Historical Legions of Hutta

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Jasea see Yikke

"Millennia ago, we were idolized by the younger species. We brought a golden age to a million worlds."
― Szajin​

When one thinks of the Hutts, an image of blubbery tyrants lording over large and lazy criminal operations springs to mind. However, few consider how the Hutts obtained and maintained such positions of high power and status. The Hutts have done this through a web of corruption, assassination, intimidation, betrayal and outright force over generations. This write-up will explain, as best as it can be explained, what military might the Hutt Clans can muster on the rare occasion when they need to resort to more direct exertions of force.

Structure, Infrastructure & Funding

With no 'standing army' to speak of, at least not one in any considerable or noticeable terms, the Hutts military is focused almost entirely on the personal guards that surround the immediate persons of a Hutt Lord and their family. Whilst Hutts are well-known to surround themselves with sycophantic lackeys and other scum, they are never seen without a personal retinue of well-armed and brutally effective guards.

Considered to be the only 'professional soldiery' in the Hutt Space, their job is not confined to shaking down petty criminals and moving illicit spice shipments no - their domain is one of a guard, the last line of defence between their master and those who would wish to do them harm. Whereas Hutts criminal enforcers are typically paid job-to-job, a guard enjoys a living, housing, equipment, food and a salary paid regularly.

Indeed, many Hutt Guards come from generations of the same family, all sworn into the service of a Hutt Lorda, or Clan Leader.

As such, whilst their standing armies do not exist to any significant extent, Hutt Lords of considerable power and influence can often call upon hundreds, if not thousands, of personal retainers, droids and even battle-beasts to enact petty revenge and exact the conclusion of vendetta from their rivals. Yet, should such methods not be sufficient, the Hutt Clans have ancient and tested methods of escalation, which - although used sparingly - can be deployed with devastating effect.

With the Hutt Lords ruling over petty kingdoms, bloated with credits and resources aplenty, they command influence over vast slavery operations, mining guilds, spice collectives and much more. Able to lay their hands on troves of weapons and equipment, many Hutt Lords stash entire vaults of weapons in case the day of escalation comes.

Should an external threat present itself, one of such magnitude that the Hutts as collective fear for their species' continuity, the Clans come together with shocking ease. Breaking open their vaults, the Hutts are able to form the Jasea see Yikke, vast legions of slaves and their drivers, and herd them into battle.

In such times, each Hutt family is expected to bring to the field of battle a legion of slaves, equipped from their vaults and driven by cruel masters. It is not uncommon for Hutts to augment their units with droids, pit-beasts and more besides, throwing their slaves into the line of enemy fire, enabling their guards, beasts and even hired mercenaries to approach enemy lines far more quickly.

Supported by smuggling networks, repurposed transportation ships and even Hutt warships, the legions of the Hutts are not an elite fighting force, but they are a large one. Supporting the idea of 'quantity over quality', the Hutts seek to overwhelm their enemies with expendable slave troops, kept in line through the use of collars, beatings and much worse. It is rare for the Hutts to resort to raising a slave legion, primarily because of the cost incurred, but when they do, nearby star systems look to the skies in terror.

Tactics & Strategies of the Legions

Simply put, Hutt Legions do not fight in the same way as a professional army. Usually, a small core of elite guards surrounds the Hutt commanding the legion, who may do so from a sail barge, or perhaps an overhead vessel, whilst thousands of slave drivers whip and force slaves of uncounted numbers into battle. Armed with outdated equipment, the slaves usually act merely as a meat shield between the enemy and the Hutt's more valuable units.

These units morally consist of battle droids, war-beasts, and hired mercenaries - such as Nikto or one of the other Hutt 'servant races'. Better armed, more expensive, and customarily trained to be helpful in combat, these units advance behind the cover of the slaves, shooting any who flee the field as they close ranks with the enemy. Hutts typically support their armies with fighters, bombers and artillery, often firing into the ranks of their own troops if there is a chance of taking out some of the enemies with them.

Finally, it is not uncommon for Hutts to hire assassins to kill of enemy commanders during battle, with the slug-like tyrants doing pretty much every underhand tactic in the book to ensure they win the field.
 

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