank: Imperial Legate/Strategos
Role: Staff Officer
Allegiance: Dominion

Equipment:

• Custom Remus 5.7mm, gold-plated, ivory grip
• Han Jian
• Dominion Army Dress Uniform
• Imperial Governor Exosuit (as seen in the photo above)

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Appearance:
Praetor Gaius Bellator is a lean, young man, standing at 5'7". He may not seem much compared to his taller contemporaries, but he shares the same features of the Bellator family, with pale skin, an Asiatic eye shape, a strong jawline, and a broad nose. He doesn't look very imposing at all to the commanders of the other army groups, but to those lesser than him, from him radiates an air of imperial authority. His posture is always rigid, with him standing tall, chin up. Some might see him as condescending at first glance. His deep brown eyes make him look like an ever-scheming statesman, nearly cold and unfeeling. Because of this, he also emits an air of mystery.

Personality:
The Praetor is a quiet and reserved man, but that doesn't mean he lets his authority get pushed around. He is iron-fisted, iron-willed. Despite his silent nature, however, he communicates with his officers in important matters constantly, but refuses to speak to anyone regarding personal matters, and tends to keep emotions to himself, sometimes to the point that some even question if he was a Human or a mere machine with a single purpose. He sees the individual lives of his men as important, but their collective lives as mere statistics; he is unafraid to sacrifice for the greater good, but only for the greater good, for he believes that the ends would eventually justify the means. The only two emotions he ever showed were amusement and lividity, nothing more. He shows a deep disdain for disorder and illogical reasoning. Despite this, he is a masterful orator, painting with words. He has a tendency to contradict himself, however; he is lazy for the most part, but when the battle comes, he organises and checks everything himself and makes sure that everybody does their duty. The Praetor is also very duty-oriented. To him, that is the meaning of life: duty to something. For him, his is duty to nation. It is this sense of duty which has made him a respected commander, serving as the role model for his soldiers.

Despite this, he has a sense of justice and mercy, but his judgement isn't so easily clouded by compromising virtues. He is also a bit of a lover, but he's never shown it to anyone, as he never lets his emotions get the best of him.

History:
The Praetor was born to a poor line descending from one of John Bellhouse's ancestors in the edges of UDSN space, on a poor planet known as Philippi. His mother and father were both labourers, but the young Bellator, once named Kai Bellsyze had other plans. Originally, the young man wanted to be a lawyer, graduating with flying colours in law school, as well as graduating from the mandatory military training. As he grew older, however, the military caught up to him, and he became a distinguished officer and orator, before his planet capitulated to the Dominion without a fight. So far, he had been living a fairly regular life, having been removed from the military for being an officer. At the age of 22, however, that changed, as the so-called Reclamation began, in which the entire population of Imperial space was scanned for people related to the Bellhouse bloodline. Kai's family was discovered, and subsequently awarded. Though his father lived, it was Kai who was given the title of Count Bellsyze. However, he was subsequently allowed to use the name of Bellhouse, but instead opted to rename himself Gaius Bellator, just like his distant relative, Emperor John Bellhouse, who was later baptised as Ioannes Bellator.

His military training was noted once again. Usually, regular soldiers would have been reprimanded or arrested for a short period of time, but Gaius was the exception. Instead, he was promoted to be a captain immediately. Some saw this as an easy way out for a noble like the Count, but when Gaius showed his genius in strategy after proposing a plan to his superior in a time of need, he was further elevated, and became recognised as a military genius. He was elected to be a Commissar, continuing to show his prowess in strategy time and time again in the various crusades against the UDSN. This short, young man was therefore nicknamed the Short Commissar. His opponents disdained him, and he was eventually ordered to command a ragtag group of partisans and volunteers in one of their campaigns against the Internationale, with his opponents hoping to eliminate him. By the end of the campaign, he had made for himself a strictly-disciplined battalion of proper soldiers, and had made himself even more popular, before eventually rising above the rank of his opponents. He had all of them subsequently executed for committing treason against an Imperial Family member.

Eventually, he reached the rank of Legate, or Divisional Commander, at the mere age of 28. It was here where his golden age truly began. He was placed in command of the popular 7th Tank Division of the 10th Tank Army during the Carolean Crusades initiated by his distant relative, Charles Bellator, son to the Emperor himself. It was on Planet-0182, when, upon landing, the 10th Tank Army was immediately cut off from the rest of the Army Group when a logistical error dropped them off nearly a hundred kilometres away from where they should have landed. None of the Army Group's armies and reserves could come to the rescue, seeing as they were being besieged and pressured on all sides. Instead of going west, the 10th instead opted to connect to the massive river to their rear 5km away. The 3rd Division was sent to accomplish this, while Gaius' 7th was ordered to prepare an offensive. The enemy attempted to envelop the 10th by capturing a mountain with the use of a division, but this effort failed when Gaius sent a hundred MT1 'Mountain Goats' supported by a thousand infantrymen to take the hill in advance. By the time the Internationale got within range of the MT1s and the towed artillery, the bombardment had begun. Thinking that an entire enemy division had taken the mountain, they retreated. However, they were immediately cut off from the rest of the UDSN army, and were forced to surrender. The UDSN army which had sent for the division responded slowly with an attempted attack on the leftmost pincer of Gaius' division, but by the time they reached the supposed location of the Imperials, they had gone. They had strayed too far, and were again bombarded by the same unit Bellator had sent to the mountains. They tried to fire at the mountain, but the Imperials had dug in. Disorder spread through the Democratic lines, and some units began to retreat contrary to the orders of their general to continue pushing on to the foot of the mountain.

Gaius took advantage of this rout, and spearheaded an attack by his reserve Caesars on the retreating forces, once again making an entire unit surrender bloodlessly. A portion of the UDSN forces arrived at the foot of the mountain, but were unable to climb. Thinking that the enemy couldn't have made it to the mountain's eastern slope, they attempted to go through there. At first, there was quiet, when the last remaining 17,000 men of the enemy's attack force had reached the slope. They were forced to line up against the foot of the mountain, thinning their lines. Like a vice, a massive force came crashing onto the enemy front and rear; the mountain unit and the rest of the division had attacked simultaneously. Then, the reserve Caesars crashed onto the southern end of the enemy row, ending the lives of 17,000 men in an instant. The enemy army collapsed when the 3rd Division attacked from the river to the enemy's flank, taking three cities without resistance, consolidating their positions. The 8th and 9th Divisions, which have so far not seen any action, penetrated through the area of least expectancy: a small seemingly insignificant village by a mountain. This surprise gave way to a dilemma for the enemy, for the village had direct routes to more cities. The 7th exploited this dilemma by suddenly appearing at the rear of the enemy. In a single day, the 7th had travelled more than a hundred kilometres. They were utterly unprepared, so the enemy attempted to make use of a scorched earth policy by destroying their own infrastructure. The plan never came into fruition, as the guard tower the engineers took cover in was captured by orbital drop troopers, who surrounded all 1200 men inside. When the 7th arrived a few hours later, all 1200 men surrendered, and the 7th continued on, unopposed as the rest of the UDSN army had already mobilised against the 8th and 9th. From day to night, the 7th advanced without stopping until the sweep to some of the central cities eventually made the entire enemy army collapse under its own weight.

However, that was nothing compared to what he did next. After relieving the pressure on the flank of the rest of the Army Group, they linked up and solidified their positions. The entire Army Group linked up with four other Army Groups on the Western Front of the continent, and formed a thousand-mile-wide front, from the southern end to the northern end of the continent. The UDSN attempted to solidify their own lines by bringing in static guns, which they emplaced parallel to the Imperial lines. Two months later, however, the 10th Army began to do its job. In the northernmost reaches of the Imperial lines is a dense frozen forest, much like the Terran Siberia. Scouts reported snipers in the forest. The construction of static emplacements were slow. Calculations made by Bellator told him that his initial attack would cripple the enemy for an entire week, but it would also cripple his forces for three days. He would not allow such a leeway for the enemy to manoeuvre.

The rest of the 10th Tank Army stood east of the forest whilst the 7th entered, and as expected, the badly-placed artillery had, to a degree, crippled the 7th's fighting ability and made them stop by a river. The enemy, too, had been crippled; many of their guns were destroyed and had run out of ammunition, while the rest were ordered to form a solid line along the river, with thousands of infantrymen guarding them. The 10th, with even its leader now under the influence of Bellator, sneaked an additional two hundred tanks into the forest at night. By morning, the 7th unexpectedly forded the deep river without the use of pontoon bridges, and emerged on the other side, creating a beachhead on unguarded territory, watched only by scouts. Those scouts were subsequently executed on the spot, as two hundred fresh tanks forded the river, followed by the rest of the 7th. The beachhead allowed the rest of the 7th's ever-broadening spearhead to exploit the enemy lines, with the rest of the 10th following closely behind.

The penetration was not reported as the enemy's communications were cut. A fellow tank division, the 9th, worked hand in hand with Bellator's 7th. By the time the 10th had arrived further into enemy territory, the 7th's advance was blocked off by a heavy division consisting of roughly 500 tanks, outnumbering the 7th. To relieve some pressure on the 7th and the rest of the armies of Army Group A, the 9th and 8th Divisions of the 10th Tank Army chose to attack an enemy besieging the the centre of the Imperial Theatre. The 8th diverted their attention in two places, allowing the centre to push through the static line, while the 9th secured their defeat by attacking reinforcements from another part of the Theatre.

The enemy heavy tank division was ordered to attack the 8th and help the encircled enemy army to break free, while Gaius himself broke free from the enemy tank division's blockade. He would not allow the enemy to construct more static emplacements. An enemy motorised infantry division was sent to block his advance, with a grenadier division supposed to arrive a day after the motorised infantry division had stopped Gaius. The enemy's plans began to solidify before Gaius' eyes. While the enemy mechanised division was refuelling one midnight, Gaius surprised them. By UDSN calculations, Gaius should have been 20 kilometres away, but here he was now. While the enemies were sleeping, the 7th overran their camp. He took a further 10,000 prisoners that day. The grenadiers, upon hearing of this, were forced to retreat, or face the same fate as the mechanised division they were supposed to support. The 7th, now unstoppable, began to lose communication with the rest of the army, leaving behind crippled enemy units in their wake. Two weeks into the offensive, the psychological state of his enemies had degraded significantly, to the point that Gaius had taken an entire city with a feint and a simple lie. He was, however, forced to swing back when the enemy tank division that had blocked him earlier began to attack the 8th Division. The 9th did this, too, and a day later, the 7th and 9th made contact with the 500-tank-strong division, and decimated them in a two-pronged attack before the two divisions continued further into enemy territory. Soon enough, Army Group A was free to move. The static line was destroyed in a few days, freeing the rest of the Army Groups.

Two and a half weeks into the offensive, and the enemy had lost its bearings. What sealed the fate of their enemies on the continent, however, was Gaius' final push. He was given orders to perform a perilous swing into the rear of the enemy in the westernmost part of the continent. Initially thinking that he would be met with heavy resistance on his way, he found himself cruising silently along the wide green fields without resistance, save for a few desperate stragglers who either skirmished with the entire division, or surrendered. He learned from them that they were the only remaining men left guarding the outskirts of the two cities. The rest of the single division left to guard the cities had broken in two, and put up a final stand to defend the strategic rear of the UDSN forces on the continent. The rest of the divisions had apparently been ordered to support the enemy in the pocket Gaius' superiors were planning to create.

All 300 of Gaius' tanks arrived at the cities and besieged them. For 15 days, he besieged both cities without directly engaging them. On the 5th day, the southernmost city collapsed, starving and thirsty. He used this as his beachhead. The rest of the 10th Tank Army arrived just in time to clean up the mess. On the 15th day, half of Army Group A had come to exploit Gaius' lines, enveloping most of the enemy in a massive pocket. Only about 20% of the enemy managed to escape encirclement. The encircled were treated mercilessly by the Imperials as they didn't surrender. Three whole enemy Army Groups were crushed by the weight of the five-Army-Group pocket, and the 20% surrendered in a week after the collapse of the UDSN resistance on the second continent. It took a mere five and a half weeks.

Because of his actions on the front, he was promoted to Imperial Legate, and granted the title Praetor of Philippi. Since then, he has caught the interest of his superiors. With a million elite troops at his disposal, he made his name known and feared throughout the Dominion and the UDSN alike. Since then, he has been ordered to be part of the counteroffensive on the Segmentum Ceres, prepared to unleash the wrath of his Armies upon the UDSN.

Lords of the Stars

Look at this guide for more info on the weapons and vehicles. It's only halfway finished, though.

Lord of the Stars Guide

DOMINION

Imperial Army Weapons

PISTOLS & SMGs

Remus 5.7mm: A 5.7mm service pistol that fires two types of ammunition: incendiary and armour piercing. Usually used by commissars, but occasionally carried by staff officers, as well. Very similar to the Luger in design; uses a blowback mechanism.

Magna: A revolver sidearm popular amongst staff officers; .44 caliber. It is also the standard pistol of the Legionnaires.

9mm Krieger: The standard sidearm of Imperial soldiers; 9mm in calibre. It has a large magazine and a quick firing rate.

MP Parabellum: The standard 9mm SMG used by grenadiers with a retractable and easily removable stock, and can either come with a 100-round drum magazine, or a 35-round box magazine.

MP-30: A rare and oddly-designed bullpup 5.7mm SMG, coming with a 150-round drum magazine, or a 75-round box magazine, with a rate of fire of 1200 rpm.

MELEE WEAPONS

Sabre: A curved sword used by horse-riding scouts, as well as carried by high-ranking officers, especially those in full regalia; a broader version is carried regularly by Legionnaires.

Han Jian: A delicate ornamental sword with origins from Ancient China used only by the most skilled of melee fighters, as well as Legionary Centurions and Legates of the Motorised Cohorts.

Polearm: A close-combat weapon used by heavily-armoured soldiers and Legionnaires against heavily-armoured foes; usually with an adjustable 2m-long shaft with a main fighting part made of the strongest metals, shaped like an axehead on one end, a hammerhead on the other, with a spear-like tip at the end of the shaft.

Espada y Daga: Two weapons that work hand-in-hand. The longer weapon is the espada, which is a light, single-edged sword; the shorter weapon is the daga, which is practically a dagger. Both have sharp tips to allow for precision striking against unarmored parts on the foes.

Black Lance: A lance used by shock cavalry and men fighting in the trenches, as well as anti-armour grenadiers. It is usually 4m long, and has a small HEAT mechanism at the end of the spear that can be released from the shaft and activates upon contact with armour.

GRENADES

M65: A simple fragmentation grenade with an effective range of 8m.

M65s: Similar to the M65, but the thrower can reach greater distances thanks to the stick.

Incendiary Grenade

RIFLES

Regula Impetus Tormenta/RIT-72: The standard Imperial assault rifle; can come in bullpup variants. It is a 7.92x50mm rifle, and was constructed to survive the most rigorous of situations.

Regula Impetus Tormenta .22/RIT-12: The common compact bullpup variant of the Regula Tormenta with a 5.56x45mm cartridge with a higher rate of fire and muzzle velocity than the regular rifle, but doesn't do as much damage.

Arturo M72: The regular bolt-action battle rifle carried by marksmen and sharpshooter units. Chambers a 7.92x63mm round, and is meant for taking out heavier targets.

Arturo Carbine: A compact battle carbine based on the M72. Not as effective as the M72 in armour piercing and damage, but because of its semi-automatic and burst mode, it has a higher rate of fire.

M99 Light Thirteen: The sniper rifle chambering a 12.7x100mm round, with a massive effective firing range of 3200m.

Eques Rifle: A bolt-action rifle chambering the feared 5.56x60mm round, which can fire at 1500m/s.

Lancea Rifle: A directed-energy laser rifle meant to burn through flesh easily, and because each beam moves at the speed of light, long-range aiming is made easy, but is ineffective against heavy ceramic armour in the first shot. It is commonly used by snipers, grenadiers, and shock troopers. Its maximum range depends on how quickly the laser disperses into the environment.

MACHINE GUNS

MG-88: An LMG/MMG chambering a 7.92x63mm cartridge, firing at the impressive rate of 2000rpm.

HMG-13: A heavy machine gun chambering a 12.7x100mm cartridge, firing at 700rpm.

Lancea MG: A version of the Lancea Rifle which fires a larger diameter of beam with a higher rate of fire. It is also generally heavier, and has a bigger cell than the Lancea Rifle.

SUPPORT WEAPONS

Roman Arrow: A shoulder-fired ATGM going at 400m/s. Can penetrate the sides of a Bellator, and can have its velocity adjusted automatically. It is light and compact when compared to other ATGMs.

Tsar Trubka: A shoulder-fired 85mm recoilless rifle.

AUTOCANNONS

MG-109: A 20mm autocannon firing ballistic shells; can be static or emplaced.

MG-109 TP (Tapered Bore): A 20/30mm autocannon with a 30mm shell that tapers down to 20mm, giving it a faster velocity but lower rate of fire than its regular counterpart.

MG-505: A 30mm autocannon meant for anti-aircraft, anti-infantry, and anti-FV roles. Usually truck-mounted.

Ira: A 40mm gatling gun firing at over 7000rpm; usually mounted on ground attack vehicles.

GPA-47 (General-Purpose Autocannon): A quick-firing 47mm autocannon meant to combat lightly-armoured vehicles and aircraft, and can sometimes even be capable of piercing through the rear of a main battle tank.

Tempest: A set of four GPA-47s rolled into one weapon with a massive gun shield.

The Horn: A single 50mm autocannon mounted on the Narwhal Jet Fighter.

Lancea 88: The heaviest variant of the Lancea, which fires a destructive beam with a diameter of 88mm. It has a heavy cell pack weighing in at nearly 50kg, with each pack capable of firing 20 rounds at 60rpm. Unlike previous variants, the Lancea 88 is more high-powered, and can penetrate through the sides of tanks and cripple Internationale Walkers thanks to its anti-particle laser.

AH-75 (Auto-Howitzer 75): A 75mm tank gun made to fire at 120 rpm, but is placed only on heavy fighters and ground attack variants.

AH-102: A 102mm gun firing at 100rpm, for ground attack aircraft.

AH-128: A 128mm gun firing at 60rpm; massive and pillbox-like in shape, and is placed only on large gunships, superheavy tanks, and ships.

FIELD GUNS

FH-75: A small 75mm howitzer meant for taking out small infantry concentrations with minimal collateral damage.

Feldgewehr-105: A general-purpose light field gun made for taking out armoured vehicles and infantry used by mountain armies.

Feldgewehr-88 TP: An 88/105mm gun, with an 88mm bore and a 105mm shell, making for a higher velocity and higher penetration against armour.

Lancea H2: Similar to the Lancea 88, except for its energy output and the 125mm diameter of the barrel.

FH-155: A 155mm heavy gun-howitzer for destroying fortifications and, to a degree, tanks.

Devil's Cigar: A 21cm artillery piece.

Devil's Pipe: A rocket launcher with 8 tubes and a 21cm diameter per tube. Heavy variants have a maximum of 72 tubes. Each rocket can cover a distance of 40km in an Earth-sized planet.

The Tsar: A massive 240mm howitzer used in the direst of situations.

Sonic Cannon: A destructive unconventional weapon that blasts battlefields with sonic waves that can topple entire buildings. Can come in many variants.

EM Tormentum: An unconventional long-range artillery weapon making use of rail gun technology, capable of firing both conventional rounds and plasma bolts.

Imperial Army Vehicles

GENERAL PURPOSE VEHICLES

Halftrack: The most common general-purpose vehicle. Armed with an MG-88. Can be used for transporting goods or infantry.

Truck: Another common GPV, similar in purpose to a halftrack, but not as armoured, and not armed at all. It compensates for these with its speed. When not transporting, however, it is armed with an MG-505 at the back.

RV-109: A retrieval vehicle made from the hull of the FV-109, an armoured fighting vehicle with massive horsepower to spare, and armed only with an MG-88 and an HMG-13.

FV-11: A tracked armoured vehicle meant to deploy armoured grenadiers, armed with a Lancea HMG. Each vehicle can carry 12 men each.

XV-199 Condor Dropship: A heavily-armoured ship meant for both transporting goods; capable of transporting an entire platoon.

INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES

FV-109: A fast vehicle usually made to accompany armoured grenadiers; armed with a turret-mounted MG-505.

FV-101: A light tank armed with an autoloaded Feldgewehr-88 meant to accompany the infantry en masse.

FV-900: A heavy infantry vehicle armed with a 75mm howitzer meant to take out enemy positions.

Maelstrom: A lightly-armoured tracked vehicle armed with Tempest autocannons.

Caesar M: A self-propelled gun based on the Caesar chassis, armed with a 500mm Devastator Cannon, and with additional frontal armour. Meant to support infantry in urban situations in missions involving the destruction of enemy fortifications.

Machina Tank Destroyer: A lightly-armoured 6-wheeled vehicle armed with a Roman Arrow and an 18cm anti-tank gun. Being wheeled and lightly-armoured, it has a maximum speed of 120kph.

Imperial Harmonica: A truck or half-track carrying a Devil's Pipe.

Caesar Tempest: A Caesar chassis armed with Tempest autocannons.

TANKS & SPGs

Caesar T-12: The most common main battle tank used by the Dominion; small, fast, and well-armoured, it is made to adapt to most battlefield situations. It has a speed of 78kph, with a weight of 40 tons. It is armed with a pintle-mounted HMG-13, a coaxial Lancea MG, and a 130mm cannon.

Bellator: The second most common main battle tank, the Bellator is better armed than the Caesar. It has a speed of 70kph, with a weight of 50 tons, but despite the impenetrable frontal armour, its sides and rear are not as thick as the Caesar's. It is armed with a 152mm cannon and a coaxial Lancea MG, and has an MG-109 on a pintle mount instead of the HMG-13.

Bellator Vindicator: A Bellator variant armed with a 17cm gun. Though more capable of taking out stationary tanks, it is more optimal to be used against Internationale Walkers.

Nemesis: A tank made specifically for the Filii Nemeseos' shock and awe tactics, with a maximum speed of 120kph. It has virtually no armour except at the front, which is nigh impenetrable. Like the Caesar, it is armed with a 130mm gun, and is incredibly small.

Sturmgeschütz M25: A turretless tank armed with a 21cm anti-tank gun based on the Bellator chassis. Requires only one crew member to operate.

Imperator: An advanced tank construct armed with a powerful multi-purpose 152mm gun that can fire high-energy anti-particle lasers given the right 'shell' was chambered. It is the rarest tank around, being very expensive and near-indestructible while maintaining a light weight, and used only by the most prestigious tank aces. It is small with a rear-mounted turret, and sponson-mounted weapons that vary between the different

Bismarck: A superheavy tank design. At first, it seems useless in a modern battlefield, but it is possibly the worst thing to see as an Internationale soldier in an urban environment. The 70-ton vehicle has a minimum armour of 2000mm RHA, and is practically impenetrable. The only way to defeat one is by mobility killing one, and even then, it would pose as an impenetrable wall. It is equipped with five MG-88 guns all around, a 21cm anti-tank gun, and a 300mm hull-mounted howitzer, with an additional 20mm and 75mm howitzer mounter coaxially. Fortunately for the UDSN, these designs are few and far between, for it is expensive, complicated to make, and requires nearly a crew of 10 to operate perfectly.

MT1: A light tank armed with either a Lancea H, or a Panzerabwehrgewehr-88 TP. It has no armour and is capable of moving at 120kph. It is only about three tons in weight, and has pneumatic suspensions and advanced mechanisms on the tracks that allow it to climb steep mountain slopes.

Earthshaker A: A self-propelled gun carriage armed with a 155mm howitzer as its main armament on a turret placed upon the hull of a Bellator.

Hellbreaker: A self-propelled gun carriage armed with a 240mm howitzer as its main armament on a massive turret. Not mounted on a tank chassis, and is instead mounted on a quadrupedal machine.

Carriage of the Tsar: A self-propelled gun carriage with a 21cm. Considerably faster than its Hellbreaker counterpart thanks to its tracked nature.

Magna Tormentorum: A massive SPG with a 2000mm gun, a sonic cannon, and dozens of anti-aircraft, anti-orbital, and anti-tank capabilities. Big, slow, and expensive, only one exists in the Ceres Front, and is only deployed in the direst of situations.

AERONAUTICA & SPATIAL FIGHTERS

Stormbird: An aeronautic air superiority fighter that uses an advanced jet propulsion system which propels the small and sleek aircraft at a maximum speed of mach 5. Due to the high velocities at which the Stormbird flies (maximum of 2km/s), it is usually unmanned, but it has a cockpit which can be manned by a pilot. It is armed with two anti-tank missiles, thirty rockets, and four MG-505s.

Narwhal: A jet-powered aeronautic stealth fighter/bomber. Though not as fast as the Stormbird, it is more manoeuvrable, thanks to its fixed wing shape. It is not easily detected by enemy radars, and is armed with a 50mm Horn cannon, as well as four GPA-47s, with four missiles that can be either tactical nukes, or anti-tank.

Falco Peregrinus: An aeronautic-spatial fighter-bomber. Like the Narwhal in shape, the Falco Peregrinus is smaller, has better engines, and has a better armament. It is also capable of having a bigger payload, able to carry not only missiles, but conventional bombs, with an adjustable bomb bay, which is capable of carrying 2000kg worth of bombs without slowing it down all that much. Its Horn cannon was removed and replaced with a Lancea 88, and comes with a complimentary two Lancea MGs.

Valkyrie: An aeronautic-spatial fighter. It has a jet engine to allow it to travel in atmosphere, but also in vacuums. Unfortunately, in atmosphere, it is not as effective due to its sheer weight. It is armed with four MG-109s on its wings, and four MG-505s on its nose. It also has four anti-tank missiles, and fifty rockets.

Valkyrie Gunship: A Valkyrie variant that's much heavier, but better armed, with the MG-109s removed. It adds a Lancea 88 underneath the nose, and an AH-75 on its side. It is strictly not meant for engaging enemy jets.

Dominator Fortress: A new gunship capable of vacuum and atmosphere travel. It has a maximum speed of mach 2. Though heavier than the Valkyrie Gunship, it is better manoeuvring in atmosphere thanks to its shape. It has a nose-mounted Lancea 88 and dual Ira gatling guns. In a ball mount underneath the ship is an AH-128, which rains down massive high explosive 128mm shells into the unlucky enemies below, while making use of the broadside and port AH-102s.

Subjugator Superfortress: A larger and stronger version of the Dominator. Not meant for fighting at all, and can carry smaller ships like the Colibri to protect it while it goes on its occasional bombing runs. It is not shaped like the Dominator, for the Subjugator looks more like a massive floating aircraft carrier than an actual aircraft. It is also capable of carrying a payload of 3000kg, making it a feared superweapon of the Dominion.

Colibri: The Colibris are small aircraft. Unlike other aeronautic-spatial fighters, the Colibri spend time in Subjugator Superfortresses and in ships, where they can change their engines entirely in a few minutes. They are more mass-produced, smaller, and cheaper than the other aircraft the Dominion has, but they are as equally powerful, being armed with Lancea MGs and 88s, as well as high-yield tactical nuclear missiles meant for destroying ships.

Imperial Knights

Hähyä: A quadrupedal Knight with a Lancea H2 and the same 152mm gun as a Bellator tank. It is known for its extreme accuracy and agility, but unfortunately, it is slow. It requires a crew of two to operate, one commander, and one gunner.

Sagittarius: The most common quadrupedal Battle Knight of the Dominion, armed with the common 152mm tank sniper on one hand, and an Ira gatling gun on the other. It has multiple MG-88s, specifically on one chest, and both legs. It also has two missile pods at the back. It crewed by three people; one noble, and two engineers. It is about 3-4 stories tall.

Praedator: The most common bipedal Knight. Unlike the Sagittarius, the Bellator is only two metres tall maximum, and has legs meant for running at high speeds. It is armed with a single Lancea 88 on its shoulders, double MG-88s atop is carapace, an Ira gatling gun, and double rocket pods.

Bellator: The second most common bipedal Knight, standing at ten metres tall. It is armed with a Tempest autocannon on the carapace, a Lancea 88 with a complementary 50mm Horn on one hand, a one-of-a-kind 105mm automatic howitzer on the other, and multiple HMG-13s located on various gun turrets.

Ritter: A 20m-tall bipedal medium-class Knight, the Ritter is armed with two high-calibre close infantry support guns on its shoulders. Unlike most other Knights, the Ritter is more Human-like, with a carapace shell that makes it looked hunchbacked. It also has a shield with a protected 30mm Ira attached to one hand, and a lance-shaped Lancea H2 on the other.

Eques: A cousin to the Ritter, the Eques stands at approximately the same height, but unlike the Ritter, the Eques has a wide variety of more general-purpose guns; more commonly, the 155mm gun-howitzer. Like the Ritter, it has a Lancea H2 on one hand, but instead of a shield with an Ira on the other, it has a shield with an AH-128 loaded with HESH shells.

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