March Content Update: The Generals-of-Brigade

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TIERRAN GENERAL OF BRIGADE (Generic)

Point Value: 65

Type: Commander

Statblock: 1x General of Brigade + 5x Mounted Staff Officers

MOR 5 - MOV 15 - RNG - 12 - FIRE 2 - MELEE 3 - TOUGH 5

The cream of the Tierran officer corps, the General-of-Brigade is a senior commander in the King's Army. Although lacking a formal military education, he has distinguished himself enough as both a fighting officer and a leader of men to secure an appointment to high command. He is capable of both directing a battle effectively from afar, or charging into battle at the head of his command, assisted by a small group of staff officers who double as his bodyguard, should the general's life be imperilled.

Special Rules:

Leadership(6/30): Designate up to six other units at the beginning of play. The General-of-Brigade provides a +2 bonus to MOR to these units so long as he is within 30cm of them.

Specialty - Line Infantry: Line Infantry units affected by the General-of-Brigade's Leadership rule also gain +1 FIRE.

OR

Specialty - Shock Infantry: Shock Infantry units affected by the General-of-Brigade's Leadership rule also gain +1 MELEE.

OR

Specialty - Skirmisher: Skirmisher units affected by the General-of-brigade's Leadership rule also gain + 1 FIRE.

OR

Speciality - Shock Cavalry: Shock Cavalryunits affected by the General-of-Brigade's Leadership rule also gain +1 MELEE.

Sub-Commander: This Commander unit may be placed under the command of a Commander unit with the Commander-in-Chief rule, providing the latter unit's leadership benefits to the former and all units under his command.

VARIANTS

JOHANNES, DUKE OF CUNARIS

MOR 6 - MOV 0 - RNG 18 - FIRE 2 - MELEE 3 - TOUGH 5

First wartime commander of the illustrious Royal Dragoons, the Duke of Cunaris was head of the wealthy and powerful Findlay Clan, a family with a long history of military service. After distinguishing himself as a talented regimental colonel, he was wounded and immobilised by an Antari Church Hussar whilst leading a desperate charge at the battle of Blogia. However, despite his injury, he would prove a capable brigade commander in the years to follow, playing an instrumental role in holding the Tierran Army's right flank during the Second Battle of Kharangia.

Bold on the field, he proved more vacillating in the political sphere, and his unwillingness to choose a side during the early phase of the Tierran Civil War did much to damage his subsequent reputation.

Special Rules:

Leadership(8/40), Specialty - Skirmisher, Sub-Commander

Immobile: This unit cannot be moved after deployment, and takes a -1 MELEE penalty when the target of a Charge action.

LOUIS, EARL OF CASTERMAINE

MOR: 5 - MOV 15 - RNG 12 - FIRE 1 - MELEE 3 - TOUGH 5

The Earl of Castermaine was a man known from an early age for his great attention to detail. He proved himself a brave and capable commander throughout the Dozen Years' War, but proved truly skilled as an administrator and a staff officer. As a result, the brigade he commanded maintained a reputation for being the best-supplied and the best-led. However, his methods in maintaining such standards did not always endear him to his men, who nicknamed him "The Old Complainer", for his constant focus on seemingly minute logistical affairs.

However, such meticulousness would prove an immense boon to his allies during the Tierran Civil War, when he proved to be the most talented senior military administrator in the Wulframite army.

Special Rules:

Leadership(6/30), Speciality - Line Infantry, Sub-Commander

Meticulous: This Commander may forgo his Move action to add an additional + 1 FIRE and + 1 MOR to all units under his command within his Leadership radius until his next activation.

JAIME, BARON MATHESON

MOR: 6 - MOV 12 - RNG 8 - FIRE 3 - MELEE 4 - TOUGH 6

Baron Matheson did not secure his position through patronage, as most of his colleagues did. Instead, he clawed up the ranks of the Royal Tierran Marines. He quickly gained a reputation for aggression and boldness, especially for personally leading unexpected attacks with outmatched forces, and using the ensuring confusion to his advantage. By the time of the Dozen Years' War, "Havoc" Matheson was already a living legend among the Marines, and his continued exploits through that conflict only spread his reputation to the rest of the Tierran military.

However, by the time of the Tierran Civil War, Matheson was well past his prime. Refusing to take sides, he ceded the field to younger men, who would forge reputations soon to eclipse his own.

Special Rules:

Leadership(6/30), Speciality - Shock Infantry, Sub-Commander

Bayonet Leader: If engaged in a Charge action, this Commander may choose to add double his normal Leadership bonuses to his own unit, instead of providing them to units under his command within his Leadership radius.

TOMAS, BARON TOURBIRDGE

MOR 6 - MOV 15 - RNG 12 - FIRE 1 - MELEE 2 - TOUGH 6

Tomas d'al Eldridge, Baron Tourbridge was an unlikely fighting officer. Before the war, he was thought to be more at home at a card table than a map table, more likely to command a dance floor than a battlefield. Yet when the Dozen Years' War broke out, and the commission he had purchased solely as a social ornament suddenly became a pressing duty, "Twelve-Gin Tommy"rose to the occasion with a sometimes shocking ability. He quickly proved one of the better officers in the Tierran Army, and by the Blogia campaign, had secured an appointment as one of the Duke of Wulfram's Generals-of-Brigade.

It was Blogia which made Tourbridge's reputation, his command holding off charge after charge of Antari Church Hussars as the rest of the army retreated. Unfortunately, it would also unmake him and most of the men under his leadership as well.

Special Rules:

Leadership(6/30), Speciality - Line Infantry, Sub-Commander

Die-Hard: Once per activation, this Commander may designate a single unit under his command within his Leadership radius. That unit may automatically succeed on a single MOR check.

SIR LOUIS-AUGUSTE D'AL PALLISER

MOR 5 - MOV 24 - RNG 0 - FIRE 0 - MELEE 4 - TOUGH 5

Born the dashing second son of a well-connected, if relatively minor noble family, young Louis-Auguste seemed almost born to be a cavalry officer. However, despite serving with distinction as a junior officer during the early part of the Dozen Years' War he showed little aptitude for command until the fateful day of Blogia. Left the most senior surviving officer of his regiment, Palliser won promotion and knighthood by playing an instrumental role in rallying and organising the retreat of what was left of the Tierran cavalry.

His greatest accomplishment of the war, however, would come at the Second Battle of Kharangia, where his brigade would strike the decisive blow against Prince Khorobirit's flank. As a result, he was elevated to the Tierran Cortes as Viscount Palliser of Kharangia, the title by which he would be known during the final, and perhaps most glorious part of his career.

Special Rules:

Leadership(4/24), Speciality - Shock Cavalry, Sub-Commander

First Lancer of the Realm: If engaged in a Charge action against an enemy cavalry unit, all other units under his command and within his Leadership radius gain an additional +1 MELEE bonus if they also engage in a Charge action. This effect lasts until this Commander's next activation.