The Elucidian Starstriders are a versatile privateer force that excels at tactical flexibility through their Warrant of Trade abilities, allowing them to gain strategic advantages in equipment selection, command points, and setup order, while their Privateer Support Assets provide powerful orbital firepower that ignores normal cover rules.
Core Abilities
Unusual Shooting
ELUCIA VHANE: Heirloom relic pistol [Seek Light]PRIVATEER SUPPORT ASSETS: target cover only from Vantage terrainIMPROVED COORDINATES UPLINK: ignore obscuring with PRIVATEER SUPPORT ASSET
Unusual Melee
Super Conceal
Out of Order Movement
WARRANT OF TRADE: Explore: free Reposition before first turnCANID: Loyal Companion: free Charge in opponent's activationREJUVENAT ADEPT: Medic!: free Dash after activation ends
Activation Manipulation
Firefight Ploy: Well-Drilled: activate another operative before opponent after first is expended
APL Modifiers
DEATH CULT EXECUTIONER: Dartmask [Stun]Firefight Ploy: Great Endurance: +1 APL to NAVIS operative
Bitter Demise
Operative: Zealot: Strike enemy with unresolved success when incapacitated.Operative: Medic!: Prevents friendly operative incapacitation and restores wounds.
Block Rerolls
Damage Reduction
Operative: Hardy: ignore normal damage once per battleStrategic Ploy: Undaunted Explorers: halve first damage per operative per turning point
Faction Rules
- WARRANT OF TRADE: Use up to three special abilities once per battle for various effects.
- PRIVATEER SUPPORT ASSETS: Once per firefight phase, use special ranged weapons with unique cover rules.
Strategic Ploys
- LETHAL PROXIMITY: Gives Balanced to ranged weapons within 6".
- STAKE CLAIM: Gives Accurate 1 near marker for one turn.
- UNDAUNTED EXPLORERS: Halves first damage each operative takes.
- QUICK MARCH: Adds 1" to Move towards enemy drop zone.
Firefight Ploys
- COMBINED ARMS: re-roll attack dice after ally shot
- SURVIVALIST: regain D3+2 wounds when isolated
- GREAT ENDURANCE: +1 APL for activation
- WELL-DRILLED: activate another operative after expended
Equipment
- ARMOURED UNDERSUIT: Retain defence dice 4+ when shot by friendly ELUCIDIAN STARSTRIDER operatives with 5+ save.
- HOT SHOT CAPACITOR PACKS: Twice per turning point, add 1 Dmg and Hot, Piercing Crits 1 to laspistol or lasgun.
- IMPROVED COORDINATES UPLINK: PRIVATEER SUPPORT ASSET ignores obscurity and gains Saturate near friendly NAVIS operative.
- RAPID GUNNERY: Once per battle, reuse a PRIVATEER SUPPORT ASSET.
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