Loyalist Infantry

The Loyalist Infantry are the enlisted foot soldiers of the Novo Exército do Povo. They are the most basic and weakest Loyalist unit and are found in great numbers almost anywhere the NEP is encountered. Slow, extremely fragile, and armed only with anti-personnel weapons, they are almost harmless to all but the lightest vehicles.
Unlike most units, Loyalist Infantry invariably spawn in squads grouped closely together; in combat they thus tend to attack as a group. Infantry are significantly less mobile than most enemies, and prefer to stand still while firing. These factors, combined with their short engagement range, make them incredibly easy targets.
Loyalist Infantry are primarily equipped with semi-automatic laser rifles. These weapons are fairly accurate but do very little damage, especially against hull. Some carry mortars comparable to the Faker, which can be easily dodged owing to their shells' low velocities.
Like civilians, they have only one hitpoint; any amount of damage is fatal. Groups of infantry near enemy vehicles can be easily killed through splash damage, and machine guns easily erase platoons of them.
== Acquisitions Entry ==
Earnest, loyal, and doomed. Loyalist Infantry is filled with a dying breed of hard-asses. They’re a dying breed because most of them get killed, because they’re infantry on a battlefield crowded with heavy metal. That doesn’t stop them sneering at basically every other branch in the military. The way they see it, everyone else is trying to hide their deathwish behind armor plating and hardshields. The grunts just like to get there faster. -MB
== Trivia ==
* The sprite for the Loyalist Infantry bears a number of quirks:
** The sprite shares its model with all visible Loyalist vehicle crews, including Troubadour bikers and Baltimore gunners.
** It only has half of a complete rotation, using sprite flipping for a full turnaround. The soldier thus appears to switch hands holding his gun.
** The laser rifle wielded by the soldier is comically oversized for the sake of visibility on an otherwise tiny sprite.
* Loyalist Infantry, along with civilians, are the only two units categorized as Foot Mobiles in Acquisitions.
* Pilar Nabot started her NEP military career in the Infantry.
* Another weapon associated with the infantry is the Carlos.
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