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Sardaukar: The soldier-fanatics of the Padishah
Emperor. They were mene from an enviromental background
of such ferocity that it killed six out of thirteen
persons before the age of eleven. Their miilitary
training emphasised ruthlessness and a near-suicidal
disregard for personal safety. They were taught
from infacy to use cruelty as a standard weapon,
weakening enemies with terror. At the apex of
their sway over the affairs of the universe their
swordmanship was sid to match that of the Guinaz
tenth level and their cunning abilities at in-fighting
were reputed to approac that of a Bene
Gesserit adept.Any one of them was rated a
match for any ten ordinary Landsraad
military conscripts. By the time of Shaddam IV,
however while they were still formidable, they
had been sapped by overconfidence, and the sustiaining
mystique of their warrior religion had been deeply
undermined by cynicism.
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