[Glorantha] Lunar Chaotic Units

[Peter Metcalfe]

Mikko:

>How do you people figure. How much do the lunar's employ chaotics, and in
>what capacity. I'd assume they are willing to make use of Scorpionmen and
>even Broo, both of which have had a reputation as mercenaries from early
>RQ days. How does this go? Do the chaotics join up, "foreign legion" style
>with draconian dicipline imposed on them? Are the broo castarated to make
>it possible for them to focus on thing other than rutting?

Broos don't appear on the Lunar army Order of Battle and they didn't appear
in the Invasion of Sartar which was when the Empire used whatever nasty
stuff they could.  Hence I say that the Empire has no standing component of
broo troops.  Scorpion folk are even less likely to be used because most of
them are in Dorastor or the Wastes.

That's not to say that the Empire doesn't use irregular chaos units - they
can and they do.  They have no qualms about using chaos to terrify
their enemies into submission.  But against disciplined enemies, the
chaotic units are more likely to be a danger to their own side.

>What about chaotic humans and ogres? I suspect one can't advance to
>a very high rank if one is chaotic, but such humans could make good
>soldiers.

I don't see why being a chaotic should prohibit high rank.  The only
known prohibition is for the Crimson Bat cult, which is there for a
reason.  Moreover to attain high rank, I suspect the Lunars would be
far more interested in knowledge of the Lunar Way than a tentacle
or two.

As for Ogres, they hide themselves and the Lunars have no real
way of detecting them without catching them in the act.  Should
an Ogre achieve high rank without being caught then there's no
problem.

--Peter Metcalfe