Super-heavy Infantry

Super-heavy Infantry is a recent addition to the modern arsenals of all five Pentad powers. Descended from the plate armor of Auqueil warrior-lords, the Super-Heavy Infantry concept is rather old. Originally the Super-heavy Infantry concept was rendered useless by the then superior Pedalcraft, but as aircraft became increasingly efficient it rendered the former superiority of so called Walkers inert.

Babylon pioneered the Super-heavy Infantry concept, deploying them as armored support rather than as independent spearhead units. Used in tandem with air support, SHI companies were capable of defeating armored columns. Both Kyvan and Imperial generals considered the SHI a joke initially, convinced that they were tactically useless. After several decisive defeats at the hands of these supposedly useless machines, both parties bought up export variants of Babylonian Super-heavy Infantry rigs and modified them to fit in their respective doctrines.

Today all powers carry a sizable arsenal of SHI, especially with fuel shortages grounding the majority of combat aircraft. The Confederates have especially taken a liking to the SHI concept, considering it the natural midpoint between mobile infantry and unwieldy Pedalcraft.