So I played a game of Highly Classified, a mission that I actually enjoy a lot. Onyx does have some...limitations...in this scenario though, as evidenced when Dr Worm was blown to bits by speculative fire from StarCo's Emily Handleman link before I even had my first turn. There went all my possibilities to complete 2 of the 4 classified missions we'd picked, plus my secret one (which unfortunately was HVT: Inoculation, as we'd gone with hard mode and just drawn one each). But I soldiered on, and managed to get a draw - and I was just one failed BTS save away from actually winning. So I'm still quite happy with my list and how it performed. It was heavily built on a hacking deathstar link team with an Umbra and Kerr-Nau behind a tinbot screen, and once my Umbra split Emily Handleman apart with his giant sword, I began dominating the board completely. But...I realized things could have been different, if I'd though of the fact that paramedics can actually complete some of the classified missions, and not just Dr worm. I could easily have brought a Rodok paramedic, for example. Is there anything else I could have thought of? Do you have any tips and tricks for Onyx in Highly Classified? Highly Classified ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) UNIDRON K1 Combi Rifle + 1 TinBot A (Deflector L1) / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 17) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) UNIDRON Plasma Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 24) UMBRA LEGATE Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Boarding Shotgun, Flash Pulse / Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 43) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) UMBRA SAMARITAN Breaker Combi Rifle, Flash Pulse / Pistol, Vorpal CC Weapon. (0 | 40) NEXUS Lieutenant Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nullifier / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 24) GROUP 2 2 Bit Hacker (UPGRADE: Expel) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Deployable Repeater + KISS! / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19) KISS! Adhesive Launcher / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) NOCTIFER Missile Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 32) 6 SWC | 300 Points Open in Infinity Army
A similar list to this: I would trade the Noctifer ML and Umbra Samaritan for some different tools. Mostly: the IDEA that a noctifer ML is there is terrifying. At similar cost, the Fraacta appears to be an ML in hiding, and a slave drone on a roof top seals the deal. The Umbra is traded for the always-amazing Ikadron, another imetron and an M-Drone. This trade really expands your repeater network for Ker-Nau, Bit+Kiss, and the Umbra to do mean things while also adding a potential sensor and fast specialist. Onyx Contact Force ────────────────────────────────────────────────── GROUP 1 10 KERR-NAU (UPGRADE: White Noise) Plasma Rifle + Pitcher, D-Charges / Breaker Pistol, Knife. (0 | 27) NEXUS Lieutenant Hacker (EI Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nullifier / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 24) UMBRA LEGATE Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Boarding Shotgun, Flash Pulse / Pistol, DA CCW. (0.5 | 43) UNIDRON Plasma Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 24) UNIDRON K1 Combi Rifle + 1 TinBot A (Deflector L1) / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 17) UNIDRON (Forward Observer) Plasma Carbine / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 15) MED-TECH OBSIDON MEDCHANOID Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 23) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) SLAVE DRONE Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) FRAACTA Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 35) ÍMETRON . (0 | 4) Q-DRONE HMG / Electric Pulse. (1 | 26) GROUP 2 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) M-DRONE Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 17) Bit Hacker (UPGRADE: Expel) Submachine Gun + Pitcher, Deployable Repeater + KISS! / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 19) KISS! Adhesive Launcher / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) 6 SWC | 298 Points Open in Infinity Army
Onyx can easily cover all the different classifieds - but sadly, there's not much redundancy. Dr Worm is always gonna have an enormous target on his back unless he's not needed for the objectives, and with him gone, there's no backup =x You could possibly try to get around it with Rodok paramedics? But even so...
