Army

The Western Army is a military structure in the universe of Pathologic; the force sent  by the Powers That Be to the Town to combat the Sand Plague and its sources of infection is the 4th Division, consisted of several platoons and artillery. The unit dispatched to the Town is comprised of numerous riflemen and several flamethrower corps and led by Commander Block. Shortly after arriving in town, the Army establishes its headquarters in the Town Hall.

Other known members of the Army are Captain Longin, Captain Ravel, General Shoin, Bachelor's father, and, formerly, Stanislav Rubin.

Description
Alexander Block's troupes were headed to the southern front when they were flung to the Town to fight the plague on the Powers That Be's orders. Being the artillery, the soldiers were likely sent to level the Town as a transport junction and settlement, and then create an exclusion zone. The forces came with the train carrying a new long-range cannon that had been transported to the front by way of the north-western railroad and now located on the railroad span, some thirty kilometers away from the town.

It's speculated that the Powers That Be chose General Block and his soldiers for this mission to take revenge on the general. Block has been an inconvenience to the Supreme Command for starting a reform of the armed forces, striving to make perpetual warfare a thing of the past, and planning to stop the construction of weapons of mass destruction such as the cannon that was brought to bombard the town.

The Army and the Inquisition have an age-long conflict between each other, despite military command obeying the decisions of an inquisitor as an unspoken rule —  the justification was that an inquisitor would find a way to make a soldier obey their will anyway — whether the latter knows it or not. The Inquisition does everything its own way, interfering with the Army's plans since they are able to countermand military orders. Aglaya Lilich fears that the Army arriving is equal to the Powers That Be signing her death sentence.

During the very first days the Army was staying in town they lost three quarters of their men — six hundred people. The losses and dissatisfaction with the actions of General Block leads the 15th Company, the flamethrower corps, and, partially, the 42th infantry battalion with Captain Longin in charge of them to start a mutiny and seize the weapon. Alexander Block orders every soldier who's off his post to be subject to a quick trial and immediate punishment.

The War
At the start of the game the civil war has been going on for more than two years. Due to the Kain family influence it was possible for the war to pass the Town, however, there are refugees and deserters who keep bringing military-grade equipment even to the furthest parts of the country.

Alexander Block, Captain Ravel, and General Shoin took part in the Battle of the Fords, the Karstov Fords, the broken front, and many others.

Little is known about the actual state of the war, but some people share quite pessimistic opinions: they fear that the war cannot come to an end and the frontline is about to crumble, and then the enemy armies will rush to the southern lands. Others speculate that if Shoin breaks through on the southern front and Block moves out to meet him near Orlog chances are that the war will be over soon.

The war has made postal communication and travelling by railroads complicated (for example, the Passenger Station was shut down a year ago prior the events of the game), as well as making many students leave their universities — like Artemy Burakh, who served as a field medic for a while.

Stanislav Rubin served in General Shoin's army until he was injured in the head in the battle by the Skerries, and then released soon thereafter.

Notkin's father was killed in the war, leaving his son an orphan.

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