Warzone Eternal Forces: Capitol Free Marines and Sunset Strikers

 Hi!

While we wait on the relaunch of the Kickstarter campaign I thought I'd post a bit of detail about the assorted forces that have been showcased by Res Nova thus far!

To get the ball rolling, I'm starting off with the Capitol Megacorporate special forces, the Free Marines and Sunset Strikers!

Looking at the old 1st edition rules, the decision to feature these two iconic units makes perfect sense in the fact that both are elite special forces and specialise in different forms of combat.

The Free Marines are the most famous of Capitol's Special Forces, made up of heroic individuals who have dishonoured themselves and now live only to redeem themselves. They specialise in digging in and letting the enemy roll over them, then popping up behind enemy lines to harass the enemy. - Warzone 1st Edition Rulebook.

The box set will allow you to build a leader, medic or support trooper with a rocket launcher as well as just normal troops. According to Bryans brilliant video over on his channel, they also have a Camouflage special rule which benefits them skulking in cover and being more difficult to hit whilst there. Their second skill is Nerves of Steel, an ability to make a movement action towards the enemy, even if they are pinned.

I really like the combination of skills and equipment as it suits the background of the unit and represents them being both able to evade suppressing fire and make the best use of cover to keep on moving. I can imagine this coming in really handy during scenarios when objectives have to be seized as the Free Marines ability to keep pushing forward means pinning them down, especially when in cover will be really difficult.

The Sunset Strikers are based on Mercury. They have studied the martial arts intensively and specialise in close combat. Since the time five of their number saved the Lord Heir of Mishima from an assassination attempt, they are entitled to wear the Ceremonial Blades of a Mishiman Samurai. - Warzone 1st Edition Rulebook.

Game wise, Bryan has revealed that Sunset Strikers are probably the best close combat troops Capitol has and while their shooting isn't as good as Free Marines, they are awesome in close combat, especially with their Ceremonial Blades. 

The box will allow you to build a leader, a support trooper armed with a Gehenna Puker flame thrower or an operator, a model equipped with a selection of grenades as well as normal troopers. Their special ability is Fierce Charge which gives a bonus in close combat and perfectly represents a bunch of sword wielding melee combat experts. 

Interestingly, the Operator character also gets special rules for when they are within 1 inch of an objective which represents them being tactically aware and suited to holding objectives. 

By utilising both unit types in games, I can imagine that Capitol will be a popular choice with their ability to manoeuvre while under fire with Free Marines keeping enemy troops engaged with their heavy support weapon or hugging cover and pushing forward while the Sunset Strikers are then given the opportunity to rush in, swords swinging to cut down their foes!

I plan on posting more articles in the coming days covering the rest of the Corporate forces and Dark Legion choices and will also do a bit of a retrospective of the megacorp forces from 1st edition but until then, All the best!