Etymology of Haris?

+1B bass gallop? ;)

 

I always assumed it was a weird mistranslation that never got corrected.

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I dont speak Arabic, but I was able to find the word حارس that's often transiterated to haris. It looks like it means "guard" as in "a person who protects things." I think there was a time when haris teams were exclusively a QK thing, so the word being Arabic would make sense.

 

It's not just that it used to be a QK thing, N3 rulebook explained that it is a Haqq formation and that other factions use the term for similar unit formations.

 

All I know is that someday I hope to be able to spell Fireteam: E10S.

 

Three dudettes hanging out together, originally. In the first instantion, Haris applied to Odalisques only :P

 

Sekban had it too.

 

Yes, but - if memory serves me - later. Odalisques got it in an early update leading to Campaign: Paradiso, while Sekban got it in Paradiso proper (well, together with them showing up for the first time!).
Though it is ancient history of no consequence now, anyway...

 

Paradiso N2, on page 183 says:

The Haqqislamite army was the first to create and deploy minimum support and assistance units for their Fireteams. The Haris Fireteams facilitate the manoeuvre of the main Fireteam, providing covering fire, or acting as a separate element to distract the enemy. The Haqqislamite Military Doctrine Command, whode tactical philosophy is based around the use of light units, operating in conjunction with traditional Fireteams with exceptional results. In the Sectorial Armies that comprise the entire Sword of Allah, the NCO in charge of these support groups receives the name of Haris (guardian, protector). Seeing the evident success of the Haris Fireteams, the other armies of the Sphere emulated the Haqqislamite forces, using the same tactical pattern, and keeping the term Haris for their respective NCO's.​

Of course, nobody but QK really got Haris until N3, and the reference to particular members of the unit is obsolete in N4.

Man, I remember when Qapu Khalqi was notable for having such wildly flexible fireteam rules, between the Haris teams and Hafza acting as flexible wildcards.