Quartermaster
A Quartermaster is a battle position in the Death Korps of Krieg Organization
Description
Another unique position at the company level is that of the Quartermaster, a role whose origins lay in the atomic wastelands of Krieg's civil war. Waging a war where the recovery of materiel was of the utmost importance, where battlefield triage a luxury reserved for the more seriously wounded, and a tear in one's environmental seal guaranteed a slow lingering death, any soldier who could not be readily brought back into the fight, was incapable of returning to a medical station under their own power or otherwise became a 'liability' would be given an honourable field execution known as the 'blessings of the Emperor's Peace.' The job of performing these mercy killings and retrieving the fallen's arms and equipment fell to that of the Quartermaster cadre and has remained so ever since. Chosen during training for their mental aptitude and faith, or having at least survived against the odds on the battlefield, potential Quartermasters are then given additional training in tech-lore, field medicine and indoctrination into the Imperial Cult. They perform emergency battlefield medical services and the deliverance of last rites to injured Guardsmen, as well as the salvaging and redistribution of weapons and equipment, where they are assisted by Servitors. They also assist in evaluating the progress of ongoing battles by monitoring ammunition expenditures, attrition rates, and other information which is then relayed to their superior officers.[1]
Images
A Quartermaster and his retinue
