Jack of Harts

The Republic of Texas Guard used many of the same designs as the frontline Texas military when The War came upon us all. Most of the designs were four to five decades old at the time, and had been through numerous upgrades and rebuilds. The frontline services often retired their oldest chassis, and replaced them with newly-built examples of the latest versions. The Guard happily accepted the castoff older models as it greatly improved their logistics. This allowed them to deploy with the main services when The War began, greatly increasing the amount of firepower that Texas could project into the stars. That left the older inactive reserves to take up the Guard’s traditional missions, which is why the Guard used sometimes-centuries-old equipment, and in many cases the original soldiers who used it, to defend Texas and her colonies throughout The War. Though it should be noted that the Peloran refit kits radically changed the capabilities they brought to battle.

The Republic of Texas Guard formed during the Convention of States that restructured the national government. It brought together the combined State and National Guards of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and West Louisiana to face the future they would forge together. It was nearly a hundred thousand soldiers strong and included standard infantry, battle armored mobile infantry, hovercraft, small ships, tanks, drones, air transport, and fighter craft. The Guard remained a fundamental and final reserve of every aspect of the Texas military, and they sent a sizeable force to Indonesia to face down the Chinese advance. They also moved on Singapore to deal with the last of the Rogue AIs. Those actions bought them a further increase in reputation, though they most often deployed against natural disasters in the following centuries. Many would wonder if they had lost their edge as humanity went to the stars.

The Republic of Texas Army mobile infantry regiments are the backbone of the Texas Army. Wherever the Army goes, it is the mobile infantry’s battle armored troops that hold the ground the rest of the Army uses. They secure our bases. They scout the enemy bases, towns, and cities. They protect friendly tanks, mechs, and aircraft from their counterparts in the enemy ranks. The mobile infantry regiments go everywhere the Army goes, and they are the basic combat unit that everybody sees. They do most of the fighting, and most of the getting shot, and their battle armor is the uniform that most people think of when they picture the Republic of Texas Army. They may not be able to run faster than a speeding grav tank, fly like the aerial cavalry, or lift small buildings higher than a mech, but they hold the lines that must be held when all other combatants are engaged. The mobile infantry is the Republic’s first and last line of defense, and they have always held.