COMCADE

The COMbat Construction And Demolition Engineers (COMCADE) Corps is a specialized entity within the Provincial Army of the Caspian Democratic Union. It is tasked and equipped with constructing fortifications, deploying and repairing transportation and logistical systems, developing and deploying heavy-grade weaponry (such as siege and anti-siege weaponry), and locating and neutralizing battlefield "obstacles".

Engineers can operate as a cohesive unit, or be mixed in with Provincial infantry, cavalry, or artillery units to aid their efforts. While they usually operate "on solid ground", they can occasionally be called in to "provide advice" on a celestial challenge (such as breaching the hull of a space installation). In these instances, they are working alongside Union Marines, who will usually begrudgingly call these specialists in only they themselves have exhausted all other methods.

In addition to their military duty, they have also performed actions for the civil good. Since Caspar and Mergansar are often ravaged by weather storms, they often are called into rebuilding efforts. One of their first projects as an official corps was to establish the excavation and transportation network upon which Caspar's aerotram system would be built. Bulwarks and redoubts have been installed in numerous places up and down the coasts to retard erosion. Most SONG posts were installed by their efforts, and they've been seeing employment on Krittain Minor to help improve its infrastructure, especially since a Minor is the current Presav.

Individual engineers within this corps are known as COMCADEs, or (as Marines are apt to applying nicknames) "Caddies".