So I’ve been running Bakunin in our local league and to my surprise doing rather well. I’ve been playing vanilla mostly and since we already had a vanilla Nomad player in the league, I thought I’d challenge myself and get more familiar with link team mechanics as well. Thought I’d share a list I had success with in my latest game, unmasking against vanilla Haqq. The thought is to have two viable data trackers in Kusanagi and the taskmaster, who flips into group 1 after someone dies. The rest are there either to bog enemies down, hunt specialists or provide orders. I went first and managed to identify the real target in turn 1 and had a Morlock nearby. I didn’t feel like gambling on my Swast surviving a trek through Haqq murderland,so I pushed the Morlock up and smoked the target, despite foregoing the 2 points. It turned out well, since I could spend the rest of the match depleting my opponents order pool and capping decoys. On my final turn, Kusanagi went on a seven order rampage, capping a Djanbazan, an Al-Hawwa hacker, a Farsan minelayer and some other dudes, allowing another Morlock to run up and bop the Naffatun lt. Bakunin Jurisdictional Command - Hankunin (300/300 | 6/6) Group #1 | 10 Models | 10 0 0 Moderator Combi | Combi Rifle, Pistol / Electric Pulse (9) Moderator Lieutenant | Lieutenant, Combi Rifle, Pistol / Electric Pulse (9) Moderator Spitfire | Spitfire, Pistol / Electric Pulse (15) Moderator MULTI Sniper Rifle | MULTI Sniper Rifle, Pistol / Electric Pulse (17) Moderator Paramedic | Paramedic, MediKit, Combi Rifle, Pistol / Electric Pulse (11) Kusanagi Spitfire | Spitfire, Pistol / Shock CCW (43) Reverend Custodier Pitcher | Hacking Device Plus, Combi Rifle, Pitcher, Pistol / Knife (34) Reverend Healer Boarding Shotgun | Nanopulser, Boarding Shotgun, Pistol / EXP CCW (32) Zero Minelayer | Minelayer, Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines, Pistol / Knife (19) Zero Killer Hacker | Killer Hacking Device, Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines, Pistol / Knife (21) Group #2 | 7 Models | 3 4 3 Transductor Zond Repeater | Flash Pulse / Electric Pulse (8) Transductor Zond Repeater | Flash Pulse / Electric Pulse (8) Taskmaster Red Fury | TinBot A (Deflector L1), Red Fury, Pulzar, CrazyKoalas, Heavy Pistol / DA CCW (53) Warcor Aerocam | Aerocam, Flash Pulse, Stun Pistol / Knife (3) Morlock Chain Rifle | Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades, Pistol / DA CCW (6) Morlock Chain Rifle | Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades, Pistol / DA CCW (6) Morlock Chain Rifle | Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades, Pistol / DA CCW (6) Open in MayaNet
That's a list relying on a direct approach... interesting. It might be community dependent but I'd have a really hard time with that list to reach just one of the HVTs. Despite Kusanagi or the TM due to the fact that most of my opponents roll really well when it comes to save their roadblocking troops. Thus I came up with a list that enables me to avoid most face to face interaction except PH-3 dodge rolls for the opponent's Designated Target / Decoys: Let's get dangerous! ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 1 CLOCKMAKER Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 18) MODERATOR MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 17) MODERATOR Combi Rifle + Light Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 13) MODERATOR Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 11) MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MODERATOR Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Assault Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 8) PROWLER (Specialist Operative) Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Adhesive Launcher / Pistol, CCW. (0.5 | 33) ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) GROUP 2 6 2 2 DAKTARI Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 14) MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 6) MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, E/M CCW. (0 | 6) REAKTION ZOND HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) REVEREND CUSTODIER Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 32) SALYUT Hacker (EVO Hacking Device) Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 25) VERTIGO ZOND Smart Missile Launcher / Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 18) ZERO (Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle, E/Mauler / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Originally this list was designed to be used in Transmission Matrix but thanks to the rerollable hacking attacks it's pretty effective (Spotlight the HVT, blast it away).
Yeah, it’s partially because I really wanted to try the Kusanagi Haris, but also due to the fact that I wanted some recundancy with specialists. Without them, your absolute max in this mission is 2 points. By stringing the Haris, you can save a lot of orders approaching th consoles. Smoke cover from the Morlocks helps Kusanagi get into murder range and she can deal with roadblocks while advancing. With relatively small changes you could fit a lgl in there as well, giving you that option.
Trip Zero KHDs (WIP16 to Reveal) + Lizard HGL datatracker can T1 Alpha this with a touch of luck. 8 Orders (assuming 2 combat groups for Morlocks). 1. co-ord Move + Move towards the consoles 2-4. Move + press button with each Zero in turn. 5-8. Lizard kills things. Either spent before moving the Zeros to clear off AROs or after you've pushed the buttons to HGL the DT to death. You can't quite build a decent list with the Lizard in 1 group with it's own 8 orders while the Zeros get their own 4+ orders with which to push buttons (or at least I couldn't get it to work). Even if you don't go hell for leather for the T1 pts, 3 x Zeros + Lizard + Zoe and Pi-well is probably the single best start to a Bakunin Unmasking list.
Jurisdictional Command of Bakunin ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 9 1 1 DAKTARI Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 14) LIZARD MULTI HMG, Heavy Grenade Launcher / . (2.5 | 87) LIZARD PILOT Submachine Gun / Pistol, Knife. () MODERATOR MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 17) MODERATOR MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 17) MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MODERATOR Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) MORLOCK Chain Rifle, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 6) ZERO Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 17) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) GROUP 2 5 ZERO Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 24) ZERO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 21) ZOE & PI-WELL . (0 | 47) ZOE (Hacking Device. UPGRADE: Stop!) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 28) PI-WELL Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse. (0 | 19) TRANSDUCTOR ZOND Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) ZONDBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army I'm not really convinced by that list but it could work... Added some personal flavour though ;)
