Toying with some new Units

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• Dorn17 Posts: 7Member, Tester

  October 2016

  Love the bikes!!! Where did you get them? HAHAHA, just kidding. Love the bikes!
• DBDraft Posts: 105Administrator

  October 2016

  They are custom conversions.
• Stadl0r Posts: 69Administrator

  November 2016

  Looks incredible!!!

  
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• Awing_Pilot Posts: 5Member, Tester

  March 2017

  Have you thought of rules for these? More units makes the game more interesting and I would love to play speeder bikes.
• DBDraft Posts: 105Administrator

  March 2017

  Thanks, for the bikes they would move much like a ship, ie: use regular movement templates and they would also have the Boost action. I will try to find the WIP stuff for them soon. They are an interesting unit in that they are a mix of infantry and vehicle. Some rules will work best if treated as a ship/vehicle for movement. They also have some infantry aspects but cannot really "Take Cover" or use "Overwatch" as they are generally whizzing around!
• DBDraft Posts: 105Administrator

  March 2017

  OK some proposed stats for Speeder Bike units:
  
  Speeder Bike Team
  Attack: 2
  Defense: 3
  Health: 1
  Armor: 0
  
  ACTIONS: Focus, Boost, Evade
  
  Weapon Range: 1-2
  Max Speed: Any speed 1,2 or 3 maneuver, except for K-Turns, S-Loops or Talon Rolls.
  
  Each stand/team of speeder bikes has 2 bikes modeled on it and is the same base size as an infantry team (3 cm). The speeder bikes are purchased as a Patrol which has 2 Speeder Bike teams. So a Patrol can combine their Attack and Health together as an infantry unit can.
  Unlike an infantry team they use regular maneuver templates of speed 1, 2 or 3 but do not need a dial for plotting. When they move they can select any applicable maneuver template and treat these as follows: All straights and banks are green maneuvers, all turns are white maneuvers. They then can assign an Action token like a ship or use a Boost maneuver.
  
  So basically they are a hybrid unit with some infantry and some ship attributes. A Patrol with 2 teams and Skill if 2 would be about 8 points.
• Awing_Pilot Posts: 5Member, Tester

  March 2017

  Thanks for the details, I can't wait to try them out!
• DBDraft Posts: 105Administrator

  March 2017

  Cool, let us know what you think as these are really just ideas that haven't been tested. They are likely to be the fastest ground unit available, as they could move at speed 3 and then boost. Their movement and shooting is virtually the same as for a ship. They cannot be suppressed like infantry but can be stressed like any ship can, probably should be affected by ion tokens like a ship too. They use regular ship actions as well, so must have a focus token to use focus results. The aspects that are like infantry are that they can shoot as a small group (2 teams) and they do not need to pre-plot movement which means they can be more slippery as they can react to lower skilled units.... ideal for setting up chases!
  
  
• DBDraft Posts: 105Administrator

  March 2017

  Here is another unit I am thinking of adding... it also appeared in Rogue One.
  
  
  
  I also made one of these about a year ago...