XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit

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The XV-8 Crisis Suit is the main battlesuit of the the Tau Empire.

Seen in every campaign the Tau have been involved in, the XV-8 Crisis suit is piloted only by those who have reached the rank of Shas'ui, but is ubiquitous enough that it is commonly used by many commanders in the Tau Empire as well..

The suit itself is highly customisable, capable of carrying a wide variety of weapon load-outs, and specialist equipment, including rare signature systems

Weapon and System Combinations

Fire Crisis

A Combination of 2 Flamers and a Vectored Retro Thrusters system, this combination allows you to throw down 2 templates before darting away in the Assault phase, this combination will keep you up close and personal with the enemies infantry, while the Vectored Retro Thrusters allow you a chance to escape from a melee, even at Initiative 2

Field of Fire

A Combination of 3 suits, with all of them having 2 Burst Cannons and a Target Locks, this combination allows you to have a group of 3 Crisis suits threaten 3 separate enemy units at the same time with 8 S:5, AP5 R18 shots each.

Tank Wrecker

A combination of a Crisis Suit Shas'vre, with 2 Fusion Blasters, and an Onager Gauntlet, this combination spells doom for any light Vehicle with 2 Hull Points, and stands a decent chance of dealing with Vehicles with 3 Hull points in one turn. You can exchange the Onager Gauntlet for a Velocity Tracker to make a short-range Anti-Air unit that can force your opponents Air Transports to take the long way around or risk dealing with this.