Mercenary



=Mercenary= Mercenary

Recruited from outside the Freedom Guard ranks, these paid guns carry a massive shoulder mounted rail gun. Highly trained and ruthless, the Mercenary is tougher and deadlier than the Raider.

The Mercenary can phase once the Phasing Facility has been built.

Mercenary:

Weapon: IQJ Shoulder Mounted Rail Gun

While greatly outnumbered and under-equipped, the Freedom Guard was not without its powerful benefactors. Indeed, it soon became clear to the Imperium directorate that for the Freedom Guard to produce material and soldiers at the rate they were demonstrating, they must be enjoying substantial outside help. And it was no secret that any of a number of large colonial manufacturing and shipping operations might well see the potential of the Imperium's loss of direct control over their day to day affairs as a positive development. It was in fact the case that one such large shipping concern did decide to secretly aid the Freedom Guard. They recognised that the principal thing the Freedom Guard lacked, other than equipment, was experienced fighters - and they knew just where to find them. Renowned for his feats of strength and cunning, the fiery Jon Bard had become a legend throughout much of the galaxy.

Bard had been trained in the Imperium military and was in fact a young officer on a transport ship when he made the most fateful decision of his life. When his ship came into port in Peyrak, he found that several of the items being unloaded from the hold did not appear on his manifest. Upon investigation, he discovered several crates containing neat stacks of humans who were being shipped, frozen, to some nearby mining colonies. There they would drone away in caves in a condition of virtual slavery. Horrified by the discovery of this secret cargo, Bard ordered the crates reloaded. He then single-handedly seized control of the ship, killing the captain and physically throwing his crewmates out onto the loading platform. Once away, he "thawed" the captive passengers who instantly became his first followers. For years Bard and his group lived as fugitives and as such were forced to train themselves to always be prepared for combat. When they were approached by Encryton Shipping about joining the Freedom Guard war effort as guns for hire, Bard and his band readily assented. It was in fact Jon Bard who introduced the Freedom Guard to the effectiveness of the Rail Gun, and it was this type of weapon that Bard's Mercenaries used to deadly effect for the remainder of the conflict.

Side : Freedom Guard

Cost = 300

Movement = Foot

Speed = 8

Sight = 8

Hitpoints = 125

Armor Class = Skin

Weapon Dmg = 11 DMG Modifier - Armor    = 200% DMG Modifier - Skin     = 100% DMG Modifier - Building = 100% Weapon Range = 5

Rate of Fire = 11 game cycles per shot