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House Kilgore (minor NPC noble house)
The highly-elite 3153rd Aerospace-Cav unit (the Ravens Wild) was one of the Grand Republic central government’s Mobile Response Units, a tightly-knit mechanized corps of starships, dropships, gunships, and elite infantry. Detached to the rebellious world of Cadavus during the early stages of the Fall, the 3153rd put down many local rebellions with it’s lightning-warfare “death from above” strategy. When the Grand Republican central government collapsed, leaving the 3153rd stranded and purposeless, the comrades-in-arms became nobles dedicated to preserving stability and order. House Kilgore’s advanced tactics and equipment helped it expand at meteoric proportions, using the spoils of battle to enrich its growth, and rarely losing an engagement. As several outlying houses and ambitious local goernments banded together and their forces swarmed over Cadavus, however, the unit became outmatched and retreated through the jumpgate. Over the years, they have forgotten their mandate to preserve stability and order, becoming wanderers, nomads, and mountain people at best, roving robber barons at worst. As much of their equipment has been lost or destroyed, only the highest-up in the house have access to the starships and skimmers, but the old division’s motto of “death from above” has not been forgotten, and the members of the house have developed a reverence for height and the sky, and now tend to settle in mountainous terrain, from which they stage raids on the undefended plains folk around in order to maintain enough money to survive. The house is renowned for its mastery of military strategy and even the most petty bandits that the house musters have been known to use quite sophisticated tactics on the battlefield. Indeed, the house’s penchant for unexpected, utterly devastating hit-and-run tactics, utilizing shock troops and outriders, as well as airborne units, to the utmost effect, makes it a quite dangerous foe and they are responsible for much of the damage done to house Texier on Clarke and Xicier on Arrakis.
Though many members of the house are little better than robber barons leading tribes of nomads, they all believe quite strongly in warrior honor and some are quite chivalrous, especially the ones that have managed to claim land in high places. On the whole, however, their nomadic tendencies make them less likely to worry about the damage they wreak, and more likely to attack indiscriminately. House Kilgore has some presence Arrakis, Incellia and its most fortified holdings are on Hubbard. Though robbers and bandits, they are also successful shepherds and day to day life for their serfs revolves around their herds.
The highly-elite 3153rd Aerospace-Cav unit (the Ravens Wild) was one of the Grand Republic central government’s Mobile Response Units, a tightly-knit mechanized corps of starships, dropships, gunships, and elite infantry. Detached to the rebellious world of Cadavus during the early stages of the Fall, the 3153rd put down many local rebellions with it’s lightning-warfare “death from above” strategy. When the Grand Republican central government collapsed, leaving the 3153rd stranded and purposeless, the comrades-in-arms became nobles dedicated to preserving stability and order. House Kilgore’s advanced tactics and equipment helped it expand at meteoric proportions, using the spoils of battle to enrich its growth, and rarely losing an engagement. As several outlying houses and ambitious local goernments banded together and their forces swarmed over Cadavus, however, the unit became outmatched and retreated through the jumpgate. Over the years, they have forgotten their mandate to preserve stability and order, becoming wanderers, nomads, and mountain people at best, roving robber barons at worst. As much of their equipment has been lost or destroyed, only the highest-up in the house have access to the starships and skimmers, but the old division’s motto of “death from above” has not been forgotten, and the members of the house have developed a reverence for height and the sky, and now tend to settle in mountainous terrain, from which they stage raids on the undefended plains folk around in order to maintain enough money to survive. The house is renowned for its mastery of military strategy and even the most petty bandits that the house musters have been known to use quite sophisticated tactics on the battlefield. Indeed, the house’s penchant for unexpected, utterly devastating hit-and-run tactics, utilizing shock troops and outriders, as well as airborne units, to the utmost effect, makes it a quite dangerous foe and they are responsible for much of the damage done to house Texier on Clarke and Xicier on Arrakis.
Though many members of the house are little better than robber barons leading tribes of nomads, they all believe quite strongly in warrior honor and some are quite chivalrous, especially the ones that have managed to claim land in high places. On the whole, however, their nomadic tendencies make them less likely to worry about the damage they wreak, and more likely to attack indiscriminately. House Kilgore has some presence Arrakis, Incellia and its most fortified holdings are on Hubbard. Though robbers and bandits, they are also successful shepherds and day to day life for their serfs revolves around their herds.
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