Nybian Pharaohnate Legions

Nybian Legions

Nybian Medjay (2972 - 3050)
Medium-weight Mixed Mech Legion. Veteran experience, Dependable morale, regular quality equipment. Served during 1st Union War and Clan Invasion, destroyed during battle with Clan Jade Falcon while ensuring allies could escape. Later Reformed as the Royal Nybian Legion.

Babylonian Firstborn (2974 - 3049)
Light-weight RCT-style Legion. Regular experience, Shakey morale, poor quality gear. Fought several battles against the clans, destroyed during a hastey retreat. Few survivors returned. Later Legion reformed by the survivors once they had achived knighthood.

Mirguht Salt Reaver Legion (2974 - Present)
Light-weight CV Legion. Veteran Experience, Regular morale, poor quality gear. Has been predominantly fielded as raiders and local security, not used for invasion. Excellent ability to live off the land. Survived the Civil War (Federalist) by virtue of almost entirely being relegated to policing work.

Hunahpu Sharptooth Legion (2976 - Present)
Medium-weight CV and Infantry Legion. Green experience, eager morale, high quality gear. Tue Sharptooth suffer from lack of institutional military culture, instead serving as excellent garrison forces due to high morale and good gear. Legion often split apart to provide garrison support on multiple planets. Entire legion usually deployed as support for another legion.

Sarakan Heavy Medjay (2978 -3153)
Heavy Mech and Infantry Legion. Regular experience, Regular Morale, Average quality gear. Fairly standard Legion, often considered the average to which Legions ought compare and conform. Legion is predominantly regional militias backed by standing Mech Banners. Destroyed during the Pharaohnate Civil War (Loyalists) in the early days of the war.

Xbalanque Black Jaguar Legion (2979 - Present)
Light Mech Legion. Veteran Experience, Regular Morale, Exceptional quality gear. Formed from the various families that formed the Xbalanque planetary council, the Black Jaguars are split with each Banner being a unique family army. The command banner belongs to the Black Jaguars, hence often receiving the broader title.

Thugrim Dusthound Legion (2982 - 3155)
Heavy CV with Mech support Legion. Irregular experience, Regular morale, Poor gear quality. Highly aggressive and undisciplined. Skilled in close airsupport and total war scenarios, difficult to restrain. Destroyed in Civil War (Federalists).

Nova Urush Terracotta Legion (3003 - 3154)
Medium CV and Mech Legion. Regular experience, Questionable morale, good quality gear. Consistently inconsistent in reliability, poorly handles most attacks. Usually takes extreme losses (18% max) when deployed to attack. Destroyed in Civil War (Federalists).

Ifriiti Janissary Legion (3009 - Present)
Heavy Mixed Unit Legion. Veteran experience, Fanatical morale, Good quality gear. Largest legion per-head, and often called the Pharaoh's Hellhounds by outsiders, known as the Ammit Legion within the Pharaohnate. Cruelty culture and extreme displays of martial success make their deployment a terror tactic in certain circles.

Babylonian Second Sons Legion (3051 - Present)
Medium RCT-style Legion. Veteran experience, Good morale, good quality gear. Formed after the destruction of the Firstborn, the Second Sons are a more thoroughly-blooded force. Only Nobles are permitted to be officers, and each Noble is accompanied by an Arrow of their own soldiers. Deeper ties with Nyb has elevated their training and successful campaigns have engendered a caste of MechKnights from whom the Legion draws its strength.

Royal Nybian Legion (3058 - Present)
Heavy BattleMech with Mixed Unit support Legion. Veteran, Dependable morale, excellent quality gear. The most consistently deployed Legion, the Royal Nybian is loyal to the Pharaoh alone and receives the best gear at all times. Renowned for being skilled fighters with a brutal tenacity, but not to the level of the Janissaries. Destroyed during the Civil War (Harusites) then reformed again.

Marid Irregular Legion (3111 - 3122)
Light conventional Legion. Irregular, Questionable morale, average quality gear. Raised from the colonists of Marid shortly after it was formally asigned a Nomarch, the Marid Irregulars fought agaisnt the Scorpion Empire for their entire existence. After their thorough thrashing at the battle of Midway, the Legion was disbanded to address inherent concerns.

Lost Star Hussar Legion (3118 - Present)
Heavy Mixed Unit Legion. Veteran, Dependable morale, high quality gear. Formed from the contracting of many seperate mercenary commands, the Lost Star Hussars fought across the entirety of the Blakist Crusade before retiring to the Periphery. Unit is considered geriatric by most other Nomarchs, but is slowly incorporating new blood. Badly damaged during the Civil War (Federalists), command elements were purged following the war and replaced with dependable leaders.

Marid Gunslingers (3131 - Present)
Medium RCT style Unit Legion. Regular, Questionable(Dependable) Morale, good quality gear. Formed after significant efforts to retrain and resupply the former Marid Irregulars. Highly focused on independent Quiver action, declared formal neutrality in the civil war while providing economic aid to Ifrit. When the Pharaoh reappeared, they immediately came to his aid. During the war, the Legion gained confidence and skill.

Holy Knights of Harus (3151 - Present)
Heavy BattleMech Mixed Unit Legion. Elite, Fanatical morale, flawless quality gear. Formed from fleeing Knights of the Republic at its collapse, the Holy Knights are a Legion in name only. Despite this, they are steadily growing, and are the finest in the Pharaohnate. Peers to Clan warriors with Machines that are cutting edge, they receive absolute favoritism and are considered arbiters of the Pharaoh's will. Painted entirely in gemtone blue with gold trim, and usually dispatched as a Quiver to various objectives.

Sarakan Armored Medjay (3153 - Present)
Medium Mech and BattleArmor Mixed Unit Legion. Veteran, Dependable morale, regular quality gear. Reformed as a modern force after the civil war, the Armored Medjay are rather picturesque as the image of a new-model army. OmniVehicles purchased from the Inner Sphere prove highly valuable for the units overall focus on mobile warfare.

Nova Urush Flayed Legion (3155 - Present)
Heavy CV and Infantry Legion. Green(Irregular), Questionable(Regular) Morale, good quality gear. Formed after the previous legion's treason, the Flayed Legion have a command Quiver posted from the Janissaries. Tactics focus on aggressive tank charges with efficient utilization of BattleArmor and Infantry. Paint the backs of their tanks and Mechs bright red as a mark of shame.

Thugrim Tarhide Legion (3155 - Present)
Medium BattleMech Legion. Green(Irregular), Poor(Dependable) Morale, Good quality gear. Formed after the civil war to protect Thugrim, the Tarhides have not yet developed a doctrine. Their preference appears to be trending to defensive action, and training is expected to improve them over time. Their mechs all bear a serpent in black coiled around their cockpits with entirely black backs as a sign of shame for their role in the Civil War. Future generations lose the serpent after proving dependability, but keep the black as a reminder.