First steps into n5 ITS

Hello all,

Last time I played ITS was N3, so any advice on what's been working (or not) on N5 and the most recent ITS would be great.

The main ideia is the first group with 3 fireteams - Squalo duo with Firefly, Magistrate+Jackals Haris and core with Crux Knight as hammer and fennecs with some utility. Tactics being Squalo and core on each side and the haris covering where needed most.

Second group with sierra for ARO, and some orders for the peacemaker to go around a bit.

Kestrel 300 - Squalo
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GROUP 1 8 2 1
SQUALO Mk-II Heavy Machine Gun, Grenade Launcher(PS=6) / MULTI Pistol(+1B), CC Weapon(PS=5). (1.5 | 62)
CRABBOT . (0 | 2)
FIREFLY (Engineer, Deactivator) Submachine Gun, Panzerfaust, D-Charges, AP Mine ( | GizmoKit) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23)
CRUX KNIGHT FTO Spitfire, Drop Bears, D-Charges / MULTI Pistol, DA CC Weapon(PS=5). (1.5 | 49)
FENNEC (Forward Observer, Sensor) Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse, Disco Baller / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 13)
FENNEC (Hacker, Hacking Device) Submachine Gun, E/Mitter ( | FastPanda) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 16)
FENNEC Combi Rifle / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 10)
FENNEC (Lieutenant) Combi Rifle / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 10)
MAGISTRATE Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Stun Pistol(+1B), CC Weapon. (0 | 17)
JACKAL FTO (Booty) Light Rocket Launcher / Boarding Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 6)
JACKAL FTO (Booty) Submachine Gun, Panzerfaust / Boarding Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 6)

GROUP 2 4 1
PEACEMAKER Heavy Shotgun, Pulzar / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0.5 | 24)
AUXBOT_3B (Minelayer) Heavy Flamethrower, Shock Mine / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 5)
SĀCHĀ Flash Pulse, E/M Grenades(+1B) / Stun Pistol(+1B), CC Weapon. (0 | 6)
SCARECROW (Hacker, Killer Hacking Device) Submachine Gun, Nanopulser, D-Charges ( ) / Silenced Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 27)
SIERRA DRONBOT Heavy Machine Gun / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 23)
MULEBOT (Deactivator, Repeater) ( ) / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 8)

5 SWC | 300 Points

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Thank you! Great advice. I actually had this problem with the Crux Knight with Spitfire, a cosmoflot Guy with Arm 6 and in cover just ignored my hits, but I thought the higher burst would still be better. Will try the marksman rifle.

You were right about the Squalo, I was trying to save some points.

Will try this list also, see how it goes.

Thanks

 

Just a quick update after last night's game. It was against Military Orders, mission was Hardlock. Used a slightly altered list because my other drones haven't arrived yet. I also messed up the Crux+Fennec core because I didn't notice that Crux + 3 Fennecs is only level 3, thought they were enought to get BS +1, that's why there's a lone fennec on second group. Would trade him for the tech bee on a new game.

Kestrel 300 - Tikbalang
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GROUP 1 8 2 1
TIKBALANG (Lieutenant [+1 Order]) Heavy Machine Gun, Heavy Flamethrower, Shock Mine / AP CC Weapon(PS=5). (1.5 | 73)
CRABBOT . (0 | 3)
FIREFLY (Engineer, Deactivator) Submachine Gun, Panzerfaust, D-Charges, AP Mine ( | GizmoKit) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23)
CRUX KNIGHT FTO MULTI Marksman Rifle(PS=5), Drop Bears, D-Charges / MULTI Pistol, DA CC Weapon(PS=5). (0 | 46)
FENNEC (Forward Observer, Sensor) Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse, Disco Baller / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 13)
FENNEC (Hacker, Hacking Device) Submachine Gun, E/Mitter ( | FastPanda) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0.5 | 16)
FENNEC Combi Rifle / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 10)
MAGISTRATE (Chain of Command) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Stun Pistol(+1B), CC Weapon. (0 | 21)
JACKAL FTO (Booty) Light Rocket Launcher / Boarding Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 6)
JACKAL FTO (Booty) Submachine Gun, Panzerfaust / Boarding Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 6)
TECH-BEE Adhesive Launcher Rifle, Flash Pulse ( | Deployable Repeater) / Pistol, PARA CC Weapon(-3). (0 | 9)

GROUP 2 4 1
SĀCHĀ Flash Pulse, E/M Grenades(+1B) / Stun Pistol(+1B), CC Weapon. (0 | 6)
SIERRA DRONBOT Heavy Machine Gun / PARA CC Weapon(-3). (1 | 23)
MACHINIST Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 15)
FENNEC Combi Rifle / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 10)
BANSHEE (Hacker, Killer Hacking Device) Submachine Gun, Pulzar(+1B), D-Charges ( ) / Pistol, CC Weapon. (0 | 23)

3 SWC | 300 Points

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Tikbalang Lieutenant is indeed a beast, and made short work of the ARO pieces he encountered. Firefly was in a duo with him, so always close by to heal. Used a Magistrate with Chain of Command which was useful when Tik eventually fell after two active rounds in which he downed 120+ pts. Used him (Tik) on a flank, with the Crux+Fennecs core on the other, and got good board control.

Got two consoles, which I held until the end. Banshee almost got the beacon, but I was careless in the positioning when trying to run way and he fell - took some chearleaders with him, so not a complete waste. Sacha, on the other hand, rolled only ARM +1 on booty and we played without treasure (we are going slow learning ITS 17 missions), so couldn't do much. Tried to use second group orders to make her get an objective, but she got surprised by a HD and was downed - at least made him appear.

On the last round, adversary went last and almost reached one of my consoles to claim victory, but he had few orders (thanks to Tik rampage) and had to take a direct a route with the whole core fireteam waiting, which didn't end well for him.

List felt good, parachutist specialists in N5 feels really good, liked the Banshee better than the Scarecrow that I usually bring. Only thing that made me unsure was that only during deployment I noticed that the list doesn't have any visor. But it has a mix of mimetism and albedo on Tik and Crux, so maybe its not that vulnerable.