I am playing in a Daedalus Falls campaign and some of the missions are really focused on button pushing. The second mission involves pushing six buttons; two outside each deployment zone and one in the middle of the board in a particular but randomly chosen order. I was having trouble figuring out how to build lists that felt like they had enough orders to push the buttons spread across the entire map. I put together the list below with the idea that the two medium infantry specialists can grab the two close objectives and the Shrouded can grab the center. I figured this would give me some decent midfield pieces to move up the board and get to the other two. Worth reiterating that these following list are for a Daedalus Falls campaign so they won't be quite ITS lists. HD+ Shrouded rak corax ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) CORAX HASHT Spitfire / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 34) CHARONTID Lieutenant Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Plasma Rifle, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 73) GROUP 2 5 / 1 / 2 MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID (Journalist L1) Submachine Gun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) LIBERTO (Minelayer) Light Shotgun, Chain-colt, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) RAKTORAK Red Fury / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 26) SHROUDED Hacker (EI Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) KRAKOT RENEGADE Submachine Gun, Chest Mine / Pistol, DA CC Weapon. (0 | 15) 5 SWC | 299 Points Open in Infinity Army Not much to say here. We have Charontid and the daturazi and the Q-Drone plus Messer to push up the board and the Caliban and Roktorak to push buttons. MSV3 Messer Caliban ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 CHARONTID Lieutenant (Multispectral Visor L3) HMG, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (2 | 79) VICTOR MESSER (Hacking Device Plus) Boarding Shotgun, 2 Nanopulser, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 28) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) RAKTORAK Red Fury / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 26) GROUP 2 5 / 1 / 2 Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID (Journalist L1) Submachine Gun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) LIBERTO (Minelayer) Light Shotgun, Chain-colt, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) CALIBAN (Chain of Command) Submachine Gun, Pulzar, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife, CC Weapon. (0 | 29) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army The third list is based around Shrouded and Corax to push buttons and the Nexus Spec-Ops as a backup. The Charontid clears the way for them. MSV3 Shrouded corax nexus ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 / 1 ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) CHARONTID Lieutenant (Multispectral Visor L3) HMG, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (2 | 79) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) R-DRONE Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 8) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) NEXUS (Infinity Spec-Ops) (3 XP) (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 16) CORAX HASHT Spitfire / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 34) GROUP 2 5 / 1 / 2 Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) LIBERTO (Minelayer) Light Shotgun, Chain-colt, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID (Journalist L1) Submachine Gun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SHROUDED (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) KRAKOT RENEGADE Submachine Gun, Chest Mine / Pistol, DA CC Weapon. (0 | 15) 5.5 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army Unrelated, any suggestions on which military specialization I should be aiming for?
Because that mission is very random on which order to push buttons, you may want to add a Cadmus killer hacker to you list. He has reliable AD combat jump and can get close to a far away objective if you can't walk to it easily. He is inexpensive for a specialist and can potentially catch your opponent unaware! I like list 1 the best, but I typically don't comment on lists as everyone has their own play style. Good luck in the mission! The irony after I suggested a Cadmus right!
The cadmus is a good suggestion. I guess I have two questions. First is it worth including a e-drone with him and where to find the points? My gut feeling is I can probably get by without the e-drone and I can get rid of the raktorak.
Yeah, this is for a deadalus falls campaign. So, I was able to purchase an upgrade to get more Ava for imetrons.
Oh, right. I remember reading that, then promptly forgetting it as I went over the lists. Carry on! :)
I don't think you need an edrone. With the decoy ability, even if he scatters you can find a spot to stick him that is beneficial.
With the Charontid's Mnemonica you might not need CoC so you might downgrade (or rather sidegrade) the Caliban to Engineer. Same weapons and if a stray Q drone breaks close to it you save doc worm a long way. Plus you might consider giving one of the slave worms to the caliban engi. When the Caliban moves towards an objective you get a free move for the helper and there is the off chance that he and his helper join the same close combat for +1 burst protheion fun.
you can switch to Engineer profile, but Caliban CoC imo s meta-dependant, as g-mnemonica doesn't work if you get jammed, so you somehow want to mitigate that if you expect jammers / assault hackers
Well, I've ran into similar missions a lot, and this is what I used: Combined Specialists ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 2 CHARONTID Lieutenant (Multispectral Visor L3) HMG, Nanopulser / Heavy Pistol, Knife. (2 | 79) SHROUDED (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 25) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID (Journalist L1) Submachine Gun, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) DĀTURAZI Chain Rifle, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW. (0 | 14) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) IKADRON (Baggage, Repeater) 2 Light Flamethrowers, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) GROUP 2 3 1 CADMUS-SOLDIER Hacker (EI Killer Hacking Device) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, CCW. (0 | 24) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) NOX Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Zapper / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 22) LIBERTO (Minelayer) Light Shotgun, Chain-colt, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife. (1 | 10) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army To paraphrase sergeant Zym: THE ENEMY CANNOT PRESS THE BUTTON, IF YOU DISABLE HIS HAND. In all seriousness, though, I like this list because I can try and keep my opponents from advancing on the objectives. It was made thinking on playing second, so it's geared at losing some models (the ikadrons and imetrons) while safeguarding a pair of competent button pushers (the Shrouded and Cadmus) and using the Charontid and Q-Drone to open a path for them. It has served me well. Won a bunch of games with it.