Secutarii Hoplite

A Secutarii Hoplite is a footsoldier of the Legiones Secutarii, those independent armies of Skitarii Tech-Guards bound in service to the Titan Legions of the Collegia Titanica. In marked contrast to their kin of the Peltast-brethren, Hoplites are equipped defensively to withstand large scale infantry assault and keep the Titans from getting swarmed. Their tenacity in this mission is almost legendary, each and every one of these cybernetically augmented warriors seeing it as its oath-bound duty to give his life to safeguard the God-engine their are charged with protecting, On the battlefields, large Phalanxes of Secutarii Hoplites can be frequently seen to hold fast at the feet of the Titans, a thin line of metal-cased bodies holding back a screaching tide of enemies, like meagre dams holding back the fury of a stormy sea, and yet their discipline and resilience is such hat the Hoplites often emerge victorious from these combats.