Medici "St. Phygia Regiment"

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 * title        =  Medici “St. Phygia Regiment”


 * name        = 1st Brigade 3rd Infantry “St. Phygia Regiment”


 * badge       = an image of St. Phygia holding a flaming Saber


 * uniform     = Cadian pattern armor( Brigade Sigil, unique to each brigade and regimental sigil, unique to each regiment, on left shoulder Imperial Aquila on the right shoulder) painted to match their uniform an olive green long sleeved shirt(rank markers on the sleeves) bloused trousers (same color) with gray puttees and black boots.


 * other names = “St.Phygia”


 * leader      = Colonel Adriano Camerino


 * strength    = 2010 men divided into 8 companies


 * homeworld   = Medici


 * war cry     = “Medici and the Saint!”


 * speciality  = Infantry


 * heavy weap  = Lascannon

Structure

Each company(commanded by a captain) of 250 is 24 squads of 10 men and a 10 man pathfinder squad(sniper/scouts) that carry sniper rifles and wear cammo armor and clothes A command squad of 10 men(The Colonel, a Lt. Colonel 4 Majors who oversee 2 companies each and 4 others as chosen by the Colonel. Comissars etc.)

1.	1-5 infantry 2.	6-7 Assault(armed with heavy weapons, lascannons etc. and homegrown copy of Carapace armor)

3.	8- reserves

History

The St. Phygia Regiment was named for a locally venerated Imperial Saint, a warrior who according to legend led the campaigns to destroy the beasts and monsters that threatened the first settlers on Medici. However most simply saw St. Phygia as being a legend. The skills of the regiment that bore the name were never in question despite being a little reckless, losing men in their training days to accidents and alcholism. They were founded, like the rest in the 640s, as part of the 1st Brigade under the command of their colonel, Adriano Camerino and Brigadier General Paride Ditmer. They fought and died facing the Tyranid invasion of the Kashidaan worlds acting as the rearguard at one of the major ports, buying time for the last civilian transports to escape suffering 78% casualties in the process before finally pulling out themselves. Notable Members

Adriano Camerino Rare for the Medici officer corps he wasn’t nobility, just wealthy and connected. His father, a factory manager got him a captain’s position in the newly founded 3rd Infantry Regiment. He quickly ascended the ranks and when the original Colonel (a nobleman who had little interest in anything but his own estate) retired he was the obvious choice to succeed him. He used his wealth and power for his own benefit- spending his money on wine and women- but still cared deeply for his men. Dianora Ranucci

“I was a Joygirl- Ironic that there was no joy in it for me. In this though I’ve found a joy in purpose. True I’ve traded a life of service for another but this service means something. I’m serving my homeworld and her people, not just providing shallow pleasures to the men who came to see me.”

A former joygirl forced into almost slavery to pay a debt her family owed to a nobleman. Colonel Camerino, a regular visitor to her workplace paid the debt they owed on the condition that she take the place of a man just killed in a training accident. She eventually rose to the rank of seargent and then eventually to captain, leading her company against a nest of thieves planning to steal a ship from the Fabrica Majoris and turn to piracy. She died sometime after this, records remain unclear exactly when, but not before she caught the eye of a politician who she was assigned to bodyguard when he inspected the unit. He arranged for her to be transferred out, making sure a convicted felon was offered a deal, service in the Guard under the watchful eye of a commissar instead of prison time. In time the 2 fell in love and married, but their story was bittersweet, they never had children and that particular line ended with them.

Trivia
The story of Dianora Ranucci was inspired in part by both Samuel Baker http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=805352112071 (who freed his second wife Florence from a slave market) and Empress Theodora