Dreadnought

The base-level infantry into which all Conglomerate citizens are eligible to be drafted for mandatory service at age 16. They wear black tactical suits with pewter insignias of a worker bee (or a blowfly in the case of a ranked/commissioned officer) and collectively answer to Colonel Hieronymus Clash and Major Sermiramis St.Fleur of the Stratum.

Requirements

• Must submit to and successfully be cleared in extensive physical examination
• Must answer call for compulsory service 

Type

Civic, Military, Not Commissioned

Alternative Naming

Gravediggers

Equates to

Dreadnoughts are equivalent to the Army's light infantry and ground forces in the field, though they function as military police officers in the day-to-day should they choose to continue service.

Source of Authority

The Bureau

Length of Term

minimum 2 years