Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Ashigaru Bombardier

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The Ashigaru Bombardier is the used by the Katsuragi Protectorate. Planned to be voiced by.

Overview
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History
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The Katsuragi Protectorate preparations for its entry into the War Of The Beard saw a massive recruitment drive, to swell the ranks of the Protectorate military with soldiers to fight the enemy. As Ulthuan was far more limited in population than the Coalition and the Voshkod, they needed everybody they could get, and in addition to the volunteers that signed up, many were drafted into the Protectorate military to help the Protectorate fulfill its divine destiny.

However, though this effort allowed the Protectorate to swell its military with millions of personnel, not all of those personnel were fit for frontline duty. Indeed, many of those less fit personnel ended up serving the Imperial military as Engineers, using their skills in the service of the Protectorate. At the same time, there were those deemed not fit enough to serve in the position of a Protectorate Warrior or Tankbuster, but were still capable of seeing combat. The Protectorate could not afford to squander manpower in rear line or support functions when that manpower could still be used in some sort of combat capacity. So, many of them became Ashigaru Bombardiers instead.

Ashigaru Bombardiers are effectively support infantry. While they are still combatants, they do not fight with a rifle or a plasma-cutter, but rather provide fire support for their fellows fighting at the front with their rocket mortars. They are safely behind the raging combat that occurs at the frontline, often having to rely on coordinates provided by other Protectorate forces.

To some extent, Ashigaru Bombardiers are seen as being around the level of Engineers. They cower behind the protection of their comrades who risk their lives at the frontlines, safely positioned kilometers away and operating a mortar that does most of the work for them! Furthermore, when they get close to the front to set their explosive charges on buildings, they need to be protected as they go about their work!

Nevertheless, Protectorate soldiers hold a grudging respect for their comrades-in-arms, and most Imperial Warriors can recount more than one occasion on which their life was saved by a volley of mortar rounds, or a well-positioned explosive charge.