Infinity/N4 Tactics/Steel Phalanx

An overview for faction units and tactics in N4.

Special Skills

==Weapons and Equipment

Units Overview

Unit Identifier Steel Phalanx

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.

• Dactys: Steel Phalanx doesn't get Sophotects so these are your engineers or doctors (not both, sorry). Comes with a +1B breaker pistol and an ADHL; engineers get the option to replace the latter with a Flammenspeer. Dactyls can form up with a lot of fireteams, notably Torakitai
  • Acmon, Seargent of Dactys: Super engineer Dactyl with a higher WIP, Shock Immunity, Tactical Awareness and a Panzerfaust. He costs more than a dactyl engineer of course but goes wherever Dactyls go and does what they do, but better.

• Neotrods: You can take up to two of these in this sectorial, granting you a regular order each that cannot be removed unless the Netrod is destroyed... which is unfortunately shockingly easy with 0 ARM and 3 BTS and pretty much no other stats. They can't move aside from when they combat jump in with PH12 only ever for combat jumping. Basically these got hella nerfed from N3 once CB figured out how useful they were.

• Thamrys the Aodos: RIP. Good night, sweet prince.

• Thyreos, Thyreophoroi Mobile Regiment: Basically a generic, cheaper Andromeda. Compared to her, they trade MA3 for NBW and CC (-3); they're also locked into an 8" forward deployment as opposed to her option to Infiltrate. Like her, they can pack a boarding shotgun or an SMG, but unlike her they also carry a mono CCW. Options for Hacker or Killer Hacker with E/M Mines or a Minelayer with shock mines.

• Pandora, Steel Phalanx's Iatromantis: Wildcard leet haxor character. Gets a Zero Pain upgrade to her hacking device and she puts your opponents attacks at -6 when she dodges them. She packs a +1B flash pulse and a pitcher with options for an SMG or +1B Viral pistols - and maybe a medkit for some reason.

• 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

• Agêma Marksmen:
  • Atalanta, Agêma's NCO:
  • Teucer, Agêma Warrant Officer: MSV2 and a BS14 with BS(Shock) make Teucer an efficient solo gunfighter. Gets either a K1 Sniper Rifle or a Feuerbach, which both are amazing threats to basically any unit in the game.

• Chandra Seargent Thrasymedes:

• Drakios, Steel Phalanx's NCO: *Drakios, Steel Phalanx's NCO: A competent murderer with access to Devabots for some extra heavy flamethrower-protection. This guy gets either a regular combi rifle or the Red Fury, which isn't a really amazing weapon this edition, BUT he's good at CC and with Berserk accessing an enemy unit gets way more deadly! He's also a specialist for extra versatility.

• Ekdromoi:
  • Diomedes, Ekdromoi Officer:

• Scylla, Steel Phalanx's NCO:* Scylla, Steel Phalanx's NCO: A hacker with a bonus on Trinity, and up to 2 Devabots with heavy flamethrowers to cover some extra angles. She also brings a pitcher to increase your cyber-boardcontrol, so parking her next to a baggage bot isn't a bad idea. As a bonus she gets a (-3) for enemy hackers.

• Thorakitai:
  • Nesaie Alkeê, Thorakitai Warrant Officer:

Heavy Infantry

• Achilles:
  • Achilles V2 (Hoplite Armor):

• Ajax the Great, Myrmidon Officer:

• Hector, Homerid Champion:

• Patroclus, Myrmidon Special Officer:

Tactical Armor Gear

Achilles is the only TAG Steel Phalanx would ever need.

Remotes

• Rebots: These are the S3 Aleph bots.
  • Daleth Rebots: The combi rifle gunner with FO.
  • Lamedh Rebots: Flashbots.
  • Samekh Rebots: Guided missile bot.
  • Zayin Rebots: The TR HMG bot.

• Probots: The S4 Baggage bots. As always they come with an EVO option, and a Combi TR version.

• Yudbots: Alpeh Helperbots.

Warband

• Hippolyta, Amazon Officer: A premium warband, without smoke but really good at CC thanks to MA L4 with an EXP CC weapon. Dodge (+2"), MIM (-6), Superjump and NWI make it easier for her to reach her targets. The Breaker Combi Rifle is a great general threat. WIP 14 on a Flash Pulse is no slouch either!

• Myrmidons:
  • Eudoros, Myrmidon Officer:
  • Machaon, Myrmidon Doctor-Officer:
  • Myrmidon Officer:
  • Phoenix, Veteran Myrmidon Officer:

• Penthelisea, Amazon Warioress:

Skirmishers

Steel Phalanx don't deal with that nonsense.