Server's Brigades



Server's Brigades are second-line military units, used in the Corporate Conflict by private enterprises. They are characterized by their militarization of IndustrialMechs and Support Vehicles, both of which are normally used for non-combat duties.

There are two hierarchized types of Server's Brigades: The Blue Brigades, and the Server's Loyalties.

Also related to the Server's Brigades, but not technically belonging to them, are the Black Suits.

Organization
Unlike Grey Man Corps, the command of a Server's Brigade is internal to each company, and they don't share control structures within the Consortium. Only when the Corporate Culture became a single monopoly were all the Server's Brigades ultimately within one loyalty. Even then, their commands were spread, and they answered directly to their brand name, and weren't on the direct response of the overall CEO.

Blue Brigades
Named for the highest non-privileged color in the standarized Employee Rating System (ERS) that goes from Blue to Red (passing by Green, Yellow and Orange), the Blue Brigades are composed only of outstanding employees ready to take up arms in the name of Brand loyalty. Considered firebrands of the corporation, they were originally mobilized to act as a barrier in the subversive intentions of other, less loyal employees - and expected to risk their lives for the company just to be awarded a golden star of merit. There were many local managers automatically enrolled, as well as taskmasters and "motivational officers". In many cases enlistment in the Blue Brigades was a requirement to get the first ascensions and take on extra responsibility and pay. Discipline was high, but the wages were barely higher than the employees under their control. However, the Blue Brigades were also composed of some professionals, volunteers more inclined to side with the corporation on labor conflicts due to higher pay. While managers and taskmasters were accustomed to use AdministrativeMechs, more specialized troops used the ones associated with their professions, often the same that they utilized in their daily schedule (most often this was company policy to save costs).

Ronald's Firebrands
Batallion/Green/Fanatical Ronald's Firebrands are a McRegiment made of cooking industrialmechs. It's composed of Employees of the Month and commanded by local Managers. Normally each locality can field only a single Lance, with one of these being the signature command (and Totem) 'mech, the Ronald. Of the rest, there is often a mascot, the Big Mec, and a Cook and Ice Cream making unit, of variable make. The young age of servers means they don't have time to accrue much experience.

Colgamme's Whiteners
Batallion/Regular/Fanatical This brigade is made exclusively of dentists and they normally utilize Teethxtractor and Dentario IndustrialMechs. The years of practice made them more skilled than the average Server's Brigade in combat.

Server's Loyalties
Unlike the Blue Brigades, the mischievously named Server's Loyalties are composed of employees practically pressed into service. They are suppossed to defend locales from bandits and miscreants while SecurityMech professionals are occupied putting down rebellions, or there's just not enough budget for them. Many are pressed to serve because of being immigrants without legal documents, or otherwise in dire economic situations. They aren't allowed to organize and the Loyalties are just an extra to their already long hours of regular jobs. Works like this include kiosks and data centers. Server's loyalties most often don't even have Industrialmechs, just support vehicles, and later, occassionally protomechs and/or RetroTech inspired cheap (non)battle armor. The extra is specially called for in outposts and periphery worlds with Inner Sphere corporate presence. There is no additional pay as it's considered part of their "regular" job, and the training and equipment given is absolutely minimal. To ensure "loyalty", many of these vehicles and quasi-mechs have remote surveillance and punishment systems installed (as well as outside-sealable doors), triggerable remotely by company compliance officers.