Kaldeia Grenadier Regiments

Sigil of the Kaldeia Grenadiers

### **Motto**

"We are but mere steps from enlightenment, yet we must be patient and do the Omnissiah’s work here before ascension.

## Other information

### **Specialty**

Morale-raising, Elite stopping, VIP Escort, Political Black Ops, Spec Ops.

### **Special Weapons**

Plasma gun, flamer, heavy stubber, hot-shot volley gun, Melta gun, grenade launcher.

## Commanders

### **Acting**

Lord-Grenadier-General Kleio Patras

The **Kaldeia Grenadier Regiments** are the Elite heavy infantry regiments raised from the Knight world of Kaldeia. They are chosen from their Bondsmen peers not just for battlefield experience and combat prowess, but also for heightened spiritual attunement to the esoteric cult found only on Kaldeia besides those regiments raised from it.

## History

The Kaldeia Grenadier Regiments were first conceptualised by the Hierarchs of the Grand Order of Hermetika after they witnessed first-hand the efficiency exercised by the 95th Lambdan Lions Tempestus Scions Regiment upon the shrine-world of Dimmamar while fighting against an Ork warband from the then-fledgling realms of the Great Despot of Dregruk. Hierarch Kalocles was given an impressive view of the battle from his Knight Valiant Enlightened Engine, and so was able to observe with great perception four squads of Lambdan Lions shatter two mobs of Ork Nobz as well as 3 mobs of Ork Boyz from behind the lines of the 143rd Kaldeia Bondsmen with blistering fire from their hot-shot lasguns. After battle, Kalocles sought out a meeting with the Colonel of the 95th, and the two spoke well into the night. Upon his return from Dimmamar, Kalocles began a conference with all of his fellow present Hierarchs and submitted his plan to forge a veteran force loosely modeled after the Tempestus Scions. After much deliberation and alterations, it was decided veterans and spiritually heightened warriors of the Bondsmen Regiments would be given extra training, revelations and better equipment, and within the decade, the 1st Kaldeia Grenadiers marched upon rebel forces upon the world of Sabena. Since then, over a thousand Regiments raised from the best and brightest of the Bondsmen have served the Imperium for the past eight millennia.

## Regimental Organization

Kaldeia Grenadiers are represented in the ruling councils on Kaldeia by the Lord-Grenadier-General, a position given to the most capable Regimental Colonel, rather than a “deserving” Courtier. The Lord-Grenadier-General is in charge mainly of attaching Grenadier Regiments to existing Kaldeia Allied battle groups and crusades, and also advises upon the decisions and suggestions of the Hierarchs.

Grenadier Regimental Colonels, while present in planning conferences alongside their fellow Colonels and Scions, take a significantly lesser part in them, as they often choose to hold their forces in reserve, quickly deploying to sections of the line bogged by the heaviest enemy concentration or elites.

Grenadier Captains command one hundred man strong company each, and so there are usually ten present in every Regiment. Underneath every Captain are their two Lieutenants, who each command sub-companies of fifty. Each sub-company comprises five grenadier squads, and is accompanied by support staff and Taurox Prime pattern APCs.

## Wargear

Standard wargear:

* Kaldeia Pattern Hot-shot lasrifle
* Kaldeia Pattern Carapace Armour
* Kaldeia Pattern Omnishield Helm - Though somewhat similar in appearance to the helmets of elite or noble warriors upon Feudal Worlds, the helmets worn by Kaldeia Grenadiers incorporates advanced air filtration and replacement systems allowing its wearer to breathe in toxic or otherwise dangerous atmospheric conditions, along with a H.U.D. that translates warped or darkened images of the world around it into clearer images able to be read by the Grenadier within.
* Comm-Bead
* Backpack
* Basic Toolkit
* Mess kit
* Water canteen
* 2 weeks worth of rations
* Blanket and sleeping bag
* Glow-globe
* Bathing set
* Dog Tags
* Imperial Infantry Man’s Uplifting Primer(with Hermetika addendum) - A text of rules, regulations and practices of the Astra Militarum. The ones carried by the Kaldeia Grenadier Regiments also include an extra section added by the Grand Order of Hermetika, which teaches proper meditation and how to recognise and correct one’s own mistakes.

Specialist wargear:

* Kaldeia Pattern Infantry Flamer
* Kaldeia Pattern Plasma Gun
* Kaldeia Pattern hot-shot volley gun
* Kaldeia Pattern Heavy Stubber
* Kaldeia Pattern Melta Gun
* Kaldeia Pattern Grenade Launcher
* Kaldeia Pattern Heavy Flamer - Wielded by two Grenadiers, one aiming and firing the weapon itself while the other carries the fuel tank and hose. Capable of ejecting far more promethium, and with more force, than a standard flamer, the heavy flamer is far more attuned to combating the heavy Infantry the Grenadiers find themselves fighting.

## Regimental Markings

A Grenadier’s Regiment number is stenciled in white paint over their right collarbone on their flak chest plate. Above the “KGR” stenciled on every Grenadiers’s right shoulder pad is their squad number, made up of a three digit number. Squad numbers are the same across regiments, for example there is a “001” squad in every Grenadier Regiment.

Grenadier vehicles only have regimental numbers, as they don’t belong to any one squad.

## Relations

### Allies

* Grand Order of Hermetika
* Kaldeia Bondsmen Regiments
* Kaldeia Armoured Regiments
* Kaldeia Rider Regiments
* Kaldeia Artillery Regiments
* Kaldeia Flight Wings
* Lambdan Lions
* Sable Lions