Pathfinders Army Book

Credits and Contents

PATHFINDERS ARMY BOOK CREDITS Author Matthew Sprange Additional Text Matthew Keefe Editor Richard Ford  Cover Art Kieran Yanner

CONTENTS Introduction

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Selection to Special Ops

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Hobby Section

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Internal Art David Esbri Molinas, Danilo Moretti, Dave Wiggins

Pathfinder Armoury

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Figure Painter  Adrian Walters

Pathfinder Platoons

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Tip of the Spear

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Pathfinder Reference

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Miniatures Manager Ian Barstow  Production Director  Alexander Fennell Proofreader Ted Chang 

Starship Troopers: Pathfinders Army Book TM Book  TM & (C) 2005 TriStar Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mongoose Publishing Publishing Ltd. Authorised Authorised User. User. Reproduction of any part of this work by any means means  without the written permission permission of the publishier publishier is expressly forbidden. Printed in China. China.

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION Ready to join the elite, Trooper? This book details

the Pathfinder platoons, widely regarded by SICON Military  Intelligence as the elite forces of the Mobile Infantry.  All troopers of the Mobile Infantry have the respect and gratitude of the civilians and citizens citizens of the Federation. Federation. Despite the destruction of Buenos Aires that marked the true beginning  of the Arachnid War, Earth remains a peaceful and prosperous place and its inhabitants know they have the Mobile Infantry and Mighty Fleet to thank for that. On colony worlds where clashes

with the Arachnids come with alarming regularity, support for the military forces of the Federation tends to be much stronger. stronger. The Pathfinders are a cut above the average trooper, even though few civilians or citizens are are aware of their existence. existence. They are the troopers that other troopers look up to, the highly trained elite. It is the Pathfinders Pathfinders that reconnoitre reconnoitre important strategic positions behind the the Arachnid line. line. They are the troopers troopers tasked with extracting squads cut off by swarms of warrior bugs or entering bug holes holes to assassinate a potent brain brain bug. They  are granted the best equipment and training the Federation can provide but in return are expected to complete missions that other forces within the Mobile Infantry would deem suicidal.

SNIPER TEAM, ZERO IN – PUT THAT BUG ON ITS KNEES! The Pathfinder Army Book has the following  sections, detailing this new Mobile Infantry  force.  Army List: The complete Pathfinder army  list, allowing you to use these elite troopers in games of Starship Troopers Troopers as either eit her a complete army or part of a much larger force. Hobby Section: A section packed with gorgeous photographs of painted Pathfinders bravely battling the enemies of Mankind. Mankind. Includes a complete complete painting guide designed to get your Pathfinders onto the table as quickly  as possible. The Pathfinder Armoury: The Pathfinders have access to the most advanced equipment and weaponry available to the Mobile Infantry, some of it still officially classified as experimental. This section contains all the rules you will need to use this equipment in your army. The Tip of the Spear: Additional background and gaming  information for players using the Pathfinders in the Starship Troopers Miniatures Game .

BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE THIS CAMP, BY THE TIME YOU JOIN YOUR NEW PLATOON, YOU WILL BE A WEAPON, A PATHFINDER, A MINISTER OF DEATH, PRAYING FOR WAR!

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Selection to Special Ops

SELECTION TO SPECIAL OPS The official role of the Pathfinders is to conduct

special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and, in theory, counter-terrorism missions throughout the Federation. Unofficially, this can simply be boiled down to performing  missions that even cap troopers find impossible. impossible. Washout rates during Selection and training are high, and casualty rates among  Pathfinder units can be terrible. However, they remain among  the best humanity has to offer on the modern battlefield and members are extremely well-equipped well-equipped to complete their assigned tasks.

SELECTION Rumours, legends and even myths surround the selection process troopers must undertake to be accepted into a Pathfinders platoon. Tales are told of exceptionally exceptiona lly high casualty rates, brutal Military Intelligence interrogations and suicidal missions. There is truth in some of this but the Pathfinders have always been a little mysterious in how they are selected and their true role within the Mobile Infantry. In theory, theory, all a trooper has to do in order to begin the selection process is inform his commanding officer of his wish and then await the next recruitment period. In practice, whether whether a trooper gets put forward or not is very much down to the desires of this officer and he may be refused for any number of  reasons. It is not unknown for an officer to simply simply not pass on a  request because he values a trooper’s trooper’s contribution to his platoon, but most recruits are turned down due to a failure to meet physical and mental guidelines guidelines dictated by SICON. SICON. The level

The deadliest weapon in the galaxy is a Pathfinder and his Morita. It is your killer instinct which must must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat.  Your  Y our rifle is only a tool. tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong  you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead Pathfinders Pathfinders and then you’ll be in hell because Pathfinders are not allowed to die without permission. Do you maggots understand?

of fitness required to make it through the first stages of selection is incredibly high and it has been estimated that only 5% of all Mobile Infantry Infantry troopers meet this standard. standard. The purpose of  the whole selection process is to whittle this 5% down to a mere few hundred. The bureaucratic hurdles of getting past commanding officers and SICON analysts on the basis of past military record and physical fitness are by no means means easy to accomplish. accomplish. Any  infraction on a trooper’s record can mean instant dismissal from the process. It is often assumed that the Pathfinders Pathfinders are looking  for absolute heroes of the highest loyalty and intelligence while at the peak of their physical physical fitness. While such candidates candidates are gratefully received, some troopers are surprised when accepted, as any trooper who has served for any great length of time normally  has at least one secret they are none too proud of. Once accepted to the first stages of selection, the troopers’ nightmares really really begin. Designed by General Malcolm Barrett, Barrett, the course has changed very little over the years, being aimed at weeding out those who are unsuitable and pushing to the limit those who make the grade. Fatalities Fatalities are not unknown and little has been done to enhance safety though Pathfinder instructors are wary about wasting good troopers needlessly. needlessly. Selection is long long and tough. It begins with a ‘build-up ‘build-up’’ week  on the Pathfinder’s assault course in the Yukon, followed by the legendary Endurance March March across the Canadian Rockies. Rockies. The physical requirements requirements of this combination alone weeds out 90% of the applicants and the rest of the wash-outs will fail during the examination process that comes after. after. This consists of multiple tests covering history, philosophy, mathematics, tactics and a  variety of other other disciplines. If this were were not enough, Military  Military  Intelligence then swings in with numerous psych-evaluations that are designed to probe for the weaknesses in a trooper’s personality. If a trooper can pass all these tests with flying colours, he stands a good chance of being selected for Pathfinder training. However, simply passing is not sufficient, as there are limited places available in existing Pathfinder platoons and only the top few percent will be accepted. That said, more places have been opened since the start of the Arachnid War.

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Selection to Special Ops

PATHFINDER TRAINING It has been said that if selection was tough, then training for a Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon is ten times harder. harder. In truth, troopers at this stage are expected to excel at every opportunity – make no mistake, the men and women who make it this far are dedicated individuals, determined to succeed at everything they attempt and utterly loyal loyal to the Federation. Federation. A more patriotic group group of  troopers is hard to find.

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are sometimes used to evade detection when deploying in a  battle zone. A Slingshot drop drop boat flies at high speeds speeds and low  altitudes, dropping its platoon within seconds before continuing  on its flight path or rocketing back up to orbit. This is a highly  dangerous manoeuvre as the drop capsules have very little time to fire their braking rockets and locate a suitable landing spot. This requires very quick reflexes on the part of the trooper and any casualties are always fatal. Even after all this, there is still one hurdle for troopers to cross. They are required to swim 2 miles in armour that has its power reduced, carrying carrying a Morita. Only after this will the the trooper receive his coveted winged spear badge and be assigned to an active Pathfinder platoon.

Pathfinder training takes another sixteen weeks and covers Standard Operating Procedures, tunnel fighting tactics and familiarisation on all the specialist equipment available to the platoons. The Combat and Survival Survival Phase ends with with an escape and evasion exercise, in which candidates are released into a variety of terrain types and expected to avoid capture by a qualified Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon. Irrespective Irrespective of capture (and virtually all trainees are captured), all troopers are put through intensive SICON interrogation training. This is the source source of  many of the rumours about Pathfinder selection but though it can seem brutal to the participants, no one has yet died from over-powered probes from psychics. While psychics are indeed used to gauge mental resilience, the procedures concentrate more on sleep and sensory deprivation, starvation and psychological tricks aimed at lowering a trooper’s trooper’s resistance to questioning.

Ostensibly, Pathfinders are used in a variety of small scale missions that require special skills, highly trained troopers and diverse equipment. In the past this has meant high-risk  reconnaissance, hostage rescue, assassinations, sabotage and the like. With the coming of the Arachnid War, War, the Pathfinders have become a lot more specialised as the enemy they face now  is a far cry from the usual colony rebels and alien raiders they  have fought in the past.

Those who pass this phase will then undergo terrain specialisation and low-level drop training. Though rarely performed against Arachnid forces, low level drops using M2 capsules

The missions the Pathfinders have recently become renowned for are those where they descend into bug holes to fulfil their objectives. Fighting on the Arachnids’ Arachnids’ home home ground is perhaps

MISSIONS

Selection to Special Ops the most dangerous duty any Mobile Infantry trooper can perform and even among the highly trained Pathfinders, casualty  rates can be high. These missions are never undertaken undertaken lightly  and have specific targets, be they the elimination of a brain bug  detected in the sector, a sweep of tunnels clustered around a  critical objective or a surprise attack on an important surface target. Pathfinders Pathfinders prepped for these missions are usually armed with a high proportion of flamer weapons in order to stall the inevitable bug attacks. The heavy Shredder Shredder support cannon also finds favour in this environment, as its heavy weight of firepower firepower can allow a single trooper to hold a tunnel by himself if he is required to. High-risk reconnaissance remains an important task for the Pathfinders and they are often the first into a battle zone to forge a path for other Mobile Mobile Infantry platoons. In larger scale actions, they are sometimes deployed in conjunction with power suit and Marauder companies in search and destroy missions, locating specific targets such as brain and plasma bugs, using  their expertise to annihilate threats to the larger force before they can be brought brought to bear in battle. In protracted campaigns, campaigns, Pathfinder Pathfinder platoons sometimes gain the reputation for aloofness and keeping to themselves, especially on long voyages aboard a  Fleet ship. While there are certainly certain ly Pathfinders Pathfinders who enjoy their elite status it is usually the reputation these troopers possess that causes others to keep their distance. Most, however however proud they  may be to have made it past selection and training, see themselves as troopers first and Pathfinders Pathfinders second. Once befriended, many  many  in the Mobile Infantry are surprised at the camaraderie expressed by the Pathfinders.

Operation Total Closure  As the the Road Road to Victory began to crumble, crumble, bug activity sprung up across dozens of outpost systems, threatening to sever the lifeline of logistical support to frontline units. One such uprising  occurred in the Huy system but a full Mobile Infantry division on transfer to Federation space was fortunately present on the world to eliminate the new infestation. infestation. Among them were were two platoons of Pathfinders who were duly tasked to infiltrate a  major bug colony, plant atomics and then seal the tunnel system before detonating the charges.  A full assault was staged by the Mobile Infantry on several carefully selected bug holes to draw the main strength of  warrior bugs into prepared prepared fire lanes. This diverted attention attention away from the Pathfinder teams who entered the colony from more distant locations. Navigating their their way through the the entry  tunnel network, the Pathfinders encountered light resistance and overcame all Arachnid ambushes and traps while sustaining little more than light injuries. As cap troopers fought fought several miles away under ever-growing waves of warriors, the Pathfinders began to penetrate the first chambers of the colony, reaching  depths that few active units had ever reached before.

Secreting their atomic charges within the walls of large bug  chambers, the Pathfinders began their retreat, only to find their exit route blocked by swarms of warrior and blister bugs. Concerted assaults on the bug line were repulsed and casualties among the Pathfinders began to mount as troopers fell to claw  and acid blast. On the surface, cap troopers began to pound bug holes with missile and plasma fire in an effort to seal the warrior bugs within their colony and halt the flow towards their own lines in accordance with the pre-scheduled timeline of battle. For their part, the Pathfinders had explored the surrounding  territory of the tunnel network leading out of the colony, only to find that the Arachnids had successfully boxed them in, no doubt directed by a brain bug that had detected their intrusion intrusi on earlier. The Pathfinder’s Pathfinder’s commanding commandin g officer, aware that the colony’s colony’s destruction was vital for the outpost world and that communications to surface units were being jammed by  the Arachnids, activated the atomic countdown remotely and detailed his command squad to adopt a defensive position at a nexus of tunnels. The rest of this force he he sent forward as a  spear to penetrate the Arachnid swarms and make their way to the surface. At such close ranges, the Arachnids Arachnids were were able to inflict horrendous casualties on the escaping Pathfinders but the officer and his squad destroyed enough warrior bugs to compel reinforcements reinforcements to converge on his position. The officer, whose name has still not been released to the Federation as a whole, never re-emerged from the Arachnid colony and it is presumed he and his men were eventually  overwhelmed by ever increasing numbers of warrior bugs charging from multiple tunnels. However, their sacrifice allowed the other Pathfinder units to escape relatively intact and once a combination of explosive charges and Fleet attacks had closed the bug holes in the vicinity, the atomics they had prepared detonated, shaking the ground for miles around and utterly vaporising every every Arachnid still underground. After this, the battle moved on to the smaller colonies on Huy but the back  of the Arachnid strength had been broken on this world with the destruction of this important colony. colony.

Operation Orange Dawn  After the ill-fated Klendathu Invasion, Sky Marshal Maru announced that the Tancred Tancred system would serve as an important strategic staging post for continued operations in Klendathu’s system. Arachnid presence presence was high but the the combination of  the system’s galactic position and the fourth planet’s natural resources made it a prime consideration for a major colony  and Fleet base. A Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon still known known only by its codename, Bravo, was inserted and individual squads dispersed to hunt down plasma bug concentrations before the Fleet took  position in orbit. The aim was was to annihilate any threat threat to the main invasion force, thus avoiding the fate so many transports and cruisers faced in orbit above Klendathu.

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Selection to Special Ops Of the six squads that were inserted, only  one returned. returned. Dropping into ‘Plasma ‘Plasma Alley’ Alley’ carrying heavy weapons and remote bombs, the Pathfinders Pathfinders soon found themselves surrounded by warrior bugs. Their communications communications were were quickly disrupted and a major storm had begun to stir across the entire world – the mission was a disaster from the start. In the final analysis, no plasma bugs were found by the Pathfinders, much less destroyed and the invasion was delayed by a week until the planetary storm died down to sufficient levels to permit drops. During this time, squads were were slaughtered by Arachnid swarms and only a  single squad led by Lieutenant Jayne Daxson survived for rendezvous with a Slingshot. Slingshot. They  trekked across more than two hundred miles to avoid Arachnid patrols and locate high ground that was free from the high winds of  the storm.

Operation Anaconda During the Arachnid assault on Janus VII, several Pathfinder Pathfinder platoons were used in special operations, typically armed reconnaissance sweeps used to locate high concentrations of bug  swarms for attack by massed Fleet Fleet assets. Much of this was initially done by illuminating key   Arachnid swarms with pulsing infrared infrared marker beams which were invisible to the naked eye but detectable by TAC Fighters and Bombers. However, repeated attacks upon Pathfinder positions soon revealed that the bugs had their own methods of detection. Later missions involved Pathfinder squads passing on co-ordinates to Fleet craft and then remaining in the area to make corrections as the Arachnids Arachnids moved. This was a decidedly  low-tech approach but it proved successful, with the Pathfinders often sweeping the area  after an attack to mop up any surviving bugs. One squad often proved the equal to a whole platoon of regular Mobile Infantry in these ad  hoc  missions and enabled Military Intelligence to confidently declare sectors clear after attack. The operation proved remarkably successful until the reconnaissance sweeps moved into more mountainous sectors where extensive tunnel networks allowed allowed the Arachnids to avoid Fleet bombardment bombardment and air attack with virtual impunity. impunity. At this point, the entire campaign changed in nature with the Mobile Infantry massing its strength and digging in for a protracted battle. The Pathfinders Pathfinders still had a role to play play and many were

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tasked with highly dangerous missions to seek out and destroy  brain and overseer overseer bugs within within the tunnels. Casualties were were high but after two months of constant fighting, the Arachnid command structure had been sufficiently weakened to allow the Mobile Infantry to begin having an impact upon the swarms. It would take another six months for the Arachnid infestation to be completely wiped out but, by this time, the bugs were effectively neutralised neutralised as a fighting force capable of hindering the colony growing on Janus VII.

Hobby Section

HOBBY SECTION

The Pathfinder Army Book introduces a new set of Pathfinder miniatures for you to include in your MI army.

In addition, there is the Pathfinder K9 unit, which includes a brand new range of  Neodogs.

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Hobby Section Stage 3

PATHFINDER PAINTING GUIDE The following following is a guide to painting your Pathfinders. This is the basic colour scheme for a standard platoon but feel free to explore a range of different colours and camouflage schemes suitable for different terrains. terrains. All paints referenced referenced are from the Testors Fantasy Figure Colours range.

Stage 4 The undersuit is now highlighted with Djinni Light Grey. Now  apply paint to the upper parts of the Dinosaur Grey.

Stage 1 The model’s parts have been removed from the sprue and have had all the the mould lines removed. removed. This is best done with a hobby knife or a small file. The parts were then assembled with cyanoacrylate glue (Superglue) and then undercoated with a black acrylic spray paint.

Stage 5 Being careful not to get paint on the undersuit, drybrush the rest of the model with Hobgoblin Grey.

Stage 6

Stage 2 The undersuit has been painted first in Hobgoblin Grey. Be neat at this stage.

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The undersuit is now painted with Dinosaur Grey. Grey. Apply paint only to the upper parts. Hobgoblin Grey Grey should be left left in the sculpted creases.

Now drybrush (being careful again) with Dinosaur Grey, concentrating on the areas that face upwards like the tops of the kneepads and the corners of the armour pouches.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Hobby Section Stage 7

Stage 10

Paint all the metal parts in Gunmetal.

PVA glue was used to stick sand to the base. This was then painted and drybrushed.

Stage 8 By thinning down some Dragon Black I have made a thin paint mixture that will run into the cracks and detail in the model. This shades the metal giving the illusion of depth. On the gun itself I have added a dark blue to the black mix, giving the look  of ‘Blued Steel’ very appropriate on this covert special forces type soldier.

Stage 9  All that’s left to do is pick out the lenses on the goggles and the buttons on the backpack. I have gone for red on the monolens (infrared) and green for the binocular lenses.

Modelling Tip

 An interesting look to achieve on lenses, glass and gems is to simulate ‘shine’. This is much easier to do than it looks. First paint the part in a darker shade, so, if the gem is to be red, basecoat the area with a dark red first. The gem or lens should stay dark at the top and get lighter towards the bottom. On a red gem it could progress dark red, red, orange, yellow and white. The yellow would be a very small amount at the bottom of the gem followed by an even smaller speck of white. Consequently  a green lens would be dark green, green, yellow green, yellow, white. The ‘shine’ comes from a small dot of pure white applied to the top of the gem or lens at the darkest point.

Stage 7

Stage 8

Stage 9

Lens Tip 1

Stage 10

Lens Tip 2

Lens Guide

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Hobby Section

A PATHFINDER SQUAD ADVANCES BY THE NUMBERS

URBAN WARFARE!

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Hobby Section

THE EVER VIGILANT PATHFINDER K9 SQUAD

PATHFINDER AND NEODOG TRACK A BRAIN BUG BACK TO ITS LAIR

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Hobby Section

PATHFINDERS AND THEIR K9 COMPANIONS STAND AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS

THE PATHFINDERS OF THE 1 ST FORGED SPEAR POSE FOR A RARE PHOTOGRAPH

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Hobby Section

THE PATHFINDERS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO TAKING ON WHATEVER IS THROWN AT THEM

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The Pathfinder Armoury

THE PATHFINDER ARMOURY The Pathfinde Pathfinders rs enjoy the finest equipment the

Federation has to offer, with the latest experimental weapons and most advanced power suits being common throughout their squads. Their extensive training allows them them to adapt to new  equipment and become type-certified, on average, in half the time normally expected of Mobile Infantry troopers. This is a summary of the weapons used by Pathfinder platoons, along with the new equipment unique to their forces.

WEAPONS SW-408 Shredder Squad Support Cannon: Technically  classified as an experimental weapon, the Shredder has found great popularity among the Pathfinders Pathfinders who often lack the heavier equipment taken for granted by most of the Mobile Infantry. A  water-cooled barrel permits an impressive firing rate, and the Shredder Shredder is becoming renowned for the hail of fire it can unleash into an Arachnid swarm. swarm. Though magazines are are capacious by  any standard, the sheer weight of fire this weapon is capable of 

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can put a strain on ammunition reserves with the Shredder falling  silent just as the bugs close in. However, Pathfinder troopers are well trained in the use of this weapon and have the discipline required to use it effectively on the battlefield. M-781A1 Falcon AA Missile: The huge numbers of hopper bugs present throughout the Road to Victory campaign convinced SICON that dedicated Rapiers, while having their place, did not grant the versatility to individual squads required when facing an Arachnid Arachnid swarm of multiple multiple sub-species. sub-species. The Falcon was designed to be a smaller warhead that could be used in a standard Javelin Javelin with minimal minimal extra training. Though it lacks the guidance capabilities and hard punch of the Rapier’s Birdbolt warhead, the Falcon can still provide a squad with a  measure of anti-aircraft cover. M-791A1 Reaver HEAT Missile: An experimental warhead combining a short-burn plasma charge with a hardened penetrating core, this missile is capable of punching through the thickest armour before before detonating inside its its target. Due to the

The Pathfinder Armoury Pathfinde Pa thfinder r Weapons

 Weapon  Weapon Squad Weapons Hel Infantry Flamer Morita Assault Rifle Morita Carbine Morita Sniper Rifle Grenade Launcher – Flechette Grenade – Frag Grenade – Bugshot Grenade Trench Sweeper Laser Support Weapons Shredder Squad Support Cannon Triple Thud Grenade Launcher Missiles and Rockets  Javelin Missile Missile Launcher – Falcon AA Missile – Firecracker HE Missile – Holepunch HEAP Missile – Reaver HEAT Missile Rapier AA Missile Launcher – AA Birdbolt Missile Munitions Frag Grenade Chem Grenade Plasma Munition

Thermo Charge Close Combat Weapons ER Shock Stick

Range

Damage Type

Traits

10” 20” 15” 30” — 8” 15” 10” 6”

D10+2 2xD6 2xD6 D6 — D6+1 D6 D6+2 D10+1

Squad Squad Squad Squad — Pack Pack Pack Pack

Flame, LZ (Stream), Retaliate Auto Auto Accurate — Underslung   Underslung   LZ (2”), Underslung   LZ (Stream), Underslung  

20” 15”

3xD6 3xD10

Squad Pack

Auto, Piercing/1 Piercing/1

— 60” 60” 60” 60” — 60”

— D10 3xD6 D10 D10+1 — D10

— Pack Pack Pack Pack — Pack

— AA, LZ (1”) LZ (2”) Accurate, LZ (1”), Piercing/2 Accurate, Killshot, LZ (1”) — AA, Accurate, LZ (2”), Piercing/1, Ready  

8” 8” Launched 60”, Placed, Thrown 6” Placed

D10 3xD6 2xD 2x D10

Pack Pack One ne-S -Sh hot ot!!

3xD10

One-Shot!

LZ (1”) LZ (2”), Persistent Flam amee, Kil illlsh shot ot,, LZ (3 (3”) ”),, Pers rsis istten entt, (Remote if placed) LZ (1”), Piercing/2, Remote

Close combat

As user

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Parry, Piercing/1

great expense involved in its production, only elite units among  the Mobile Infantry have been granted permission to stock  the warhead in their armouries, though rumours abound of  political wrangling that have seen Fleet admirals hoarding large quantities of these weapons for use in their new generation of  TAC TAC Fighters. Fighters . M-905T Thermo Charge: Designed to concentrate the destructive force of a modified thermo-based charge into a small area, the thermo charge is typical of the explosive devices carried by the Pathfinders who are tasked with destroying key enemy  facilities and positions. positions. A Thermo Thermo Charge Charge may be placed placed on any model of size 3 or greater with a Charge action. The placing  model must make a normal close combat attack and hit the victim’s victim’s Target score. sco re.

GENERAL ISSUE EQUIPMENT M-1A6 Power Suit: The advanced systems of the Pathfinder’s power suits give them ma many ny advantages in the field. Constantly  updated battle data is filtered and displayed on the trooper’s

visor, giving him only the information he needs to know at any  given time. More powerful powerful sensors also alert him to incoming  attacks seconds before they would register on standard M-1A4 power suits. Troopers equipped with M-1A6 power suits may  react to enemies that complete an action within 12” rather than the normal 10” (if they have the Stay Frosty trait, this is increased to 14”). Pathfinder Neodog: In common with much of the other equipment used by the Pathfinders, the Neodogs of these platoons are fitted with experimental modules and are genetically  enhanced through specialised breeding programmes to be stronger, stronger, quicker and tougher – vital for the missions they often face alongside their their Pathfinder Pathfinder masters. Rumoured to be the the forerunners of a Mk II Neodog to be made available throughout the Mobile Infantry, each Pathfinder Neodog also carries a  powerful explosive charge, charge, ensuring that it has a good chance of  a final strike against any enemies and also that it does not suffer greatly if mortally wounded.

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Pathfinder Platoons

PATHFINDER PLATOONS The following pages pages contain everything you need

to field Pathfinder platoons in the Starship Troopers miniatures game. There are many such platoons within the Mobile Infantry, spread across every war zone humanity engages in, so you can create as rich and diverse a background for this elite force as you can your power suit platoons. platoons. You have the choice to use the Pathfinders either as a complete army in their own right or a  single platoon in a much larger force also comprising power suit, light armour and Marauder platoons, utilising the skills of the Pathfinders Pathfinders to give your existing Mobile Infantry final victory.

PATHFINDER PLATOONS  A Pathfinder platoon in the Starship Troopers Troopers miniatures game is two or more Pathfinder Pathfinder Squads and a commanding Pathfinder NCO, though it can swell to include two more officers and seven more squads.  You  You must decide which platoons to use before choosing any  forces. You cannot choose to field more than than one platoon for every 1,000 points of your entire army. For example, a Mobile Infantry army in a 2,000 point battle may field either one or two platoons. You are free to mix different types types of platoon in larger games, so in a 2,000 point game you may use two Pathfinder platoons or a single Pathfinder platoon supported by either a  power suit or Marauder platoon. Pathfinder Pathfinder platoons use all the rules detailed in the MI Army List, found on pages 68-71 (pages 78-81 of the hardback rulebook) of the main Starship Troopers rulebook. The one exception exception is the use of Emplacement Emplacement Assets. Pathfinder Pathfinder platoons tend to rely on mobility and a strong offensive nature in the war zone, rather than thick walls of concrete and steel. A Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon may  never choose any Emplacement Assets, though they may use any  bought for another platoon freely.

PATHFINDER TRAINING  Where indicated in the army list, some models in Pathfinder Pathfinder platoons gain the following special rules. Surprise Attack: The model will never trigger Alert Status reactions in the first game turn. Duck and Cover: Pathfinders are trained to use the terrain they fight in, turning the smallest amount of cover into a greater advantage. The model may re-roll re-roll any failed armour saves from shooting attacks so long as it is in cover. cover.

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Tunnel Fighters: Some of the most hazardous missions undertaken by the Pathfinders are underground, where they  explore Arachnid tunnel networks and exterminate high value targets otherwise unreachable by other Mobile Infantry squads.

Though Pathfinders do not have the Tunnel special movement mode, they are not treated in the same way as other non-tunnelling  units. Putting the Pathfinders Pathfinders’’ unique mix of intuition, tracking  skills and specialised equipment to use is represented by a Ready  action. After taking a Ready Ready action, underground underground Pathfinders Pathfinders will gain certain benefits depending on which action they have readied themselves for, as follows.

9 If a Pathfinder squad takes a Ready action before moving, they may then take ta ke Move actions freely f reely towards any Tunnel Tunnel Entry Point or Tunnelling Marker without rolling for a  random direction. A Pathfinder Pathfinder squad may only enter enter or leave the tunnel network through an existing Tunnel Entry  Point – they may not create their own. 9 If a Pathfinder squad takes a Ready action before shooting, they may then freely target any enemy Tunnelling Marker within 12” as part of a normal Shoot Shoot action. The opposing  player may choose which models are lost as casualties (Lethal Zone weapons will affect just one model represented represented by the Tunnelling Marker, while Stream weapons will affect D3 models). If an enemy Tunnelling Marker is in contact contac t with the Pathfinders’ marker, resolve combat as described on page 126 of the main Starship Troopers  rulebook. Enemy  Tunnelling Markers can react against this Shoot action only. No other action taken by the Pathfinders Pathfinders will trigger a reaction. 9 If a Pathfinder squad takes a Ready action and then takes no other action, or takes a Ready action as their last action for the turn, they may then react against approaching markers normally. This effect will last until the Pathfinders next take an action.

Officers In the Mobile Infantry Army List, only NCOs, Lieutenants and SICON Military Intelligence  Agents are considered considered to be officers. officers.

Pathfinder Platoons Pathfinder Lieutenant

0-1 PER PLATOON

125 POINTS

You may include one Pathfinder Lieutenant in your Pathfinder platoon. Pathfinder Lieutenant

Type Pathfinder Lieutenant

Value 125

Size 1

Move 4”

Close Combat 2xD6+1

Target 4+

Save 4+/5+

Kill 7+

Traits Independent  Jump/12”

 Weapons  Weapons and Equipment: A Pathfinder Lieutenant is equipped with an M-1A6 Power Suit, Morita Assault Rifle with underslung G/L, and Lizard Line.

Special Rules  A Pathfinder Pathfinder Lieutenant is subject to the following special special rules. Pathfinder Training: The special rules for Pathfinder Training, as described on p16, apply to this model.

Options  A Pathfinder Pathfinder Lieutenant may purchase the following following options. Go Career: The Pathfinder Pathfinder Lieutenant may be bought heroic traits up to a total value of +100 points.  Weapon  Weapon Options: Frag Grenades for +5 points, a Shock Stick for +5 points and/or a Thermo Charge for +10 points.

Pathfinder NCO

1-2 PER PLATOON

110 POINTS

You must include one Pathfinder NCO in your Pathfinder platoon and may have two. Pathfinde Pa thfinder r NCO

Type Pathfinder NCO

Value 110

Size 1

Move 4”

Close Combat D6+1

Target 4+

Save 4+/5+

Kill 7+

Traits Independent  Jump/12”

 Weapons  Weapons and Equipment: A Pathfinder NCO is equipped with an M-1A6 Power Power Suit, Morita Assault Rifle with underslung G/L, and Lizard Line.

Special Rules  A Pathfinder Pathfinder NCO is subject to the following special special rules. Pathfinder Training: The special rules for Pathfinder Training, as described on p16, apply to this model.

Options  A Pathfinder Pathfinder NCO may purchase the following following options. Go Career: The Pathfinder Pathfinder NCO may be bought heroic traits up to a total value of +50 points.  Weapon  Weapon Options: Frag Grenades Grenades for +5 points, a Shock Stick for +5 points and/or a Thermo Charge for +10 points.

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Pathfinder Platoons Pathfinder Squad

1-2 PER OFFICER (MIN. 2 PER PLATOON)

245 POINTS

You must have at least one Pathfinder Squad for every officer in the platoon, with a minimum of two squads in the platoon as a whole. Your platoon may include more than this if you wish, up to a maximum of two squads per officer. Pathfinde Pa thfinder r Squad

Type Pathfinder Trooper Pathfinder Corporal Pathfinder Sergeant

Value 35 60 105

Size 1 1 1

Move 4” 4” 4”

Close Combat D6+1 D6+1 D6+1

Save 4+/6+ 4+/6+ 4+/5+

Kill 7+ 7+ 7+

Traits Jump/12” Jump/12” Jump/12”

Unit Size: Every Pathfinder Squad consists of one Pathfinder Sergeant (unit leader) and four Pathfinder Pathfinder troopers.

promoted to Corporal for +25 points. One trooper may may be given Medic training for +15 points.

 Weapons  Weapons and Equipment: M-1A6 Power Suit, Morita   Assault Rifle with with underslung G/L, G/L, and Lizard Line.

Equipment Options: A Pathfinder Squad may be equipped with WASP Packs for +10 points per model.

Special Rules Pathfinder Pathfinder Squads are subject to the following rules.

 Weapon  Weapon Options: The whole squad may be equipped with Frag Grenades Grenades for +5 points per model. model. Any model can be equipped with a Shock Stick for +5 points per model and/or a Thermo Thermo Charge for +10 points. Up to three three troopers may  replace their Morita Assault Rifle with underslung G/L with any of the weapons listed below.

Pathfinder Training: The special rules for Pathfinder Training, as described on p16, apply to this squad.

Options Pathfinder Pathfinder Squads may purchase the following options. Go Career: The squad sergeant may be bought heroic traits up to a total value of +25 points. Unit Options: Up to three extra Pathfinder troopers may be added to the squad for +35 points each. each. One trooper may be

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Target 4+ 4+ 4+

9 9 9 9

Morita Sniper Rifle with underslung G/L for +5 points Hel Infantry Flamer for +10 points. Triple Thud Grenade Launcher for +20 points. Shredder Shredder Squad Support Cannon for +25 points.

One trooper may replace his Morita Assault Rifle with underslung G/L with a Javelin Missile Launcher for +35 points. The model may then equip the Javelin Missile Launcher with Falcon AA warheads for a further +20 points.

Pathfinder Platoons Pathfinder K9 Squad

0-1 PER OFFICER

295 POINTS

You may have one Pathfinder K9 Squad for every officer in the platoon. Pathfinder K9 Squad

Type Pathfinder Trooper Pathfinder Corporal Pathfinder Sergeant Pathfinder Neodog

Value 35 60 105 20

Size 1 1 1 1

Move 4” 4” 4” 6”

Unit Size: Every Pathfinder K9 Squad consists of one Pathfinder Pathfinder Sergeant (unit leader), four Pathfinder troopers and five Pathfinder Neodogs.  Weapons  Weapons and Equipment: M-1A6 Power Suit, Morita Assault Rifle with underslung G/L, and Lizard Line.

Special Rules Pathfinder Pathfinder K9 Squads are subject to the following rules. Pathfinder Trainin Training: g: The special rules for f or Pathfinder Training Training,, as described on p16, apply to this squad. Caleb Bond: Neodogs can function at twice the usual command range of the squad (usually 12” from the unit leader). One trooper can make make an Alert Status Status reaction for every Neodog that has an enemy complete an action within 10” of it. If a Neodog is removed as a casualty, roll a D6. On the roll of a 6, one trooper of your choice in the squad is so traumatised that he he is removed removed as a casualty too. If a trooper is removed as a casualty, one Neodog of your choice must be removed as well. Pathfinder Neodogs: The Neodogs raised among the Pathfinders have many experimental adjustments made to

Close Combat D6+1 D6+1 D6+1 D6+1

Target 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+

Save 4+/6+ 4+/6+ 4+/5+ –/2+

Kill 7+ 7+ 7+ 5+

Traits Jump/12” Jump/12” Jump/12” Retaliate

them that may one day be seen in other Mobile Infantry K9 units. A unit with at least one Pathfinder Pathfinder Neodog may react normally to Tunnel Markers. In addition, if a unit containing  containi ng  at least one Pathfinder Neodog takes a Ready action, all Camouflaged Tunnel Entrances within 6” of a Pathfinder Neodog will be revealed. Pathfinder Neodogs may not use M2 Drop Capsules.

Options Pathfinder K9 Squads may purchase the following options. Go Career: The squad Sergeant may be bought heroic traits up to a total value of +25 points. Unit Options: Up to three extra Pathfinder troopers may be added to the squad for +35 points each. each. One trooper may be promoted to Corporal for +25 points. One trooper may be given Medic training training for +15 points. One extra Neodog Neodog may  be purchased for +20 points for every extra trooper purchased.  You  You may not have more Neodogs Neodogs in the squad squad than troopers.  Weapon  Weapon Options: The whole squad may be equipped with Frag Grenades Grenades for +5 points per per model. Any model can be equipped with a Shock Stick for +5 points per model and/or a  thermo charge for +10 points.

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Pathfinder Platoons

PATHFINDER PLATOON SUPPORT Like other Mobile Infantry platoons, the Pathfinders make use of support units, equipment and weapons deployed from other elements within within the Mobile Infantry Infantry and Fleet. This support comes in the form of Command Assets and Fleet Assets. The exact assets available depends on the chosen Priority Level of your force, so a Priority Level Two force can only choose from the Priority Level Two Two assets list. Regardless of your force’s Priority Level, you may spend a maximum of 50% of your force’s total points value on assets, whether Command or Fleet, or a  combination of the two.

FLEET ASSETS LIST Priority Level One  At Priority Level Level One, fleet fleet assets are not available to a Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon.

Priority Level Two  At Priority Level Level Two, Two, you may choose choose from the following following fleet assets. F-76 Thunderbo Th underbol lt TAC Fighter Fighter 250 points

0-1 per platoon

Priority Level Three  At Priority Level Level Three, Three, you may choose from the following fleet assets. AGM-716 Flamberge Heavy Missile 50 points

0-1 per platoon EOM-1A1 Sarissa Space Combat Missile 100 points

0-1 per platoon Slingshot Drop Boat 300 points

0-1 per platoon F-76 Thunderbo Th underbol lt TAC Fighter Fighter 250 points

0-1 per platoon

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Atomic Protocols

In order to choose any atomic weapons, a model with access to Atomic Protocols must be in the platoon. The presence of a Lieutenant with SICON Military Intelligence Training heroic trait or a SICON Military Intelligence Agent both fulfil the Atomic Protocols requirement.

Pathfinder Platoons

COMMAND ASSETS LIST Priority Level One  At Priority Priority Level One, you you may choose from the following following command  command  assets. Plasma Munition +20 points

One officer may be equipped with a Plasma Munition. Chem Grenades +10 points

 Any officer may may be equipped with Chem Grenades. Falcon Missiles +20 points

 Any Javelin Javelin Missile Launcher Launcher can be given given Falcon AA Missiles. Rapier AA Missile Launcher +0 points

 Any Javelin Missile Missile Launcher can be replaced replaced with a Rapier AA  Missile Launcher. Drop Capsules +10 points per model

 Any squad or officer (not accompanied by Neodogs) may be deployed in Drop Capsules. Trench Sweeper Lasers +10 points per model

 Any Pathfinder Pathfinder squad or officer may replace their underslung  Grenade Launchers with Trench Sweeper Lasers. Qualities or Tr Training aining up to +25 points

0-1 model (may not be an officer) per platoon may purchase up to 25 points worth of Qualities or Training Training heroic traits.

Priority Level Two  At Priority Priority Level Two, you may choose from the following command  command  assets. Plasma Munition +20 points

 Any officer may may be equipped with a Plasma Munition. Chem Grenades +10 points

 Any officer may may be equipped with Chem Grenades.

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Pathfinder Platoons

Falcon Missiles

Trench Sweeper Lasers

+20 points

+10 points per model

 Any Javelin Javelin Missile Launcher Launcher can be given given Falcon AA Missiles.

 Any Pathfinder Squad or officer may replace their underslung  Grenade Launchers with Trench Sweeper Lasers.

Rapier AA Missile Launcher +0 points

Qualities or Training

 Any Javelin Missile Missile Launcher can be replaced replaced with a Rapier AA  Missile Launcher,

up to +25 points

0-1 model (may not be an officer) per squad may purchase up to 25 points worth of Qualities or Training heroic traits.

Drop Capsules +10 points per model

Atomic Pee-Wee Munition

 Any squad or officer (not accompanied by Neodogs) may be deployed in Drop Capsules,

+300 points

Sprite Reconnaissance Skimmers +50 points per model

 Any Pathfinder Pathfinder squad (not K9 K9 squad) or officer officer may be mounted on Sprite Reconnaissance Skimmers.

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0-1 model per platoon platoo n may be equipped with an Atomic Pee-Wee munition (only if model with Atomic Protocols is in platoon).

Pathfinder Platoons Priority Level Three  At Priority Level Three, you may choose from the following command  assets. Plasma Munition +20 points

 Any officer may may be equipped with a Plasma Plasma Munition. Chem Grenades +10 points

 Any officer may may be equipped with Chem Grenades. Grenades. Falcon Missiles +20 points

 Any Javelin Javelin Missile Launcher Launcher can be given given Falcon AA Missiles. Rapier AA Missile Launcher +0 points

 Any Javelin Javelin Missile Launcher can be replaced replaced with a Rapier AA  Missile Launcher. Drop Capsules +10 points per model

 Any squad or officer (not accompanied by Neodogs) may be deployed in Drop Capsules. Sprite Reconnaissance Skimmers +50 points per model

 Any Pathfinder Pathfinder squad (not K9 K9 squad) or officer officer may may be mounted on Sprite Reconnaissance Skimmers. Trench Sweeper Lasers +10 points per model

 Any Pathfinder Pathfinder squad or officer may replace their underslung  Grenade Launchers with Trench Sweeper Lasers. Qualities or Training up to +25 points

0-3 models (may not be an officer) per squad may purchase up to 25 points worth of Qualities or Training Training heroic traits. Atomic Pee-Wee Munition +300 points

0-1 model per platoon platoo n may be equipped with an Atomic Pee-Wee munition (only if model with Atomic Protocols is in platoon).

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Tip of the Spear

TIP OF THE SPEAR Many troopers work  hard for Selection into the Pathfinders Pathfinders though few make it through the the gruelling process. For

those who succeed, a life of constant danger awaits but also the knowledge that they aid the Citizens’ Federation in ways no other trooper can.

PATHFINDER MISSIONS  You  You may use the normal Engagements system described on page 50 of the main Starship Troopers  rulebook to fight most of your battles with your Pathfinder Pathfinder platoons. Alternatively, Alternatively, the following are special missions typical of those that Pathfinders Pathfinders are sent to complete.

BUG HUNT Military

Intelligence

has suspected the

presence of a brain bug in the area for some time. A Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon is dispatched to locate and destroy the creature. creature.

Mobile Infantry Briefing SICON has called called upon the best. best. A brain has been sighted sighted in the area and it is your task to hunt it down and kill it, pure and simple. Several Mobile Infantry Infantry companies might have been deployed in order to accomplish this objective but luckily your forces were in the area – with your highly trained troopers you will not need so many men to succeed.  You may only select a single Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon for this 9  You scenario, spending up to 2,000 points on your force at any  Priority Level.  You may not select any Fleet 9  You  Assets.  You take the first first turn. 9  You

Arachnids Briefing  You  You have enjoyed many successes in this area but now the humans seem unusually confident with the force they have just deployed. Perhaps they believe they are able to reach your brain bug and destroy it easily?  You may select a force of Priority  9  You Level Two or Three, spending  up to 2,000 points.  You must include a single brain 9  You bug – no more and no less!

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9 The brain bug must start underground.  You may not select the Endless Tide option for warrior warrior bugs 9  You – you have a limited number of bodyguards for your brain bug!  You deploy your your forces first. 9  You

Mission Length The battle will continue for eight turns or until one army has been completely wiped out.

Victory Conditions The Arachnids gain victory if the brain bug is still alive at the end of turn eight. The Mobile Mobile Infantry gain victory if they kill kill the brain bug before the end of turn eight.

Tip of the Spear

FRIENDLIES IN NEED A Mobile Infantry squad on patrol has been badly 

mauled by an Arachnid swarm and the last remaining squad has taken refuge in an abandoned outpost while the bugs lay  siege. The Pathfinders Pathfinders are dispatched to rescue the beleaguered troopers.

Mobile Infantry Briefing Once again the elite are are called to action. A power suit squad is holed up in an old outpost while the bugs mass for a final attack.  You  You must hit the bugs quickly and stage a rescue before time runs out.  You may only select a single Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon for this 9  You scenario, spending up to 1,500 points on your force.  You gain an eight trooper power suit squad for free. Upgrades 9  You (detailed in the Starship Troopers rulebook) may be purchased for this squad but they are deducted from your points total as normal. They may not purchase WASP WASP packs. 9 The power suit troopers squad is deployed in Deployment Zone Alpha. They must be placed within within a hardened bunker (Size 8, Target 9+, Kill 12+, Hits 12). The bunker may be placed anywhere within Deployment Zone Alpha. 9 The rest of your army is placed in Deployment Zone Bravo.

 You may hold up to half of your Pathfinder force in reserve reserve 9  You if you wish. wish. They enter enter from the table edges around Deployment Zone Bravo.  You deploy first and take the first turn. 9  You

Arachnids Briefing  Just one Mobile Infantry squad to kill and this entire sector is yours! Not even even the humans would would be mad enough to stage a  rescue while you mass your forces for attack. . .  You may select a force of of any Priority Level, Level, spending up to 9  You 1,500 points.  You may not select the Endless Tide option for warrior 9  You bugs.  You have one Tunnel Tunnel Entrance and one Tunnel Marker free free 9  You of cost. No other tunnel tunnel assets may be purchased. purchased.

Mission Length The battle will continue for eight turns or until one army has been completely wiped out.

Victory Conditions Mission points are used to calculate the victor of this mission. The power suit squad in Deployment Zone Alpha is worth triple its usual points value if wiped out by the Arachnids and double if it is reduced to less than half strength. strength. For the Mobile Mobile Infantry, the squad is worth triple its usual points value if it leaves the short table edge of Deployment Zone Bravo above half  strength, or double if it is reduced to less than half strength.

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Tip of the Spear

OFFENSIVE SWEEP A small force of Mobile Infantry have been tasked

with an armed reconnaissance mission, sweeping through an area  to hit targets of opportunity but avoiding contact with larger forces and report on their positions. positio ns. However, the Arachnids often task their own swarms with similar duties and when the two meet in the wilderness, often away from the main frontline of battle, the Mobile Infantry is usually forced to evade the superior numbers of the bugs.

 Your  Your hunter/killer swarms are ranging across the battlefield, seeking Mobile Infantry units that are separated from the main force. By luck, one of your swarms has found a likely target and now you will crush them.  You may select select a force of Priority Level One, One, spending up to 9  You 1,000 points and you deploy first.

Mission Length

Mobile Infantry Briefing

The battle will continue for eight turns or until one army has been completely wiped out.

Fulfilling the defined objectives of your armed reconnaissance run, you must strike at any weak targets but avoid any force larger than your own while taking care to avoid too many casualties.

Victory Conditions

 You may only select a single Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon for this 9  You scenario, spending up to 600 points on your force at any  Priority Level.  You deploy first first and take the first turn. 9  You

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Arachnids Briefing

If the Mobile Infantry can exit the opposite long table edge while losing half or less of their models, they will be the victor of this battle. If the Arachnids prevent prevent them from leaving or destroy more than half of the Mobile Infantry models, then the bugs will be the victors. Arachnid casualties casualties are irrelevant irrelevant in this battle.

Tip of the Spear

PLASMA AMBUSH Following reconnaissance runs from

Fleet TAC Fighters, the Pathfinders have located a convoy of  plasma bugs moving from one tunnel complex to another. Moving into position, the Pathfinders have been tasked with destroying these high value targets.

Mobile Infantry Briefing The Fleet has been getting tarred by plasma bug batteries and they have begun to affect the deployment of the Mobile Infantry  in the battle zone. Destroy this plasma plasma bug convoy while you have the chance!  You may only select a single Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon for this 9  You scenario, spending up to 1,000 points on your force.  You may only select select assets from the Priority Priority Level One One lists. 9  You  You may use any of the deployment zones marked marked for your 9  You use but you need not use them all.  You take the first first turn. 9  You

Arachnids Briefing  You  You have succeeded in keeping the Mobile Infantry off balance throughout this entire campaign by the use of massed plasma  bug batteries. A small battery has been located located during its repositioning and you must ensure its survival if you are to keep the upper hand.  You start the game game with with three three plasma bugs and thirty warrior 9  You bugs.  You deploy first. first. 9  You

Mission Length The battle will continue until the Mobile Infantry has been completely wiped out or the plasma bugs leave the table.

Victory Conditions Mission points are used to calculate the victor of this mission. The Arachnids gain 300 points for every plasma bug that is moved off either short table edge, no matter how much damage it has taken. The Mobile Mobile Infantry gain 300 points points for every  plasma bug they destroy.

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Tip of the Spear

RESCUE THE COLONEL An important colonel from Military Intelligence

was shot down by plasma fire over the battle zone and was the sole survivor of the Slingshot’ Slingshot’ss crash landing. Deep in enemy  territory territor y, he is in hiding, awaiting awai ting rescue by the Mobile Infantry’s Infa ntry’s Finest.

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piece in the Arachnids’ deployment zone. This is where he is currently hiding. You may reveal him at any time.  You take the first turn. 9  You

Arachnids Briefing One of the humans’ cursed brain men is somewhere in this area  and the Mobile Infantry Infantry is looking for him. Destroy them them all.

Mobile Infantry Briefing  A tough job has turned up. up. You must drop into enemy territory, territory, locate the colonel and escort him back to friendly lines.

 You may select a force of Priority Level One or Two, spending  9  You up to 1,500 points.  You deploy first. first. 9  You

 You may only select a single Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon for this 9  You scenario, spending up to 1,500 points on your force at any  Priority Level. 9 Every member of your force must be deployed in an M2 Drop Capsule.  You gain a SICON Military Intelligence Agent (from the 9  You power suit platoon platoon army list) for free. free. He may have up to 100 points worth of talents for free. 9 The Military Intelligence Agent is not placed on the table at the start of the game. Instead, secretly secretly select one terrain

Mission Length The battle will continue until the victory conditions are met.

Victory Conditions The Mobile Infantry player wins the game if he wipes out the  Arachnid army or moves moves the Military Military Intelligence Agent Agent off the long table edge of his deployment deployment zone. The Arachnid player player wins if the Military Intelligence Agent is killed or the Mobile Infantry army is wiped out.

Tip of the Spear

SUICIDE MISSION After a botched mission the Mobile Infantry are

in retreat, hotly pursued by overwhelming Arachnid forces. In a desperate bid to buy some time for the fleeing troops, a  Pathfinder Pathfinder platoon stages a desperate last stand.

Mobile Infantry Briefing The last mission went badly wrong and your entire platoon is in retreat. The bugs are sweeping sweeping through the entire entire area, threatening to cut off your your escape route. One officer and a squad of volunteers makes for a strongpoint from which to stage a  desperate last stand and buy time for their comrades to escape.  You may select one Pathfinders Pathfinders squad and one Pathfinder Pathfinder 9  You Lieutenant. You may spend a maximum of 600 points on these two units, using the Priority One asset lists.  You may place a bunker anywhere in your deployment deployment 9  You zone.  You deploy first. first. 9  You

Arachnids Briefing Even the mighty Pathfinders Pathfinders are no match for your forces. You have them on the run and must annihilate them with all haste.  You may select a force at Priority Level Three, spending up 9  You to 1,200 points.  You must select the Endless Endless Tide Tide option for warrior warrior bugs. 9  You  You may not select select plasma or tanker tanker bugs. 9  You  You have the first turn. 9  You

Mission Length The battle will continue for eight turns or until one army has been completely wiped out.

Victory Conditions The Arachnid player will be the victor if he can wipe out all Pathfinder units by the end of turn eight. If any Pathfinder models are still on the table after this time, the Mobile Infantry  player will win.

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Reference

PATHFINDER PLATO0NS REFERENCE Pathfinder Lieutenant

Type Pathfinder Lieutenant

Value 125

Size 1

Move 4”

Close Combat 2xD6+1

Target 4+

Save 4+/5+

Kill 7+

Traits Independent  Jump/12”

Value 110

Size 1

Move 4”

Close Combat D6+1

Target 4+

Save 4+/5+

Kill 7+

Traits Independent  Jump/12”

Value 35 60 105

Size 1 1 1

Move 4” 4” 4”

Close Combat D6+1 D6+1 D6+1

Target 4+ 4+ 4+

Save 4+/6+ 4+/6+ 4+/5+

Kill 7+ 7+ 7+

Traits Jump/12” Jump/12” Jump/12”

Pathfinde Pa thfinder r NCO

Type Pathfinder NCO Pathfinde Pa thfinder r Squad

Type Pathfinder Trooper Pathfinder Corporal Pathfinder Sergeant

Pathfinder K9 Squad

Type Pathfinder Trooper Pathfinder Corporal Pathfinder Sergeant Pathfinder Neodog

Value 35 60 105 20

Size 1 1 1 1

Move 4” 4” 4” 6”

Close Combat D6+1 D6+1 D6+1 D6+1

Target 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+

Save 4+/6+ 4+/6+ 4+/5+ –/2+

Kill 7+ 7+ 7+ 5+

Traits Jump/12” Jump/12” Jump/12” Retaliate

Pathfinde Pa thfinder r Weapons

 Weapon  Weapon Squad Weapons Hel Infantry Flamer Morita Assault Rifle Morita Carbine Morita Sniper Rifle Grenade Launcher – Flechette Grenade – Frag Grenade – Bugshot Grenade Trench Sweeper Laser Support Weapons Shredder Squad Support Cannon Triple Thud Grenade Launcher Missiles and Rockets  Javelin Missile Launcher Launcher – Falcon AA Missile – Firecracker HE Missile – Holepunch HEAP Missile – Reaver HEAT Missile Rapier AA Missile Launcher – AA Birdbolt Missile Munitions Frag Grenade Chem Grenade Plasma Munition

Thermo Charge Close Combat Weapons ER Shock Stick

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Range

Damage Type

Traits

10” 20” 15” 30” — 8” 15” 10” 6”

D10+2 2xD6 2xD6 D6 — D6+1 D6 D6+2 D10+1

Squad Squad Squad Squad — Pack Pack Pack Pack

Flame, LZ (Stream), Retaliate Auto Auto Accurate — Underslung   Underslung   LZ (2”), Underslung   LZ (Stream), Underslung  

20” 15”

3xD6 3xD10

Squad Pack

Auto, Piercing/1 Piercing/1

— 60” 60” 60” 60” — 60”

— D10 3xD6 D10 D10+1 — D10

— Pack Pack Pack Pack — Pack

— AA, LZ (1”) LZ (2”) Accurate, LZ (1”), Piercing/2 Accurate, Killshot, LZ (1”) — AA, Accurate, LZ (2”), Piercing/1, Ready  

8” 8” Launched 60”, Placed, Thrown 6” Placed

D10 3xD6 2xD 2x D10

Pack Pack One ne-S -Sh hot ot!!

3xD10

One-Shot!

LZ (1”) LZ (2”), Persistent Flam amee, Kil illlsh shot ot,, LZ (3 (3”) ”),, Pers rsis istten ent, t, (Remote if placed) LZ (1”), Piercing/2, Remote

Close combat

As user

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Parry, Piercing/1

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