Hunter Cadre ^kt21

A Hunter Cadre is the Tau terminology used to indicate what the Imperium of Man would call a company of soldiers. The Tau were once a species of hunters and gatherers and the Tau who now make up what is the T'au Empire's Fire Caste were the most-skilled hunters of that ancient time. Even though the Tau are now a xenos species gifted in some areas with technology that is more advanced than that available to Mankind, the Tau Lexicon still makes use of much terminology derived from their hunter-gatherer period and companies of Tau warriors are always referred to as Hunter Cadres in the Low Gothic translation.

Drones

DS8 Tactical Support Turret

APL

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Missile Pod (Heavy)	4	4+	5/7
Smart Missile System (Heavy, Smart Targeting)	6	4+	3/4

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, DS8 TACTICAL SUPPORT TURRET

MB3 Recon Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Burst Cannon (Heavy, Ceaseless, Fus)	6	4+	3/4
Ram	3	5+	3/4

ACTIONS

Analyse (1 AP)

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MB3 RECON DRONE

MV1 Gun Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Twin Pulse Carbine (Relentless)	4	4+	4/5
Ram	3	5+	2/3

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MV1 GUN DRONE

MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Ram	3	5+	2/3

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Pulse Accelerator

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MV31 PULSE ACCELERATOR DRONE

MV33 Grav-Inhibitor Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Ram	3	5+	2/3

ACTIONS

Grav-Wave (1 AP)

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Grav-Inhibitor

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MV33 GRAV-INHIBITOR DRONE

MV36 Guardian Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Ram	3	5+	2/3

ACTIONS

Guardian Field (1 AP)

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Guardian Shield Generator

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MV36 GUARDIAN DRONE

MV4 Shield Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Ram	3	5+	2/3

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Shield Generator

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MV4 SHIELD DRONE

MV7 Marker Drone

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Ram	3	5+	2/3

ACTIONS

Markerlight (1 AP)

ABILITIES

Artificial Intelligence

Saviour Protocols

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, DRONE, FLY, MV7 MARKER DRONE

Fire Warriors

Fire Warrior Shas'La

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Pulse Blaster
- Close Range (Rng ⬟, AP1)	4	4+	4/5
- Long Range	4	4+	3/4
Pulse Carbine	4	4+	4/5
Pulse Rifle	4	4+	4/5
Gun Butt	3	5+	2/3

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, FIRE WARRIOR, SHAS'LA

Fire Warrior Shas'Ui

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Pulse Blaster
- Close Range (Rng ⬟, AP1)	4	3+	4/5
- Long Range	4	3+	3/4
Pulse Carbine	4	3+	4/5
Pulse Rifle	4	3+	4/5
Gun Butt	3	5+	2/3

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, LEADER, FIRE WARRIOR, SHAS'UI

Pathfinders

Pathfinder Heavy Gunner

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Ion Rifle
- Standard (P1)	5	4+	4/5
- Overcharge (AP1, Hot)	5	4+	5/6
Rail Rifle (AP1, Lethal 5+, MW2)	4	4+	4/4
Gun Butt	3	5+	2/3

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, PATHFINDER, HEAVY GUNNER

Pathfinder Shas'La

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Pulse Carbine	4	4+	4/5
Gun Butt	3	5+	2/3

ACTIONS

Markerlight (1 AP)

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, PATHFINDER, SHAS'LA

Pathfinder Shas'Ui

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Pulse Carbine	4	3+	4/5
Gun Butt	3	5+	2/3

ACTIONS

Markerlight (1 AP)

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, LEADER, PATHFINDER, HEAVY GUNNER

Stealth Battlesuit

Stealth Battlesuit Shas'Ui

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Burst Cannon (Ceaseless, Fus)	6	4+	3/4
Fusion Blaster (Rng ⬟, AP2, MW4)	4	4+	6/3
Fists	4	5+	2/3

ABILITIES

Camouflage Field

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, FLY, STEALTH BATTLESUIT, SHAS'UI

Stealth Battlesuit Shas'Vre

APL

3⬤

WND

WEAPONS	ATK	HIT	DMG
Burst Cannon (Ceaseless, Fus)	6	3+	3/4
Fusion Blaster (Rng ⬟, AP2, MW4)	4	3+	6/3
Fists	4	4+	2/3

ABILITIES

Camouflage Field

HUNTER CADRE, T'AU, <SEPT>, FLY, LEADER, STEALTH BATTLESUIT, SHAS'VRE

Strategic Ploys

Aimed Pulse Volley

1 CP

Until the end of the Turning Point, each time a friendly FIRE WARRIOR operative makes a shooting attack with a pulse rifle as a result of a Shoot action, in the Roll Attack Dice step of that shooting attack, if it has not moved during that activation, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Breach And Clear

1 CP

Until the end of the Turning Point, each time a friendly FIRE WARRIOR operative makes a shooting attack with a pulse blaster as a result of a Shoot action:

For that shooting attack, enemy operatives within ◼ of it are not in Cover.
In the Roll Attack Dice step of that shooting attack, if the target is within ◼ of it, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Camouflage Field Engagement

1 CP

Until the end of the Turning Point, friendly STEALTH BATTLESUIT operatives can perform the following action:
Camouflage Field Engagement (1 AP): Change this operative's order.

Recon Sweep

1 CP

Friendly PATHFINDER operatives that are wholly within ⬟ of any killzone edge can immediately perform a free Dash action, but only if they can finish that move wholly within ⬟ of a killzone edge that is not your own killzone edge.

Firefight Ploys

Stand And Fire

1 CP

Use this Tactical Ploy when a friendly HUNTER CADRE operative (excluding a DRONE operative) is selected as the target for combat. For that combat:

Select a ranged weapon to fight with.
Treat that weapon's Ballistic Skill characteristic as a Weapon Skill characteristic.
Ignore any special rules that weapon has.

Supporting Fire

1 CP

Use this Tactical Ploy in the Firefight phase, when a Shoot action is declared for a friendly HUNTER CADRE operative. In the Select Valid Target step of that shooting attack, you must select an enemy operative that is within Engagement Range of one or more other friendly operatives and within ⬟ of the active operative, and that enemy operative cannot be in Cover as a result of friendly operatives' bases. Note, however, that in the Roll Defence Dice step of that shooting attack, the enemy operative can be in Cover as a result of friendly operatives' bases.

Equipment

Holographic Readout*

LEADER operative only. The operative gains the following ability for the battle:
Holographic Readout: Once per battle, when a friendly HUNTER CADRE operative (excluding a DRONE operative) is activated within ◼ of this operative, this operative can use this ability. If it does so, until the end of the friendly HUNTER CADRE operative's activation, it can perform one mission action for one less AP (to a minimum of 0 AP).

Markerlight

The operative can perform the following action during the battle:
Markerlight (l AP): Select one enemy operative Visible to this operative. That enemy operative gains one Markerlight token until the end of the Turning Point. This operative cannot perform this action while within Engagement Range of enemy operatives. If an operative would perform this action and a Shoot action in the same activation, only the target of that Shoot action's shooting attack can be selected for this action.

Each time a shooting attack is made against an enemy operative, in the Roll Attack Dice step of that shooting attack, if that enemy operative has one or more Markerlight tokens, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Photon Grenade

The operative can perform the following action during the battle:
Photon Grenade (1 AP): Select one enemy operative Visible to this operative. Roll one D6, subtracting 1 from the result as follows:

If that enemy operative is not in this operative's Line of Sight.
If that enemy operative is more than ⬟ from this operative.

On a 2+, that enemy operative gains a Photon token. While an operative has any photon tokens, subtract ⬤ from its Movement characteristic and it cannot perform Dash actions. At the end of an operative's activation, remove all Photon tokens it has. This operative cannot perform this action while within Engagement Range of enemy operatives.

Stimulant Injector*

The operative gains the following ability for the battle:
Stimulant Injector: Once per battle, when this operative is activated or would lose a wound, it can use this ability. If it does so, until the end of the Turning Point:

Each time this operative would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
It cannot be injured.
You can ignore any or all modifiers to its APL.

Target Lock

STEALTH BATTLESUIT operative only. The operative gains the following ability for the battle:
Target Lock: Each time this operative makes a shooting attack, in the Roll Attack Dice step of that shooting attack, the target is treated as having a Markerlight token.

Rare Equipment

Auto-Loader

Rare Equipment
This ranged weapon gains the Ceaseless special rule.

Flux Capacitor

Rare Equipment
This ranged weapon gains the P1 critical hit rule.

Rending Rounds

Rare Equipment
This ranged weapon gains the Rending special rule.

Propulsion Amplifier

Rare Equipment
Add 1 to both Damage characteristics of this ranged weapon.

Thermal Sight

Rare Equipment
This ranged weapon gains the No Cover special rule.

Seeker Spirit

Rare Equipment
Each time a friendly operative makes a shooting attack with this ranged weapon, in the Roll Attack Dice step of that shooting attack, for each critical hit you retain, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.

Power Enhancer

Rare Equipment
Add 1 to both Damage characteristics of this melee weapon.

Inertia Displacer

Rare Equipment
This melee weapon gains the Brutal special rule.

Perfectly Weighted

Rare Equipment
This melee weapon gains the Balanced special rule.

Rending Blade

Rare Equipment
This melee weapon gains the Rending special rule.

Monomolecular Edge

Rare Equipment
This melee weapon gains the Lethal 5+ special rule.

Arc Unit

Rare Equipment
This melee weapon gains the Stun critical hit rule.

Infiltration

Stalk Target

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.
Once you do so, at the end of each Target Reveal step, select one enemy operative to be stalked for that Turning Point.

At the end of any Turning Point, if a friendly operative with a Conceal order is within ◼ but not within Engagement Range of the enemy operative you selected to be stalked for that Turning Point, you score 1 VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1 VP.

Gather Surveillance

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.
Once you do so, at the end of each Target Reveal step, select one friendly operative to gather surveillance for that Turning Point.

At the end of any Turning Point, if the friendly operative you selected to gather surveillance for that Turning Point has a Conceal order, is wholly within your opponent's territory and is more than ◼ from enemy operatives, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Implant

You can reveal this Tac Op when you would strike an enemy operative in combat.

Instead of inflicting damage on an enemy operative from that strike, you can implant that operative instead. That operative does not lose any wounds and you score 1 VP
If two other enemy operatives are implanted, you score 1 VP

Seize Defences

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.

At the end of any Turning Point, if you control an opponent's barricade, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Friendly operatives control a barricade if the total APL of friendly operatives within ▲ of it is greater than that of enemy operatives.

Install Device

Reveal this Tac Op when a friendly operative performs the Install Device mission action.

At the end of any Turning Point, if your Device token has been in the killzone for the whole of that Turning Point, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Friendly operatives can perform the following mission action:
Install Device (1 AP):
An operative can perform this action while it controls an objective marker in your opponent's territory or on the centre line. Place your Device token on that objective marker. Remove it if an enemy operative controls that objective marker. An operative connot perform this action if your Device token is in the killzone.

Subversive Control

You can reveal this Tac Op in ther Target Reveal step of the third or fourth Turning Point.

At the end of the third Turning Point, if friendly operatives control an objective marker in your opponent's territory and not on the centre line, you score 1VP.
At the end of the fourth Turning Point, if friendly operatives control an objective marker in your opponent's territory and not on the centre line, you score 1VP.

Recon

Outflank

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.

At the end of any Turning Point, if friendly operatives control both neutral killzone edges, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Friendly operatives control a neutral killzone edge if the total APL of friendly operatives within ◼ of it is greater than that of enemy operatives. Operatives within ⬟ of their own drop zone cannot contribute their APL when determining this total.

Courier

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.
When you do so, select one friendly operative.

At the end of any Turning Point, if that operative is within ⬟ of your opponent's drop zone, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Plant Transponder

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning point after the first.

If a friendly operative performs the Plant Transponder mission action, you score 1 VP.
If you achieve the first condition in any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1 VP.

Friendly operatives can perform the following mission action: Plant Transponder (1 AP):
An operative can perform this action while wholly within your opponent's territory and more than ⬤ from terrain features (barricades are terrain features; ignore terrain features that have the Insignificant trait). If it does so, place one of your Transponder tokens underneath the operative as close as possible to the centre of its base. An operative cannot perform this action while within Engagement Range of an enemy operative or ⬟ of your other Transponder tokens.

Secure Vantage

Not usable in Close Quarters
You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point after the first.

At the end of any Turning Point, if you control a Vantage Point that is more than ◼ from your drop zone, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition with a different vantage point at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Friendly operatives control a Vantage Point if the total APL of friendly operatives on it is greater than that of enemy operatives.

Recover Item

You must reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of the first Turning Point.
Place one of your Item tokens within your opponent's territory. The Pick Up action can be performed by friendly operatives (but not enemy operatives) upon your Item token.

At the end of any Turning Point, if a friendly operative controls your Item token, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Surge Forward

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.

At the end of any Turning Point, if the total APL of friendly operatives within ⬟ of your opponent's drop zone is 4 or more, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Point, you score 1 VP

Secure Unexplored Rooms

Close Quarters only
You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point after the first.

At the end of any Turning Point, if the total APL of friendly operatives within an Unexplored Room (see below) is greater than that of enemy operatives, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition with a different Unexplored Room (i.e. separated by access points) at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

An Unexplored Room is an area of the killzone that friendly operatives must move through an access point to enter. You cannot use Unexplored Rooms that contain your drop zone or have an access point along the line of your drop zone for this Tac Op.

Security

Seize Ground

Not usable in Close Quarters
You must reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of the first turning point.
Select one terrain feature that is more than ◼ from your drop zone and includes any parts with the Heavy trait.

At the end of the battle, if friendly operatives control that terrain feature, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition, there are no enemy operatives within ▲ of that terrain feature, and the total APL of the friendly operatives that control it is 4 or more, you score 1VP.

Friendly operatives control that terrain feature if the total APL of friendly operatives within ▲ of it is greater than that of enemy operatives.

Hold Them Back

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning point after the first.

At the end of any Turning Point, if there are no enemy operatives wholly within your territory, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Protect Assets

You can reveal this TacOp in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point.

At the end of any Turning Point, if two or more enemy operatives were incapacitated within ⬤ of an objective marker during that Turning Point, you score 1 VP
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Point, you score 1 VP

Secure Centre Line

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point after the first.

At the end of any Turning Point, if the total APL of friendly operatives on the centre line and not on a Vantage Point is greater than that of the enemy operatives, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Escort Operative

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of the first or second Turning Point.
Select one friendly operative.
At the end of the battle:

If that friendly operative is wholly within your opponent's territory, you score 1VP.
If that friendly operative is within ⬟ of your opponent's killzone edge, you score 1VP.

Central Control

You can reveal this TacOp in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point after the first.

At the end of any Turning Point, if the total APL of friendly operatives within ◼ of the center and not on a Vantage Point is greater than that of enemy operatives, you score 1 VP
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Point, you score 1 VP

Seize Access Point

Close Quarters only
You must reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of the first Turning Point.
Select one access point on the centre line or within your opponent’s territory.

At the end of the battle, if the total APL of friendly operatives within ⬤ of that access point is greater than that of enemy operatives, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition, there are no enemy operatives within ⬤ of that access point, and the total APL of friendly operatives within ⬤ of it is 4 or more, you score 1VP.

Ferratonic Furnace Control

You can reveal this Tac Op in the Target Reveal step of any Turning Point after the first.

At the end of any Turning Point, if the total APL of friendly operatives on the roof of the ferratonic furnace is greater than that of enemy operatives, you score 1VP.
If you achieve the first condition at the end of any subsequent Turning Points, you score 1VP.

Hunter Cadre kt21

Drones

DS8 Tactical Support Turret

MB3 Recon Drone

MV1 Gun Drone

MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone

MV33 Grav-Inhibitor Drone

MV36 Guardian Drone

MV4 Shield Drone

MV7 Marker Drone

Fire Warriors

Fire Warrior Shas'La

Fire Warrior Shas'Ui

Pathfinders

Pathfinder Heavy Gunner

Pathfinder Shas'La

Pathfinder Shas'Ui

Stealth Battlesuit

Stealth Battlesuit Shas'Ui

Stealth Battlesuit Shas'Vre

Strategic Ploys

Aimed Pulse Volley

Breach And Clear

Camouflage Field Engagement

Recon Sweep

Firefight Ploys

Stand And Fire

Supporting Fire

Equipment

Holographic Readout*

Markerlight

Photon Grenade

Stimulant Injector*

Target Lock

Rare Equipment

Auto-Loader

Flux Capacitor

Rending Rounds

Propulsion Amplifier

Thermal Sight

Seeker Spirit

Power Enhancer

Inertia Displacer

Perfectly Weighted

Rending Blade

Monomolecular Edge

Arc Unit

Infiltration

Stalk Target

Gather Surveillance

Implant

Seize Defences

Install Device

Subversive Control

Recon

Outflank

Courier

Plant Transponder

Secure Vantage

Recover Item

Surge Forward

Secure Unexplored Rooms

Security

Seize Ground

Hold Them Back

Protect Assets

Secure Centre Line

Escort Operative

Central Control

Seize Access Point

Ferratonic Furnace Control

Hunter Cadre ^kt21