Troubadours

- After Action Report 67T -

+ 4:00; Artillery bombardment of the city of Karnak, HT49, ended as scheduled. +
+ 4:13; Infantry & armored forces entered HT49 within margins, and proceeded to assigned objectives as planned. +
+ 4:57; Half of HT49s territory is captured by allied forces. Minimal casualties. +
+ 4:58; Reports of golden-skinned individuals amongst OPFOR personnel begin to filter through command channels. Officers are ordered to keep direct mentions of them to a minimum, and to keep such information from the men. +
+ 5:14; All mage units operating within HT49 knocked out simultaneously. All members KIA, no knowledge of engagement.
+ 5:23; Reports of golden OPFOR wiping out mage units breaks amongst deployed and undeployed units. +
+ 5:36; Morale crumbles, despite orders armored and infantry units begin faltering in attacks as well as repositioning without orders. +
+ 5:45; The reported golden OPFOR, seemingly in squadron strength (unconfirmed), infiltrate command complex. Command staff all killed, bar one Lieutenant Kansekov. +
+ 5:47; OPFOR squadron negotiates with Lieutenant Kansekov, the only ranking officer remaining of the 6th Army, for terms of surrender. +
+ 6:00; As negotiated, order for retreat from HT49 was given, and rendezvous with fleet elements established. +

— After Action by Lieutenant Kansekov

The Troubadours are a interesting example of xenotype-culture developing across the known galaxy. In this particular instance, it is a made more unique by the fact that it is made up of the Sylphe xenotype, both Lunaire and Solaire. Pinpointing the early development of the Traoubadours is a particularly difficult task, given their nomadic nature and loose associations that change and shift with regularity, as well as the rather broad nature of their development. The consistent through-line is a particular ideology developing amongst high society in the nascent societies that climbed out of the ashes of the Visitation. Perhaps the trauma of it all shook something loose in a few of those with a silver spoon, and across a few worlds they set out to help those in need like the characters in an old fairy tale.

When stellar travel became a possibility again, their ideology truly began to flourish as they took to the stars to find even more to do in their efforts to aid those in need. They earned their name, the Troubadours, during this time period. It was given to them for their wandering ways, as well as their fondness for art and music, which they inherited from their roots.

In the modern era, they are considered a rakish band of charming, not to mention beauty due to their use of the Sylphe xenosets, do-gooders who perform acts of kindness and justice across the stars as their own form of bravado.