Juggernaut

Juggernaut

## Kaliesten (aka Juggernauts)

Juggernauts are Serpents top ranking ground forces and the last thing you want to see face to face. Their true species name is Kaliesten, however the dubbed name "Juggernauts" seems more apt for naming a species of their abilities. Juggernauts are a genetically augmented and breed species that makes up the top echelon of Serpents army. Seen as just bellow the Aspects. They stand 3 meters tall with backwards knees, strength enough to crush a humans skull in it's hand, are fast enough to sprint 100 meters in 7 seconds, use two plasma blades mounted on their writs, a strong plasma shielding that has been reported to take an entire units fire without failing, can turn invisible and possess a level of psionic power. Their culture seems to be based on strength and devotion to their god Diciden and the linage of command they left to guide the Serpent Empire

## History

The Kaliesten species history is muddied with Serpent propaganda that glorifies them as warriors and honor bound saints to their holy god Diciden. In their own fables they are the first species to bend the knee to Diciden and as such were rewarded with their rank and new found powers so long as they dedicated themselves to her. However in other lesser species, within the Serpent Empires, myths the Kaliesten are the one's who created Diciden to justify their ideals and bring their onslaught of death and subjugation; this however does not hold up to most history collected on the species. No one is quite sure what their origins line up with the presented stories only that they are devout to Diciden and their Empire.

## Morphology

### Legs

The Juggernauts have digitigrade leg structure with two large toes. These massive legs have an incredible amount of tensile muscle strength to support the massive weight of the Juggernauts.

### Arms

The Juggernauts arm, much like its legs, are incredibly strong. Powerful muscles with incredible lifting strength and bones with some kind of metal graphed to it through genetic modification. The hand features two fingers and two thumbs. The two thumbs are located on the top and bottom of the hand giving them an incredible grip strength and allows them to wield weapons without a preference for which end is the top or bottom.

### Torso

Much like the rest of the body the Juggernaut is bristling with muscles that allow it to move its massive body with piracies speed and maneuverability. Notably the waist is very thin which at first looks like a weakness but examination shows that this is because their abdominal area is made up of near solid muscle, the stomach region had been reduced in order to expand these muscle groups and associated circulatory system.

### Head

The head of the Juggernaut is elongated with more powerful Juggernaut types heads becoming longer. It is unclear if this is a development over their life time as they become more powerful in psionics or if some are produced with longer heads to increase their psionics. The facial structure is ████ █████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ███ █████ ██████ █████ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██ █ ███████ ██████.

### Special features

The amount of genetic tampering found among those Juggernauts that were intact enough to perform autopsies has been staggering and it will require years to properly figure out what was natural and what was manufactured into their genetics. One noticeable feature is that the nerve endings of Juggernauts only activate to a citrine level. Once they exceed this the nerve ending shuts off. This allows them to feel objects without exerting to much force on them and feel reduced or perhaps no pain to impacts.

## Rankings of Kaliesten

### Rankings

#### Minors

Less powerful juggernauts. Often seen on front lines and will engage in combat with any unit that they come across. They have been observed to be young and brash and typically have little tactics, often just resorting to simple ambush methods of using their invisibility to get into a group of soldiers before stabbing one and relying on their shields and durability to win the fight. Among other Juggernaut's minors are treated as little more then children who are overly eager to prove themselves.

#### Majors

Higher ranked juggernauts that wear a bright colored armor to show their ranks. They are extremely deadly in hand to hand have been known to take on armored vehicles single handed. They sport two short blades that extend from the tops of their hands. They wear more armor then the minors and have stronger shielding.

#### War Priest

War priests wear white armor with gold trim and a long cape from their hips. These are very psionically gifted juggernauts and can wipe an unprotected human mind in a matter of minutes. These juggernauts are rarely seen on the field except for special operations. Little is understood about their deployments other then they are considered of high value. They use long blue and green blade that extend from their wrists. These are said to be related to their religion.

#### Zealots

Zealots are an elite branch of the Juggernaut species. Fast, deadly, tough and relentless. Not much is known how they fit into the rank structure, some observation suggests that they aren't even apart of the normal ranking structure but rather a separate branch of Serpents army. They were first encountered at the moon of Sovric in the Talonis system by task force 407 (majestic team) on ██/██/377. Zealots have notably stronger shields and unique plasma blades that appear to have a design on them near the projection point. They also notably are the only Juggernaut with purple in their color, speculation suggests that this is related to the Serpent Empires religion as they only seem to be involved with missions of high religious value to the Serpent Empire.

#### Honor guard

Hand picked by an Aspects their guards are the most loyal and dangerous juggernauts seen in the field. They may not be as psionically powerful as a war priest or as powerful and stealthy as Zealots but their hand to hand abilities are unmatched by all others save for the Executors. They are the only known Juggernaut that use a different style of weapon from the typical double blades mounted on the wrist or hands.

#### Executor

    The executor is the highest ranked juggernaut. Ranked higher then all aspects aside from the High Lord Aspect. There was only ever one Executor ever deployed to Aetherian. Executor Valstadt. Little is known about this Juggernaut, it is suspected he was the architect behind many Mass Alliance and Republic of Judecen defeats like that at the battle of Octavia. OSNI put out their largest bounty in history for any that could kill or wound Valstadt. This bounty was never payed out. Recovered data suggests only 6 ever exist at a time and they are the only others outside of the high arch priestess who may speak directly to Diciden. The executors aren't born but made. Forged in the heart of battle, either with an enemy or through fighting other Juggernauts, those who will become Executor have risen above all others. Executors are not just gifted in combat but in strategy as well and are known to have mastered every aspect of combat. They wield two plasma blades one blue and one green, much like the War Priest's. The blue represents the honor bestowed upon them as Diciden's chosen warriors. True born warriors shaped by Dicidens hand to be the arm and sword of Serpent. The green represents the dedication and commitment every Juggernaut must make to Serpent. That their green blood flows for the Empire. Victory or death. There is no partial measures.