Kanluwen wrote:
Heh, the guy who posted that video is the chap who runs Infinity locally.

 CDK wrote:
The Ectros has really high CC. I wonder if there will be some martial arts too?

One thing missing too is the BTS. So far the stats are nothing fantastic but if they all have a good BTS it could make things more interesting.

Noir wrote:

 CDK wrote:
The Ectros has really high CC. I wonder if there will be some martial arts too?

One thing missing too is the BTS. So far the stats are nothing fantastic but if they all have a good BTS it could make things more interesting.

Must be why there packing COMBI instead of Viral.

Tohaa will have a new racial skill named “Tohaa Link”.

Any Tohaa troop “Tohaa Link” will be able to be part of a fireteam.

Tohaa fireteams can have only 3 figures but they can have as many fireteams as they want.

Tohaa fireteams can be made using different soldier from different units, but they still have to belong to the same Combat Group.

From the Tohaa Army, the units that have the Tohaa Link skill are:
- Kamael Light Infantry.
- Sakiel Regiment (Light Infantry).
- Ectros Regiment (Heavy Infantry).
- Gao Rael Unit (Medium Infantry). ->Excellent Snipers. This will be the first Blister released after the Starter Pack.
- Makaul Troops (Warband). ->Jose Luis Roig is making a Multipart box with these troops. a 4 miniature box.
- Kumotail Bioengineers (Light infantry). -> This allows Doctors inside the fireteam. Very useful
- Neema Satar, Tohaa Character.

Notes:

- The fluff never says if they are “Good” or “Evil”. As with ALEPH, that depends of the point of view.

- They are the closest Alien species to humanity. In fact, the Tohaa knew about Humanity before any other Alien civilization. The fact why they never wanted to contact Humans is not important…

- The Tohaa Diplomatic Delegate. This miniature will play an essential part in the Campaign plot as the V.I.P. that all players want to Protect and Evacuate. This female figure is not a soldier and has almost no military training.

- The Tohaa have an special rule: Simbiont Armour. While this is usually an advantage, like an extra Wound. It also has a weakness. Tohaa are specially vulnerable to Fire Ammo. if a Tohaa suffers an impact of a Fire Ammo weapon and fails the ARM roll it will go directly to Dead state. Doesn’t matter how many Wound it has. Fire behaves like Monofilament for the Tohaa.

- Because they can make so many Fireteams, Tohaa are specially effective in active and reactive turn. They can make Fireteams with snipers while, at the same time, they can attack with another Fireteam, with the chance of accomplishing the mission using an Engineer because their fireteams can be made with different units.

- Instead of Remotes, the Tohaa will have some “Exalted” species helping them, these creatures are named the “Chacksa“. “Exaltation” in Tohaa terms means that they are able to make a species more intelligent in order to achieve some objectives and fullfill some functions.

- The Tohaa TAG: Gorgos Squad, will have a Chacksa with it, using the “Ghost: Synchronized” rule.

Role

Thorakitai were used in armies of the Hellenistic Period in a variety of tactical situations. They were a type of armoured but mobile infantry who did not require a rigid formation to be effective in combat. From their name we can deduce that most wore armor and helmet. They bore a thureos (or thyreos), an oblong shield, and were armed with sword, javelins and spear, which were used according to their tactical use. It seems that the thorakitai were heavily armored thureophoroi, able to bear spears and do battle in a phalanx as well as irregularly attack the enemy in situations when such an action was required for tactical reasons, like to exploit or challenge rough terrain.
History

Thorakitai are mentioned in the army of the Achaian League[2] [3] and in the Seleucid army[4] [5]. The Seleucid Thorakitai were used in the storming of the Elburz Range in 210 BC under Antiochus III. They were used with the lighter troops to climb the cliffs and fight hand to hand with the enemy who might have not been dislodged by the lighter troops in the assault . There is a tomb illustration from Sidon showing what could well be a thorakites. The fragmentary inscription indicates that he was an Anatolian.

In Greek mythology, Eudoros (Εὔδωρος), or Eudorus, was the second of Achilles's five commanders at the Trojan War. According to the Iliad, he commanded ten penteconters and five hundred Myrmidons. In Book XVI of the Iliad, when Patroclus readies Achilles's men, Homer talks about him for fourteen lines - more than any of the other commanders in this passage. He is also the second most notable of the five, beaten only by Phoenix.

In Greek mythology, Phoenix (Φοῖνιξ, gen.: Φοίνικος Phoinix), son of Amyntor and Cleobule, is one of the Myrmidons led by Achilles in the Trojan War. Phoenix's warfaring identity is a charioteer.

In Homer's Iliad, Phoenix, along with Odysseus and Ajax, urges Achilles to re-enter battle. He gives the most passionate and emotional speech of the three, as evidenced by his crying. Phoenix deeply cares about Achilles, whom he had helped raise as a child: ("So you, Achilles- great godlike Achilles I made you my son, I tried, so someday you might fight disaster off my back. But now, Achilles, beat down your mounting fury! It's wrong to have such an iron, ruthless heart.") It is possible that his speech was a later addition to the epic, as Achilles continually uses a special dual verb form in speaking with his guests, rather than a more appropriate plural form. However, it has been suggested that Achilles speaks only to Phoenix and Ajax, ignoring Odysseus, to whose guile he bears a considerable dislike. ("I hate like the gates of Hades the man who says one thing and holds another in his heart.")