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Alien Grunts are the primary combatant force of the Nihilanth's Xen army, alongside the enslaved Vortigaunts.
Advanced Recon Commandos, the ARC Troopers are the very elite of all Clone Troopers, in Legends having been personally picked and trained by Jango Fett, and in Canon being Clone Troopers who have been promoted to the rank after distinguishing themselves.
The Black Egrets are a military group that serve Parasoul and her family, and have done for generations. Their banner is that of an open umbrella.
The Cabal are a militaristic alien race in the Destiny universe, a species built around conquest, combat, and empire.
The most numerous strain of the Chimera, the Hybrids form the backbone of the alien army trying to supplant Humanity as the dominant species of life on Earth in the Resistance series.
Clone troopers were identical, genetically-modified soldiers bred and trained to serve in the Republic's army during the Clone Wars.
Elites, also known as Sangheili are a Covenant race in the Halo series. During Halo: Combat Evolved and the bulk of Halo 2 they are the primary antagonists. They became semi allied with the humans in Halo 3, and are in a political crisis during Halo 4, some still at war with Humanity.
An elite, black-armored Stormtrooper variant deployed in small squads, frequently acting as bodyguards for important figures like Orson Krennic.
Sentient mechanical beings from the Star Wars universe, Created and serve many applications from civilian to military.
NPCs in many games who serve no purpose but to die, sometimes in vast numbers or sometimes alone in a dramatic fashion. They often lack names and aren't valuable to the story in any way.
A Terran unit from the StarCraft series equipped two flamethrowers to help neutralize large groups of enemies.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
The evil organization from the Rolling Thunder series.
A soldier who specializes in throwing grenades.
Guards guard stuff, block doors, and sometimes arrest you.
Soldiers who fight for Super-Earth and "democracy", so named for their dive-bombing into war-zones via drop-pods to engage the enemy. Recognizable by their signature capes. Friendly fire incidents common.
Warhammer 40k faction. A more traditional military made of volunteered citizens trained in warfare, the Guardsmen are the basic infantry of the Human Imperium.
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1871 to 1945
In the forty-one-thousandth century, Humanity has been united into the vile, zealous, and destructive Imperium of Man, a vast galaxy-spanning empire encompassing countless planets. It was founded by the God-Emperor at the end of the Age of Strife.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
A professional soldier of the Roman army.
A race of warriors in the Star Wars universe.
The most basic infantry unit in the Terran army from the StarCraft series.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
All militaries have some kind of uniform.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Describes a situation where weapons and other equipment must be acquired from the environment, rather than being carried there.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
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