Acolyte

The Acolyte is a specific military rank, used in House Flarsi, a Moebian political power.
Acolyte 	
Acolyte
Employment Information 	Employment Information
Employer 	House Flarsi
Type 	Medic (female only)
Equipment & Ability Information	Equipment & Ability Information
Standard Weapons 	
*Hammerforge Industries T-70 Sub-machine Gun
Standard Equipment 	
*Specialized battle armor, designed to reduce the impact injuries from projectiles
*Advanced medical equipment and supplies, including experimental antibiotics, antiseptics and status restoration equipment
Standard Abilities 	
*Advanced healing techniques
*Status restoration techniques
*Rudimentary stealth training
Elite Upgrades 	
*Rapid wireless access to medical databases Moebius-wide. 
*Ultrasonic scanner for internal injury management
Unit Information 	Unit Information
Known Units 	
*6th Support Talon
*10th Support Talon
*15th Support Talon
Other Information 	Other Information
Appearances 	
Original Creator 	Flashfire212
==History==
The Acolytes were founded in the short time of peace between the early attacks by the Warrior Armed Repression and the later attacks by Scourge the Hedgehog and his Suppression Squad. The entire purpose was to provide a skilled force of medics into the battlefield. However, while in the early stages it was open to both men and women, the male applicants were transferred over to different medic divisions, leaving only the women who applied.
The first reported deployment of Acolytes was the 6th Support Talon, a squad of six Acolytes with a pair of anti-air soldiers and four engineers, who were moving to support the out-gunned and injured 42nd Infantry Talon from a W.A.R. attack force. It was here that the young women stood out, making the most of their shaped, bullet-ablative armor and sub-machine guns to get their team in, before using their array of advanced medical supplies and healing techniques to rehabilitate the second-line infantry force, even though the infantry squad numbered in excess of thirty men. In roughly twenty minutes, the W.A.R. forces were driven off by the combined efforts of the women with Hammerforge weaponry and the much more numerous trained soldiers that they had healed.
After that point, most other groups have watched carefully, waiting to see just how they can deal with these Acolytes, or replicate their success. This has become a more major ideal, considering the arrival of some of these women into the Moebian Liberation Army.
==Uniform and Armor==
The armor is designed simply, with a shaped metallic breastplate lined in red, complete with the Flarsi emblem over their heart. The metal armor then continues down to their waist, where it splits into four amber-colored pieces - a short frontal section to protect their groin, a longer rear section to protect their backside, plus two sections that protect their legs. The amber paint is also applied to the stomach area on their armor, as well as two metallic shouderpads that sit atop their uniform. This metal has enough flexibility in it for the woman to still move cleanly, while is resilient enough to take a bullet impact without transferring too much of the kinetic energy to the wearer's body.
The clothing beneath the armor is the standard House Flarsi female infantry's standard uniform, a tan long-sleeved shirt and pants with black shoes. However, integrated into these clothes are special fibres, developed by a Technomage corporation, which have a similar property to the metallic armor, in the form of being bullet-ablative, or distributing the force along the impact area, decreasing the overall force to that spot. However, this is also an issue as while it limits the likelihood of the bullet penetrating, the kinetic energy of a direct hit on a section unprotected by the metal armor can be enough to cause the bones to fracture.
In addition to this, the women typically wear a "scouter", complete with yellow-tinted lens. These devices are not programmed to locate energy signatures, but in this scenario are programmed to serve as diagnostic aids, allowing the Acolyte to treat the soldier's wounds effectively. Acolytes also wear hats, stylized like baseball caps, with cloth infused with the same fibres as their uniform connected to the back and sides, decreasing the strength of shots aimed at the head from the rear or side.
==Skills and Abilities==
All Acolytes pass through an intensive medic training course, which covers everything from basic first-aid to fitting and maintaining cybernetic limbs. As such, they are uniquely qualified amongst Moebian infantry to assist in healing and restoring their allies. In order to do that, all Acolytes are given a specialized medical kit, which contains everything from basic supplies like bandages, gauze and disinfectant to more advanced chemicals, such as experimental antibiotics and antiseptics. These technologies can mean the difference between life and death for some soldiers, and all Acolytes take them seriously, with most customizing their medkits to suit their speciality in healing.
These women are not just skilled with the technological forms of healing, for the most part. All Acolytes with any skill whatsoever over an element are taught methods of using that element as a healing ability or to assist in healing purposes, such as manipulating heat through pyrokinesis without generating an open flame, or infusing Water with natural energy capable of accelerating the body's natural healing rate. In this manner, even status conditions inflicted through elemental attacks can be suppressed and cured by these miraculous medics.
Even with all their medical skills, the Acolytes are trained to deal with ALL situations, including reaching their patients while under fire. In order to cope with this requirement, all Acolytes are trained to use a Hammerforge Industries T-70 Sub-machine Gun, a weapon with a reputation as being easy to use, if a little underpowered. With these weapons, Acolytes can fight their way through lightly-armored infantry forces in order to reach their injured comrades. However, these guns are too low-calibre to damage any form of armored vehicle or battle armor, and at the same time, very few Acolytes have the skill to shoot down aircraft or motorcyclists.
Elite Acolytes are outfitted with an enhancement to their "scouter", which allows it to access a much larger medical database, allowing for their treatments to have a higher success rate. At the same time, the "scouter" is fitted with an ultrasonic scanner that can allow the healer to see precisely where any internal organ damage may have been sustained. However, these ultrasonic scanners have been used by more aggressive Acolytes in conjunction with larger weapons looted from the deceased to provide heavier fire-support for their team by finding and aiming for the weak spots in enemy vehicles and infantry alike.
==Known Members==
list pending
Category:Military Ranks
Category:House Flarsi Military Roles