Conscript



A Conscript referred to a soldier in an army.

During the time of the Faufreluches, the Great Houses of the Landsraad relied on conscripts as part of their standing armies.

It was said that any one Imperial Sardaukar soldier was a match for 10 Landsraad military conscripts.

Behind the Scenes
The source of some of this information is the Index of Frank Herbert's original Dune (novel), under the "Saudaukar" entry. The rest is inferred from information available throughout the original Dune novels regarding the armies of House Atreides and House Harkonnen.

The term Conscript is from the Latin Conscriptus, meaning "He who has enrolled or been listed".