Conscript
Conscript noun - A person forced or required to enroll in military service.
Usage example: as the war continued, the body of enlisted soldiers was supplemented by an increasing number of conscripts
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Synonyms for Conscript
Volunteer
Volunteer noun - (military) a person who freely enlists for service.
How words are described
| average | average conscript | average volunteer |
| poor | poor conscript | poor volunteer |
| young | young conscript | young volunteer |
| former | former conscript | former volunteer |
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Largely a conscript force, unlike the USA's more volunteer force (at least after the Vietnam War).
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However, they never destroy unnecessarily, only conscript those races who volunteer as battle thralls, and will even accept your surrender no matter how many of them you have killed (though this still means Game Over).
Source: Always Chaotic Evil
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