[Glorantha] Lunar Chaotic Units

Mikko:

>How do you people figure. How much do the lunar's employ chaotics, and in
>what capacity. I'd assume they are willing to make use of Scorpionmen and
>even Broo, both of which have had a reputation as mercenaries from early
>RQ days. How does this go? Do the chaotics join up, "foreign legion" style
>with draconian dicipline imposed on them? Are the broo castarated to make
>it possible for them to focus on thing other than rutting?

Broos don't appear on the Lunar army Order of Battle and they didn't appear in the Invasion of Sartar which was when the Empire used whatever nasty stuff they could. Hence I say that the Empire has no standing component of broo troops. Scorpion folk are even less likely to be used because most of them are in Dorastor or the Wastes.

That's not to say that the Empire doesn't use irregular chaos units - they can and they do. They have no qualms about using chaos to terrify their enemies into submission. But against disciplined enemies, the chaotic units are more likely to be a danger to their own side.

>What about chaotic humans and ogres? I suspect one can't advance to
>a very high rank if one is chaotic, but such humans could make good
>soldiers.

I don't see why being a chaotic should prohibit high rank. The only known prohibition is for the Crimson Bat cult, which is there for a reason. Moreover to attain high rank, I suspect the Lunars would be far more interested in knowledge of the Lunar Way than a tentacle or two.

As for Ogres, they hide themselves and the Lunars have no real way of detecting them without catching them in the act. Should an Ogre achieve high rank without being caught then there's no problem.

--Peter Metcalfe Received on Fri 05 May 2006 - 07:54:37 EEST