Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Kommissar

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The Commissar. Planned to be voiced by.

History
"Don't shock me, comrade!"

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

Commissars have changed drastically since their earlier days. For decades, they were feared instruments of Lenin and Stalin'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 Commissars are now much more respected. Commissars are now used to spread the Revolutionary spirit throughout the ranks, as was their original intent, by propaganda and example.

While Commissars still task themselves with deserters, they are now armed with Tesla shock pistols. Useless in actual combat, it shocks and disables a running conscript (or even disabling a Sickle, if its crew gets a little "overexited") 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).