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THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND - Tarik Mansuri in RTF In the Unit Focus series I take a look at the different units that make up the Ramah Taskforce, and try to answer why, not if, you should include them in your lists.   If there is a military unit positioned in the front and centre of a Ramah Taskforce recruitment poster, it's the legendary Khawarijs . If there's a Khawarij positioned in the front and centre of the unit, it's Tarik Mansuri . This near mythical Red Turban is the runihura supersoldier program's most lauded success, but also the pinnacle that could never be reproduced - if it could have been, I'm pretty sure the map of the Human Sphere would look a tad different! So let's delve into the Khawarij Amir! Super Supersoldier And you thought non-character supersoldiers had busy statlines? Oh boy, how wrong you were... Tarik Mansuri is the fastest bioenhanced warrior in RTF, with his 6-4 MOV and the Super-Jump ability. Where it's sometimes dif...

A WISE CONTRADICTION - Khawarijs in RTF In the Unit Focus series I take a look at the different units that make up the Ramah Taskforce, and try to answer why, not if, you should include them in your lists.   If one had to pick the Faction defining unit of Ramah Taskforce - the Kamau to our Varuna if you will - it would surely be the Khawarij . To me, the Red Turbans epitomize RTF on the gaming table (as they do in the backstory!): they are flavourful, aggressive, tenacious and can achieve non-traditional threat vectors, yet they are also expensive, somewhat fragile, and generally unfocused as a unit. The models are beautiful and the fluff is enthralling, but are these religous warriors actually worth taking in your lists? The First of the Supersoldiers In the Infinity backstory the Khawarijs are the first unit of supersoldiers to have been created and used by the nation of Haqqislam. The newer units like the Mukhtar , the Namurr , and the Nahab are more or less based on the adv...