Editing The Narakan Corps (section)

==Overview==
Reviled as savages and blackguards throughout the Imperial Army the Narakan Corps, or "Scumdogs" as they are known informally, are nevertheless a brutally effective fighting force. The Narakans are defined by their homeworld of Naraka, a brutal deathworld hiding under the decaying façade of a hiveworld, and their claim of subjugation by the Emperor himself. Naraka was once a glittering global metropolis, but an unknown accident or attack left the world completely inhospitable. The worlds of the empire sent hundreds of thousands of convicted criminals to the world in attempts to repair the damage. Generations would pass and the hive-ganger culture they inherited from their forebearers would never fade among the Narakan peoples, leading to a great deal of friction with more "civilized" segments of the Imperial Army.

Due to their brutal and toxic homeworld, the Narakans possess unnatural physiques. The use of combat stimulants and biological/mechanical physical augmentation is rampant and even ritualized, the decrepit automated factories of Naraka still produce enough to supply the Corps. A few Narakan individuals have become so grotesquely large and powerful they even rival Space Marines in brute strength and hardiness.

The Corps specialize in urban warfare, guerilla warfare, and routing dug in resistance, every soldier having recieved basic training since birth. The Emperor's Own are often called in when other regiments have difficulty removing dug in threats or overcoming toxic environments. They prefer to draw out defenders with rapid strafing attacks to leave them in disarray before a final mass charge. The thunder of dropships and the howling of jetbikes were often the last thing heard by rebellious defenders as the Scumdogs descended upon them.