Hi I played StarCo recently and really enjoyed the experience. What are some lists that people have been playing with the sectorial that you have found pretty interesting? Anaconda seems great. Also Alguacil links, or rriot Grrl links?
I used this list for Supremacy vs. Haqqislam. Technically I played an Alguacil Link here but, honestly, If I had the points left I'd put another Brigada in that Fireteam or maybe even Emily (although I lost every game where Emily was part of a Core Link in N3). This for Aquisition vs. O-12. So far with the dumbed down hacking it's kind of safe to put a hacker in a fireteam which frees 9 Points up compared to the usual Avicenna
I really like StarCo for limited insertion - I think Anaconda is great, and also the Mobile Brigada core with a bunch of wildcards in there for good measure. The Irman can link up with the Anaconda and acts as the engineer for that duo, but if you really want another regular order smoke chucker instead, you can sub a Jaguar in very easily, with minimal changes to the rest of the list.
I am currently playing my first N4 game 200pts/4 SWC against OSS on TTS: StarCo Marker Spam: Bandit FO Bandit FO Hardcases Rifle Raoul Spector Boarding Shotgun Al'Hawwa Minelayer Riot Grrl Spitfire Jaguar Panzerfaust Alguaciles Lieutenant Alguaciles Paramedic Uhahu Hacker against OSS: Asura Spitfire Yadu MultiRifle Yadu MultiRifle Dakini Sniper Zayin TR REM Post Human Hacker This is not ITS legal and the Post Human might be exchanged for another Profile.
I’m really loving built-in Haris in N4. For both StarCo and Bakunin, lists with Grrls and Wildcards who can for a full link -and- a Haris including Grrls (or a solo ML ARO piece) in each have been really nice. Especially for all-comers situations like ITS, being able to recompose the links for offense or defense has been helpful. Not having to have a Haris-unlocking troops choice is awesome! MSV1 is extra-great in N4. Brigada are good too now, but Grrls are better pound for pound IMO. Being able to bring Avicenna with in StarCo is the clincher for me, though Daks are nice and cheap. A doctor in either link is a must-have. Wildcard hackers in either HI link with Tinbot -6 are totally survivable despite KHDs becoming OTT vs other hackers and HDs becoming much less flexible. Uhahu rocks. With an HD+ in the link there’s less reason for Massacre for his grenades, though the CC boost is nice.
My only issue with the Riot Grrl haris is that it actually limits you from taking the Brawler haris. Raoul Spector + MSV 2 Brawler + XXX is a great skeleton for smoke ZOC shenanigans. I also think Avicenna is better outside of a link team (out of harms way) and with a zondbot, because she's so good at keeping your units alive.
I usually find Avicenna being already there with your point-team (for no extra orders) and a Dak standing with your cheerleaders is worth more than having Avicenna elsewhere x2 (servant bot) and having to spend the orders to move them up. But that really depends on what the rest of your list is doing.