Listing to Port: Xilos Campaign - Scenario 5

I’m so excited by this next scenario, Jail Break. More Ghar than you could shake a reasonably priced stick at.

First things first though, we’ll need some markers for the jails…

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The Xilos book suggests either 1,000 or 1,250 point forces, I’m going to stick to just 1,000 for now.

As this battle is Ghar V Ghar I’m really intent on taking both Karg and Fartok for their respective forces. This post is looking at the Rebels as the attackers

Force Selector

Force size	Points Value	Tactical (t)	Support (s)	Strategic (g)	Auxiliary (a)
Combat Force	1000	5-15	1-5	0-1	0-2

15 Tactical choices. 15. A potential total of 23 units in all. That is perhaps rather a lot. Even for my filthy collecting habit.

Scenario

There are 6 holding pens dotted around the battlefield. Our objective is to crack them all open to win the game by being in contact with the holding pen at the end of the turn. We cannot break open the holding pen if the enemy have a unit also in contact. Neither flitters nor tectors count for opening or preventing the opening of these holding pens. There are Victory Points available for each holding pen, so we need to be able to open at least three of them to claim a draw.

Our Rebel force will require the ability to shift Ghar armoured troops off the holding cells and then have a unit race to open the holding cell. It’s not going to be east.

Selecting the army
Fartok. Have to take Fartok. He is after all the leader of the Rebels. Although he is also a Limited Choice we just have to take him, we’ll give him bodyguard too.

Want a good variety of regular cheap units to build the unit count up to start taking more Limited Choices.

A few Black Guard, a command squad and special weapon teams. Not going to pick too many of the regular Outcast units because hopefully we’ll spring some of these from the holding pens.

Special choices I aim to have a unit of Creepers and an armoured battle suit squad or two.

I quite like the look of the Attack Crawler too for the strategic choice, but again this is a Limited option.

Think that is 4 limited options so that means finding 12 non-Limited Choices. Tectors and Fliters drop this down to 10. Command, 3 Black Guard, 1 Regular Outcast and 5 special weapons ought to do it.

Let’s add all that up and see what we actually get:

(t) Fartok (179), 2x Bodyguard (+170), 2x Plasma Claws (+10) = 359
(t) Rebel Command Squad (73), Maglashes (+6) = 79
(t) Black Guard (61), Plasma Carbine (+3), Plasma Lance (+6), Micro-X Launcher (+0) = 70
(t) Black Guard (61), Plasma Carbine (+3), Plasma Lance (+6), Micro-X Launcher (+0) = 70
(t) Black Guard (61), Plasma Carbine (+3), Plasma Lance (+6), Micro-X Launcher (+0) = 70
(t) Outcast Rebel Squad (49) = 49
(t) Rebel Disruptor Cannon Team (26) = 26
(t) Rebel Disruptor Cannon Team (26) = 26
(t) Rebel Mag Light Support Team (26) = 26
(t) Rebel Mag Cannon Team (36) = 36
(t) Rebel Quad Mag Repeater Team (26) = 26
(s) Battle Squad (184), Plasma Amps (+30) = 214
(s) Creeper (88), Additional Creeper (+88), Mag Cannon (+10), Plasma Amps (+20) = 206
(g) Attack Crawler (186), Mag Cannon (+10), Plasma Amp (+10) = 206
(a) Tectors (20) = 20
(a) Flitters (20) = 20
Total = 1,503 points & 18 (+4 Amp) order dice.

Eek. Rather overexcited with all the fresh new Rebel Ghar equipment. It’s sooo shiny.

Some heavy pruning to be done (although I may have just found my 1,500 Rebel Ghar list).

Logical items to bin first would be the Battle Squad, or Creepers or Attack Crawler. Perhaps even get rid of two of the three. As they are all similar points I will keep the slightly more expensive Battle Suit squad. That’s about 400 points dropped.

Then the Outcast Rebel Squad (there’s plenty more of them in the holding cells), a Black Guard Squad and some of the support weapons, with an eye to keeping the Mag Cannon.

After some chopping:

Swapping the battle suits out for the Creepers (or Crawler) would release 8 points and be less Ghar Empire feel and more Rebel Ghar. Plus they are always MoD 2, yet can Amp up to MoD 3.

Looking at Scourer Cannons, which is probably what the Ghar Empire opponent would have, I think I’d rather have a Res 12 battle suit than a Res 10 Creeper. But then the Creeper is a Vehicle and could battle through.

Okay, drop the Battle Suits and take the two Creepers from before.

We could take a third Mag LS equipped creeper with the 88 remaining points, but want to check all the other options yet.

Put back in the regular Outcast squad and a support weapons and we’re almost done.

Or, at 88 points a unit of Attack Scutters with no upgrades.

Where are we up to with the number of units… 10 so far. We have 2 Limited Choices (Fartok and the Creepers) already, and the Scutters would take us to 11 units and 3 Limited Choices, which can’t be done. Outcasts it is.

I make that 13 points left.

I will take the Get Up army option, because I’m sure at some point Fartok will probably end up down and he really is key to the mission. This will hopefully his get out of jail free card…

This makes the final list:

(t) Fartok (179), 2x Bodyguard (+170), 2x Plasma Claws (+10) = 359
(t) Rebel Command Squad (73), Maglashes (+6) = 79
(t) Black Guard (61), Plasma Carbine (+3), Plasma Lance (+6), Micro-X Launcher (+0) = 70
(t) Black Guard (61), Plasma Carbine (+3), Plasma Lance (+6), Micro-X Launcher (+0) = 70
(t) Outcast Rebel Squad (49) = 49
(t) Rebel Disruptor Cannon Team (26) = 26
(t) Rebel Disruptor Cannon Team (26) = 26
(t) Rebel Mag Light Support Team (26) = 26
(t) Rebel Mag Cannon Team (36) = 36
(s) Creeper (88), Additional Creeper (+88), Mag Cannon (+10), Plasma Amps (+20) = 206
(a) Tectors (20) = 20
(a) Flitters (20) = 20
(o) Get Up (10) = 10
Total = 997 points & 13 (+2 Amp) order dice.

Fartok ought to be able to defeat any regular Ghar squad on his own, but not if he starts to get out numbered. The Creepers can drop a lot of fire into the enemy (especially when MoD 3), keeping a Tector nearby too. The Black Guard squads will have their advance covered by the multitude of various support teams, again accompanied by their friendly neighbourhood tector.

Well, it’s almost a plan…

Until next time!

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Xilos Campaign - Scenario 5 - Attackers 1000 points

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