Choosing the right lieutenant

This time, i want to investigate the lieutenant options and chain of command troops for you in the imperial army.

Celestial Guard

Why not ? high wip of 14, no swc cost to spend and only 13 points with combi rifle. since he is linkable, he can be protected in a link or you can add another combi variant and keep them in covered buildings. only problem is that you will never use your liet. order on him.

Zhangying

Hmg and sensor variants have lieutenant options. wip is standart 13. can you use a liuetenant order ? well maybe but not so great idea. depends on circumtances though.

SunTze

He is born to be a liuetenant. he has the best wip value in the game. wip 17. strategos level 3 is nice, adding order and protecting your leader. I am not %100 sure about marksmanrifle ,because he will be an open target. 

Advanced command option, which is for me expensive, can be useful. At the end he is a great leader, if you can find points to spend on him.

Hsien

He is a great way to spend your liet. orders on. you can take hmg variant and kill stuff with one more extra order. there are 2 variants. however  i would prefer hmg variant. wip is 14 and it is more than enough.

Crane rank

If you take a crane spitfire or multirifle which are the only lieutenant options, you will most probably use them in a link. he has resistance but you can not use your liet. orders efficiently. wip 14 is cool.

Pheasant rank

Here there are no options for liet. but a nice option to protect your army from loss of liet. circumtances. chain of command skill. boarding shotgun, combi and red fury options are nice and offering side tactics.

Imperial Army madness

At this time, i want to write the general advantages and disadvantages of the imperial army. We have a Godlike sectorial as my mate Daasan from infinity forums advice, but even Gods may have weak points too. :P

I will give my opinions on all units in a long term, but here want to give a general look about the sectorial. so here are the most important things on first look.

we have kuangshis. this order monkeys give us cheap orders. with adding a celestial guard, we can have 8 kuangshis on total in sectorial. this brings us 9 orders for 53 points and 0.5 swc. Ehem... add one sujian or hsien to the list and enjoy.

We have smoke and msv level 2 madness together. Hsien, baotroops and even a REM called Yaoxie Rui Shi have msv level 2. use smokes of celestial guards and take the pleasure. Hsien and baotroops are linkable , please take a note.

We have beast like HI infantries. Hsien, Sujian, Crane agent , Wuming and Sujian. Wuming,Crane and hsien are all linkable.

We have a hero and maybe the best lieutenant of the game. Suntze is ours. Suntze is an other days' topic, but just let me notify that he has the best wip of the game. wip value of 17 !

We have holoprojector level 2 madness. many troopers have this magical ability. kanren, father sforza and Lu duan remote. kanren has ava 3 and luduan has ava 2.

We have camo troopers and infiltrators. Most important of them is ninja, but we have only ava1 and he is an infiltrator with to camo. kanrens have forward deployment level 2 which is similar idea. as a standart camo in our deployment zone, we have the notorious Major Lunah sniper.

We dont have minelayers in usual way. only wuming have antipersonnel mines. but in unusual way, we have a sniffer minelayer option. We have a viral sniper, sectorial exclusive mad traps,stun grenades, nimbus grenades, e/mitter, adhesive luncher, nimbus, tinbot B and some other usual weapons. Normally we dont have a repeater, however kuangshis can act like moving repeaters.

 In imperial there are some unique skills. biolocater is an unique skill exclusive for the sectorial. bioimmunity,total immunity, strategos level 3, mechanical transformation, xvisor, explode level 1 etc.

Guys this is sensor club. there are many troopers with sensors here. Cranes, zhangying,weibing have sensors.

Trooper base, there are many mercenary options too. authorised bounty hunter types and aleph rems together with sophotects serving imperial army.

Yaoxie rems offer nice tactical choices. dakinis too. garruda is our only air deployment troop.

There are many lieutenant options and chain of command skill which is good.

We dont have many infiltrators. Ok we dont have hacking device plus. We dont have mines to field at all. There are not many camo troops. Our ad troop is not a point maker. There is no real TAG which is a small problem in TAG base scenarios. We have only one engineer-doctor. Only 2 dcharge options. Only one paramedic option. no grenades, no pitcher. no repeaters, emaulers etc.

Anyways we are the soldiers of the emperor. We are great!

Sujian

SUJIAN

This unit is one of the most unique units in the game. I want to share my thoughts about her and must say it is fantastic miniature duo. Look at this beauty.

Sujian is S 3 troop in high mobility form, while she is S5 in the combat mode. in the picture, it shows two versions together. pretty clear that on the left side , there is the high mobility version.

Both of them are using 40mm bases.

Apart from they are fantastic on look, they are awesome on playing wise too.

High mobility form has 8-2 movement and nice climbing plus. multiterrain on such a fast unit is very cool. nothing will prevent her from reaching ( 12 inch for deployment + 8 inch ) 20 inch, almost close to mid table in just one short skill.

dont forget that cautious movement uses the first movement stat which is 8 inch! if you like, you can move between blocks without getting shot.

With mechanical transformation, you can change the form and put your baby in combat form. that bs12 becomes 14 now! so you can kill more stuff but movement becomes poor ( 4-2 movement ), looses climbing plus and multiterrain too. however he becomes a demon now.

this transformation is made before any movement. so you cant move like a tiger and hit like a bear. firstly you must finish transformation and then make the movement. not a big thing. it is ok. we can live with that.

These are nice things. but the thing makes them really special is W2 and no wound inc. on a ghost remote presence troop! she acts on the table like a 4 wound troop that you can heal any time, with your sophotects. when ever she gets 2 wounds, she has 2 more wounds coming from remote presence. it is very hard to kill this beast, lets not pass she has arm 5 and bts 6.

Both variants have flame thrower and panzerfaust. you have to choose between heavy shotgun and spitfire which are the only two options. spitfire comes with extra bill of 2 swc while heavyshotgun swc is 0.

One more nice thing is she is HI infantry. not a tag! so she can not be possesed. more over, why dont you use hacking program "fairy dust" on her. Firewall grants her an extra bts +3 against hacking attempts. these attempts will also suffer -3 on wip.

In imperial service, availability is 3!, and you can form a link team duo with them. spitfire and shotgun versions moving together. hiting opponents according to range is fantastic. we have kuangshis to supply orders for them. so eveything looks alright.

For me, sujian is one of the best units in the game. she can reach anywhere, kill anything and gives you many attacking options on a single troop. i rate sujian with 5 out of 5 black dragons.

Hackers

Inside imperial army , there are nice hacker variants that oversight at first look.
so wanted to write here my opinions about them.

Celestial guard hacker
21 points, 0,5 swc

Celestial guard hacker is a strong hacker. strong wip 14, reasonable bts 3. for 21 points, she looks as a solid hacker choice for your army. you can use her in a 5man link, where she is more stronger with ssense level 2. combi rifle is not bad.

Pheasant Rank hacker
32 points, 0,5swc

still we have nice wip value of 14,combi and bts 3 like celestial guard. he is different with exceptional martial arts ability. he links with baotroops and extra bs is fine, but does it worth to extra 11 points ? for me no.

Zhanying hacker
32 points, 0,5swc

Standart wip 13, reasonable bts value of 3, better bs than celestial guard. still 11 points expensive than celestial guard but this time , i think it worths.
zhanying has sixth sense level 2. can not be suprised and delay her aros. also she has nice synergy with hsien multi rifle and wuming boarding shotgun tinbot. who ever wants to attack zhangying will now face -6 on hacking attempts. nice breaker combi is an alternative weapon. also dcharge helps to make an extra mission. still i am not convinced  to take her as a solo hacker. but in a link she can be a nice choice.

Crane rank hacker
53 points, 0,5 swc

Nice wip value of 14 becomes more stronger with bts 6. this 2w monster can make the missions in a link of 5. impressive martial arts ability always an other nice choice. 2 nanopulser , cool multirifle and DA close combat weapon. maybe he is expensive however i believe he is a good choice as a hacker.

Ninja hacker
29-40 points , 0-0,5 swc

This part is interesting. close combat masters with impressive martial arts skills that can infiltrate and to camo, out of sights. then can make the missions and attack deadly. in such a sectorial full with sensors, they become a terror in opponents' eyes. i love both variants. but killer hacker is dirty cheap.

Kanren hacker
29-32 points , 0 -0,5 swc

They are great man. holo level 2 is acting like almost camo. this is another story with many tactic options. these dirty infiltrators can make missions and suprise attack/shot their enemies. when they are hackers , they are crazy tools. now imagine a killer hacker acting like a hvt. put two hvts on the table.  When the opponent hacker comes to hack your hvt to get points, enjoy that moment.

Black dragon rises

Black Dragon rises!

Yes. i finally started imperial army after envying troops for a while.
i selected my self black dragon theme. so my main coolor for my troops will be black.

i plan to make a nice diorama for my army too.
My mate Dasaan from forums will draw a dragon for me and will use it oftenly as my main illustration.

i will start painting with hsien. ninja and kanren afterwards. meanwhile must find nice bases as well.
see you later.