TEMPESTUS AQUILON: 11 elite operatives with a unique Drop Insertion rule! Deploy in waves from above, landing with Grav-Chute precision. They're a fast, shooty team with balanced stats (Move 6, Save 4). Use Sudden Offensive for early Balanced weapons and Maintain Momentum for Severe hits against ready foes. Operatives like the Precursor excel in melee, while Gunners and Servo-Sentry unleash devastating firepower. Control the board with strategic drops and outmaneuver your enemies!
Core Abilities
Unusual Shooting
Unusual Melee
Precursor: Vicious Knife Fighter: immediate second attack after first
Super Conceal
Out of Order Movement
Strategic Gambit: Rapid Insertion: free Reposition in first turning point
Activation Manipulation
Remote Overseer: once per battle, re-roll initiative dice to affect activation order.
APL Modifiers
Tempestor: Adds 1 APL to a friendly operative via COMMAND action.Strategic Ploy: Drop And Secure: Treats friendly APL as 1 higher for marker control.
Bitter Demise
Operative: Gunfight: free Shoot action before removal if incapacitated.Firefight Ploy: Progena: regain up to 2D3 wounds to prevent incapacitation.
Block Rerolls
Damage Reduction
Strategic Ploy: Eye Above: blocks can cancel two successes in fights against Detected enemies.
Faction Rules
- Drop Insertion: Deploy operatives above the board, land them near drop markers, and gain obscurity.
- Grav-Chute: Ignore vertical distance when dropping operatives.
- Sudden Offensive: First few operatives activated gain Balanced weapons this turning point.
- Maintain Momentum: Weapons gain Severe rule when targeting ready enemy operatives.
Strategic Ploys
- Sudden Offensive: First X activated operatives gain Balanced weapon rule
- Maintain Momentum: Weapons gain Severe rule against ready enemies
- Eye Above: Enemies gain Detected token, granting defensive rerolls and blocks
- Drop And Secure: Increase APL for marker control and melee Atk near marker
Firefight Ploys
- Hot Drop: re-roll attack dice against nearby target
- Adjust Coordinates: set up near Drop marker, no DASH/SHOOT/FIGHT
- Tempestus Exemplars: perform certain actions for 1 less AP
- Progena: regain up to 2D3 wounds, ignore APL changes
Equipment
- Tempestus Daggers: Provides a melee weapon for TEMPESTUS AQUILON operatives
- Combat Stimms: Ignore Move stat changes from injury
- Drop Augury: Once per battle, move a Drop marker when operative activates above
- Remote Overseer: Once per battle, reroll initiative dice
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