Alpine Auxilia

Founded on the world of Arpia Quintus (then known as the 52nd Imperial/Arpine Auxiliary detachment), the Arpine Auxilia is the name that has now come to mean any Imperial Army elements serving under the Crimson Lions or within the domains of their empire. The Arpine Auxilia has, since then, become a vast, sprawling army within an army. Supplied by the vast industry of the Sallian sector and recruited from all across the realm  of Mycenae, the Arpine Auxilia has gradually been divided into two branches, a PDF and a field army.

While the PDF differs little from its mainstream Imperial equivalent, the Field regiments differ from the mainstream Imperial Army in two key respects. The first is that, due to the nature of its recruitment, a far greater number of regional variants of mainstream equipment is used as well as less armour, making it a more infantry heavy force. The second is that the Field regiments are used in an active combat role far more often than their Imperial Army counterparts. The reason for this greater combat role is that the Crimson Lions has never been the largest of legions and so can ill afford to divert astartes from the front lines of the Great Crusade and so the Arpine Auxilia must, by necessity, deal with rebellions on its own and sometimes even make up the bulk of invasion forces, due to the Crimson Lions relatively small numbers. [[Category:A]]