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WHO WE ARE

Hell's Hammers form an elite force within the Imperial Navy. When

at full strength, the Hammers consist of four Fighter Squadrons and a

Stormtrooper assault group. Two Squadrons are used to spearhead

assaults, with the third and fourth Squadrons being held in reserve to

reinforce the front line units as required, or be deployed as the situation

warrants. The SpecNav unit, consisting of Stormtroopers and Advanced

Recon Scouts, are used to make precision strikes both on the ground,

and ship to ship.

As the unit is currently under strength, it operates without a reserve,

relying on the abilities of its pilots & troopers to gain its objectives

quickly and effectively. This self-reliance and the growing autonomy of

the unit within the Imperial command structure has helped maintain the

unit's already high morale. The pilots troopers look to each other and to

thier commanders, rather than to other Imperial units, for support in

times of need.

The experience on Turak IV has led the unit to act independently

whenever possible, preferring to plan its own actions rather than

catering to the logistical concerns of Imperial command. If the Hammers

were not so successful, this attitude would not be tolerated. But

inspired leadership has led the unit to victory after victory, a state of

affairs which Imperial command is only too happy to accept.

OUR ROLE

The IXth plays a vital role around the galaxy. As well as being

called upon to protect the security of the Empire, we're increasingly

needed to act as an intergalactic peacekeeper in today's volatile galaxy.

Currently the IXth is running covert operations on Tatooine; with few

even aware of their presence. But whether it's protecting Imperial

security or fighting a war, keeping the peace in the galaxy's hotspots or

delivering humanitarian aid, the IXth is respected galaxy-wide for its

ability to fulfil a role that no other organisation is trained or equipped to

do.

OPPORTUNITIES

The Empire is the galaxy’s largest employer, offering a wealth of

opportunities for training and experience in a variety of jobs. From

Infantry Soldier in the thick of the action to the Droid Engineer behind-

the-scenes, from careers in Medicine to Logistics to Engineering, the

choices are endless. Join and you'll be starting a career like no other.

Fast-moving and action-packed, your time will give you an unbeatable

mix of training and qualifications, responsibility, adventure, sport and

travel.

WHY THE IXTH?

Join the IXth and you'll live life to the full. You'll be able to earn

qualifications, and adventure, responsibility and travel can all be part of

your working life. Whatever your role, you'll be a professional; a highly

trained expert in your field with real responsibility for the safety and

security of others.

• Take advantage of excellent training and earn practical and
  
  professional qualifications that will set you up for life


• Work in situations that no other organisation could handle


• Have the time of your life experiencing new planets, new sports and
  
  new adventures


• Live and work with people your age, with the same roots or from
  
  totally different backgrounds, who all want the same thing: to get the
  
  most out of life.


• Be kitted out with the best in weapons, equipment, transport, and
  
  information technology systems

SEE THE GALAXY

The galaxy is a very big place. With the IXth, you’ll get to see a lot

of it. As a Hell’s Hammer, your skills will be in demand everywhere. On

adventurous training in the jungle, peacekeeping in a war torn planet or

in combat, you’ll see worlds few can even imagine. With bases on

many different planets, there’s also the chance to work abroad. Meet

new people, visit new places and experience different cultures. And

wherever you are, you will always be there to make a difference. In the

IXth, each new day brings a new challenge, whether physical or mental,

training for war or adventurous training, in combat or in peacetime. But

whatever the challenge, you won’t face it alone, because from day one

you’ll be part of one of the toughest teams in the world. Our strength

comes from the role each individual plays, at every level - from your own

unit through to the IXth as a whole.

WORK HARD – PLAY HARD

The IXth is a full-time commitment. You’ll enjoy friendship, sport and

adventure, and you’ll have the freedom, encouragement and fitness to

make the most of them all. You’ll be at the peak of your fitness and

you'll have all the encouragement and opportunities you need to fulfil

your ambitions in your free time.

DAY – TO – DAY LIVING

Of course, well-being involves more than physical exercise. From your

food and accommodation to welfare, health and dental care, we'll do

everything in our power to keep you fighting fit. From word go, you'll be

based in our barracks located on Tatooine. There you'll live, work and

play within a close-knit team. And with shared experiences, lifestyles

and interests, you'll soon bond with the people around you and form

long-lasting friendships.

AFTER THE IXTH?

Time spent with the IXthis time well spent. Our training and

development programmes provide a huge range of qualifications, skills

and experiences that are highly sought-after in the workplace. Whether

you spend three years or longer with us, we can help you develop

talents and abilities that will set you up for a great career and enviable

lifestyle wherever you go.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS:

SpecNav: Imperial

SpecNav Troopers is very much a secret, the Rebel Alliance and even

most of the Imperial Navy is unaware of their existence. The SpecNav

program is an unusual joint effort between the Imperial Army and the

Imperial Navy. The Imperial Navy hopes to gain dangerous soldiers that

can land and establish beachheads thereby removing the need to rely

on traditional Imperial Army troops. On the other hand, the Imperial

Army hopes to gain mobile Intel operatives based aboard far-ranging

ships that can be deployed at a moment's notice. So far, this

experiment between the Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy has been

successful in creating dangerous, highly-skilled and crafty soldiers.

These troopers came into service around the time of the Battle of Yavin,

they are also the Imperial Navy's most elite troops. SpecNav is tasked

with acting as a special forces unit, their soldiers being trained to have

more independant thinking than the standard Army ground forces, given

the clandestine nature of their operations.

A typical SpecNav unit comprises of the following:

Stormtroopers: Stormtroopers are totally

loyal to the Empire and cannot be bribed, seduced or blackmailed.

Stormtrooper unit organization was separate to that of the Imperial

Army and Navy, although this elite unit supported both arms of the

Imperial Military. They followed similar organization patterns: squads,

platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, and battlegroups (called

legions). A stormtrooper battalion had 820 men. The health of

stormtroopers was the responsibility of the Naval Biological group.
Specialized Stormtrooper units include:

• Aquatic assault stormtroopers trained to operate in marine
  
  environments (seatroopers). They feature modified scout armor, with
  
  breathing tanks, flippers, and a helmet-mounted spotlight. They were
  
  assigned to aquatic garrisons, and are trained to operate patrol vehicles
  
  such as waveskimmers and wavespeeders.


• Blackhole stormtroopers were a special branch of Imperial
  
  stormtrooper answering directly to the Imperial Intelligence agent
  
  Blackhole. Blackhole stormtroopers ware the same armor as regular
  
  stormtroopers, except that it was painted black and coated in a stygian
  
  -polymer substance that baffled sensor readings.


• The cold assault stormtroopers, or Blizzard Force snowtroopers,
  
  ware specially modified armor for cold weather environments. It includes
  
  a more powerful heating unit, and an airtight fabric oversuit. To facilitate
  
  breathing, a breather hood coveres the faceplate and fed into the suit
  
  liner.


• Desert stormtroopers, or sandtroopers, are identical to normal
  
  stormtroopers except for their specialized training and slightly modified
  
  armor. This elite corps emphasized independent-thinking more than
  
  standard stormtrooper units.


• Stormtrooper scout units were usually assigned to garrison posts.
  
  Their mission profiles often equipped them with speeder bikes; as such
  
  these men were usually called biker scouts. A scout's armor is more
  
  flexible and lighter than a standard trooper's.


• While standard stormtrooper armor provides some protection
  
  against hard vacuum, the zero-G stormtroopers, or spacetrooper,
  
  division trained for exclusive space combat. They wore massive suits of
  
  armor, powered by servomotors. Each suit functioned as a miniature
  
  spacecraft, with propulsion systems, sensor systems, and weapons. In
  
  full gear, a spacetrooper stood over two meters tall and was twice as
  
  wide as an unarmored soldier. In standard deployment, spacetroopers
  
  struck from assault shuttles that carried them to a target. The troopers
  
  then launched, using their weapons to secure and board the vessel. A
  
  spacetrooper's armor featured concussion grenades, mini-proton
  
  torpedo launchers, a blaster cannon, and laser-cutters.


• Radiation zone assault troops, or radtroopers, were a little known
  
  division of elite stormtroopers trained to handle irradiated combat zones.
  
  Their armor featured a lead-polymer substrate and a silvery reflective
  
  finish.


• Other specialized Imperial trooper divisions included flying
  
  airtroopers, tunneling underminers, and magma troopers who crushed
  
  revolts on volcanic mining worlds.
  SpecNav Stormtroopers are divided into Squads as follows:

• Assault: One of the oldest and the most

feared arms of the Legion, there is no Squad which takes higher

casualties in training than Assault. Although recruits are limited, the

Assault arm continues to train by attrition – if you make it through

training you are combat ready. Of the 88 percent who fail to make it

through training, nearly on quarter of these are combat fatalities. There

is little exaggeration and a lot of perverse pride in Assault’s claim that

“two die for every one that gets through.” The ferocious training and

indoctrination of Assault arm does provide strong unit cohesion for its

troops, as well as instil a willingness to fight on despite heavy

casualties. These veteran squads have a fearsome reputation which is

very much deserved.

• Urban Assault: These troopers are

highly trained streetfighters. They are well versed in how to turn the

constricted urban fighting environment to their best advantage. These

troops specialize in making do with whatever weapons they have, from

sniping from rooftops, to making homemade explosives. They are

experts in hand-to-hand combat, light weaponry, street-savvy, stealth

and demolitions.

• Heavy Weapons Specialists: These

troopers provide protection against enemy air and ground vehicles, and

give the Legion the extra punch needed to crack through a tough

position. Heavy weapons specialists also received training in starship

gunnery. They are quite well trained, though their casualty rates are

high. This is because in a battle once an artillery piece's location has

been revealed, enemy effort to disable or destroy it becomes

paramount. Heavy Weapons Specialists are trained to die rather than

abandon their guns.

Pathfinders: These

troopers make covert drops onto enemy planets, establishing

beachheads, and holding this territory until relieved by Imperial ground

forces. Imperial Pathfinders completed their extremely difficult mission

profile by traveling light, and relying on surprise to overwhelm

resistance. Pathfinders were trained in survival, alien species

recognition, and speeder-bike operation. They were equipped with rifles,

grenades, and if space allowed, a speeder-bike and heavy weapons.
Pathfinders fall into the following categories:

• Scout Troopers / Advanced Recon: These
  
  troopers are trained in\ using their terrain for the best tactical advantage
  
  in combat. Scout Troopers are required to be much more mobile than
  
  their urban counterparts, and as such are equipped with speeder-bike
  
  vehicles. Advanced Recon however, are tasked with locating an
  
  “painting” potential targets, as well as the following:


• Investigation: The IXth prides itself on it’s
  
  talent and professionalism when conducting an investigation. When in
  
  the field, officers have direct communication links both to the IXth HQ
  
  but also to all military forces in the area. These links are pre-approved
  
  by the appropriate Sector Moff or Grand Moff. Because of this, officers
  
  may therefore call on a considerable degree of firepower if things
  
  become rough. This action was taken as a way of cutting down
  
  response times to legitimate Rebel threats which are too large to be
  
  handled even by a team of competent officers. It is worth noting that this
  
  tactic works on both heavily developed and largely rural worlds, albeit for
  
  different reasons. On urban planets officers agents can operate
  
  unnoticed, and then call in the military to "swarm" the unfortunate Rebel
  
  base. On rural planets, the officer cannot expect to devise a convincing
  
  cover identity, but the IXth’s reputation alone is normally enough to gain
  
  the agent the cooperation of fearful locals. In either scenario, Rebel
  
  operatives are flushed out and eliminated.


• Surveillance: The IXth uses the most
  
  advanced surveillance techniques & equipment available in the Empire
  
  to uncover beings or activities which might be helpful to the Rebellion or
  
  otherwise obstruct the Empire's plans. If and officer has enough
  
  suspicions, they will turn the case over to the Operations Officer, so
  
  more thorough action can be taken. The second purpose for conducting
  
  surveillance is putting the fear of the Empire into citizens who can be
  
  scared out of helping the Rebellion. This is the use to which the rawer
  
  recruits and less skilful veterans are employed.
  Those beings caught by the IXth who are suspected of knowing more
  
  than they have been willing to divulge are sent for interrogation. The
  
  information uncovered is sent back to IXth Command. No one really
  
  knows what then happens to the suspects. No one really wants to
  
  know.


• Infiltrators: Among the most feared
  
  members of SpecNav, these troopers were specially chosen for their
  
  distinct hatred of the Rebel Alliance. These troops are trained to slip
  
  through the enemy's lines to sow confusion and consternation in
  
  Alliance ranks. Their main weapons are vibroblade and garrote.
  Naval Division: The Navy has responded to its rapid growth by changing
  
  its command structure, introducing intermediate levels of command
  
  which did not exist in the Republican Navy. Most of the junior level
  
  officers were promoted to these intermediate levels, while the senior
  
  officers kept their ranks but had the scope of their command enlarged.
  
  An admiral in the Imperial Navy commands forces over 10 times as
  
  great as an admiral did during the Old Republic.

Naval Personnel :

All vessels serving in the Imperial fleets have varying numbers of the

following personnel. It must be noted that all game statistics are for

"typical" individuals in that category - specific skill levels may vary

dramatically from individual to individual or ship to ship, depending upon

training level, mission profile and countless other factors.

• Pilots : From the men who fly the capital
  
  ships to the men who leap into the cockpits of the TIE fighters, Imperial
  
  pilots are the mainstay of the Imperial Navy. They are the necessary
  
  element in the military branch charged with protecting the space lanes
  
  from pirates, smugglers, alien invaders, and Rebels.
  The top pilots in the galaxy are found in the Imperial Navy. These pilots,
  
  following the glorious and time-honored allure established during the
  
  Republic, attend the premier academies throughout the Empire. Within
  
  these fine institutions, the Empire teaches these men duty and
  
  promotes the idea of maintaining order, as opposed to defending
  
  against aggression. TIE pilots form an elite corps within the Imperial
  
  Navy. Each candidate for admission into the rigorous TIE training
  
  program must undergo a strenuous screening and testing process. After
  
  all, they are being prepared to fly the best starfighters the Empire has to
  
  offer.


• Gunners : Gunners are a special sub-unit
  
  of the Imperial pilot corp. Any Imperial military vessel larger than a one
  
  -man TIE starfighter makes use of these trained weapons masters to
  
  handle the high-tech arms employed by the Empire.
  Most gunners are either pilots in training or pilots who failed to make
  
  the grade in all the skills necessary to fly a vessel. Nonetheless, a
  
  gunner must have a keen eye, superior reflexes, and a rapport with the
  
  specialized equipment. Gunners are trained to handle everything from a
  
  single light laser cannon up to turbolaser battery emplacements and
  
  even the now-destroyed superlaser that was the main weapon of the
  
  Death Star battle station. In addition to their hands-on training, gunners
  
  learn to work with specialized computer helmets that not only offer
  
  protection but are equipped with macrobinocular viewplates and sensor
  
  arrays to assist with targeting fast-moving fighter craft.


• Naval Troopers : To protect its vast
  
  number of capital ships without relying on the help of the Army, the
  
  Navy has created a corps of troopers to act as soldiers. These men,
  
  trained in traditional combat skills, also learn skills needed to survive
  
  aboard the mighty vessels that patrol the galaxy in the name of the
  
  Emperor.
  These troopers wear the distinctive uniform and helmet once only the
  
  province of the Death Star troopers. These soldiers dressed in all black
  
  are deadly warriors, but they all serve other functions aboard Imperial
  
  ships. They act as security, handle hangar traffic control, monitor
  
  sensor arrays, and other duties when their combat skills aren’t required.
  
  


• Technicians: These troopers are trained
  
  to operate and repair any equipment the Legion uses, and to build
  
  anything they didn't out of available materials. Techs usually did not
  
  operate as a unit. Instead, they were assigned to other units.
  
  Technicians fall into the following categories:


• Junior Technician: It is the responsibility of
  
  the Junior Technician to assist the Chief in all manners. Their primary
  
  role is to be on hand for repairs and maintenance of key IXth equipment,
  
  and may also be required to be aboard any frigates used in a combat
  
  operation.


• Spacecraftsmen: Gunners by trade, the
  
  Spacecraftsman can be assigned from any division of the military to be
  
  used board any ship that requires gunnery support. They can hold any
  
  rank, however when acting in this role, the gunner with the highest rank
  
  assumes the title of Senior Spacecraftsmen, with the title of Leading
  
  Spacecraftsman going to his or her direct subordinate.
  Other Specialists: Other troopers includ transportations specialists
  
  (drivers and mechanics), communications experts, translators, medical
  
  technicians, supply specialists, and others. An example of a common
  
  specialist within the IXth is listed below:

The Navy is tasked with the following:

· To secure, patrol, and defend orbital space around and the

trade lanes between inhabited planets in defense of all Imperial Laws

and Security

· To investigate, and potentially engage and destroy, all

manner of vessel judged to be disrupting or capable of disrupting the

peace of the Empire.

· To supplement and support actions and engagements

undertaken by the Imperial Army, in and above the atmosphere.

· To escort and defend Capital-Class vessels within the

Imperial Navy against all opponents, and especially enemy fighter

elements.

· To maintain the flexibility and adaptability of the fleet and

Imperial Navy so as to ensure success in their coordinated efforts

If you feel this is the right career for you, please go to your local

Imperial Recruiter and tender your dossier, and for futher

information, please see our HoloNet or speak to Commodore Govannen

Darkstar, Colonel 'Cade' or Line Captain H'oshi QaVam who will be

more than happy to give you the information you require.

Um... yeah...

We've already got a PA on starsider...

So you're not going to get very many.

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Raanan wrote:

Holy f-ckin long, Batman! I'll read all that tomorrow. It's too late tonight.

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bikebum wrote:
Pretty cool roleplay. Too bad the primary commando PA was just formed on Starsider.

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Message Edited by Ramona_Garcia on 07-08-2005 01:09 PM