Infinity/N4 Tactics/Aleph

An overview for faction units and tactics in N4.

Why Play Aleph?

Do you want superhumanly resilient troopers with bleeding-edge technology?
Do you find camouflage frustrating to play against?
Do you think that the greek hero Achilles' heroic flaw was not having robotic fire support and cybernetic implants?

Welcome to Aleph, the pinnacle of machine evolution.

Faction Features

• High Tech: Possibly the most technologically-advanced Human Sphere army, they have no shortage of hackers, MSV gear, remotes, and cybernetically augmented humans.
• Elite Units, Named Characters: Aleph boasts some of the most expensive models in the Human Sphere. have gree
• Resilient defense: No-Wound Incapacitation is everywhere, and your troops often have access to mimetism or MSV. Aleph lists tend to have numerous problems for aggressors. On the cheap end, Dakini tacbots have mimetism on a suppressive-capable 13pt line trooper profile, while Thorakitai have several useful special weapons loadouts. On the expensive end, Achilles fights as well as (or better than) most TAGs, while the Marut is custom-tailored to counter mimetism shenanigans.

Weapons and Equipment

• MSV: One of the armies with the most prevalent access to MSV2, with the Asura having MSV3. You can counter mimetism and camouflage easily.
• Proxies: One of the weirdest troops in the game, Proxies let you play a heavily-discounted trooper who rotates between three bodies on the field. They're an oddball troop type, but they work extremely well and are heavily discounted.
• Mimetism: Mimetism. Mimetism -everywhere-. While not as camouflage-heavy as Ariadna, vanilla Aleph is in the running for one of the most mimetism-heavy armies. It's even on one of your basic line troops!

Units Overview

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.

• Apsaras:

• Chandra Specialist Operative Trisha N33:

• Dactys:
  • Acmon, Seargent of Dactys:

• Danavas Hacker: For 22 pts you get a WIP15(!!!) Hacker with HD+ and an extra Burst on Oblivion. They also get a Pitcher, so park them near a Baggage bot, spam the board with repeaters and watch your opponent sweat.

• Deva Funktionaries: Outrageously high stats and enough profiles to solve any number of problems, Devas make both great backline Lts or frontline combatants.

• Neotrods:

• 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.

• Posthumans:

• Shukra Consultants:

• Sophotects:

• Thamrys the Aodos:

Mercenary LI

• Aida Swanson, Submondo Smuggler: As a smuggler Booty is an obvious flavor thing, but still very nice from time to time. Forward deployment, MA L2 and Viral Mines, aswell as her SMG make her role of defending/taking the midfield obvious- she's not the cheapest choice for this role, but a competent one, especially if going first.

• Authorized Bounty Hunters: They've got Booty (ReRoll), also stealth can be quite neat in certain situations, but mostly they are a niche unit who can be nice to have if you want to bring something specific to your list you can't have on another unit for some reason.
  • Miranda Ashcroft: Gets a bit more versatility and a general boost over the regular Bounty Hunter, but for her price she doesn't bring a lot to Aleph.

• Cube Jäger: Irregular parachutists, both profiles bring Paramedic, which seems to be their whole schtick. With WIP 13 they can do the button pressing quite well though and having a SMG and an e/mitter can be very useful to scare away the opponents units after a button is pushed.

• Knauf, Outlaw Sniper: While MSV1 snipers weren't that attractive in N3 the Outrage poster boy turned a whole lot hotter. BS (+1B) and Shock is nasty, and MIM (-3) makes using him a bit safer. Besides that he's not doing much, but that trait also keeps him at an affordable price.

• Krakot Renegades, Morat Fugitives: It’s weird that Krakot is typed as LI, as they are a straight up Warband unit. His purpose is to get up into the opponents face, kill as much as it can and die heroically, in a true Morat fashion. Worth considering for an Alpha Strike, if you can get one.

• Libertos Freedom Fighters: Are the highly popular irregular roadbump unit, coming with either a SMG or a light shotgun plus shock mines. They also get Camouflage and Forward Deployment (8"), dodge on a 16 and have Dogged!

• Monstruckers: SPAAAACEEE TRUUUCKIIING! Monstruckers are cheap irregular engineers with Climbing Plus and a bunch of nice weapon options. The cheapest loadout comes with an SMG and Drop Bears, making it ideal to push a button and turn their position into a foxhole afterwards. The other two loadouts are also quite useful, just pick the one supplementing your lists loadout the most.

• Oktavia Grimsdóttir, Icebreaker's Harpooner: A mercenary character with BS (+1B), Sixth Sense and Dogged. Whith a Missile Launcher and a Contender her role is as an ARO piece, but since she's expensive and barely filling any holes anywhere the main reason to bring her is the cool sculpts she got.

• REM-Racers, Mercenary Hacker-Pilots: These mercenaries bring quite the fun mechanic into the game: With REM-Driver they can buff a remote in the list depending on which loadout you pick! There's also a hacker profile, but Aleph probably has a better use for their pts and SWC.

• Wild Bill, Legendary Gunslinger: He's fast at MOV 6-2, got (+1Dam) and shock on his BS, also he's got marksmanship and NWI. Neither the rifle nor the contender have a nice rangeband, but with the MULTI pistol he's got a positive rangeband from 0-12", which overall makes him an unpleasant close-range fighter.

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.

• Arjuna Unit:

• 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:

• Yadu Troopers, Tactical Assault Teams:
  • Yadu Officer Shakti:

Mercenaries

• Armand 'Le Muet,' Freelance Killer: Dude is a relentlessly aggressive trooper that beats down any enemy at any range and even has an extra wound to do. While poor old Armand cannot remember which side he's truly on; he still is an irritating ARO piece because of his -6 Mimetism. He also comes with the option of either a shock minelayer to protect himself, or a MSV1. If you can afford him, Armand is great for an aggressive area-denying troop who does well in both active turn and ARO.

• John Hawkwood, Mercenary Officer: The Boss of White Company comes with either a Red Fury or a K1 Marksman Rifle, and a Chain of Command profile. While his stats are pretty alright and his skills complement the loadouts well he's coming in very pricey- not exactly a unit you'd want to run here if not for flavor reasons.

Heavy Infantry

• Achilles:
  • Achilles V2 (Hoplite Armor):

• Ajax the Great, Myrmidon Officer:

• Asuras:

• Hector, Homerid Champion:

• Patroclus, Myrmidon Special Officer:

Tactical Armor Gear

• Maruts:

Remotes

• Tacbots: Come in two flavors.
  • Dakini Tacbots: These guys act like remote presence LI with MIM (-3), being essentially an expensive linetrooper option with a bit more resilience.
  • Garuda Tacbots: Like Dakini, but with Combat Jump and Parachitist, and a Spitfire option. While PH 11is not great for a reliable combat jump (EVO helps a bit) they still make a nice and cheap parachutist option.

• 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.

• Rudras GunBots: 2 STR gunbots with a good ARM and BTS. They come with Mine Dispenser for extra board control. These guys are more on the expensive side, but get hefty guns for their price.

• 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

• Dart, Optimate Huntress: Gets Forward Deployment (8"), MIM (-3), NWI, and Camouflage, making her a midfield threat. With her SMG she can get into suppression or just be an unexpected close-range threat, her bow is more for flavor reasons. E/M grenades make a good weapon against beefy HI and TAGs.

• Dasyus:

• Nagas: Infiltrators with camo and MIM (-3), aswell as Dogged for some extra resilience. WIP 14 makes them excellent midfield specialists with a bunch of profiles to choose from.