Rogue Army

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“Rogue Army” is a collective term for all kinds of human forces in the Wayback that follow their own agenda or oppose the rule of the established factions.

Similar to the pirates, they don’t follow a grand scheme and are not part of an overarching organization. In other words, each encounter against a “Rogue Army” can happen on different planets and for different reasons.

In one operation, you might fight against a renegade general who tries to gain control of valuable industrial assets, while in a different operation, you have to defend a peaceful population against an attack by its neighbor.

As a simplification, the ruling factions will also employ the same or similar types of units to represent their military arm, most likely with a different texture.

The backbone of any Rogue Army consists of large infantry squads without any meaningful equipment or specialized training. This human wave will be supported by raw firepower from a variety of sources. The overall theme is quantity over quality which is also reflected in the simple and cumbersome nature of most rogue army equipment.

All units heavily rely on supporting each other, so it's important to isolate individual units and defeat them one by one. The lack of maneuverability and speed of any Rogue Army further facilitates this approach.

Finding ways to mitigate the impact of their long range fire support is essential to win engagements without taking heavy losses. Possible approaches involve gathering intelligence before the actual combat, deep reconnaissance and offmap abilities as well as a strict target prioritization to disable the most dangerous units first.

The player can also employ most Rogue Army vehicles and weapons.

Infantry

Name	Squad Size	Squad Weapon	Special Weapon	Hit Points per soldier	Armor	Description
Conscripts	7	R10A6 K-PAC		10	10	Ill-equipped soldiers who are a mix of volunteers and forced conscripts. Not very effective fighters, but they come in large numbers.
Infantry	6	BR3A3 Kr-BaR "Crowbar"		10	40	Local Forces gone rogue. Still equpped with their standard loadout of printed carbines, bundled grenades, and frag grenades.
Heavy Infantry	6	R10A6 K-PAC	IMX SA-RPG 2	10	75	Local Forces gone rogue. These special forces are equipped with heavy, armor, capable battle rifles, and decent RPGs.
Officer	3			10	40	Rogue Army seasoned officers that command and motivate the forces around them.
Jaegar Team	2	BR3A3 Kr-BaR "Crowbar"	K-SAS Designated Marksman Rifle	10	15	A specialized rogue army sniper team armed with a precision rifle.
Storm Troopers	5	XL1A14		10	55	Highly trained and well-equipped storm troopers who are only detached for special, high intensity missions. They operate outside of the normal Jingwei structures and are the most loyal, die-hard forces available to any Rogue Army contingent.
MG Team	3		Tripod CMG50	10	40	Local Forces gone rogue. Armed with a medium machine gun to deliver suppressive fire.
Autocannon Team	3		Tripod MK20A3	10	Local Forces gone rogue. Armed with an autocannon to deliver suppressive fire.
Mortar Team	3		Kingpost M8	10	40	Local Forces gone rogue. Armed with a mortar for indirect fire support.
ATGM Team	3		Zayntech ASGM 2	10	40	Local Forces gone rogue. Armed with a tripod based ATGM launcher.

Armor

Name	Hit Points	Armor	Vehicle Weapon	Description
Autocannon Walker	160	110	MK20A3 BC Autocannon	A light walker armed with an autocannon that is effective against heavy infantry and light vehicles.
Laser Walker	160	110	Auto-Laser	A light walker armed with an auto-laser that is effective against heavy infantry and light vehicles.
Mercenary Medium Walker	250	140	Swarm Airburst Launcher, Laser Lance	A well trained and equipped mercenary who brings their own medium walker equipped with a variety of medium weapons. Armed with a swarm airburst launcher and a laser lance, it is very combat effective and dangerous.
Heavy Tank	600	220	Short Barreled Tank Gun CMG50 MMG	An extremely heavily armored tank armed with a short-barrelled howitzer that has a limited firing arc. It can change between HE and HEAT rounds. Slow but hard to knock out.
Infantry (Carrier)	180	125	CMG50 MMG	Rogue Army Infantry in light carrier.

Artillery

Name	Unit Size	Emplacement Weapon	Hit Points per soldier	Armor	Description
Artillery	1	Artillery Shell	150	60	Heavy on-map artillery pieces that cannot move. It can shoot across the whole battlefield but has a long minimum range. The shells fired are inaccurate but deadly.

Rogue Army Missions (TBD)

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References

Dev Diary #15