AEST and Infantry

ICS AEST units (Found here, the-port-of-riches.deviantart.… ) are highly trained marines beholden to the Covenanted peoples alone.

The Infantry isn't as well trained however, and is mainly relegated to a ground force to defend planets. While AEST units train in a variety of weapons, infantry don't. Infantry train in squads of five or six, and work through a very strict chain of command. These units are built not on t he team work of just small squads, but to work in highly organized offensives and defensive operations.

They man tanks, light assault vehicles, naval ships (Surface and Deep Surface Warfare) as well as medical escorts.

While AEST units can work in similar capacities, Infantry are usually the ground force that is usually most visible in military campaigns. They number roughly one billion, to the 300 million (declassified) numbers in AEST.

The Infantry are crucial to breaking any offensive army's back. They train in guerrilla warfare, (Known as open warfare in the ICS) as the ICS has been known to be attacked by marauding pirates and Atlantean raiders.

In Ancerious, AEST was the first to arrive, but quickly enough, the volunteer armies of Hao-Daolsa and Yiramwau, and the conscripted army of Praetori, allowed the ICS to hold ground.

The soldiers in this scene, are an AEST unit, equipped with the standard optical display, and FN255 assault rifle, and a basic infantryman, not equipped with AEST optical display gear. (He also wields the successor to the FN250 assault rifle of the past century.)

*Scene was rendered in Blender Cycles, using Makehuman and Scene skies.*