Background
Kuang Shi was the name given to soulless zombies in Southern China. The current incarnation of the Kuang Shi are quite similar, political or reoffending prisoners who disappear from the jails of the Celestial Guard to endure a deep brainwashing process, being reduced to mere human shells repeating the Information Ministry’s propaganda.
The Kuang Shi are condemned to a delayed death sentence that is most useful for the system. The judicial specialists turn them into resolute soldiers who are capable of sacrificing their lives for he who they once most despised, the Emperor. In this way, the Son of Heaven gives them the chance to become loyal subjects and redeem their mistakes by giving their life for him. After the process of “political teaching” and training, they are loaded with incendiary explosives, provided with a cheap Chain Rifle and assigned a target. Their explosives are equipped with a remote activation control. The Celestial Guard responsible for watching them carries a control device allowing him to detonate them whenever he wants. If a soldier falls, the explosives go off automatically. If the Kuang Shi go out of control or withdraw, the detonation device is also activated. As can be supposed, they don’t usually survive their missions. However, a Kuang Shi’s death is usually a cause for joy amongst other Yu Jing troops, as it doesn’t just mean there is one less traitor, but also that, when exploding, he may have taken a good number of enemies with him.
The Kuang Shi are a controversial penal unit named
after the zombies of legend derived from South
Pacific myth. While there are relatively few of them
within the operations of the StateEmpire Army,
their reputation is heavily publicised and well
known, which perhaps over-exaggerates their presence in the popular imagination compared to their real numbers.
Culled from the dungeons of Zı˘jincheng
and the prisons of the Celestial Guard, these unfor�unates are political prisoners, Corporate saboteurs,
seditionists, and traitors. Most are repeat offenders,
having been given numerous chances to re-educate
and rehabilitate, refusing to do. There are even a
few members of the Wú Míng who continued their
murderous ways off the battlefield, earning them
condemnation.
The purpose of the Kuang Shi is simple. They are
given a target, a chain gun or similar weapon
capable of supporting their way to that target, and
an explosive-laden backpack that is enabled with
a remote trigger. A handler observes the progress
of the Kuang Shi soldier as it moves to its target,
tracking it via network and satellite, and when the
Kuang Shi is close enough, its trigger is activated
and the target and the soldier are blown to pieces.
The use of the Kuang Shi is often reported by State
Media, broadcast over Maya with great applause;
another traitor is dead.
Training of the Kuang Shi differs significantly
from the Wú Míng and other units. Traditional
physical conditioning is minimal, with individual
advanced operant conditioning taking precedent.
The integrated networks and sensory inputs of a
Kuang Shi are altered and subdermal sensory stim�ulators are implanted throughout the body in crude,
cheap lattices that provide painful and pleasant
stimulation. Using a modified HUD, a Kuang Shi is
trained to rapidly pursue paths that are plotted
for them, rarely given agency to select their own
paths. When they deviate from the paths, they are
punished. When they succeed, they receive pleasure.
Their handlers often begin their careers as animal
handlers, zookeepers, psychologists, and teachers of
all variety, and frequently have fallen in their own
right. Their personal failures forcing them to work
as suicide coaches.
squad-based training emphasising teamwork and
Profile
N4
ISC: Kuang Shi
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Line Troop
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Light Infantry
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Fury: Impetuous
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Training: Regular
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Back-Up: No Cube
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MOV
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CC
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BS
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PH
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WIP
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ARM
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BTS
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W/STR
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S
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4-4
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14
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11
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12
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13
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0
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0
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1
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2
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Skills and Equipment: Courage, Explode, Dogged, Impetuous
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1
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Chain Rifle
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Pistol, CC Weapon
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5
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0
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2
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Boarding Shotgun
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Pistol, CC Weapon
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12
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0
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ISC: Celestial Guard Monitor
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Light Infantry
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Fury: Not Impetuous
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Training: Regular
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Back-Up: Cube
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MOV
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CC
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BS
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PH
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WIP
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ARM
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BTS
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W/STR
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S
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4-4
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14
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11
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12
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13
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0
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0
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1
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2
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Skills and Equipment: Dodge(+1")
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1
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Combi Rifle, Smoke Grenade Launcher
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CC Weapon, Pistol
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13
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0.5
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N3
Retired
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ISC: Kuang Shi
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Light Infantry
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Fury: Extremely Impetuous
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Training: Regular
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Back-Up: None
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MOV
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CC
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BS
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PH
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WIP
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ARM
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BTS
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W/STR
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S
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4-4
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14
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11
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12
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13
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0
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0
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1
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2
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Skills and Equipment: Biolocator, Explode L1, V: Dogged
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Chain Rifle
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Chain Rifle
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Pistol, Knife
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5
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0
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Boarding Shotgun
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Boarding Shotgun
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Pistol, Knife
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11
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0
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