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===Initiative===
Initiative is a hybrid of IGo-UGo and alternating activation. The player with initiative picks a model and rolls against the its Mettle stat. If you pass you get 2 actions with that mini and can choose another model once you're done. If you fail you get only one action and your opponent gets to roll initiative for one if their minis. A natural "1" on the Activation roll causes any Relics on the model to stop working until you spend actions to fix them, and certain skills give bonuses if you roll a natural 10. Once one player runs out of models, the other one keeps playing until they've activated all their own models (though they'll still need to roll to see how many actions they get). Some skills give bonuses or penalties to activation rolls, and a couple of the status effects can also affect your activation chances. 

Certain weapons and skills also give bonus actions: for example, burst-fire guns allow you to take a bonus shot if you use all your actions for the turn on shooting, and Charging gives you bonus melee attack actions. You get the bonus regardless of how many actions you've rolled, so choosing the right gear can mitigate some of the problems with poor-Mettle troops. See the [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/This_Is_Not_A_Test/Tactics Tactics] page for more.