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The Nihilgenia are the private soldiers of the Keibatsu bloodline.
The Birth of the Neverborn
- "If the Nihiligenia had a voice, or rather the tenacity to use it, they would have screamed, 'I didn't want to be born a murderer'."
- ―Shin'ichi pondering the psychology of clones.
Muz Keibatsu Sadow and his loyal brother, Shin'ichi Endymiron Keibatsu had tracked down one of the reserve prime clone samples while on a mission issued by the Grand Master of the Brotherhood. Having successfully completed the mission, and with an eye for the future needs of their family, the pair made for Kamino, spending a considerable amount of their own personal wealth to order soldiers from the cloners.Macron also added to the collective effort later, using his knowledge of cloning techniques and alchemy to further enhance the fearsome soldiers.
Helmet of the NihilgeniaWith armor designed for both utilitarian and psychological aspects, the helms were made more like the native warrior caste of their homeworld. Trained extensively in hand to hand arts as well as modern warfare, the dark-armoured soldiers accompanied the bloodline as soon as the first batches were done. Taught the language of the backwater planet and given a rudimentary understanding of their rich history, they were ready for deployment.
Named the 'Nihilgenia', or the 'neverborn', a nod to their status as vat-grown people, Shin'ichi made it a personal mission to bond the soldiers to the Keibatsu cause. Going so far as to offer contracts to the veterans, and an offer of eventual retirement, small villages near Kuroshin were put together, not far from the concealed barracks of the Keibatsu.
The Reclamation of Kyataru
Armor of the Nihilgenia As the Keibatsu stormed the strongholds of the Nagahide interlopers, the troops gained a ferocious reputation, almost as mythologically charged as their Keibatsu generals, who were often whispered of as demons.
As more and more soldiers were conscripted into their ranks from the local populace, a decision that made the clones feel more and more Human, ingratiated into the society with their brothers in arms. With such morale, and additional reinforcements arriving with Ashia Kagan Keibatsu, the Keibatsu made short work of the Nagahide forces, many men surrendering upon first sight of their ranks. It was not uncommon that opposing soldiers would beg to join the Nihilgenia, who were better equipped and fed than the rival warlord's men.
Following a black-ops mission which brought the Keibatsu into the belly of Amahara Castle, the Warlord was defeated, and his generals quickly resigned their commissions and pledged themselves to the Keibatsu. Fortifying the castle with a legion of the Nihilgenia, the bloodline was called back to business elsewhere, the Warlord Kazahide acting on their behalf as his family had served the Keibatsu in the past.
Blades of the Fallen
When the entire tenth legion was discovered decimated outside Amahara Castle, Kazahide sent an urgent dispatch to Muz, who quickly assembled the Keibatsu and rallied them to Kyataru. Once there, the family found much more than they had anticipated. The legion had been slaughtered by Suukou Bodai, apparently led by saber-wielding generals.
After several forays into intelligence gathering, Shin'ichi turned up missing, haven given chase to Anaxela, whom he and his student had found in the undercellars of Amahara Castle.
Leads led the bloodline to the southern islands, where they discovered a Suukou Bodai stronghold, with Eojin Quon-Shen and an assembled team of Jedi who had reason to despise the Keibatsu, among them Claudius Tang'va, one of the Jedi responsible not only for the raid on Koji's castle, but also for the death of Raven's parents. In a fevered skirmish, the Keibatsu and a legion of Nihilgenia stormed upon a rally. Raven was captured by the Jedi, Shin'ichi was grievously injured by Eojin, and enough Nihilgenia were killed that the Keibatsu had to retreat to Amahara.
(History In Progress)
Divisions of the Nihilgenia
The Nihilgenia are broken down into 13 legions, each Keibatsu ostensibly leading a Legion during times of battle.
Equipment of the Nihilgenia
Prax-Arms AXM 50 - A rapid-fire weapon capable of both deadly accuracy and incredible stopping power. The AXM-50 was designed for Special Operations units during the Civil War and are still produced. In its standard package form this weapon is issued to the baseline infantry units. The Heavy Assault units add a Locris Syndicates MGL-1 micro-grenade launcher to the AXM-50, creating a formidable weapon capable of breaking through a barrier with its grenades, then allowing the user to lay down suppression fire to any enemies who emerged. Soldiers commonly refer to this weapon as the "blast and smash" rifle.
BlasTech E-11 - BlasTech military laser rifle used by Imperial storm troopers, it has a quarter-centimeter aperture. It can be fired continuously, but only at low-power settings. This weapon is standard issue to all support troops as well as those in the pilot corp. The E-11's reliability and heavy production means that it is now perhaps the most commonly used rifle in the galaxy.
Xerrol Nightstinger - Produced by Xerrol, the Nightstinger was a first-rate sniper rifle. It was well known among weapons experts for the fact that it fires an invisible bolt. Despite this advantage, the weapon had several drawbacks. First, a canister of the special blaster gas it required cost well over 1,000 credits. Second, each canister had only enough gas for up to five shots. Lastly, the canisters were specially designed, and only fit in this weapon. This weapon is given to sniper teams within the infiltration unit.
BlasTech DL-44 - The BlasTech DL-44 was one of the most popular weapons BlasTech ever produced. While its design gave it a short range, the DL-44 was extremely powerful for a hand-held weapon. Among its distinguishing features was its "cautionary pulser" grip, which provided a slight vibration to the user's gun-hand when the powerpack was getting low. This weapon is issued to all units except the infiltration unit.
SoroSuub ELG-3A - Known as the "Diplomat's Blaster", the SoroSuub ELG-3A was part of a line of weapons produced for bodyguards and political operatives. Sleek and easily hidden, the ELG-3A provided the power of a pistol with the size of a hold-out blaster. It was primarily marketed as a defensive weapon, capable of stunning an attacker with limited collateral damage. This pistol is issued to all members of the infiltration unit.
MerrSonn PLX2M Rocket Launcher - The Merr-Sonn PLX series (or the "Plex," as it is called) of combination missile and rocket launcher quickly became the standard-issue weapon for rapid, high-powered response. The launcher is an over-the-shoulder device operated by one person. It fires "dumb" rockets in a line-of-sight attack, or can program and fire the smart GAM (gravity-activated mode) guided missile especially designed for the weapon. The Plex chambers one projectile, and holds a second in reserve. A soldier selects the guided missile tracking mode with the push of a firing stud on the launcher housing. The two modes are EPR, which homes in on intense infrared sources such as vehicle exhaust, and GAM, which targets repulsorlift signatures coupled with specific vehicle silhouettes. A GAM missile can pursue a target for 40 kilometers before its fuel expires. This weapon is standard issue to the heavy assault unit.
Fragmentation Grenade – The metal shell becomes hot splinters when the grenade explodes, which makes fragmentation grenades much more lethal than concussion grenades against unarmored infantry.
Vibroknuckler - Produced by Czerka, this was a form of vibroblade, which was mounted to a grip, which allowed it to be used in bare-fisted combat. The grip had four holes for each of the fingers on the Human hand, and the blade was mounted across the top. A cutting blow could be made by punching out at a target.
Advance Battle Armor – Created by Imperial Munitions, the standard Battle Armor of the imperial forces is made from a composite of lightweight high durability materials. The Advanced Battle Armor of the Brotherhood Legions builds upon this principle by adding several much needed improvements. The first of these is a higher resistance to blaster and projectile fire. Having seen the devastating effects low quality armor had on Imperial forces, the brotherhood spent the necessary credits to give its new army the armor it needed. Instead of being bone white the armor of Nihiligenia is black with purple trim. The sigil is placed in silver upon the left side of the chest plate. They still utilize the same basic design as standard stormtrooper armor, but with minor modifications for added psychological effect as well as practical considerations.
ComTech Tactical Helmet V - The reinforced helmet contains advanced breathing filters (which act as protection against chemical and biological attacks, as well as toxins) and a comlink for instant communication with other units. The comlink uses linked encoding sequences to rotate frequencies every few seconds while keeping all soldeirs in the unit synchronized. If a soldier’s helmet is removed without the soldier first hitting the comlink's control stud (found on the under-rim of the helmet), the frequency coding routine is automatically deleted from that helmet. The automatic polarizing lenses protect the trooper against intense glare and provide them with enhanced combat vision or holographic vision processors which allow vision through many barriers such as smoke, darkness and fire. The Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System (MFTAS) helps with the soldiers' perception in darkness as well as smoke and other visibility obscuring conditions. The helmet also assists in aiming at moving targets. The Comtech Series V helmet speaker uses a seven-phase sonic filtering for clear sound (for soldiers, it is connected to the audio pickup). It also has a vocoder for talking to non-troopers.