The 117th Praetorian Support Company is not a front line combat unit. Instead, the 117th provides valuable support to other Imperial Guard regiments. It's mission is to provide communications, medical, supply, and engineering services to combat troops.
The 117th is a mobile unit, setting up camps close to, but behind friendly lines. The company acts as a communications center, relaying information and orders between fleet, headquarters, and combat forces. It's communications and scouting units also provide targeting information for the artillery platoon attached to the 117th. The unit shuttles food and ammunition to forward stationed troops, and evacuates wounded soldiers back to the camp for medical care. Soldiers in the trenches can rotate back to the 117th camp for a hot meal, shower, laundry facilities, and nap on an actual cot.
Just because the 117th is not a front line unit doesn't mean they are soft. All members are fully trained Imperial Guardsmen. The soldiers frequently come under fire making runs of supplies to the front or retrieving wounded soldiers. The engineering unit has one of the most dangerous jobs clearing mines and fortifications.
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