Brief History:

The 57^th Praetorian Regulars where mustered from the Hive City of Port Elizabeth for a campaign against several Xeno threats against Agricultural/Industrial worlds of the Transvaal Subsector. The regiment is lead by Lord Welstraed who has managed to survive no less than 35 battles in which he became personally involved against alien soldiers. During the 15-year campaign the 57^th was brought down to half strength and the remnants of other heavily damaged regiments were folded in. Lord Welstraed used his influence to keep the regiment’s standard and name, though it was changed to the Irregulars to match the motley nature of the troop composition.  The 57^th, while the majority of the troops are from Pretoria, does have elements of Mordian Iron Guard, Catachan, Talarian and even a troop of Penal Legionaries as well as a motor pool of vehicles maintained, scavenged and, ahem, acquired from the various battlefields across the Transvaal Campaign. The most interesting armor the 57^th came into possession of are several Hydras and Manticores made from the Hyphestus pattern, which uses a Leman Russ chassis over the chimera. This particular template fell out of favor due to the fact the Adminastratum would rather use Leman Russ chassis for Leman Russ tanks, not “Infantry Support” vehicles. In the same haul, err, libration of material that brought them the Hyphestus pattern vehicles they also found a squad of older Svarog pattern armored Sentinels, which are bigger and bulkier, but function the same as a standard walker of the same class.