But this us what I'm getting at. How did we get to the bipedal bear man. There had to some third party's genenic tampering. And I do agree this smells strongly of nomads
I imagine that Ariadna is developing its tech in a direction differently from the rest of the Sphere - spiking alien DNA into human in a way that would make a Nomad blush.
Team Polaris So I think its gonna be a mix of a Antipode assault pack and a Cameronian but function like a Strelok K-9 they are 25, 25, 24 points respectively. The Handler will be probably 10-15 points and mainly just control the bear Could be a specialist but i foresee they will generate 2 different orders. much like Mirage-5 and the Assault Pack. The bear however will be a HOSS. It's said through the fluff (I'm pretty sure i saw on here) that it could take on 3 antipodes with ease, and speculating the Russians have done some Bakunin tomfoolery to it. So I'm guessing it will have: MOV: 6-4 CC: 24 BS:10 PH: 18 WIP: 13 ARM: 5-6 BTS: 0-3 W: 3 S: 6 AVA: 1 PTS: 55 Skills: Berserk, Dodge=13, Immunity (Total), Super-Jump. Thoughts?
I quite agree with you in fact something like that I had imagined it would be, in private areas of my gaming community I had already commented that the Polaris would be either the non-TAG unit with the most physics in the game or that it would equate to that of a Dog- Warrior Although on the other hand, I have the feeling that it will simply be a K9 TAK but with a couple more things But in case of being wrong, I agree with practically everything you put, I think that it will have very good armor, since the Kosmoflot is seen to show off this What would you add / modify? Perhaps S7, being a "bear" these are larger than the "wolf", subtract so much punch with a larger size (the protoTAG Ariadnan haha) Maybe and just maybe ... Nature born warrior? I just hope the "strelok" has a bear controller and not synchronized, although of course, a "bad beast" like that would need its Achilles heel.
New Team Polaris theory! What if Team Polaris is going to function like a TAG. The handler being the spec op that most "manned" TAGs get. It will have tactical awareness, where other TAGs use tech. It has an extra pair of eyes with the handler. Instead of big guns like on most tags it has total immunity which would stop the HFT that most TAGs have for things that get close. I believe Bostria said all armies will be playable in CodeOne. Ariadna doesnt have an actual TAG so this will function as the TAG they get. You can say the Ratnik and Blackjack score like TAGs but they arent by any other means. The Blackjack and Ratnick are closer to the kriza borac and sogarat than a TAG. Any way thats my new theory and I'm sticking to it.
I mentioned something along those lines earlier. The handler could even be on the same base and the model could have guard of some level. Maybe sixth sense as well. if you think about size comparison between wolf vs antipode then bear vs bearpode puts it right in the size ball park of a TAG.
An antipode is smart-ish. Not as much as humans, which is why dog warriors are on the dujmbre side, but I would guess a beartipode would be smarter than a bear, maybe as smart as an antipode. And antipodes can take verbal commands and get control devices slapped on them, so both of those should work on the beartipode. But if we are adding to the ariadnans are idiots theory a dog warrior human couple leads to wulvers, a dog warrior dog warrior couple leads to dog warriors, so a dog warrior beartipode would led to something weird as fuck. Maybe as weird as a bipedal bear wearing armor and a headset.
Something like this I had imagined for Ariadna's first TAG, a Dog-Warrior in Mormaer armor, with an armor that would not envy the Jotum but limping horrors in the other aspect. Perhaps if so they will put a similar rule to the antipodas controller. I continue with the theory that it will be a doped Stelok K9, I prefer to be pessimistic and then take great joy when it comes to taking the profile What if it is that if Ariadna is in C1 (which will surely be Kosmoflot with additions) the addition of TAG would be interesting, I know that perhaps the essence of low tech is not that but ... CA tightens more than ever, what better than draw an ultimate weapon against the invading enemy (one of many, CA is only another from outside of Dawn that wants to annoy us) Another theory is ... what if it's really a Mirage-5? and if it's not a Bearpode and it's ... a Bear-Warrior What I do believe is that the bear should have S7 and that a possible future TAG should reflect that low-tech spirit and share a silhouette with the (up to N4) only TAG of Haqquislam
I hope the Alienbear is more in his profil as a antipode/dogwarrior than his look; ...shiit, I buy him sure, only for his look. ^^ Cosmonaut becomes that what a Ratnik not have. Autocannon! Smoge? No Problem! I love it.
This is my prediction for the Rokot, it is not the Bearpode but ... It will be Kosmo's "basic" troop MOV: 4-4 CC: 13 BS:12 PH: 11 WIP: 13 ARM: 2 BTS: 0 W: 1 S: 2 AVA: 5 PTS: 12-13 (the cheapest) Skills: 0-g Why this profile? I think Kosmoflot will be focused on quality rather than quantity, as well as being focused on a "high" armor value. His AVA 5 makes me think that they will be troops of a better quality but flat in abilities (a Line kazak with buff and 0-g) As for the rest, I think obvious guy with HMG, with Missile Launchers and Sniper (maybe AP) , Profile Forward observer and sanitary ... and perhaps with the surprise of a hacker device
I doubt bs12, if only because only hyper well equipped infantry like regulars and fusiliers get that. If they were more elite light infantry in thethe 15-16 point range, then I could see it. Could be wrong though.
