Steelhead Cannon Crew

As the Steelhead Mercenary Company evolved into a larger outfit, capable of fielding full armies for hire, it saw the need to develop an artillery division. This cannon is the mainstay Steelhead artillery weapon, providing blasts of concussive firepower to complement withering volleys of riflemen and the charge of halberdiers. The heavy explosive charge packed into cannon ordnance is quite capable of knocking anyone caught in the blast to the ground, disrupting the formations of advancing soldiers and leaving even those who survive its lacerating shrapnel shaken.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This unit will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cryx mercenary, Template:Cygnar mercenary, Template:Khador mercenary, and the Template:Protectorate mercenary.

Abilities

• Gunner
  • Template:Officer
  • Template:Man-Sized
  • Template:Mobile Artillery
  • Template:Take Up

• Grunts
  • None

Weapons

• Gunner
  • Cannon - 14" range, 3" AOE, POW 14 ranged attack
    • Template:Brutal Damage
    • Template:Quake
  • Sword - 0.5" reach, POW 3, P+S 9 melee attack

• Grunts
  • Sword

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Template:Operating Theatre (Only if a Cephalyx Dominator is attached)
  • Template:Steelies
  • Template:The Kingmakers Army. Steelhead Cannon Crew gain Feign Death in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this unit in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, Mercenaries can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.

Thoughts on the Steelhead Cannon Crew

Steelhead Cannon Crew in a nutshell

In a nutshell? It's a cannon - it does what it says on the tin.

The Cannon Crew is one of the scarier pieces in the Steelhead theme with both Brutal Damage and Knockdown on direct hits. It also has modest anti-infantry utility with a POW 7 blast.

Combos & Synergies

• Played in Soldiers of Fortune (the Steelhead theme) with Mark the Target on solos it gets more accurate.
• Captain Damiano's Money Shot makes its shot much more powerful and highly accurate - even more so with Deadeye.
• The Steelhead Gunner can grant an additional damage dice against huge bases allowing 4 dice damage. He also adds Veteran Leader to help with the low RAT.
• The Steelhead Arcanist grants it magic weapon and deals with clouds.
• Durgen Madhammer appreciates this piece more than most thanks to his feat as 2 of these will have 4 or even 5 dice damage on his feat turn should they hit directly.
• General Ossrum can cast Fire For Effect on the piece, which could potentially be a 5 dice POW 14 shot against a huge base when you pile on Siege Tactics.
• Sergeant Nicolas Verendrye can bring back their grunts.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Range 14 is fairly low and incoming fire has right of way
• RAT 5 is likely to miss anything smaller than a heavy without a buff.

Tricks & Tips

• Bulldoze something easy to hit with your cavalry near a high DEF model, shoot it with the cannon and knock down the high DEF target.
• Having a decent range, quake and high accuracy (in Soldiers of Fortune) the cannon can be the first step in setting up assassinations.
• Mobile Artillery requires the crew to be within 2". The Ironhead can place the cannon 2". Use this to get some extra threat distance!

Other

Trivia

• Released 2019.03