This is my battle plans for "The Bear in Winter" scenario for February. Hope it gives someone an idea of what to use.

:^:"Headhunter" Karhu -192pts
w/ Drogo Miraborg -39pts
w/ Decoy 38pts

:^: Enyo Strike Tank x2 -110pts
:^^^: R10 Mechanized ICV -51pts
w/ :^^^: Gnome Battle Armor x3 -66pts
:^^:Slyph Battle Armor x3 -84pts

Rasalhague Faction Pride -20pts

Total: 600pts

I just played in the Feb. scenario. I won all matches. Faced a Mercy/Shiro combo, a Peacemaker/Wahab Fusili (Decoy) combo (VERY nice synergy, think about it) with 2 arty, and Fortune (Decoy) backed up by dual drop (Kelsawa & TGR) with 2 arty, infantry, and the BR/JF SA.

I took:
El Diablo Rojo
-DeJesus
RS Scourge
-0/1/1
RS Saviour (yes, the 44pt repair vehicle)
RS Bishop
-RS Centaur
-H Gnome
-H Elemental
600

Mercy/Shiro: the guy geared the mechs instead of adding support, so once I got close enough, concentrated fire took him down. Him missing his first shot with each mech REALLY helped too. I even repaired the Bishop out of salvage!

Peacemaker/Wahab: Keep the mechs joined at the hip and you HAVE to shoot Wahabs 25 w/Decoy, 26 in woods. He ended up turtleing for most of the round. One of his arty was exposed for a while, but its Decoy stymied me long enough to retreat it. Eventually I just retreated, which prompted him to come to me as I had VC3 and he was short 5 points. I hit Wahab with a formation for 4, but time was called with nothing dead. The Saviour ended up being a pog magnet, taking the heat off my other units.

JF/BR force: We danced around a central H building, I salvaged an exposed Hadur, then Fortune ran in deep and missed a rear shot on Rojo with a 4. I rammed it with the Saviour and hit!, missed the Scourges CC AO, and rear arc pulse dropped her into shutdown. I killed her after she started up (including a follow up shot from the Saviour!) and my opponent damaged Rojo then time was called.

Moral of the story? I like the Saviour. :D Even one repair a tourney is worth the points, it can draw pogs, people underestimate it, and it even did a total of 3 damage to Fortune!

Which Shiro ws used? I am assuming "Yami," but I would like to know for sure since they ll have an 18" range and I figure I may be going up against at least one myself in next week's battle when we play the Feb. senerio. Thanks for posting. :)

I like the basic concept. Just one question, though. Why Decoy on "Headhunter"?
Drogo piloting already gives you a 24 defense vs. ranged, which will be tough
enough to hit. Don't you want to take some damage to get to your prime clicks?
Chances are, with a 24 defense, you won't take enough hits to push you past
your sweet spot, anyway. Just curious.

I'd dump the Decoy in favor of re-engineered laser. ;)

wish I had an R10, I'm going to be running something like:

Ull w/Lars and SU evade

Hermod w/Nuo and evade

3 sylphs

and some other stuff. probably lots of CBA and the FP.


lol, Ull w/Lars targeting 2 peices in a ranged formation getting +4 dmg and hitting both targets for 8 would be funny.

The game I played yesterday, I had a SH Hellstar with Enrico and Coolant Pod inside Hindering terrain, had a nice sweet 26 defense, and in two out of 3 games, he still got hit. First time was "Persuader" with James Short in it and my opponent rolled an 16 on the dice. Second game it was J.P. Millhew in a BR Solitare that rolled a 17 on the dice. Both times my coolant pod blew before I could do anything. Even with a 12 attack, most of my die rolls were 10 or less. So I wanted Headhunter to be as hard to hit as possible. That and it came to an even 600pts.

The only other RD units I have are:

Kodiak W/Pilot,W/Decoy
Karhu W/Drogo, and Gear (Yes I have 2)
Undine BA
CBA
Coolant Truck
Violator x2

That's cool, dude. I was merely curious. :) Having been on the receiving end of
some of those near-miraculous hits, I fully understand your frustrations. ;)