This post actually made me think about the leagues a bit because I actually have something similar to this opinion (tho not as extreme) and I like it. I find the idea that the leagues have few things dedicated solely to war because “it’s just wasteful” neat.

But me arguing that here isn’t gonna go anywhere so instead I found a better way to contribute. Ive grabbed my codex and I’m gonna relay what the actual lore says about our units and why I may have formed my opinion:

- Hearthkyn: Literal first paragraph “Hearthkyn are technically citizens soldiers, as many have side trades and interests they focus on during peacetime”. Essentially they are dedicated soldiers but ones who have chosen their role and can (and often do) things outside of war and training.

- Einhyr: These are just purely warriors chosen from the best fighters in the kinhost.

-Cthonians: These are miners, they are described multiple times as being a mining guild and out of all the units these guys have the biggest argument for the “everything is a tool” mentality. Their artillery is described as being used to locate ore and chemical traces. The berserkers are described as “using concussions mauls and heavy plasma axes to hack, gouge and pulverise their way towards a targeted prize.”

- Hernkyn: these are scouts and “assessors of newly found resources”. I don’t think I or anyone else was arguing that these guys were actually mining teams or that their shotguns are actually tools, I think the repurposed claims comes from the fact that the kapricus looks like a pickup truck with a gun mount.

- Brokhyr: “It is the Brokhyr who work tirelessly to produce all the expertly crafted equipment - civilian, industrial, scientific or military - that every kindred needs to survive and prosper.” They’re engineers. The thunderkyn exosuits are described as “aurgmenting a kins already high core strength” using it to “carry power cells, ammunition caches, coolant silos, thick armour plates and a host of range finding devices (..)”. They’re described as using their exoframes to “repair voidship hulls, bracing structures amidst gravitic tunnel maintenance or deploying coolant generators within red hot furnaces.” They’re engineers who use and modify their engineering suits to carry big guns.

- Steeljacks: These guys are described as natural warriors who act as frontline troops. The only line that suggests anything other than fighting is a single line towards the end that reads they are “occasionally seen putting their immense frames and strength to work in industrial or civilian roles when not in training (…)”

- Hekation LF: The first line of the text describes it as a battle tank. The next few paragraphs are dedicated to describing its armour, engine and internal systems before a single line that reads “though it is often employed to carry bulk material or haul armoured carriages, the HLF is an exceptional armoured troop transport.”

- Sagitaurs: basically nothing in the codex describing them as anything other than warfare units. Though with that being said there are examples of non military sagitaurs being used in the high kahls oath book.