XV104 Riptide Battlesuit

XV104 Riptide Battlesuit
Type	Monstrous Creature
Faction	T'au
Produced by	Xar'vesa Crisis Centre
Research	XV104 Riptide Battlesuit
Tier	7
Prod. time	5
Cost	27 30 30
Upkeep	6
Attributes
Armour	10
Hitpoints	30
Morale	10
Movement	3

XV104 Riptide Battlesuit is a T'au heavily armoured jet pack monstrous creature unit with excellent fire support and a multipurpose nova reactor.

Description

Looming through the smoke and flames of the battlefield, XV104 Riptides are a truly terrifying sight. The teams' strides shake the ground, and their jump jets roar thunderously as they make long, dynamic bounds across the war zone. Foes quail in horror as the massive suits swings their heads in their direction, the pilots and their networked Als bringing their mighty arsenals to bear. With a rising whine, the Riptides' nova reactors power up, a momentary glow gathering around the battlesuits' jutting guns before they turn the world to fire and light.

Weapons

Ion Accelerator (Standard) Heavy: Reduces the accuracy after moving. Upgrade: Mor'tonium Accelerators Increases the armour penetration of fusion, ion, plasma and pulse weapons.

Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle Rapid Fire: Doubles the attacks at half range. Twin-Linked: Increases the accuracy. Upgrade: Mor'tonium Accelerators Increases the armour penetration of fusion, ion, plasma and pulse weapons.

Actions

Aura of Fear Reduces the morale of adjacent enemy units each turn. Radius: 1 Passive action Fear: Reduces the morale each turn.

Nova Shield Sacrifices hitpoints to increase the damage reduction. Requires action points Cooldown: 2

Nova Boost Sacrifices hitpoints to increase the movement. Requires action points Cooldown: 2

Nova Fire Sacrifices hitpoints to increase the attacks. Requires action points Cooldown: 2

Deploy Shielded Missile Drone Deploys temporary Shielded Missile Drone. Shares cooldown with other drone deployment abilities. Free action Cooldown: 10 Range: 1 Summon: Classification.

Researchable

Bonding Knife Ritual Restores the morale. Free action Cooldown: 10 Technology: Bonding Knife Ritual

Hammer of Wrath Increases the damage. Requires action points Cooldown: 3 Technology: Hammer of Wrath

Traits

Fire Team: Increases the ranged accuracy when adjacent to an allied vehicle or monstrous creature.

Jet Pack: The unit can move over water. Ignores the penalties of rivers and wire weed.

Monstrous Creature: Classification.

Move Through Cover: Negates the movement penalty in forests and imperial ruins.

Relentless: Negates the penalty for heavy and ordnance weapons.

Riptide Shield Generator: Increases the damage reduction.

Support Systems: Allows installation of support systems.

Supporting Fire: Increases overwatch damage against enemy units adjacent to other allied units.

Researchable

Extra Infantry Armour: Increases the armour. Requires: Extra Infantry Armour

Strategy

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