Fugazi, Pathfinder and their firends!

AdmiralJCJF · Oct 23, 2019

Well, usually Joan won't be able to push buttons.

You will need a Specialist (Chain of Command, Doctor, Engineer, Forward Observer, Hacker, Specialist Operative) to do that for you. Preferably one matched to the mission (for the bonuses specific to one type most missions award).

You use Joan to get to things that your Jotum can't deal with in too close.

daboarder · Oct 25, 2019

theradrussian said: ↑

They're cheap order generators, and despite some dissenting voices, orders are the most valuable thing in infinity.

You don't use the cheerleaders for fighting, basically.
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i mean, they are also good AROs, play well into PanOs specfire game, and in the pathfinders case has one of the best specialist toolkits in the game.

But gotta take dem jabs

daboarder · Oct 25, 2019

barakiel said: ↑

The comments mentioned are already good. Just more to add:

Fugazi give you presence on the table. Flash Pulse + Mimetism is quite a good ARO, since it can stop almost any unit in 1 shot. It even has good rangebands. This makes it a supreme defensive tool. You can drop a Fugazi to watch your left table edge, one Fugazi to watch your right table edge, and they'll protect you from Airborne Deployment troops walking onto the table. They provide a valuable role without ever having to move.

The nice thing about Fugazi compared to, say, a Fusilier or CSU, is that you don't need to "tie them" to the location of your link team. When you deploy your link, you need to put them in terrain that will let them hide, while projecting their linked firepower. This means your link team probably can't cover the blind spots or odd corners of your table, which will naturally be exploited by an aggressive, canny opponent. Fugazi can cover those blindpspots, shoring up your overall defense and giving you a bit more table presence.

Additionally, since Fugazi aren't part of a link, they can perform useful "utility" AROs while remaining expendable. The most common example here is that an enemy Camo token moves across a lane, and both your Link Team and your Fugazi can see it. If you Discover with your link team, the Camo token can fire, potentially picking off a link member and reducing your link bonuses. However, if you Hold with your link team, and Discover with your Fugazi, you're only risking an 8 point support piece, while leaving your link team free to defend itself if the opponent fires. This is a really important component of Sectorial play, where you definitely want your Link doing everything it can to protect itself, but you don't want an opponent simply counting on you to "Hold" all the time while you maneuver uninterrupted. Helots in VIRD are also good for this role.

Sniffer. If you fight an opponent with 12+ Camo tokens, which is a very realistic possibility versus Ariadna or certain Vanilla factions, you'll really love having Sniffer. When a Fugazi Deploys Sniffer, and then you use the Sensor ability, the Sniffer will reveal all Camo and Hidden Deployment units within 8 inches upon a WIP +6 check. Very, very useful for Discovering a high concentration of Camo tokens. Discovering those individually will take several Orders, with a high chance of failure. Sniffer and Sensor let you Mass-Discover multiple Camo opponents.

Repeater. Sometimes you want to Hack something, and when you do, having a 6-6 unit with a Repeater to get close to your Hackable target is really nice. PanO won't always want to hack things, but it's nice to have a speedy, expendable unit that can sprint up the table and give you that option quickly. For NCA, perhaps you're gunfighting with your Swiss Guard or TAG, and you don't want an enemy Hacker preying on them. Being able to move a Fugazi nearby to support them, and allow your Hackers to act through the Fugazi's Repeater, helps provide some protection.

Simply being fast. 6-6 is great In some ITS missions, you'll want to have something that simply moves quickly, and doesn't need a gun or a strong ability to attack. Capture and Protect, Supplies, PowerPack, these are all missions where you may need to simply run a fast unit someplace critical in order to score, either by picking up an item or parking on a key objective. In these cases, the combat effectiveness of a unit might be totally irrelevant... If you just need to pick up a Supply Crate to score, you might not need a 68 point Swiss Guard who only slogs 4-4. A fast unit might make all the difference.

The Pathfinder does a lot of these things, but the lack of Mimetism and the increased point cost change its role quite a bit.

The big thing with the Pathfinder is that it's a fast Specialist. Similar to the point of the Fugazi being 6-6... If you've beaten your opponent's defensive units into submission (something that PanO is very good at) then you may not want a slow, expensive unit to do your button pushing. In these situations, simply having a 6-4 unit that can pingpong between multiple consoles and score them all might make the difference between winning a game in the last turn, or losing a game because you lack the orders to flip consoles or achieve your mission. This is especially important for NCA, who lacks typical midfield Specialists and button pushers, and relies very heavily on beating the opponent down before scoring the mission late-game.

Don't leave home without Sensor. Even with MSV3, don't leave home with Sensor. Discovering things with a Short Skill and a WIP roll is such a drain. Any time you can discover multiple tokens with Sensor, it almost always saves you a significant amount of Orders.

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well written, thanks for elaborating

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