Hildasay PDF


Regiment Origin

Regimental Classification - Planetary Defence force
Recruitment Criteria - None
Nature of Recruitment - Voluntary
Regiment Homeworld - Imperial World
Homeworld Predominant Terrain - Hive world

Regiment Tactical Information

Regiment Core Units - Heavy Infanrty
Specialisation - Hive Warfare, Heavy weapons
Loyalty Rating - Undisciplined
Special Equipment - None
Regiment Creed - For the Homeworld
Regiment Relations - Imperial Guard/PDF - Hildasay Syetem
Regiment Enemies - Chaos aligned groups, Hive gangs


The Hildasay PDF is a contradiction in terms. For starters, Hildasay is technically a moon and not a planet. Then there is the fact that the force is not equipped or numerous enough to defend much of anything, let alone the whole moon, and finally, it doesn't have much force behind it, as that is held by the adaptus arbites. There are several reasons for this, firstly and foremost the is the fact that the law states that the PDF is not allowed to be involved with local affairs and is purely there to defend the planet against invasion or planet wide uprisings. As a result, the local ruling elites have built up substantial personal guards companies and organised local police forces and assisted the Adeptus Arbites in building their strength and numbers.
As a result of this, the Adeptus Arbites act more like a hive gang than law keepers, working on the theory that to keep the law, you need to be bigger and more feared than the gangs and with the power of the legal system and the ruling elites behind them, they can get away with anything, even murder. Not only are the Arbites a law unto themselves, they are supported by the local Militia Policia units, who are basically gangers who have switched sides, for a number of reasons, but usually involving death sentences or expulsion to the waste lands. In many respects the Policia is worse that the Arbites, as they are involved in every aspect of daily life, rather then just when Imperial law is broken.
What the PDF does have though is that it is a small but dedicated force, being formed of true volunteers and not conscripts. There are few other opportunities to escape the slums of the hive and the PDF offer a good wage and different opportunities. Being formed of volunteers is, however not really a option, as all conscription it is centralised and usually court implimented, with first pick going to the Arbites and then the Policia, who take the bulk of the offerings, before anything that is left is offered to the PDF. By this time there are few candidates left who are remotely acceptable, either physically or morally. Therefore, by only taking volunteers, the PDF get to choose who they take and who they don't.
Another challenge the PDF have to overcome is equipment supply or rather lack of. As the majority of the factories are owned and operated by the ruling elite, of the equipement that is not sold or shipped off world, their own guard units and policia get the pick of the offerings, meaning that the majority of equipement that reaches the PDF is ineffective in the enclosed environment of the hive. Apart from the obvious lasguns, the PDF has a number of ancient heavy bolters, a few lascannons and a large number of mortars and missile launchers. As you can imagine, mortars and missile launchers are not very useful in the close quarters urban fighting the PDF are expected to carry out.
The PDF is currently lead by General Conner, a lifetime soldier who joined at the tender age of 12, although his paper work claimed he was 15. He showed promise from the very beginning and rose quickly through the ranks, becoming the commanding officer at the age of 37 (or 34, depending on which paperwork you read) and has held that position for the last 20 years, as the longest serving commander of the PDF in its known history. There are many reasons for this longevity, most it's down to the fact that Conner is as good a politician as he is a soldier, and while in the eyes of many the PDF is a shadow of it's former self, in truth it is stronger, better manned, equipped and trained than it has been for a long time.
The PDF is split into two main forces, the line regiments and the grenadier regiments. The line regiments form the main bulk of the force, with the grenadier forming a core of veterans, tasked with undertaking the more important and/or specialist missions. The PDF normally deploy in mixed formations with both grenadier and line units, this can either be in regiment strength down to just individual squads working together. When the PDF does deploy, it is usually in support of the Arbites and Policia, and are assigned the basic duties, such as cordon duty or guard duties, duties that are seen as boring and a waste of time by the senior Polica command.
Updated: Feb 21

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