Marik Company 1st war

[mrbooth]

Trying to put togeather a Marik Company for late first war game,

The only thing I know I want is my battle Lance 2 Stalkers and 2 Awsomes looking to fill out the rest of the company

[ajcbm]

First Succession War? Check http://www.masterunitlist.info/Era/Details/11/early-succession-war for a complete list.

[The Eagle]

Do you have a particular regiment in mind?  That would help us guide you in terms of majority weight classes.

[mrbooth]

Do you have a particular regiment in mind?  That would help us guide you in terms of majority weight classes.

Thinking 1st Guards with at least a Wolverine 6M or two but really undecided on the rest.

[The Eagle]

As a predominantly heavy-class regiment, any 1st Guards formation is going to average out to heavy-weight.  Since you've already got one assault-weight lance, and want to include a medium lance in the form of those Wolverines, your third lance should be solidly heavy.

I'd recommend a set up like this:

Assault-weight Fire Lance:
- 2x Stalkers, 2x Awesomes

Heavy-weight Battle Lance:
- Orion, Warhammer, Thunderbolt, Marauder-3M

Medium-weight Striker Lance:
- 2x Wolverine-6Ms, Trebuchet, Hermes II

Or something in that vein, at least.  Gives you a good balance of speed, with plenty of both long-range and short-range firepower in each individual lance.  Generally, I'm not a fan of mixing speed brackets within a lance, but I stuck the Hermes II in there to prevent that medium lance from becoming too top-heavy (my first idea had been a Griffin).  Plus, it never hurts to have a little extra speed every now and then.

[Sartris]

the mad-3m is out of bounds for the 1st war (2873 intro).

The Royal Highlander is listed as available to the FWL. It's worth considering

I tried to go in some different directions than TheEagle to show some other possible choices.

Alpha Lance
x2 Stalker
x2 Awesome

Bravo Lance
Black Knight BL-6-KNT
Guillotine GLT-3N
Thunderbolt TDR-5S
Ostsol OTL-4D

Charlie Lance
Wolverine WVR-6M
Crab CRB-27
Nighthawk NTK-2Q
Trebuchet TBT-5N

[The Eagle]

Oh yeah, good call on the MAD-3M.

[truetanker]

Correction:

BL-7-KNT-L, the Marik Black Knight uses a LL instead of the PPC, as per FWL fluff due to not having enough PPCs.

TT

[Sartris]

The BL-6-KNT is available to the FWL in the early succession wars period.
http://masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/358/black-knight-bl-6-knt

[Don Lunardi]

Correction:

BL-7-KNT-L, the Marik Black Knight uses a LL instead of the PPC, as per FWL fluff due to not having enough PPCs.

I also think the 'PPC Shortage' (ranks right up there with the 'Assault 'Mech Shortage' when you look how many designs the FWL cranks out) was more of a 3SW thing than 1SW.  That's why you can get strange refits like the BNC-3M actually swapping out the AC/5 for an additional PPC which seemed to contradict the fluff...until you see it came out around the Early Star League period when the League's industrial base was still quite strong.  I would expect that to still be the case for the outbreak of the Succession Wars, as opposed to by 3025 when it was much degraded as with all the other states.

[truetanker]

Well I might be wrong, but as a heavy FWL design, wouldn't it be more prudent that the LL would be an easier refit and leave the PPC for others. Like replacements for better equipped units, after all it is a late war effort.

TT

[Arkansas Warrior]

Trying to put togeather a Marik Company for late first war game,

The only thing I know I want is my battle Lance 2 Stalkers and 2 Awsomes looking to fill out the rest of the company

8 more Awesomes.






....what?

[The Eagle]

8 more Awesomes.

[mrbooth]

8 more Awesomes.

That's was one of my thoughts and had no problems withat it I personally love the Awsomes but my player would hate me and I want them to come back for more.