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(Archived) THE THRILL OF THE CHASE - (ITS Bike Recon) Motorized Bounty Hunters in RTF Important note! ITS Bike Recon and some of the other seasonal Special Rules discussed in this article are no longer present in Infinity's Organized Play -format, but despite the fact that this piece no longer is of relevance I've chosen to keep the article here as a keepsake all the same.    In the backstory of the ITS Season 13 - the Frozen Roads - the vast expanses of the Helheim continent are patrolled by local paramilitary experts and their Speculo counterparts, and as such some of the ITS 13 Missions give you the chance to field a free Motorized Bounty Hunter in your lists. This piece gives the RTF strike team a situationally deadly fast attack piece that can leverage all the advanges provided by the ITS13s Tactical Ride Special Rule. So let us rev our engines, don some very, very warm clothing and head out into the great icy wilderness! Volunteer Reporting In! The Motorized Bounty H...

KILL OR BE KILLED - Beasthunters 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.   Disclaimer! At the time of writing of this article, there isn't a Corvus Belli released miniature for the Beasthunter, so I'm using the Hassassin Fiday model from the Haqqislam Action Pack as a stand in.   When people discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different Infinity Factions , it's common to hear people state their belief in that Ramah Taskforce "has a weak midfield presence". While I feel that such comments stem from the underutilization of the stellar Tuaregs and the excellent (pun intended) Infiltrating Nahabs , it is true that for the longest time RTF was lacking an expendable advanced deploying piece capable of slowing down the enemy's advance. As such I was positively thrilled to learn that even though the TAG Raid Kickstarter had...

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - Wild Bill and Carmen Johns & Bâtard 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.   (Disclaimer! I've made the decision to use a Dynamo Biker and a spare Antipode model to reprisent Carmen & Bâtard - I've made this decision purely on stylistic grounds, and I still find the actual models amazing, if less professional looking, than the ones I've chosen to use!)   While most of Ramah Taskforce is made up of dedicated Haqqislamite career soldiers, there are also more eccentric characters mixed into the force. In this article, I'm going to take a look at the Faction's only Warband option in the mercenary biker Carmen Johns and her companion Antipode Bâtard , as well as the legendary Aristeia! gunslinger (and a Janissary wannabe), Wild Bill In This World, There Are Two Kinds of People... Wild Bill...

IN SERVICE OF OTHERS - Warcors and Rahman Rouhani 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.   (Disclaimer! I unfortunately don't own the Defiance set from Corvus Belli, so I lack the actual model for Rahman Rouhani. I use my SMG Hakim as a proxy, because he to me seems the closest fit considering Rouhani's weapons, stats and abilities.)   Ramah Taskforce is the very tip of the spear when it comes to the armed forces of Haqqislam. They have the best equipment, all the logistic support they can hope for, and most importantly, the most elite soldiers of the nation at their disposal. When it comes to building an ITS list with RTF however, there are times when units chosen are defined not by what they are, but rather what they're not. Let's look at two support elements of the sectorial; Warcors, the War Correspondents and the Medical Speciali...

TINKERS, TAILORS, SOLDIERS, SPIES - Leila Sharif & Yara Haddad 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.  (Disclaimer! As of writing of this article, there is no model released for Yara Haddad. Therefore in the pictures of this article her place is taken by Tuareg Sniper with a modified weapon, as to me she is the closest thing available to the consept art provided by Corvus Belli.) As is the case with most of the sectorials, Ramah Taskforce has access to a rich and varied selection of Fireteam options. While RTF can build very diverse squads of " counts as Ghulams " ( Ghulams , Naffatûns , Zhayedans ), it's other "pure Fireteam" options aren't as strong. You could look at this as a disadvantage, or you could see it as a chance to cast aside the shackles of homogenic Fireteam restrictions and spice things up with some dead...