Hepai Mine Guard

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Hepai Mine Guard Trooper.

## Other information

### **Specialty**

Subterrain warfare, tunnelling, flamethrower warfare, tunnel warfare, laying mines,

### **Special Weapons**

Variouse explosives, Power Pickaxe, Power Drill-Bajonetts

## Commanders

### **Notable Commanders**

Sergeant Patrick C. Wulfer

The Astra Militarum regiments coming from the Mine World of Hepai Prime are known as the **Hepai Mine Guard**. Specialised in the combat in subterranean areas and tunnelling beneath fortifications made them into perfect Subterrain Warfare and Siege Regiments. Hepai Prime`s demographic resulted into a small although visible portions of Squats and Ogrins serving in specialised formations.

They are thanks to their Homeworld, a rich Mining World, with a high percentage of metals in its crust, very well equipped and can count on specialised vehicles.

## History

The First Regiment was raised around 605.M36 some years after the colonisation of Hepai Prime. Because of the fact that the planet was until 590.M36 surrounded by a Warp Storm was this Regiment provided with an Inquisitor who checked the Regiment for warp taints.

640.M36 was the Second Regiment recruited and shortly before it was finished trained it and the PDF together were fighting against pirate attacks, who bombarded the planet in an improvised way but the pirates were able to destroy most forces of the airforce allowing them striking mostly freely on the planet and targeting several mining facilities. Under Colonel Hembrin conducted a war of attrition through transporting the most valuable goods in the mining tunnels forcing the greedy pirates in deathly battles costing the attackers more soldiers per stolen good than acceptable. Who won the conflict is still heavily disputed.

In 700.M37 attacked Orks and Dark Eldar the planet after a brutal onslaught against the Hives by the Orks and a massive sabotage campaign by the Dark Eldar. Colonel Faen the commander of the 2nd Regiment and of the PDF ordered the retreat into the mines. This cowardly act allowed the attackers to plunder the planet and most importantly start fighting against each other. Because of this were they then completely off-guard by a counterattack.

## Notable Campaigns

* **The first Pirate Raid (640.M36):** A pirate fleet started the first pirate attack on Hepai Prime. A crude bombardment destroyed most airbases which allowed raiding parties to start surprise attacks on mining installations. Colonel Hembrin the commander of the 2nd Regiment which was nearly ready trained on the surface analysed these attacks and learnt that they plundered extremely greedy. In a gamble, he ordered the transport of the most valuable things into the mines and prepared ambushes in them. Surprisingly, the pirated went straight into those obvious traps and lost most of their forces until they fled the planet.
* **The big** a**ttack on Hepai (700.M37):** In 700.M37 Hepai Prime was attacked by Dark Eldar and Ork forces. Both attackers landed at a different of the planet and slaughtered a path through the lines of the defenders and robbing all valuable items. Under the command of Colonel Faen the commander of the 2n Regiment most survivors went into the mines until both attackers had decimated themself that they were successfully repelled.
* **Siege of Hive Nemusa (800s.M38):** The 12th Regiment undermined on the Planet Salux VI the Hive City of Nemusa. Nemusa was overtaken by a Chaos cult and the formidable defences prevented a regular siege. So Lord Colonel Hatting ordered a tunnel to be dug under it. 7.800 Hepai Guardsmen dug in 12 month a 120km long tunnel width enough space for Centaurs. Trough this tunnel stormed a month later 23 Regiments taking the defenders by surprise and allowed the capture of several important locations and resulting in a mass suicide of the defenders.
* **Siege of Hive Achut-Beta (unknown.M40):** The 7th and 8th Hepai Mine Guard Regiment were part of the defencive forces during the Achut conflict serving in the Hive Achut-Beta and shined through counter-tunneling enemy siege tunnels. When they met the enemy tunnels planted their engineers and local PDF grenadiers explosives in the enemy tunnels to destroy them, but before that had both Regiments the task to clear a way through the tunnels invested by the enemy.
* **Battle on the Taskian Plain (unknwon.M41):** The 12th Regiment supported the Death Korp of Krieg Regiments on the World of Vannam Tetrus during the trench warfare on the Taskian Plain. All Companies burrowed tunnels under the enemy trenches and placed bombs among them. Heavy artillery fire from both sides was although unintendendly was a grave danger for the digging teams, because it resulted in shock waves able to collapse the tunnels.

## Homeworld

Hepai Prime is a Mining World in the Segmentum Tempestus. It is a rich mining world thank to its high percentage of metals in the crust. The planets crust is made up to 63% of metals and the surface is known for its metallic formations and deserts with grains of iron. Hepai Prime has a quite high population of Squats (who are accepted by the locals) and Ogrins. A strange trait is that the people of Hepai aren`t interested in gold because it so common on the planet.

## Regimental Organisation

### Ranks

* **General**
* **Colonel**
* **Major**
* **Captain**
* **Lieutenant**
* **Master Seargant**
* **Seargent**
* **Corporal**
* **Private**
* **Soldier**

### Specialist Ranks

* **Engineer Seargent:** Operates Borrowing Vehicles and lead Special Engineer Squads.

### Regimental Structure

* **Command Company:** Includes Medics, Recon, Regiment Staff, Logistic and engineering. The smallest Company with around 700 soldiers.
* **Heavy Vehicle Company:** Includes most of the support vehicles and heavy fighting vehicles. Serves as tactical reserve. Comes with 1.300 soldiers
* **1st Company:** 2.500 soldiers and 80 Borrowing Vehicles. Organised in 1 Command Squad, 1 Special Weapon Squad, 4 Platoons of Infantry, 1 Special Engineer Squad and a Abhuman Squad.
* **2nd Company:** 2.500 soldiers and 80 Burrowing Vehicles. Organised in 1 Command Platoon, 1 Special Weapon Squad, 4 Platoons of Infantry, 1 Special Engineer Squad and a Abhuman Squad.
* **3rd Company:** 2.500 soldiers and 80 Burrowing Vehicles. Organised in 1 Command Squad, 1 Special Weapon Squad, 4 Platoons of Infantry, 1 Special Engineer Squad and a Abhuman Squad.
* **4th Company:** 2.500 soldiers and 80 Burrowing Vehicles. Organised in 1 Command Squad, 1 Special Weapon Squad, 4 Platoons of Infantry, 1 Special Engineer Squad and a Abhuman Squad.
* **5th Company:** 2.500 soldiers and 80 Burrowing Vehicles. Organised in 1 Command Squad, 1 Special Weapon Squad, 4 Platoons of Infantry, 1 Special Engineer Squad and a Abhuman Squad. But can have more Abhuman Squads replacing the Human Squads.

## Vehicles

* **Hellbore Heavy Mole:** One of the most common borrowing vehicles and its heavy bolter weapons have made it to a kind of tank.
* **Termite Mole:** The standart transporter for Squads.
* **Moss Mole:** A small remotly controlled vehicle for recon and suicide bombing missions.
* **Exo-Armor Suite:** A ancient technology from the Squats and now used by the few who serve in the Hepai Mine Guard. Although a Power Armour it is catalogised by the Regiments as vehicle but serves in the regular Companies.

## Combat Doctrine

Like every sapper Regiment, Hepai Mine Guard Regiments spent most of their times at war worlds prepearing for combat (meaning digging tunnels) than actual figthing unlike most Regiments.

Combat in tunnels is definete by melee fights and close-quarter firefights. Preperation for combat includes prepearing choke points allowing concentrated fire on slowed down enemies. Such choke points include flamethrowers from several angles, explosives and other kinds of trapps. For offensive action they use their vehicles to attack from 1-2 different directions. Such attacks are supported by mock attacks through other moles and Moss Moles for suicide attacks on enemy tunnels. The goal is to cut of the enemy from reinforcments and destroy enemy infrastructure. For clearing of paths use the Hepai Mine Guards flamethrowers and frag grenades.

A tactic for sieges is the old tactic of undermine the defences or make a infiltration tunnel for small raids or other specialised units. The most neglected aspect is the of a secret invasion. As example: During the battle of Miral dug a Regiment a 12km long tunnel through a mountain and the frontline. Such risky operation allowed a suprise attack on Hive Galgutta who suspected to be secured.

## Wargear

* **gas mask with oxygence tank**
* **Helmet with light bulb and Night sight**
* **specialised Flakarmour with cooling abilities**
* **combat knive**
* **Bathing set**
* **Dog Tags**
* **2 weeks word of rations**
* **Backback**
* **Mess kit**
* **Power Pickaxe**
* **Water canteen**
* **Lascarabine Mark Hepai XV**

## Notable Regiments

* **12th Hepai Mine Guard Regiment:** A Regiment specialised in guerrilla warfare and extented live in mountains. Took part in many defences of Hepai Prime.
* **24th Hepai Mine Guard Regiment:** The 24th Regiment was known for their Support role in sieges.