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Lukewarm Gray: Free Skies - Sturm-Geister

Sturm-Geist:

The Sturm-Geist (SG), or Sturm-Geister in plural, was one of the 3 original unit types of the elite Geister when they were only 50 of them. After 20 years have passed when the Anubis Fleet was formed and with the blessing of the Fallen Emperor of the late Methuselah Imperial Conglomerate (MIC), August Bastille Grün, the Geister were allowed to expand up to 500 agents and with that also came additional sub-unit types to further increase their operational capabilities and roles.

The role of the Sturm-Geister remained largely identical to that before the formation of the Anubis Fleet, albeit now with more available agents to field. They serve as elite, vanguard shock troopers, being either dropped in the middle of an open battlefield or clandestinely with the sole purpose of clearing the way before the regular marines aboard the fleet's Oblivion-Class airships are transported to the ground, causing as many casualties and damage to morale as much as possible. In some instances, squads of Sturm-Geister are sent on long-range missions, not unlike the more independent Schatten-Geister and Reise-Geister.

As all Geister are Methuselah, Sturm-Geister does not require any additional device to assist them in high-altitude landings during airdrops, purely relying on their natural abilities to air dash and redirect the terminal velocity from the fall to propel them in any direction as they made necessary landing maneuvers. And being Methuselah with high Essence Control Levels (ECL), as is one of their strict requirements to be chosen as a candidate, their abilities give them an edge in combat and survivability. Along with their acrobatics and aerial maneuvers they can perform almost effortlessly, another set of standard Methuselah abilities also includes being able to perceive extremely fast-moving objects like firearm projectiles, react to them and in short bursts, evade danger, or pursue targets at imperceptible speeds and these scale with one's ECL.

But despite a Methuselah's natural abilities and the abilities that they decide to learn and specialize over time, they're still susceptible to death if they're not careful like any other living being. Thanks to Prof. Rosenthal Vas-Heille's advancements in Essence Material research, he had provided the original 50 Geister with clothing, armor, and weapons made with this material in composites and alloys, and later, to the rest of the 500 Geister and other special units. With Essence Material, they are nigh impervious to small arms fire, highly resistant to flame and corrosion, and overall, very durable but the raw materials are extremely difficult to harvest for the manufacture of such high-end equipment.

The Sturm-Geister's primary weapon is the REGA (Rosenthal Engineered Geist Arms), model Herrond assault-flame rifle. Like the rest of their equipment, the rail-accelerated assault rifle was built with Essence Material infused composites and alloys with an integrated foregrip that houses the underbarrel flamethrower. The rifle's upper receiver was built to attach the Sturm-Geister standard-issued 1x to 4x variable scope. Although the assault rifle was not designed to be modular, the attachment rail can still accept a variety of sights and scopes. As Sturm-Geister are expected to operate in active combat zones while outnumbered, they are provided with 60-round magazines as part of their standard-issued equipment.

Aside from their primary weapon, Sturm-Geister are equipped with fragmentation, high-explosive and incendiary grenades along with explosive charges for breaching and demolition purposes. Their sidearm is a heavy, rail-accelerated pistol while their melee weapon is the REGA, model Gremnir folding shortsword.

The Herrond assault rifle's underbarrel flamethrower accepts small, compartmented canisters of compressed chemicals that are mixed and electrically ignited before exiting the nozzle in a pressurized stream of intense, liquid flame. When a dedicated flamethrower unit was needed, Sturm-Geister are equipped with an armored, fuel backpack with a tube that's attached to the underbarrel flamethrower. They were affectionately, if not officially, designated as Flammenschildkröten-Geister (FSG).

Of all the Sturm-Geister's equipment, their face masks are the most technologically complex. They provide ear protection, an internal HUD, various vision spectrums and magnification, internal vocal communications, and air filtration among its many available features aside from providing facial armor. Its systems are neurally interfaced via a cybernetic implant embedded in the back of a Geist's head.

Among the most loyal, viciously zealous, and emotionally scarred Methuselah of the Imperial remnants were chosen to be the original 50 Geister by Emperor August and his two wives, Empress Sigi Grün and Empress Ellyana Grün to be their elite force for their emerging faction from the ashes of the Methuselah Civil War (MCW), simply known as the Pandämonium - which was also the name of the converted Imperial airship that housed the entire faction.

With the Geister numbers being allowed to reach up to 500 agents, each candidate for initiation was carefully chosen, screened, and tested, ensuring that their loyalty was to the Imperial Family alone. But their presented oaths of loyalty were not enough to quell the concerns of the commanding entities of the Anubis Fleet of internal unrest and betrayal, not unlike the MCW. And thus, the new Geister were watched over and monitored by what remained of the original, 50 veteran Geister. Any sign of betrayal would be swiftly dealt with and without hesitation.

Geister are expected to heed the commands of the Imperial Family, which can be passed down by their trusted subsidiaries, even if it meant one-sided massacres and the slaughter of civilians.

As the Anubis Fleet are not in the business of capturing criminals and holding prisoners of war with their limited containment facilities aboard their airships, all surrendering hostiles are expected to be executed during the aftermath of a battle. These mass executions are usually handled by the Sturm-Geister or the gatling cannon-wielding Panzerkannoniere-Geister (PKG). Executions via the Sturm-Geister's underbarrel flamethrowers are only enacted on those deserving of it. The worse ones were given something else...

No matter the unit type, Geister exude an atmosphere of dread to all those around them, even to other Methuselah. Their actions are guided by the word of the Imperial Family and the intense negative emotions they held silently behind the glowing red eyeslits of their black masks, borne from loss and desire for retribution.

They are the extension of the Fallen Emperor's will... and his wrath.

A Music Playlist for the Sturm-Geister is available on YouTube:
[HERE]

All my thanks to Rakharish for the work he has done on my commission of the Anubis Fleet's elite Sturm-Geister performing their vanguard sweep before regular marines are sent in.

Artwork by

Sturm-Geister from Lukewarm Gray: Free Skies belongs to me, BE02-Raziel

Description
Lukewarm Gray: Free Skies - Sturm-Geister

Sturm-Geist:

The Sturm-Geist (SG), or Sturm-Geister in plural, was one of the 3 original unit types of the elite Geister when they were only 50 of them. After 20 years have passed when the Anubis Fleet was formed and with the blessing of the Fallen Emperor of the late Methuselah Imperial Conglomerate (MIC), August Bastille Grün, the Geister were allowed to expand up to 500 agents and with that also came additional sub-unit types to further increase their operational capabilities and roles.

The role of the Sturm-Geister remained largely identical to that before the formation of the Anubis Fleet, albeit now with more available agents to field. They serve as elite, vanguard shock troopers, being either dropped in the middle of an open battlefield or clandestinely with the sole purpose of clearing the way before the regular marines aboard the fleet's Oblivion-Class airships are transported to the ground, causing as many casualties and damage to morale as much as possible. In some instances, squads of Sturm-Geister are sent on long-range missions, not unlike the more independent Schatten-Geister and Reise-Geister.

As all Geister are Methuselah, Sturm-Geister does not require any additional device to assist them in high-altitude landings during airdrops, purely relying on their natural abilities to air dash and redirect the terminal velocity from the fall to propel them in any direction as they made necessary landing maneuvers. And being Methuselah with high Essence Control Levels (ECL), as is one of their strict requirements to be chosen as a candidate, their abilities give them an edge in combat and survivability. Along with their acrobatics and aerial maneuvers they can perform almost effortlessly, another set of standard Methuselah abilities also includes being able to perceive extremely fast-moving objects like firearm projectiles, react to them and in short bursts, evade danger, or pursue targets at imperceptible speeds and these scale with one's ECL.

But despite a Methuselah's natural abilities and the abilities that they decide to learn and specialize over time, they're still susceptible to death if they're not careful like any other living being. Thanks to Prof. Rosenthal Vas-Heille's advancements in Essence Material research, he had provided the original 50 Geister with clothing, armor, and weapons made with this material in composites and alloys, and later, to the rest of the 500 Geister and other special units. With Essence Material, they are nigh impervious to small arms fire, highly resistant to flame and corrosion, and overall, very durable but the raw materials are extremely difficult to harvest for the manufacture of such high-end equipment.

The Sturm-Geister's primary weapon is the REGA (Rosenthal Engineered Geist Arms), model Herrond assault-flame rifle. Like the rest of their equipment, the rail-accelerated assault rifle was built with Essence Material infused composites and alloys with an integrated foregrip that houses the underbarrel flamethrower. The rifle's upper receiver was built to attach the Sturm-Geister standard-issued 1x to 4x variable scope. Although the assault rifle was not designed to be modular, the attachment rail can still accept a variety of sights and scopes. As Sturm-Geister are expected to operate in active combat zones while outnumbered, they are provided with 60-round magazines as part of their standard-issued equipment.

Aside from their primary weapon, Sturm-Geister are equipped with fragmentation, high-explosive and incendiary grenades along with explosive charges for breaching and demolition purposes. Their sidearm is a heavy, rail-accelerated pistol while their melee weapon is the REGA, model Gremnir folding shortsword.

The Herrond assault rifle's underbarrel flamethrower accepts small, compartmented canisters of compressed chemicals that are mixed and electrically ignited before exiting the nozzle in a pressurized stream of intense, liquid flame. When a dedicated flamethrower unit was needed, Sturm-Geister are equipped with an armored, fuel backpack with a tube that's attached to the underbarrel flamethrower. They were affectionately, if not officially, designated as Flammenschildkröten-Geister (FSG).

Of all the Sturm-Geister's equipment, their face masks are the most technologically complex. They provide ear protection, an internal HUD, various vision spectrums and magnification, internal vocal communications, and air filtration among its many available features aside from providing facial armor. Its systems are neurally interfaced via a cybernetic implant embedded in the back of a Geist's head.

Among the most loyal, viciously zealous, and emotionally scarred Methuselah of the Imperial remnants were chosen to be the original 50 Geister by Emperor August and his two wives, Empress Sigi Grün and Empress Ellyana Grün to be their elite force for their emerging faction from the ashes of the Methuselah Civil War (MCW), simply known as the Pandämonium - which was also the name of the converted Imperial airship that housed the entire faction.

With the Geister numbers being allowed to reach up to 500 agents, each candidate for initiation was carefully chosen, screened, and tested, ensuring that their loyalty was to the Imperial Family alone. But their presented oaths of loyalty were not enough to quell the concerns of the commanding entities of the Anubis Fleet of internal unrest and betrayal, not unlike the MCW. And thus, the new Geister were watched over and monitored by what remained of the original, 50 veteran Geister. Any sign of betrayal would be swiftly dealt with and without hesitation.

Geister are expected to heed the commands of the Imperial Family, which can be passed down by their trusted subsidiaries, even if it meant one-sided massacres and the slaughter of civilians.

As the Anubis Fleet are not in the business of capturing criminals and holding prisoners of war with their limited containment facilities aboard their airships, all surrendering hostiles are expected to be executed during the aftermath of a battle. These mass executions are usually handled by the Sturm-Geister or the gatling cannon-wielding Panzerkannoniere-Geister (PKG). Executions via the Sturm-Geister's underbarrel flamethrowers are only enacted on those deserving of it. The worse ones were given something else...

No matter the unit type, Geister exude an atmosphere of dread to all those around them, even to other Methuselah. Their actions are guided by the word of the Imperial Family and the intense negative emotions they held silently behind the glowing red eyeslits of their black masks, borne from loss and desire for retribution.

They are the extension of the Fallen Emperor's will... and his wrath.

A Music Playlist for the Sturm-Geister is available on YouTube:
[HERE]

All my thanks to Rakharish for the work he has done on my commission of the Anubis Fleet's elite Sturm-Geister performing their vanguard sweep before regular marines are sent in.

Artwork by

Sturm-Geister from Lukewarm Gray: Free Skies belongs to me, BE02-Raziel