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Arkan Confederates are issued Providence-pattern [[lasgun]]s and bayonets. Sergeants are issued las-rifles and [[chainsword]]s. Officers are equipped with sabers. Lower-ranking officers are issued laspistols, while high-ranking officers carry antique [[autopistol]]s or antique [[bolt pistol]]s. The Arkan Confederates employ modified patterns of [[Sentinel]]s, designed with hooves suited for Providence's savannahs in place of the standard claws. Taking inspiration from the models used by the [[Elysian Drop Troops]]' [[Drop Sentinel]], but lacking advanced grav-tech, Arkan Sentinels instead employ more primitive rocket boosters and stabilizers which allow for safer drops and limited maneuverability as well as limited vertical take-off. Arkan Sentinels are also noted as being heavily decorated.{{Fn|1a}}  Locally produced heirloom [[power armor]] known as '''Stormsuits''' and '''Thundersuits''' are employed as heavy infantry, operating outside of the standard company structure in a noble brotherhood known as the '''Steamblood Zouaves'''. Each suit is unique to its bearer, though most are armed with [[heavy stubber]]s and melee weapons such as saws or drills. They are also equipped with one-time use rockets, allowing for sudden bursts of speed, reaching higher elevations, or slowing a rapid descent. Though tough, the suits are unsubtle and difficult to maintain, closer to status symbols than military equipment. However, they prove their effectiveness in battle.{{Fn|1b}}

[[Tech-Priest]]s attached to the Arkan ConfederatesOn their homeworld, their military aircraft consists of dirigibles. However, named ''professors'' by Guardsmen after upon deployment offworld their preaircraft consists of drop-Imperium equivalents,{{Fn|1b}} were known to make significant alterations to regimental equipment, such as retrofitting standard Sentinels with jump packs and stabilizers to emulate Elysian [[Drop Sentinel]]sships for troop deployment.{{Fn|1a}}

*'''19th Arkan Confederates''' - Participated in the civil war on [[Providence (Planet)|Providence]]{{Fn|1a}}, later deployd deployed to the [[Phaedra]] campaign{{Fn|1c}}. Only a handful survived to escape the planet, but departed in a heavily damaged ship with failing Geller Fields, presumably to their own deaths.{{Fn|1}}

*[[Tech-Priest]]s attached to the Arkan Confederates, named ''professors'' by Guardsmen after their pre-Imperium equivalents,{{Fn|1b}}*[[Medicae]]s of the Arkan Confederates are referred to simply as "medics", instead of the usual Imperial term.{{Fn|1a}}*While ''Arkan'' is the only spelling used throughout the novel [[Black Library]] itself seems to have mispelled it as ''Ark'''h'''an'' in its abstract on the product website.{{Fn|2}}, a spelling mistake that has since found its way onto many other websites. ==Trivia==*The Arkan Confederates are based on the military forces of the Confederate States of America (CSA), an unrecognized state that attempted to rebel and break away from the United States of America (USA) in the late 1800s. Their name is a reference to the state of "Arkansas", one of the states to join the Confederacy. Their uniforms are modeled after CSA uniforms. The "Steamblood Zouaves" referencing the "Zouaves", elite soldiers of the CSA and USA armies during the American Civil War.