Halo TCG - Halo - UNSC (8/27: "She's blue, but she's hot!")

[lem0nhead]

•Sgt. Stacker, Platoon Commander [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Signet: Keyes
Star: Gold
Marine. To play, add a threat.
Each marine bearing a ranged weapon is strength +1.
"‘Time to earn your paychecks, marines!'"
1R?

Well powerful but ok.

•Sgt. Stacker, Wisecracking Marine [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Signet: Master Chief
Star: Gold
Marine. To play, add a threat.
Sniping or Skirmish: Exert 2 marines (or Stacker) to play a [UNSC] sniping or skirmish event from your draw deck.
"‘Quit making love people, no letter writin', move move move!'"
1U?

I dont think the threat needs to be added for this guy but ok otherwise.

•Sgt. Mobuto, The "Other" Reclaimer [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Signet: Sarge
Star: Gold
Marine. Defender +1.
To play, spot a Monitor or a [Flood] card and add 2 threats.
Mobuto is strength +1 for each [Flood] minion in his skirmish.
"‘I didn't know you, Sarge, but I sure as #$&*@! wish I had. You must have been one hard-core son of a b*tch.'"
1R?

Doesnt the chief take his dog tags? Thats the one isnt it. I think only 1 threat is necessary if that.

[DáinIronfoot]

•Sgt. Mobuto, The "Other" Reclaimer [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Signet: Sarge
Star: Gold
Marine. Defender +1.
To play, spot a Monitor or a [Flood] card and add 2 threats.
Mobuto is strength +1 for each [Flood] minion in his skirmish.
"‘I didn't know you, Sarge, but I sure as #$&*@! wish I had. You must have been one hard-core son of a b*tch.'"
1R?

Doesnt the chief take his dog tags? Thats the one isnt it. I think only 1 threat is necessary if that.

That would be the one!

Tweaks made. Thanks, dude.

[sickofpalantirs]

Your wish is my command.

Johnson, bad@$$ he may be, isn't the only Sarge around. Here are a couple more, including two copies of the one that has some of the best lines in the entire Halo series...and appears in every game! Enjoy!

•Sgt. Stacker, Platoon Commander [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Signet: Keyes
Star: Gold
Marine. To play, add a threat.
Each marine bearing a ranged weapon is strength +1.
"‘Time to earn your paychecks, marines!'"
1R?
fine by me

•Sgt. Stacker, Wisecracking Marine [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Signet: Master Chief
Star: Gold
Marine.
Sniping or Skirmish: Exert 2 marines (or Stacker) to play a [UNSC] sniping or skirmish event from your draw deck.
"‘Quit making love people, no letter writin', move move move!'"
1U?
fine

•Sgt. Mobuto, The "Other" Reclaimer [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Signet: Sarge
Star: Gold
Marine. Defender +1.
To play, spot a Monitor or a [Flood] card and add a threat.
Mobuto is strength +1 for each [Flood] minion in his skirmish.
"‘I didn't know you, Sarge, but I sure as #$&*@! wish I had. You must have been one hard-core son of a b*tch.'"
1R?

up strength to 7and cost by 1 IMSO

[MR. Lurtzy]

They all look fine, though Mobuto could prolly have 7 strength.

[AgentDrake]

All look good now.
And yeah, as long as Mobuto has to add a threat, might as well up him to 7 strength, though the natural damage bonus sort of makes up for that, if you wanna leave him down at 6.

[Elf_Lvr]

•Sgt. Stacker, Platoon Commander [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Signet: Keyes
Star: Gold
Marine. To play, add a threat.
Each marine bearing a ranged weapon is strength +1.
"‘Time to earn your paychecks, marines!'"
1R?

Fair enough.

•Sgt. Stacker, Wisecracking Marine [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Signet: Master Chief
Star: Gold
Marine.
Sniping or Skirmish: Exert 2 marines (or Stacker) to play a [UNSC] sniping or skirmish event from your draw deck.
"‘Quit making love people, no letter writin', move move move!'"
1U?

Very nice.

•Sgt. Mobuto, The "Other" Reclaimer [UNSC]
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Signet: Sarge
Star: Gold
Marine. Defender +1.
To play, spot a Monitor or a [Flood] card and add a threat.
Mobuto is strength +1 for each [Flood] minion in his skirmish.
"‘I didn't know you, Sarge, but I sure as #$&*@! wish I had. You must have been one hard-core son of a b*tch.'"

1R?

He's okay.

[DáinIronfoot]

Since we touched briefly on sniping with Stacker, may as well post the ultimate sniping tool now as well.

SRS99C-SM A2 Sniper Rifle [UNSC]
Possession • Ranged Weapon
Strength +1
Bearer must be a [UNSC] companion. Bearer is a sniper.
While skirmishing a [Flood] minion, bearer is strength -2. While skirmishing any other minion, bearer is damage +1.
"This rifle is a gas-operated, magazine-fed weapon. It is issued with a smart-linked scope with two levels of magnification. It fires 14.5 armor piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot rounds."
1U?

Sniper rifles become more useful against the Flood beginning with Halo 2, but in Halo: Combat Evolved they were all but useless on the annoying blobs, usually passing right through their bodies and doing no damage whatsoever. That is the reason for the big drawback here. But against anyone else, it rocks.

[lem0nhead]

Yeah tis sweet for sure!

[MR. Lurtzy]

Nice.

[AgentDrake]

What more is to be said? Nice. for the set so far.

[sickofpalantirs]

could be 1...couldn't be 1...IDK its up to you here...

[DáinIronfoot]

Sorry for the delay, folks. To make it up, let's spoil arguably the most important character in the series behind Master Chief himself. That's right, it's time for everyone's favorite AI, Cortana!

Believe it or not, I started on these sets before followers had been introduced to LOTR TCG, so most AIs I've made are not followers (which makes the most sense in some cases), but instead are allies. Now that I'm picking up these sets and dusting them off after months and months of sitting idle, I've put a lot of time and thought into whether or not to convert AIs and other allies into followers, and I've come to the conclusion that in many cases, I will probably leave them as is. I'll do it like Decipher did: reinvent certain allies as followers in later sets (like what happened with The Gaffer and Radagast in LOTR TCG, starting as characters and ending up later as followers).

So for now, our little blue friend is an ally, but that may change down the road. Until then, enjoy!

•Cortana, Shipboard AI [UNSC]
Ally • Home 1 • AI
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Star: Gold
At the start of each turn, heal Cortana.
Fellowship: Exert Cortana twice to spot a Vehicle. That Vehicle (or one of its bearers) is strength +1 and vitality +1 until the end of the turn.
Fellowship: Exert Cortana twice to spot a Ship. That Ship is weapons +1 and armor +1 until the end of the turn.
"‘Your architecture isn't much different from the Autumn's...'"

Obviously best staffing one of your ships (yes, allies can staff ships just fine), but it's a very nice perk that she can directly aid the company or any of your ships no matter where you put her. AIs will have a knack for this sort of thing.

•Cortana, Intrusive Construct [Covenant]
Ally • Home 1 • AI
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Star: Gold
To play, spot a [UNSC] companion and a [Covenant] card.
Each [Sentinel] minion is strength -1.
Each time an opponent plays a [Covenant] condition, you may exert Cortana to remove .
"‘Never been better. You can't imagine the wealth of information. Knowledge...so much...so fast. It's glorious!'"

A nice splash into most decks, as she hurts two Shadow cultures pretty badly. The one downside is her spotting requirements, but as we'll see in later sets, you don't have to depend entirely on your opponents to spot [Covenant] cards....

AI Chip [UNSC]
Artifact • Chip
Strength +1
Bearer must be a Spartan II.
When you play this artifact, you may play a [UNSC] AI on bearer from your draw deck. That AI is considered to be borne by bearer.
"‘Don't get any funny ideas....'"

Just a nifty way to represent an AI being tied to a particular Spartan by helping boost that Spartan's stats a little and pulling an AI from your deck. The downside? That AI is now able to potentially be discarded in more ways, as it becomes a card borne by someone. Small price to pay in my opinion, though.

[lem0nhead]

Sorry for the delay, folks. To make it up, let's spoil arguably the most important character in the series behind Master Chief himself. That's right, it's time for everyone's favorite AI, Cortana!

So you should be sorry!

•Cortana, Shipboard AI [UNSC]
Ally • Home 1 • AI
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Star: Gold
At the start of each turn, heal Cortana.
Fellowship: Exert Cortana twice to select a Vehicle. That Vehicle (or one of its bearers) is strength +1 and vitality +1 until the end of the turn.
Fellowship: Exert Cortana twice to select a Ship. That Ship is weapons +1 and armor +1 until the end of the turn.
"‘Your architecture isn't much different from the Autumn's...'"

Select? Is that spot?

•Cortana, Intrusive Construct [Covenant]
Ally • Home 1 • AI
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Star: Gold
To play, spot a [UNSC] companion and a [Covenant] card.
Each [Sentinel] minion is strength -1.
Each time an opponent plays a [Covenant] condition, you may exert Cortana to remove .
"‘Never been better. You can't imagine the wealth of information. Knowledge...so much...so fast. It's glorious!'"

Niiiiice like this one more though not sure why youd need to spot a covenant card.

AI Chip [UNSC]
Artifact • Chip
Strength +1
Bearer must be a Spartan II.
When you play this artifact, you may play a [UNSC] AI from your draw deck.
When this artifact is discarded, discard a [UNSC] AI.
"‘Don't get any funny ideas....'"

Think you should tie it to the specific AI not just "a" UNSC AI, therefore play the AI on tthe bearer.

[DáinIronfoot]

•Cortana, Shipboard AI [UNSC]
Ally • Home 1 • AI
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Star: Gold
At the start of each turn, heal Cortana.
Fellowship: Exert Cortana twice to select a Vehicle. That Vehicle (or one of its bearers) is strength +1 and vitality +1 until the end of the turn.
Fellowship: Exert Cortana twice to select a Ship. That Ship is weapons +1 and armor +1 until the end of the turn.
"‘Your architecture isn't much different from the Autumn's...'"

Select? Is that spot?

Yes. TOLD you these cards were old.

AI Chip [UNSC]
Artifact • Chip
Strength +1
Bearer must be a Spartan II.
When you play this artifact, you may play a [UNSC] AI from your draw deck.
When this artifact is discarded, discard a [UNSC] AI.
"‘Don't get any funny ideas....'"

Think you should tie it to the specific AI not just "a" UNSC AI, therefore play the AI on tthe bearer.

Done, though the new wording is a little clumsy. Any suggestions on how to improve it?

[lem0nhead]

When you play this artifact, you may play a [UNSC] AI on bearer from your draw deck. If this artifact is discarded discard that AI also.

How about that?