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===Elite: Earth Caste Engineer ''4 PL'' <span style="color: red"> '''WIP''' </span>===

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Trust me, I'm a engineer.
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On the rare occasion, there are members of the Earth caste who find their lives mundane and boring. To find a way to maximize the efficiency of these individuals, the Fio'Kais Initiative was founded, an experimental program to put Engineering teams, as opposed to drones, on the battlefield. Unlike repair drones, they are fully capable of providing additional firepower to any nearby infantry units. In fact, some Battlesuit and Vehicle pilots will shun drones in favor of a proper Combat engineer, and are well liked and honored among the Fire Caste. They also carry experimental pistols that can cause serious damage to heavy infantry and light vehicles.

The two drawbacks are their abysmal accuracy, in spite of their weapons training, and the limited number of Engineers, due to the infacny of the program.
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'''Unit Composition''': 1 Earth Caste Engineer and 2 Bodyguard Drones
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! Name !! M !! WS !! BS !! S !! T !! W !! A !! Ld !! Sv
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| Earth Caste Engineer || 6" || 6+ || 5+ || 3 || 3(4) || 1 || 1 || 8 || 4+
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|  Bodyguard Drone || 8" || 5+ || 5+ || 3 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 4+ 
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<br>'''Wargear''': An Earth Caste Engineer is equipped with a Experimental Ion Pistol. A Bodyguard Drone is Equipped with a Pulse Blaster 
<br>'''Weapons:'''
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! Name !! Range !! Type !! S !! AP !! D !! Abilities 
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| Experimental Ion Pistol || 8" || pistol 1 || 7 || -1 || 1 ||  
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<br>'''Abilities''' Earth Caste Engineer
*'''Battlefield Repairs''': A unit with this ability may, at the beginning of the movement phase, restore 1 D3 wounds to one within unit 3" that has the Faction Keywords '''T'au Empire''', and any of the following Keywords: {{W40kKeyword|Vehicle}}, or {{W40kKeyword|Battlesuit}}. Alternatively it may bring back a single wound drone model to a unit of {{W40kKeyword|T'au Empire Drones}}
<br>'''Abilities''' Bodyguard Drone
*'''Bodyguard protocol:''' When this unit is hit allocated the hits first to the Bodyguard Drone, until both are dead no hits can be distributed to the Earth Caste Engineer. If at the start of any phase at least one one Bodyguard Drone in this unit is alive the Earth Caste Engineer has T4 until the end of that phase(include in brackets in the profile above).
*'''Threat Identification Protocols:''' In the Shooting phase, Bodygaurd Drones can only target the nearest visible enemy unit. If two units are equally close, you can choose which is targeted.
*'''Shield Generator:''' Bodyguard Drones have a 4+ invulnerable save. In addition, roll a D6 each time a DRONE with this ability loses a wound; on a 5+ that Drone does not lose a wound.

<br>'''Faction Keywords (both)'''
:{{W40kKeyword|T'au Empire, <Sept>}}
'''Keywords Earth Caste Engineer'''
:{{W40kKeyword|Earth Caste, infantry, Earth Caste Engineer}}
'''Keywords Bodyguard Drone'''
:{{W40kKeyword|Drone, Fly, Bodyguard Drones}}