Legion Army
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Any information before the first offensive action of the Legion army is incomplete. Started out as a private security force to protect M-Tec from the hostilities of the infected at the digging areas, it wasn’t know to the outside world. When M-Tec began to set up more research facilities around the globe, the existing security companies began to offer their services to M-Tec. They were turned down every single time however, with the only reason given that they already had their own security forces.
Legion became known to the public when the first infected began attacking villages and research facilities. While always completely finishing their missions, they did had a rather high civilian casualty rate compared to most security companies and armies. After several of these incidents the public of several effected countries demanded that their governments started an investigation into the Legion security forces, or ‘butchers’ as they were in their eyes. After much pressure, the governments started their investigations. They all came to the same problems: M-Tec didn’t want to share any information about their security forces.
This all changed when the French government attacked and destroyed several M-Tec facilities, killing hundreds of M-Tec workers, and many Legion forces. This also revealed the truth behind M-Tec: the experiments on the infected and even captured civilians. What happened next surprised many people: M-Tec decided to start an all-out war with anyone who opposes them. It seemed Legion wasn’t just a simple security force, but an advanced army, supported and supplied with the technology and weapons by the company it has swore to protect.
The exact details aren’t known, but it seemed any large M-Tec research facility also had a large underground facility, where several armies where produced and trained, waiting for the day that M-Tec decided to start the offensive. The technology designed by M-Tec, used by Legion, proved very effective, as most armies where defeated surprisingly fast, with acceptable losses for Legion. The combination of ordinary and experimental weapons proved to be a successful one. Soon the major armies of the various countries where defeated, and M-Tec took control.
As it now can rely on millions of conscripted civilians and ex-military forces, and the technologies of M-Tec, the Legion army is a combination of regular military units, armed with conventional weapons, and an elite group of veterans, which are armed with experimental weapons. Most Legion units on average slower than those of their enemy, the Revenant, but have heavier armor, and weapons which out-damage Revenant weapons most of the time. While Revenant forces rely on hit-and-run and guerrilla tactics, Legion relies more on shock-and-awe tactics; assault the enemy with superior firepower.
While the conventional part of the Legion army isn’t that special (while being overall heavier then what the Revenant have), the technologies created by the research divisions of M-Tec are quite spectacular. While the HoverTec platforms and EMP weapons are already impressive, the vast arsenal of Plasma-related weapons are frightening effective at their purpose. The Behemoth experimental Plasma Tank is the main user of these plasma weapons, and is very effective at eliminating most ground targets with a few shots. There are rumors of even larger plasma weapon platforms, including those that can rival the effectiveness of small nuclear warheads in damage and effect radius.
Note: faction explanation may change at any point during development.
