Sturmheer

"'It is [the Sturmheer] who spills blood for the sake of a brighter future for all of Mankind. They are the first to march to war, and the last to leave the battlefields across the stars.' — anon."The Sturmheer (Galactic Standard: Assault Army, lit. "Storm army") is a branch of the military of the Menschlicher Sternenstaat known as the Staatswehr. Unlike its naval counterpart known as the Weltraummarine, the Sturmheer is mainly oriented towards conceiving and engaging upon terrestrial operations on planemos across space. In complement to how the Weltraummarine boasts the most sophisticated naval technology that the Staat has to offer, the Sturmheer fields razor-edge terrestrial and atmospheric technologies in order to ascertain victory on the battlefield. Although less influential than its naval counterpart in the military, it is the largest branch by population.

The Sturmheer was created after the reformation of the Konföderierte Heer within the year of the Staat's declaration of existence. Originally a disjointed union of varying Confederate army elements, it was reconstituted into a powerful and efficient fighting force by the time of the Second Human-Kizankai War. The need for spatial expansion and power, however, lead to the Weltraummarine gradually receiving more attention and funding than its terrestrial counterpart for centuries thereafter.

In the modern day, the Sturmheer is recognized as one of the most powerful terrestrial forces in the Nauticus Sector and even the larger Gamma Quadrant. This is not only thanks to its large size, but its simultaneous fielding of advanced terrestrial and atmospheric technology and subsequent complementation to its naval counterpart during planet-wide invasions and battles.