The Sybaris Rebellion VII - The Iron Jungle VI

A secure bivouac with sensor equipment and trip flares were vital at night near the rad zones. Hunting parties of savage mutant cannibals would stalk the pitch jungle for stragglers or wounded prey.

Above: Pict from a Zulu - Type D Sentinel Drone with star-scope filter. (Can you spot them all?)

The Sybaris Rebellion VII - The Iron Jungle V

The Sybarian Kolonial Guard (SKG) armies suffered greatly in this hostile environment that could devour entire divisions in the bush fighting against defenders who knew the terrain well.

Heavy armour was particularly vulnerable to both rebel tank hunters and the improvised resin mines which were difficult to detect.

The Sybaris Rebellion VII - The Iron Jungle IV

Rebel snipers exacted a heavy toll on the invaders inside the complex. Typically after eliminating key targets and detonating crude remote bombs they would quickly disappear into the trap laden labyrinth of factory corridors or pipe ducts.

A motorized heavy machine gun section deploying, Yama Bay. Date unknown.

The Sybaris Rebellion VII - The Iron Jungle III

The rad zones had a drastic effect on local flora; mutating aggressively growing species that were resistant to defoliants.

Above: A rebel patrol in the Gadhai Quadrant. The point man appears to be armed with a heavy blaster likely constructed of locally sourced parts.

The Sybaris Rebellion VII - The Iron Jungle II

It had long been known to the Upper Houses intelligence units that the decaying hulk was a haven to smugglers and rebels. The decision to invade en masse proved to be a strategic disaster.

The rebel units of this area were hardened fighters - typically in the employ of local warlords. As such their battle dress and armament was wildly irregular.  

Fighters with archaic pattern auto rifles.

The Sybaris Rebellion VII - The Iron Jungle I

By 505.71 the conflict had entered a new theatre; the equatorial jungle continent of Jas'hela. An unremarkable place save for the overgrown ruins of Factory Omicron. Formerly an industrial super complex sprawling thousands of square kilometers it was largely abandoned after the atomic accident of 206.

The Sybaris Rebellion VI - Insurrection III

The Jiroc workers militias proved to be capable guerilla fighters; inflicting constant demoralizing attacks on the provincial garrisons. One of the keys to their overall success was use of the extensive networks of subterranean ore tunnels.  

The Sybaris Rebellion VI - Insurrection II

By the late 400s several provinces across Sybaris were in open revolt against the upper houses. The most significant fighting of these early battles centered around the vast rugged Seskesh lowlands.

Above: A rebel artillery battery on the Oshal Front.

The Sybaris Rebellion VI - Insurrection I

 Unsurprisingly entire factory divisions sided with the rebels and plundered great quantities of war material. In this pict capture - Hereteks during a raid on Stagiro Station.  

The Sybaris Rebellion V - Scum III

The Scrap Lords often employed less subtle means to guard their hoards. A Boorheg Mantracker with his pack of hunting beasts.

The Sybaris Rebellion V - Scum II

A wrong move in the Underhives could find the unwary in servitude to the Slaver Guilds. Or worse, sold to the dreaded Flesh Barons of the Sump, never to be seen again.

The Sybaris Rebellion V - Scum I

The hab-domes along the Mag-tram lines were dangerous places beyond Sybarian authority where all manner of vice could be found as well as quick handed desperadoes eager to make a handful of credits.

The Sybaris Rebellion IV - Agents and Bounty Hunters V

Molgan was a notorious Bochav bounty hunter who operated in the eastern systems around M.40.380s, often in the employ of the mining guilds. He recorded over a thousand confirmed marks collected during his career, often at the muzzle of his favored Tudanian disruptor rifle. Intimidation and terror were the hallmarks of his trade to the dismay of those harboring his quarry.