Dalit

## Tactical Analysis

* **Gentleman thief:** A criminal with a purpose, the Dalit is the Commonwealth's equivalent to an infiltrator, capable of sabotaging enemy structures and disappearing before he can be found.

* **Grappling hook:** When he needs to (or just wants to look cool), the dalit can use their grapple gun as a means of getting past impassible terrain even for them. They can also use it as a weapon, though getting smacked in the chest with a mini-grappling hook isn't usually fatal.

* **Just a street rat:** Though one of the few infiltrators actually capable of attacking someone, the dalit is still as vulnerable to enemy animal scouts, stealth detectors, and even simple mistakes like firing his grapple gun at the wrong person.

* **"Borrowed" upgrades:** The most experienced Dalits are given access to their most sophisticated tools and gadgets, chief among them are blowgun fired darts tipped with a special drug capable of putting anyone to sleep instantly.

## Background

"*A little too late again, idiots!*"

-  An anonymous calling card discovered by a few GLA rebels in their hideout. Before this, they reported that most of their money disappeared.
The Allies have shown through their intense research that, above almost every other factor, income inequality is the leading cause of social unrest. Create a system where the rich get richer and the poor get desperate, crime will be inevitable. The Soviets recognized this long before the Allies, and the Empire doesn't care. The Commonwealth is currently struggling with some of the world's worst inequality in income. Entire shanty slums of corrugated metal line cities like Mumbai and Grand Delhi, if it isn't rural farmers watching as local landlords drive by in the latest cars wearing proper clothing. This has bred a frightening and thriving criminal underground in India, spreading everywhere thanks to the Frontier Corps.

This is because of the dalits, the "untouchables" of the Frontier Corps. Not only do they typically come from what is historically the lowest caste in the Commonwealth (until the Allies have enough and decide to eliminate the caste system), these thieves are often considered impossible to capture except by INTERPOL or other law enforcers. These dalits are not violent however, instead preferring larceny, robbery, even blackmail. Criminal tasks that, while leaving the victim inconvenienced, alive. Many dalits have argued before the sentencing judge (to their absolute waste of time) that they merely provided a service, that they are modern Robin Hoods that take from those that have to feed those who have not (after taking a sizable cut of course). While the Indian court system is typically slightly more lenient towards other offenders, these thieves are given two options; serve in jail, or the Frontier Corps.

More than willing to leave behind anyone who wanted them dead and charmed by the chance to find new loot on the battlefields, the dalits were sent out as infiltration units for the Frontier Corps. To aid them in getting around the battlefield (and from picking pockets inside troop transports) the F.C. gave the dalits under their command an experimental grappling hook gun. Fired by a powerful compressed air charge, the dalits use of this device enabled them to move where other infiltrators could ever dream of slipping in through. Climbing up sheer cliffs and finding that their grapple guns could easily knock out or wind enemy animals or infantry, the dalits proved to be a massive headache for their enemies in the GLA, who had once thought that their bases being places on sheer cliffs and their tactics of immediately shooting anyone who came near would be enough.

The dalits themselves come across as expert charmers and con-men, wearing sharp suits and the best hats while they slip inside the enemy's base and steal what they can. Often they will leave a personal calling card for the enemy to find, further enraging the enemy and causing the dalits no end of amusement as they imagine the look on the enemy's face.