Phoenix Logs/Banished Units/Grunts (Brute)


 * Expendable minions [and they know it].


 * Though derided as cannon fodder, there is no mistaking the military value of
 * having an almost endless supply of cheap infantry armed with plasma pistols to
 * hurl at a foe. Each Grunt squad is led by a Brute armed with a spike rifle who
 * can be upgraded to plant a cloaked proximity~fused shrapnel mine on the
 * battlefield. The Grunts can be upgraded to add a pack brother and lackeys.


 * Grunts may not be strong, brave, intelligent, hygienic, or particularly fearsome
 * warriors, but those forced to serve the Banished have a healthy enough fear of
 * their Brute leaders to stay on-task and motivated. Even if their fellows are used
 * as target practice by bored Brutes or disintegrated by Forerunner sentinels, the
 * survivors can at least look forward to a full food nipple and a brief nap in the
 * methane atmosphere they call home.