Because of course it wouldn't be applied to O-12, who would never use forbidden weapons! Yes, please hand over the data cards and erase all your hard drives, citizen.
Honestly, the amount of extra requirements that you need to fulfill for that Concilium Watch rule is, in my eyes, making it merely icing on a cake. Not an actual issue. See, for the Concilium Watch to work, you have to: Have a Journalist on table, and not in Null state at the end of the game. Have an enemy model (in non-Null state) in said Journalist's Zone of Control. Have the enemy model be equipped with one of the 23 banned weapons. ...unless the enemy model in question is a Peacekeeper. If all those requirements are met, you'll get your 1 extra Objective Point... up to a total maximum of 10.
The opposite, Concilium watch is 99% undoable against O-12 By opposition with against any other army where it's 95% undoable
I wonder what the fluff rationale is for CA's involvement in this rule. Like, why would CA care if humans use those weapons, and why would they care if they were caught using them? Nevermind on the first... I could certainly see Shas operatives exposing the use of banned weapons to further weaken the Sphere's trust in each other. On the second, I would find it rather hilarious if CA all got "Peacekeeper" to reflect that they couldn't care less about getting caught.
"That invading alien army can employ mind control devices and soldiers who eat people as much as they like, but boarding shotguns is where I draw the line!"
All of O-12's available profiles (currently) violating the Concilium Convention that you can score this extra point on. Updated 2019-09-10 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 5 5 BOUNTY HUNTER Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) JÄGER Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon. (0.5 | 21) JÄGER Submachine Gun + E/Mitter / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon. (0.5 | 18) DEVA Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) DEVA Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 31) DEVA (Sensor) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 24) DEVA (Multispectral Visor L2) Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 33) MIRANDA ASHCROFT Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon, Knife. (0 | 20) MIRANDA ASHCROFT Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Monofilament CC Weapon, Knife. (0 | 19) MONSTRUCKER Boarding Shotgun, Adhesive Launcher, E/M Grenade / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) MONSTRUCKER Submachine Gun, Chain Rifle, Drop Bears / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 13) MONSTRUCKER (360º Visor) Rifle + Light Shotgun, Akrylat-Kanone, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) ARMAND Minelayer MULTI Sniper Rifle, Nanopulser, Antipersonel Mines / 2 Breaker Pistols, Shock CCW, Knife. (1.5 | 42) ARMAND (Multispectral Visor L1) MULTI Sniper Rifle, Nanopulser, Antipersonel Mines / 2 Breaker Pistols, Shock CCW, Knife. (1.5 | 45) VARANGIAN Light Shotgun, Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CC Weapon. (0 | 12) VARANGIAN Boarding Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CC Weapon. (0 | 16) VARANGIAN Submachine Gun, Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CC Weapon. (0 | 12) VARANGIAN Submachine Gun, 2 Chain-colt, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CC Weapon. (0 | 13) 5.5 SWC | 393 Points Open in Infinity Army
The alpha has two light shotguns. The banned list is largely mines, direct template weapons, E/M, and shotguns Mine dispensers are cool though. Use those to your hearts content.
Admittedly having the Varangians makes it slightly easier to score, because there's going to be 3 to 4 of them in most lists and they're likely to push upfield with their impetous orders
Might be that unlike other mine systems, the Mine Dispenser may just look like an ordinary HGL, much like other ammunition types can be concealed in the gun. Although, how the hell they can spot a Nanopulser is more questionable; that weapon is explicitly designed to be concealable. The really amusing bit to me is that Combined Army, Tohaa and Mercenaries alike all send their Liason Officer info to Global Defense Coordinated Command. Maybe the EI just likes to taunt O-12 with its information superiority?
http://infinitythewiki.com/en/Twin_Weapons From the FAQ 1.1: "Q: Can I apply the bonus of +1 to Burst for Twin Weapons, if my troop has a Light Shotgun and has used the Special Skill Scavenger to get a Rifle+Light Shotgun? A: No. To be able to apply the bonus for Twin Weapons, both the weapons must be exactly the same. The weapons with the symbol “+” are a combined weapon. Related Pages: Twin Weapons, Scavenger " Emphasis mine. This means that Light Shotgun =/= Rifle + Light Shotgun
