Grand Duke of Dawn (12): Army Edition, Navy Edition (Got Drunk Today, Everyone Come Back Tomorrow.)
The Fourth Legion was Dawn Territory's most powerful force. Though it numbered only 30,000 men, it could contend with any military power.
Even the Galactic Republic's immensely powerful Kamino clone army, backed by the Republic's nearly limitless logistical support and equipment supply, had lost every engagement it fought against the Fourth Legion.
The current Fourth Legion was known throughout the Galactic Republic military as the "Black Legion." This name came from their standard-issue combat uniform—the N-7 combat suit. Besides its excellent protective and mobility-enhancing capabilities, its greatest feature was the Personal Shield!
This was the kind of luxury the Galactic Republic did not even dare dream of!
These Personal Shields could not actually withstand much damage. After taking several consecutive hits from a blaster rifle, they had to cool down. But in actual combat, the combat power displayed by troops with Personal Shields and troops without them was worlds apart!
Even if soldiers with Personal Shields failed to react immediately when ambushed, they could still withstand the first wave of attacks, take cover, wait for their shields to complete another cooldown cycle, and then strike back. Soldiers without Personal Shields, even if they did not suffer fatal wounds, would have their combat power greatly reduced, and that effect would persist.
Moreover, every Fourth Legion soldier had been continuously drilled and trained in combat skills from birth. Their physical condition was also steadily enhanced by body-strengthening drugs provided by Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group.
If the Galactic Republic's Kaminoan clone troopers were continuously copied from a perfect specimen, then the Fourth Legion was continuously strengthened from a specimen that was not quite perfect.
Most frightening of all, every Fourth Legion soldier had joined the Rebirth Plan!
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