What is the "UTAU Militia?"

Military-themed vocalist group

▛ The UTAU Militia is a male vocal unit composed of four voicebanks for the UTAU/OpenUTAU software, represented by four different militaristic character designs. This UTAU unit first debuted as a group in 2024 with a cover of "Catchy!?" by composer r-906. ▟

It is also important to note that the setting and its military-themes are all fictional, from the uniforms, to the ranks, to the story.

Who are the characters in this group?

Vasily ヴァシリー

Full name: Vasily Kelvin
Age: 24, Birthdate: June 1st
Gender: Male
Height: 190cm
Nationality: Ukrainian-Georgian
Skills: Maintenance of machinery, high agility
Rank: Corporal, field division
Weapons: Saber, heavy artillery
Conflict side: Army of the Black Banner

Vasily is an agile field soldier focused on close-range combat and maintenance. He is upheld as a shining example within his unit thanks to his reckless, ambush-style approach. He gets hurt often, and when his fears overtake him, praise turns into mockery. Vasily is physically quite weak as well. He really enjoys praise.

Rusnovski ルスノフスキー

Label: T4K Automatic artillery operation system
Age of appearence: 40s, Manufacture date: December 4th
Gender: Masculine
Height: 210cm
Place of manufacture: Ulan-Ude development facility
Skills: Artillery operation, gardening
Rank: ▊▊▊▊▊▊ Artillery division, Armored division
Weapons: PPSh-41 submachine gun, heavy artillery
Conflict side: Army of the Black Banner (Neutral task service)

Rusnovski is a robot built for heavy-duty tasks that require a lot of strength. He is made to be very durable and sturdy. His appearence may cause fear within his enemy, but his playful nature never fails to cheer up his peers. He is a prototype model of a machine made to be mass-produced, which was ruled out as too dangerous. Rusnovski remains the only model made and occassionally works for both sides.

Sztefan ステファン

Full name: Sztefan Wisla
Age: 34, Manufacture date: February 7th
Gender: ▊▊▊▊▊ Male
Height: 169cm
Place of manufacture: Czech silesia
Skills: Sharp aim, high determination, graphic design
Rank: Corporal, Radio communications auxiliary division
Weapons: Mauser C96 pistol
Conflict side: United Forces Army

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Sztefan is a military radio operator with a great and quick aim. He carries two "broomhandle" pistols and can dual-wield them both at the same time. He is not very well-known among his peers, if not feared or ridiculed. He is quite reclusive and operates inside bunkers. He is often tasked with checking and maintaining radio communication stations, which are pretty much always set in the middle of nowhere.

Ampleforth アンプルフォース

Full name: Anthony Fahrenheit
Age: 35, Manufacture date: April 17th
Gender: Male
Height: 174cm
Place of manufacture: United Kingdom
Skills: Journaling information, creative writing
Rank: Private, Auxiliary field division
Weapons: M1 Garand rifle
Conflict side: United Forces Army

Ampleforth is a rookie private that was forcefully hired into the military after being discarded from an office job. This was in an effort to earn passive income for his owner company despite being unfit to work in a cubicle. Ampleforth seems like a nice, air-headed person. Despite this, there is a deep hatred for humans brewing inside of him. He is great at writing, however, he can only speak in a limited version of what he thinks - Newspeak.

What time period is the UTAU Militia set in?

Clash of old and new technology

▛ The UTAU Militia's universe takes place in a strange, dystopian version of today's world. The military remained stunted in technology since the 1950s, but when one field did not advance, the other did so, and rapidly. Development in robotics had great advancements, reaching all the way back to the 80s. With a cold war bubbling up between the two major militant units, a funny picture was put into place. A world where human-like robots with feelings, hopes and dreams, appear in a setting that looks more like the Second World War with all of its outdated technology, fighting under the looming hands of megacorporations and anti-robot revolutionary groups, while the world around them decays under industrial pressures.▟

What is happening in these militant conflicts?

Endless cold war without progressions

▛ Both the Black Banner and United Forces are in a state of cold war. There are no active conflicts where soldiers would truly fight on the frontlines, but it always seems like they soon will. This unease puts both sides in constant caution despite the formal communications between them. Hostages are being taken and sometimes ambushes and attacks are being made, but it is never enough to provoke a full-on war.▟

Army of the Black Banner

▛ The Black Banner started out as a united group of a few governments with revolutionary motives. This side opposes the advances in robotics in more ways than one and wants to assure better laws for equalization of both humans and robots. It prides itself in group organisation and its fearless, predominantly human soldiers. Whenever this side recruits robots or even manufactures them, they adhere to stricter rules, and fill out more spots that are based on assisting humans (hospital treatment and care, machine operation). They have much less fancier uniforms than the United Forces and what soldiers wear are mostly field uniforms.▟

United Forces Army

▛ Industry-backed military unit that is slightly bigger in size than the Black Banner. It is a known dumping ground for older and outdated robots with less training and qualifications, which is taken advantage of. The United Forces are less organised and less work is also done on a daily basis, but it varies from one base to another. Robots are cheap and don't really need much to function, so they make up for about 40% of the whole unit. Ironically, the robots are treated worse by leadership and must adhere to bad conditions. Any slight mishappening can assure a rank lowered or an assortment of different punishments. ▟