Fiction:Mendel Pact/Auxiliary

The Auxiliary is the troops sent to support the Mendel Pact in conquest by it's allied nations and some species who are not official members, but still call the Pact home. Made up of Skordi Warbands, Togunda Brotherhoods, and Volver and Waptorian support forces, the Pact often asks for auxiliaries from it's allies to boost it's forces power, often for taking an important planet or when their forces are left undermanned in an area or planet that is highly vulnerable to enemy assault.

Auxiliaries serve for a number of reasons. For the Togunda and Skordi that call the Pact home, it is simply a matter of honor, and fighting alongside those who have given them a place within the Pact, and, in exchange, these troops will fight alongside the Pact in support. For the Waptorian and Volver, some gravitate towards the Mendel, either due to similarities between them, like with the Volver warriors, or a few find their own empire "boring" and seek adventure and new sights and sounds, like with many young Waptorians.

For auxiliaries, a group of 2-3 Rally-Masters will come to an allied world, one often known for producing auxiliaries for the Pact, and set up a recruitment station there, offering those that join rights of land, citizenship and property on the planet they fight on. Once they have gathered a large enough force of Auxiliaries from one world, they will move on to other sectors, as the troops left on the last planet gather up armaments and weapons. Once they have a large enough for from 1-4 planets, they will gather up their troops and move out.

Auxiliaries, while not part of the official army, are still treated with the same respect and admiration of full warriors, and are especially welcomed by commanders for the new weapons and combat techniques they bring to the field. Auxiliaries will commonly appoint a leader among their troops, commonly an elder auxiliary commander who has served far longer then the others, to lead them, and advice the Mendel Commanders on how to deploy their new troops, who they may or may not be used to using.

In exchange for this, the Mendel commonly allow a similar system with their own troops, sending mercenaries and other forces to fight alongside the allied forces when called upon.

Skordi
A Barbaric, savage race, even by Mendel standards, the Skordi are divided by various Warbands that rove the galaxy, causing trouble with various races, though a number of Clans and tribes call the UAE home. Very stubborn and holding hard to their ways, many Skordi hold a distaste for the Pact, but this is not all of them. At least 3 Clans joined the Mendel in their way of life, and continue to supply troops to them.

Skordi make for excellent close combat, shock troopers in battle, as well as capable of carrying and building particularly brutal long ranged, heavy weapons and machine guns from scrap using advanced scientific knowledge that one would not expect from their kin. They are excellent in city and jungle warfare, possibly because their home world is locked in a perpetual struggle between the various tribes and Clans.

Togunda
Togunda are a nomadic, mining race that have left few colonies in their wake, preferring to travel across Mendel space and act as miners, workers, and warriors when the situation demands it. Their government, the Guild of Brotherhood, is done much to help the Pact in their operations, but, most specifically, 2 famous Brotherhoods, the word for a Togunda fleet or Clan, the Tzzi'rok and the Vordic'klun, have joined the Mendel, and commonly send warriors to help them in some operations.

Togunda bring with them advanced ranged and melee weapons, as well as being very stocky and resilient themselves. Due to this, they are better housed in defensive positions, waiting in guns and heavy weapon crews so they can attack the enemy, and bring them to areas where their advanced technology can tear them to ribbons. As such, Togunda do not make good Guerilla troops, due to their slow nature.