Civil vs. Military



hen the need for non-military personnel became clear, shortly after the formation of the Republic of Stygia, Charon’s advisors cautioned him against the danger of setting up a “second Hierarchy” that might one day seek to outmaneuver its parent organization. To emphasize their incorporation into a single governing body, they were accorded honorary military titles as well as administrative ranks or grades (example – a clerk is an “honorary” Legionnaire, an Adjustor is an “honorary” Centurion, etc.). The civil servants of the Hierarchy are, therefore, considered “reserves” and, as such, can be drafted into the Legions in the event of a military emergency. Most of these civil servants perform reserve duty not unlike that of the National Guard in the Skinlands, spending one weekend of every month in serving training, and are prepared to be called up at a moment’s notice. This has led to friction between the “weekend warriors” and career soldiers who serve alongside these reserves, who, in their estimation, don’t know which is the dangerous end of darksteel.

However these “weekend warriors” are the ones that control the paperwork of the Necropolis: orders for equipment, stationing orders and the like. It is not unheard of for that piece of equipment you requisitioned to just happen to be “misplaced”. Conversely, what if the newest shipments from Stygia came in and you have a friend on the inside that has information about it or better, can (through the paperwork or influence) get some of it diverted for you. On the flip side, it never hurts to have someone in the military to help you out since they have the inside on the safest places in the citadel, certain levels of access, etc.