First Crew Attempts

[muddypaw]

Now that my AEWWII Brits are just about finished bar the odd bit n bob, I thought it time to try out Bounty.


I find myself gravitating more towards mercenary crews than bounty hunter or pirate. For some reason they just feel more versatlie and well rounded. I'd like to do some Bounty hunter crews, particularly based on Strontium Dogs, and another bunch of mercenaries based on ABC warriors. I am having a hard time though coming up with a force for pirates that isn't eaten up by the crews and quartermasters. Hard to fit in anything else!

Working with the miniatures I currently have, I decided on a few 2000AD inspired crews. The first two are based on Judges, the first a two man crew consisting of those icons of 2000AD, Dredd and Anderson. I've heard bad things about two man crews so I am not expecting wonders from these two.

Two Man Mercenary Crew.

Dirty Tricks- Coordinated Attack, Covering Fire, Stand and Take It.

Judge Dredd.

Human.
Elite Sergeant.
Hero-Unkillable.

M RC CC A S DR W
3 4+ 3 4 2 6 4

Command.
Get up and Shoot.
Impervious 5+.
Unstoppable.
Hunter (X).

LRF Slugthrower (Lawgiver).
Articulated weapon harness (to effectively turn the LRF into a pistol).
AP rounds.

Psi Judge Anderson (Logician, to mimic psi judge powers)

Elite Sergeant.
Hero-Master Mentalist.

M RC CC A S DR W
3 4+ 3 4 2 6 2

Command.
Get up and shoot.
Imposing Will.
Inspire Terror (power).
Psychic Scream (power).

LRF Psychic Gun.
Articulated weapon harness.
Cloaking Field (to mimic psi force field).

Veteran Mercenary Crew.

More judges, this time a few more for versatility and hopefully not getting stomped flat trying to complete objectives.

Dirty Tricks-Stand and Take It.

Judge Hershey.

Human.
Veteran Sergeant.
Hero-Blooded Warrior.

M RC CC A S DR W
3 3+ 4 4 2 6 3

Command.
Get up and shoot.
Hunter (X).

LRF Slugthrower.
Articulated weapon harness.
AP rounds.

Psi Judges x 2. Logician.
Veteran Old Guard.

M RC CC A S DR W
3 3+ 3 2 2 4 1

Imposing Will.
Inspire Terror (power).
LRF Psychic Gun.
Articulated weapon harness.

Street Judges x 2.

Human.
Regular Hired Guns.

M RC CC A S DR W
3 4+ 3 3 2 3 1

Hunter (X)
LRF Slugthrower.
Articulated weapon harness.

Tech Judge.

Human.

M RC CC A S DR W
3 4+ 3 3 2 3 2

Hunter (X).

Arc Gun.
Articulated weapon harness.

[dijit80]

Looks ínteresting, though for the first you might be better going for specialist rather tan sergeants and gaining that extra piece of gear.
Duncan

[muddypaw]

Is the extra gear selection worth trading out +1 A, +1D, Command and Get up and Shoot?

I am a novice to the game and gear is a new concept to me after AEWWII. It's going to be a rocky road getting used to the subtle changes to the way the game plays. How race/crew type and the other variables interact creates SO many more possibilities that AEWWII.

Confusing but fun

[varagon]

In a two man crew a sergeant isn't as important. Since you wont be losing as many men, your drive wont be suffering as much. In addition, you don't have as many wounds to take temporary drive penalties either.

That's the only reason that I can state from my "noob" opinion.

[muddypaw]

Good point. I guess morale isn't really a problem with two man crews. They die before they ever run away!

The +1 A is nice though. Being a Logician would mean Anderson gets A2 which is a little fragile for my liking. But then the additional gear choice could be used for something like Adrenal Booster.

One point about Specialists. They are described as being well equipped Jack of all Trades with 'loads of weapons', yet have fewer weapon options than the Sergeant (no access to LRF weapons).

Has anyone else done themed crews based on popular media? Movies, comics etc? It would be nice to see how well various sci-fi genres translate into Bounty rules.

[varagon]

yes they have. If you look in the right section. Let me see if I can get links.

Jedi:
darksondesigns.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bountyinfo&action=display&thread=2598

There are more, I just can't find them. Hmmm. I'll keep looking.

[dijit80]

Varagon hit the nail on the head. You'll tend to find that the crew won't be able to use the command and get up and shoot abilities of the sergs, because they are so few and they'll be dead or almost dead before they're morale drops too low. Yes they don't gain the extra +1A of the serg, but that extra gear can buy cloaking fields, armour and other goodness that could be far more valuable to a crew like this. I wouldn't be in many other crews, but here it is.
Duncan