Azardian tactical witch.
Warning, it came to our notice that the rather unstable men of the warlock corps are unable to behave professionally around them:
To any fresh enlisted men: DO NOT ever be isolated in a compound with female enlisted mages without supervision from a senior non-commissioned officer. We have warned you.
And for senior enlisted men: try to avoid calling them by their given name or treat them like human women the same way you wouldn’t romance a tank. We got plenty at home; these are expensive equipment, even if some of them can look ‘really cute’.
Brief lore: After the bloody Civil war, Azard military had successfully revolutionized the use of ether (fancy name for magic) in warfare along with modern firearms. During the war itself, his would-be majesty's army encountered multiple cases of esoteric, mutated female mages on their side quest missions, males too but nobody cares about them. On their appearance, instead of suffering horrible alteration from using dark ether and turning into twisted, mindless monsters like usual, they only grow the sleek black horns. Their length and size scaling with internal reserve. Even though some of them are initially hostile, these mages are adopted and proven to be useful both in and out of battle, rumored to their described ‘Ethereal beauty’ (whatever that means).
Long story short, once everything had settled down, the newly established imperial warlock corps is open to commission mages to integrate with their combined arms tactics. And due to army officers literally being one of the most well-paid jobs in the entire empire, a lot of them joined and were commissioned as officers.
The female ones are called ‘witch’ (warlock+bitch, don't ever call one that if you still want have solid skeleton)
Uniform:
Long double-breasted deep navy/black wool coat, signature to the warlock corps. Grey brimmed cap with black visor and tailored holes on the top, depending on the specific officer, three tiny white stripes indicate the rank of lieutenant. Black leather shoes and long socks, not really made for the rough terrain of the frontline but does it really matter? White sash hanging from the belt; the pattern on it is called ‘Imperial snare’, symbolizing absolute power and control of the Tsar. When looped end to end, it will form the barbed loop, crest of the empire. Red ornate sash. And most importantly, their unique hair style of both of their crimson red eyes being completely covered by unreasonably long bangs, and layered immaculately in the back with the help of their platoon hairdresser (Did I mention how important it was??). A leather sling and briefcase for documents, maps and stuff.
Loadout:
Main weapon: Majisha-RP/K ‘Emperor's termination notice’ Rocket Propelled G-pen (RPG).
Warhead type: High-Explosive Anti-Life. (HEAL)
I won't go into boring specifications. The familiar-sounding weapon is, well, a rocket launcher used to kill people with a warhead resembling a pen nib, partially because the artist thinks it would look cool. It is called anti life due to being really good at its job. The 2.7 kg brass warhead is filled with 3 layers, not counting rocket propellant: The first layer is regular explosive linked to a primer inside the tip and would explode on impact. Second is about 200g of evil ass warlock chemical, capable of fucking up anything ever alive beyond recognition. And the third is the brass nib; the force of impact would slightly pry it open, leaving a trail of dark ether as it travels through the air for extra stability and to also resist potential interception. They also work as regular pens for some reason, truly a thoughtful feature from our researchers.
Artist note: YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THIS, NOT EVEN WITH ANY LAYERS OF PROTECTION.
Side weapon: Isya-R2/K, heavy pistol? Machine pistol? Whatever you call it.
Used the same receiver as the regular service pistol, but with extra barrel and magazine awkwardly extending out. The barrel made it able to achieve higher muzzle velocity, therefore giving it more range and stopping power than a standard pistol. Holds about 20 rounds equivalent to real life .45 acp.
It is used mainly by warlock officers since normal people prefer a more standardized sub machine gun or carbine.
Capable of up to 400rpm of rapid fire. The gun is also still semi-auto by the way; the warlocks just pull the trigger really fast.
Misc:
Radio set: used for communication.
Cigarettes: used for smoking, a mage squad would typically carry twenty packs combined, about 500.
Hard liquor: used for drinking.
Ill say this since my post never get any traction: I wrote a short about her drunk touching a conscript.