Infinity General: R&R edition

Yu Jing: came for the Heavy Infantry, stayed for the state-sanctioned thought police

PanO: Came for the Auxbots, stayed for the remotes

i like robutts

Ariadna: came for the cute redhead chicks in short skirts, stayed for the sexy biker babes

But user, there is only one sexy biker babe in Ariadna.

Isn't Babe a gender neutral term? Isn't it short for Baby and baby's gender neutral?

While that's technically correct (the best kind of correct), the connotation is that babe=sexually attractive woman.

It's sort of like if you image search the word "actor" you'll be hard pressed to find a woman even though the term is technically gender neutral nowadays. Results still show up either way, with "babe" or "actor."

I wouldn't know because I can't find any lore besides unit entries. Is there a wiki or something?

>want to play Ariadna
>its the most busted faction because Polacks spam the most boring shit in the army
>get called a furfag for wanting to run antipods and dog warriors

welp time to go be a racist space knight and DEUS VULT you cunts

No wiki, just the occassional article on the main site itself.

Best I can give you is an official faction rundown
infinitythegame.com/sphere.php

It's only busted if you choose to make it busted, user. And even then dude spam isn't even that bad if you're prepared to counter it. It works very well against certain types of lists, but I've fucked a 24 order list with half that number before.

Play the faction you want. Don't be a self-conscious pussy. You apparently don't want to play Ariadna that much if you're backing off because some faggots whined at you.

Nomads: came for the catgirl's ass, stayed for the Bandit's ass

Also, Best TAGs and miniTAGs of all time
Fite me

I don't know. There's something about the Anaconda's design that really speaks out to me, personally.

The major things to know that isn't unit entries is as follows, IIRC:

Humanity makes interstellar travel through set wormholes. Picture that wormhole near Saturn in interstellar.

In a major colonization project with international support, project Ariadna: a ship, was made to travel through a wormhole to planet Dawn. It was very expensive. Ariadna went through but the wormhole collapsed and the planet and colonizing people were lost for a century. This lead to a major economic disaster, which lead to a consolidation of major countries, boosted to the hyperpowers of PanO and Yu Jing. Humanity moved on but it turns out Ariadna people were left to fend for themselves relatively technologically backwards on an alien planet with hostile wolf creatures (the Antipodes). The rest of humanity managed to move on and successfully colonize some planets. Tensions rose, ALEPH was made, other A.I.'s were banned, Haqqislam grew and has a monopoly on SILK which is used for Resurrection, people surprisingly grew more religious, military orders made a comeback, Nomads were like "I don't like authority" and made their own societies in spaceships with one of them being a former prison ship, all that Jazz.

The only other major thing you may miss out on is that there used to be an artificial intelligence that was made and transcended to a higher plane of existence without its creators because it didn't deem them worthy, the creators got mad and made a second artificial intelligence to try to figure out what that first one did, but to be more like them and want to carry them with it, but the second intelligence wasn't as smart as the first because of the limitations, so instead it went all "I need more power" and became the Evolved Intelligence that leads the combined army who's job is to find that more power to process its original purpose.

At least, that's how I remember it. Anyone care to correct me?

What I can't agree with is Japs ever being conglomerated along with Koreans and Chinks. Even in their current castrated, post-WWII state they'd rather slit their throats than be apart of some China-dominated hegemony.

What do you guys think of this list?
Should I switch something out?

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>people surprisingly grew more religious

Ugh, 40kisms

Oh yeah, that complex. Basically, they react how you'd expect, generally considered second class citizens in the greater Yu Jing, many of them still fight for independence naming themselves after the war criminals called Kempeitai.

They got more religious because the church had more power to bribe them. The PanO Catholic Church is basically a megacorporation that happens to run the biggest service that allows you to get a new body after death thanks to the cube implants. That's kinda huge, and explains why they have political import.

Then they also run a PMC for the Knights, which work for the PanO Military.

I'm not a great fan of that either, but it's part of why the Nomad 'space pagan' sect thinks the church sold it's soul for power with the devil (Aleph).

It's all from one of Infinity's main source materials, the 4-book 'Hyperion' series.

Did they at least lose a very ugly war before being forced into this? And how did America/the West react? What was their level of involvement? Or did the just get bent over and accept this EU-sanctioned ass raping by what sounds like a Yurop wet dream?

They certainly weren't happy about it. Their government only let it happen because the alternative was total economic collapse. The populace reacted very badly, which was rather counter-productive since it gave China an excuse to oppress the shit out of them.

Again, why did America, Australia, the west in general, pull out of Japan? This is baffling to me.

America got wrecked in a war with PanO, and went broke amongst other issues. They couldn't expand like the other space powers, and are basically a 2nd world country currently on Earth (along with Russia).

The EU and America were in the middle of their own total economic collapse as they'd shunted huge finances into the aborted Project Ariadna. IIRC at this time PanO (At the time "just" Brazil+Argentina+India+Australia+Philippines+Indonesia) was also starting to step to the hugely weakened USA so it had its own problems.

>America got wrecked in a war with PanO

so it IS a Yurop power fantasy!

America died of self-inflicted nanobot AIDS after they picked a fight with PanO and were afraid they might lose (this was after they wasted ludicrous sums of money trying to get to the wormholes). That's why PanO was able to take Europe and YJ got Korea and Japan.

PanO probably could have helped the Asian countries, but they suffered from a terrible case of not giving a fuck.

>Brazil, Argentina, Australia

>going anywhere but down the toliet

also

>PanO probably could have helped the Asian countries, but they suffered from a terrible case of not giving a fuck.

yeah no that sounds like a m issed opportunity at worst at best and completely retarded at worst

Europe wasn't even in PanO at that point. And the US had just pissed trillions of dollars into space so it was hardly a fair fight.

If all the initial PanO countries got their shit together and joined forces, they'd actually end up pretty powerful. Hell, South America by itself could be a force to be reckoned with if it wasn't so divided and corrupt.

Key word there being "if", of course. None of those things are ever going to happen, but on a technical level they could.

And I think PanO was dealing with its own problems when Japan and Korea got eaten. They'd just finished a war against a powerful enemy, and stealing those countries away would mean pissing off China when they were vulnerable.

So what are some neat vehicle models that would work as terrain in InfiNity?
I don't wanna just plop some 40k Chimeras on the table and call it USAriadna terrain.

Nomads came for the power armor designs, stayed for the Ninja Turtles

>And the US had just pissed trillions of dollars into space so it was hardly a fair fight.

Something that makes no logical sense when we are actively dismantling or privatizing our space exploration.

Nomads: Came for the Daktari, stayed for the Uberfallkommando

US of A would never let South America get its shit together is the thing. Most of the world doesn't want that, either.

We don't have wormholes to travel through though.

Antenociti does a bunch of cilivilian vehicles like a bus, a taxi, a sports car, some one seater cars like a future smart and some bikes.
They kinda look like anal toys though. They released some more variants with straight lines too recently though. They also have this beauty.

Mantic got a bunch of jetbikes and a flyer in their corporation(?) range for deadzone.

I'd also have a look at CNC workshops scenery. You can get the Borderland cars, some bikes and forklifts for industrial scenery or space ports etc from them.
They also have a small flyer and a steam boat. For all your shipyard and airport scenario needs.

Puppetswar sell a few aircraft too, with matching shipping crates. They also had a range of modular cars in the works called pegasus, not sure if that was released yet though.

Ainsty casting does a bunch of ruined vehicles. Mostly temporary stuff but as ruins. More suited to post apoc tables rather than polished anime sci-fi stuff. Depends on what flavor of Infinity you prefer.
They got a subway car that has crashed through the street from below though. That looks neat.
And loads of improvised barricades using tires.

Similarly armorcast has a set of crashed cars and scrapyard piles. Looks kinda retro future like.

Clear Horizon sell a Nemensis light strike vehicle that looks neat.

If you google for Louis Marx & Company Cars of the future car set you'll find an old toy set that also seemed to be popular amongst gamers. Kind a hard to find these days though.

Maxmini sells a hoverbike and a normal bike.

Micro art also had cars. Made of foam though instead of resin iirc.

ramshackle has a host of really cheap bikes and vehicle kits. Only the bikes would work as scenery next to infinity minis though.

Terra Gnosis has a few Mad Max&Borderlands inspired things. Again depends on the style you are going for.

That's all I can think of for now.

I hate the head. It would be great otherwise. Geko is still my favorite TAG in the game.

Oh yeah, last but not least the humble matchbox car from the toy aisle can come in handy. You can convert those too. Either make them look a little more futuristic or make wrecks out of them.
Matchbox also usually has a bunch of futuristic looking stuff. You could plopp the batmobile on the table and it would look at home next to the Infinity minis.

Gamnerdz shipping red veil. Mine just shipped today.

Sorry for spamming, but on second though I think it was Zen terrain that made the rollers and not CNC. They also got a cute little helicopter.

I ordered mine from Miniaturemarket and I got it today.

Regret not ordering it through game nerdz though.

While we are on the topic of scenery, has anybody tried seen a Secret Weapon table used for infinity? Combined with a few sci-fi buildings this could look pretty cool I think.

Got mine from Gamenerdz Monday, I pre-ordered on the first day though.

Gonna buy this beauty for my Ariandan-themed terrain. It's pretty big, but I think it's gonna fit the table well.

How can you hate the head design? Do you smoke cocks for a living as well?

Yet!

Still reeks of wet dream to see through US reduced to a second string backwater. Are Spaniards butthurt about America? I thought that was more their northernly neighbors.

All empires fall eventually

Only China is eternal.

>Are Spaniards butthurt about America?

it's tough being #1

*wrong gif*

Hello, just getting started here with Haqq. I've played a couple games with a friend and we're planning on moving up from the base starters soon. Was wondering how this simple advancement from the base starter looks.

Thanks!

2 Jan's is a bit of a overkill, especially in low point games. But the HMG model is totes mcgotes so go with it. My personal favorites are the Al Hawwa/Tuareg, Bashi Bazouk & Lasiq. Saladin + Fiday is a pretty nifty combo so consider theese.

The Ariadna disaster bankrupted our current superpowers

I've got Red Veil and am just weighing my options for a Vanilla list using all the models plus what I have from JSA. I plan on using the bald Keisotsu as a Shaolin monk. Should I ditch Shinobu from this list even though she's my favorite model? Having only 1/3 of your models be specialist is ok, right?

MO: came for the Space Knights, stayed for the fact infinity doesnt sell at all in my area

I got this one specifically to use as Infinity terrain.
I've not painted it yet, but it's going to sport winter camo with Svalarheima Winter Force logo. I'd expect Svalarheima machinery to be a lot more "rugged" compared to the rest of PanO, since it's both a harsh planet and a frontier.

Just getting into this game with a friend, and I just want to make sure I have this right. There is no way to have more than one fireteam right? Is it possible to have a Fireteam: Core and a Fireteam: Duo in one army?

No one is really "butthurt" about America, except maybe North Korea. However turning current superpowers into shades of their former glories is a good shorthand for "in the future everything has changed". Especially since a lot of Infinity lore starts with oil running out; which is also why Middle East fell into disarray and Haqqislam gained popularity. USA is also a huge oil producer.

1Core, 1 Haris and unlimited Duos if you can fit them. Unless your name is Steel Phalanx and Tohaa in which case you have your special fire teams that are unlimited.

>There is no way to have more than one fireteam right?
That's what the various fireteam types are for.

>Is it possible to have a Fireteam: Core and a Fireteam: Duo in one army?
You can have a Core, a Haris and a Duo all in one army if you have the units and it's perfectly legal. And then there's Enomotarchos and Triads.

Ah I see! For some reason I wasn't understanding that part correctly. Thanks for the clarification.

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anything glaringly wrong with this list? Would like to fit an engie in, maybe swap for one of the auxilia, but mostly I just went for models I liked the look of

And I guess to append onto this post, what would a good list for a new player centering on a bolt link look like?

For just terrain? Pixar Cars. Most are 1:55 scale. Just cover up the eyes.

>S5 Task Master
>S2 Reverend Healer
Did someone strap Wolverine into power armor?

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JSA, came for the Haramaki, stayed for the TO spam.

And how *is* the Infinity meta in Australia?

You have a to hd specialist and an airdrop, you should be ok for learning, Personally, I'd drop Shinobu for an Oniwaban and get a second Shaolin and Yaozao or turn your zhanshi into FO. Shinobu matters more in JSA where she's one of only 3 sources of smoke for them, the other two are another named ninja and an extremely impetuous bike.

I'm in the middle of my great leap forward into Vanilla Yu Jing. Who else is fumbling with tiny pieces from Red Veil here?

>that hack tao

Wait until you get a remote.

What is that wierd blade i see nomads with? First the bandits and now taskmasters. Is it a future version of some ancient weapon?

Looks like an evil-baby-killing-assault-zombie-knife machete.

It looks like a great helm and its hard angles clash with the rounded more organic body design.

The Lu Duan/Rui Shi are in the back, the Yaokong already painted and assembled for JSA

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It's just some brutal machette thing. A less elegant weapon than that weird curvy Observancy blade.

It's not new, the old Morlocks from like 2004 had a double-ended version of the same blade.

Incidentally, love the taskmasters.

PanO has India as well.

There is actually just a toddler piloting that thing.

Looks solid mate.

Looks solid, though I think a Bolt Link and a TAG is tough to fit in 300 points.

I would either do a TAG/Fusil link, or Swiss or Aquila with a Bolt link, get a TR Bot, doc and shoot for 12-14 orders.

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I love the design and how it looks but they're too small for my liking. They're meant to be dudes that get sent in to subdue whatever the fuck the Praxis Labs have been brewing. I don't buy for a second that this manlet can do jack and or shit to a genetically modified beast or a rogue mech.

They just don't want to hit their heads on every doorway.

Better to specify state or city.
The size of the whole US with the overall population a little larger than most countries major cities.

Looks like a spada falchion -in spaaaaace-

>look at the rounded organic body clashing with the helms angles.

Yeah what shit aesthetics.

Yeah. They subdue targets. You know. With fully automatic machine guns, huge nanite flamethrowers, giant knives, and humongous power armor that yet can sprint around at normal human soldier speeds. While practicing martial arts.

Who's to say there would only be one Taskmaster?

Taskmaster looks great IMO.

I'm down with it personally.
It looks chunky without being oversized. Like they've built them for pure force in as small of a frame as possible.
If they are oporating inside the labs etc they need to be able to navigate indoors effectively.

But yeah I can see how it looks like those hilarious little buff dudes you see at the gym.

I really like a lot of those dudes if they don't have a chip.

They are making the best of what they were given.