User:The parkster/SNU MSW Fast Insertion Specialist Troopers

"We will not stare into the face of death and cower. We will not fall in hope of protection and survival. We will not surrender to whom we owe death. We will not tollerate the will of sinners and any who oppose the high councillors. We... are the Neutralists' finest soldiers. And we... are victory..."

The RIAT are the Covenant Neutralists special operations assault combatants. They are by far the toughest and strongest, non-biologically or genetically enhanced, Imperion of soldiers in the galaxy. They are composed of the most loyal and strengthened Sangheili and Lekgolo in the CN Military. They drop into heavy-fire battle zones via dropships or more infamously, Orbital Deployment Insertion Vehicles, which are the CN's equivalent to the UNSC's drop pods, but far more expensive although stronger and safer. They were developed two years after the official founding of the empire, in 2545. They were used in many Neutralist-Covenant battles, during the empire's uprising and liberation, which proeved these soldiers to be the best in the CN military. As a non-competitive counterpart to the UNSC's ODST, the RIATs are also renowed for using drop pods, which are deployed from ships and are used to insert these troopers into prescise war-zones that may be too hot or enclosed for dropships.

However, compared the ODSTs, the survival rate of these combatants is higher due to the Snagheili's and Lekgolo's higher strength and toughness. Also the ODIVs are more sophisticated and durable than human drop pods, which means that the RIATs can be deployed quicker and faster than ODSTs. Furthermore, despite their expence, the ODIVs can be droped numerously due to the fact that the CN issue retreivals of the pods, and purposely fine any Ship Masters for not attempting to retieve any undamaged pods. Therefore the success of these troopers is extremely high, and they keep the public morale up a lot, even in difficult conflictious times.

Organisation
Unlike other sectors of the miltary, the RIAT sector is only one Imperion, whcih consists of only 19,530 troopers. This is because of their expense and training, which requires the best of the best, of the already strong miltary force. Therefore these soldiers are only used on important missions, which seriously require their skills and strength. Otherwise, less important or strengthened forces are used. So the single Imperion of troopers is commanded by only one Imperator, who is the head of the whole 19,529 troops under themselves. They are the ones, which decide, along side Colony Masters and Imperators, where and why they send the RIATs to war.


 * Command Imperator: Ref'k Dest'nikay
 * Vice Command Zealot: Sihr'c Antarioen
 * Ambassador Zealot: Vatcen Nodottay
 * AI: Resonnance

Ranks
The RIATs are ranked in the same way that standard infantry is. It goes from Minor to Imperator and follows the same command structure too. However troopers are unique in that they can only be ordered by another trooper, unless there is no apparent or available trooper in command. This is to ensure that more classified missions are acomplished rather than standard operations, which could be running parallel to each other. Also, RIATs are unofficially viewed as high ranking officers and are generally treated with respect, even if they hold a lower rank than the respecting officer. This helps with morale and importance in the military, but does require them to live up to their high expectations.

Liberation War
Amoung one of the biggest battles the CN has ever faced, the RIATs were there to quell many skirmishes, which could've proved disterous if they weren't won. The RIATs were spread all over the two systems of the new empire and were heavily involved with special operational assasinations and destruction of Covenant bases. They were almost always dropped into these battles and many of them survived. However they took a massive 6,000 deaths in this battle, which was an unfortunately loss for the CN. However without these troopers risking their lives for their empire, and more importantly: freedom, the war would not have been won, and the CN would've fallen at the first hurdle.