Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Kommissar

Note: For the Steel Legion version, see here.

"Don't shock me, comrade!"

-A common joke whenever a Kommissar is brought up, being caught saying this joke will lead to one month of latrine duty

The Kommissar is the support infantry of the Socialist Union of Voshkod. Planned to be voiced by Skye Bennett, using her Pyra voice, but more militaristic.

Tactical analysis

 * For Mother (Russia)!: Kommissars are charged with leading soldiers into battle. They act as a focal point for the horde bonus, boosting any nearby infantry.
 * Don't Shock Me!: Kommissars are armed with Tesla Shock Pistols. While originally meant to deal with deserters, they are also highly effective at slowing down enemy units.
 * That one, Comrades!: By pointing at an enemy with a coloured stick, Kommissars can order Voshkod forces to focus their fire on a single target.
 * Lend Your Support!: Kommissars need other units to back them up, since their Tesla pistols are incapable of directly harming the enemy and they have no other weapon to speak of.

Overview
The main problem with conscription is that they may not be as dedicated to the cause as ideal, and so Voshkod has built an extensive command structure to maintain order on the battlefield. The frontline face of that is the Kommissar, a devout and loyal servant of the motherland who will endeavor to bring victory no matter the cost. Screaming rousing slogans at the lower infantry classes, they urge troops onward against all odds and ensure that if they choose to run, will be apprehended and court-martialed, unlike the barbaric Legion Commissars who will not hesitate to kill their own men and waste valuable manpower. Not one step back!

History
"The first man gets the rifle! The second man gets the molotovs! If the one with the rifle gets killed, the one without the rifle picks up the gun and shoots! The one with the rifle shoots! The one without the rifle follows! If the one with the rifle gets killed... "

-Kommissar during the Battle of Costa de Sol

Kommissars have changed drastically since their earlier days. For decades, they were feared instruments of Garlean's brutal will. They took it upon themselves to shoot any man/woman found defecting or deserting and were above the normal chain of command. Due to vast shifts in Red Army policy, however, the Kommissars are now much more respected. Kommissars are now used to spread the Revolutionary spirit throughout the ranks, as was their original intent, by propaganda and example, leading the front and urging their comrades to follow them rather than standing behind and threatening to shoot anyone who retreats, unlike the Legion Kommissar who the Voshkod view as a disgusting reminder of their past.

While Kommissars still task themselves with deserters, their Makarov PMMs have since been replaced with Tesla shock pistols, which are glorified tasers since their generator is pathetically tiny. And at first, they were still given their PMMs, with Lunafreya explicitly saying that are to use against the enemies only and using them otherwise is tantamount to murder, but after a report of Kommissar Kubrik Chenkov having emptied his pitol on an entire Conscript platoon when they retreated in a battle turned south he was trialed and publicly executed by firing squad as an example, this and previous reports of the Kommissars using their pistols to execute retreating forces, even after Chenkov execution, had her make a new law that bans Kommissars from wielding firearms unless its a case of self-defense, and breaking said rule will result in being sent to the gulag and execution if they kill their own forces.

Useless in actual combat, the Tesla pistol shocks and disables a running Conscript (or even disabling a Sickle, if its crew gets a little "overexcited") so they can be more appropriately and humanely punished. This has also led to the in-joke amongst Conscripts of the deserter pleading "Don't shock me, comrade!", something that Tesla Troopers tend to respond to, though they are only allowed to fire at non-lethal levels (failure to comply with said rule will have the soldier stripped and shipped into the gulag).

Trivia

 * The Kommissar in Gaiaterra has elements from Kommissar in Red Resurrection.