Infinity/N4 Tactics/Starmada

An overview for faction units and tactics in N4. WIP

Why Play Starmada?

Because you like the idea of spacecops and linkable O-12 units.

Faction Features

• The Team of Many Wounds: Starmada can combine incredibly tanky Heavy Infantry options with a wildcard that can heal and repair all of them. While it's a pricey option, seeing a Fireteam like that on the board is sure to make anyone panic.
• Anti-Armor: Enjoy a nice array of armor-cracking options which can attack from any angle.
• Wildcards: The wildcards Starmada does have are all highly effective and definitely worth using.

Special Skills

• Climbing Plus: You get various infantry and REM options that can climb walls without it being an entire order. Useful for creating shortcuts or angles when needed.
• Combat Jump/Parachutist: Make your opponent sweat with the looming threat of your strong flankers. Bully the backline with a Santiago/Nyoka or nuke a target with the Crusher.
• Immunity: There are quite a few light units with Immunity (Shock), and the dreaded Bronzes with their Immunity (Total).

Weapons and Equipment

• 360º Visor: With the addition of the Santiago Knights and Tian Gou, you get 6 units that can watch all around them. Useful for guarding objectives and avoiding being flanked.
• Killer Hacking Device: Starmada offers solid KHD options to protect your Heavy Infantry. Don't let the enemy hack for free.
• Holomask: Between Cho and the Tian Gou, you can turn your Lieutenant into a brutal guessing game. Nobody will want to risk wasting orders assassinating the wrong target.

Units Overview

Unit Identifier Starmada

Light Infantry

• Andromeda, Sophistes of the Steel Phalanx: The forward deploying S4 CC-nightmare of Aleph- with guard, so nothing within ZoC stays safe. Take the midfield with her and let your doggo blow up anything dumb enough to move close to her, as she's packing D-Charges. If you're not using the explosives to murder they also make a good use for completing objectives- which she also can do as a specialist.

• Casanova, NOC Operative: This suave spy is as deadly as he is charming. His Submachine Gun, Mimetism (-6) and No Wound Incapacitation make him an effective skirmisher, and he's no slouch in Close Combat either. With Martial Arts and a Monofilament Weapon, any unassuming target will end up straight-up dead.

• Cyberghosts, Quantronic Intervention Unit: With a Pitcher, high BTS and Stealth, either profile is worth using. Use the Hacking Device Plus option to protect your units from those pesky Multispectral Visor-wielding AROs.

• Kappa Unit: The Kappa are your cheaper Line Troops, but they are on the upper end of effectiveness. A BS of 12 and WIP of 13 make them stronger shooters and hackers/button pushers than other order fillers. They also have the luxury of being cheaper hackers as they carry Submachine Guns, and can survive being instant killed with Shock Immunity.

• Lawkeepers, Badlands Patrol: This biker unit is quite versatile, wielding weapons for most targets and extra damage to make them hurt more. Choose the specialist for some button-pushing sweeps or the Red Fury for what is essentially a shock Spitfire. Adding the Sidebot is also worth the points, as it adds another defensive piece that can also threaten those more heavily armored targets.

• Nyoka Assault Troops:

• PSI-Cops: CB pushed the Cyberpunk flavor hard with that name.
  • Ensign Katherine Cho, Psi Unit:

• Specialized Support Unit Lambda:

• Tian Gou, Orbital Activity Squad: These guys are wildcard units with a 360 visor and Holomask. Add them to a link from time to time and bait with a seemingly poorly positioned disguise, abd your opponents will learn to not trust your ‚mistakes‘ anymore.

Mercenaries

• Parvati, Circle League Star: Is a potent doctor AND engineer at WIP15. One of the few doctors actually patching up two wounds at once. 6-2 Mov makes her zoom around really fast, 2 STR, 2 ARM 6 BTS and remote presence make her really resilient, letting you patch up fallen HI even in dangerous areas. She gets to be a wildcard too!

• Shona Carano, Special Instructor and Aristeia! Swordmaster: Hits like a brick with her (+1Dam, AP) CC attack on 26s, and wields a EXP CC weapon on top. good look trying to hit her as she dodges on 17s. She's a wildcard so take her as the CC expert into your offensive link.

• Warcors: 3pts for an irregular Flashpulse ARO. Fit them into your list whenever you got the slot and points, they're well worth it.

Medium Infantry

• Crushers, Special Naval Demolition Team:

• Epsilon Unit:

• Saladin, Naval Liason Officer:

Mercenaries

• Chaksa Longarms: Ever felt the urge to field a DMG 16 portable autocannon? These guys got your back. The Longamrs get BS Attack (+1Dam) on their overall rather potent weapon choices. The cheapest profile brings E/M grenades which is worth mentioning. The ML profile is quite solid as an ARO pick. Bioimmunity makes them a tad more sturdy. They can form a Fireteam: Haris or Duo.

Heavy Infantry

• Betatroopers, Remote Activity Unit:

• Bronzes, Deep Space Peacemaker Corps:

• Hector, Homerid Champion:

• Knights of Santiago: The 360 visor knights. 1 SWC Spitfire on a BS 14 troop with 360 visor makes for a scary mid-field unit. Martial Arts let him creep up the board between repeaters. Frenzy can be a boon for him, since it gives him an extra move and Santiago wants to be up close. Don't forget, these guys come with Nanopulsers and E/M grenades. The former is a nice close range deterrent and the latter a great tool when faced with HI or REMs. They are also all Specialists for good measure, with the KHD equipped with a TinBot for protection. This unit really shines in MO though. A fun new profile is the Hacker with Combat Jump.
  • Fireteams: These guys can Duo up with a Bronze.

• Raptor Boarding Squad:

Tactical Armor Gear

• Zeta Unit:

Remotes

• Fuzzbots: Classic S4 Baggage bots with an EVO profile, aswell as a combi TR option.

• Copperbots: Typical for S3 remotes these coppers come in a bunch of flavors.
  • Kyttä: The Flashbot.
  • Millicent: Guided missile launcher.
  • Oko: The FO combi rifle gunner bot. Comes with sensor.
  • Peeler: Peels the opponent with their TR HMG.

• Yudbots: Alpeh Helperbots.

Warband

• Varangian Guard: Viking warbands with classic warband traits as they come, but with Dogged for that extra bit of resilience!

Skirmishers

No skirmishers for Starmada :(

Building Your Army

One to two short paragraphs on list building.

Tactics

• Shoot Enemy, Don't Die:
• Don't Die:
• Play the Objective: