Drawn from the various underclasses of Giedi Prime and other house holdings, Harkonnen Soldiers generally join eagerly. Those slaves which are bought from their House Minor owners are technically set free by the "Benevolence" of the Baron from their House Minor masters and those drawn from the downtrodden non slave population can have prospects that they'd otherwise never have manning the factories. For those criminals sentenced to service in the Household forces, it means avoiding far less pleasant potential fates. It is hard life in service to the baron as discipline is often draconian and competition is cut throat. Rivalries between different units are encouraged with rewards to those which perform the best in drills and penalties for those which under perform. Various samples of addictive substances are common rewards for high performance and the Baron often makes semi-regular "gifts" of these. Consumption of these is not mandatory, with the remaining doses either being sold or given away to their fellows. Equipment is fairly high quality stuff, while Giedi Prime's manufacturing base in not on par with those of Ix or Richese it is still well beyond that of most worlds and it's weapons manufacturing capacity is well regarded. Standards of training are by in large average for Laandsrad levies







Harkonnen soldiers are often employed as Law Enforcement throughout the Barony, indeed the civilian police agencies throughout most of the barony have largely been reduced to detective agencies and the secret police. Extortion and the collection of bribes is a fairly common activity even though penalties are officially quite severe against said activities. A blind eye is often turned to this. The reason for this that if an individual proves to be problematic it offers an easy way for House Harkonnen with both legalistic validity and making an example of a common ne'er do well to the populace. There is always enough individuals which go too far or cause trouble in said activites to serve as sacrificial lambs.







For those who survive a tour of service (either 5, 10 or 25 years) the rewards are considerable (at least relatively, standards of living in Harkonnen territories are still below Imperial Standard). Half their pay is held in a trust until they complete their tour of duty. Certain jobs such as local foremen are reserved for veterans as are educational programs for either themselves or their children. The longer the period of service the greater the reward as the higher the rank. A few common born soldiers even become part of the House's Minor of House Harkonnen, either through arranged marriage of innoblement.







Dune belongs to the Herbert estate.

