Prospero

Had destiny chosen a different path for him, Prospero would have been one of the greatest warcasters to grace the Order of the Golden Crucible and the Crucible Guard. But Prospero was not to achieve his full potential. When the Khadorans assaulted Llael, Propsero’s body was destroyed. To preserve his life, his brother, Aurum Adeptus Syvestro, had his brain placed in a new body. Now Prospero is a towering mechanikal man. Visual and audio receivers feed him sensory data, and he can once again interact with the living world. But the towering warcaster talent he once displayed has been muted, suppressed by his time spent in darkness and the new, unfamiliar form he now inhabits.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Battlegroup Controller
• Field Marshal [ [[:Category:{{{ability}}}|{{{ability}}}]] ]

[[Category:{{{ability}}}]] (Template:Dispel-alt)

• Template:Soul Vessel
• Template:Veteran Leader

Weapons

• Exothermic Pulse - 10" range, POW 12 ranged attack
  • Template:Fire Damage
  • Template:Critical Fire
• Fist (x2) - 0.5" reach, P+S 12 melee attacks

Spells

{{Category: Template:Guided FireTemplate:Instability Equation }}[[Category: Template:Guided FireTemplate:Instability Equation ]]

Theme Forces

• Crucible Guard
  • Template:Magnum Opus. This model gains Reposition [3] in this theme.
  • Template:Prima Materia

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Lukas is leading the army.

Thoughts on Prospero

Prospero in a nutshell

Prospero is primarily a support model, but his construct form makes him a resilient combatant. He can work with your main warcaster, providing Veteran Leader and additional focus for an extended battlegroup, be the leader of his own combat unit, or provide opportunity to run other support ‘jacks without burdening your caster.

The change to Prima Materia and the Cutting Edge benefit has made Instability Equation a slightly weaker spell in that theme, as unless the Warjack is knocked down, has several systems destroyed and can’t repair its cortex, is disrupted or apart of the main battlegroup it is often better to just allocate 1 focus and let Power-Up and Cutting Edge get you back up to 3 focus points.

Prospero's battlegroup

• Suppressor and Retaliator - spray weapons benefit immensely from Guided Fire and similiar spells.
  • The Suppressor becomes incredibly accurate thanks to shooting gallery, vet leader and guiding fire and unlike the Retaliator it can use Prospero’s field marshal and spray in the same turn.
  • Prospero's ranged attack gets boosted damage from the Retaliator's Oil.
• Vulcan - Prospero makes for a decent focus battery and can easily hide behind its huge base.
• A team of Vanguards in Prima Materia can provide 4 shieldguards at ARM 19.

Combos & Synergies

• Aurum Lucanum Athanor Locke - fields a lot of jacks, an ideal army for Prospero.
• Aurum Adeptus Syvestro - his Super Fuel ability affects Prospero (as he is a construct) and his battlegroup as well.
• Captain Eira Mackay really likes to have Prospero to buff all her 'jacks with Veteran Leader, and Prospero gets boosted damage from Mackay's feat.
• Being a construct, he can be healed by Crucible Guard Mechaniks.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Prospero isn't exactly squishy, but he's not that durable either and on a medium base you can end up with an inert warjack if you aren't careful enough.
• Note that Dispel works only on melee attacks.
• He does not do much for the melee warjacks apart from his Field Marshall.

• Unstable: It never works when you want it to, and it always works when you don't want it to.
  • You can't rely on an Unstable warjack to block charge lanes, threaten free strikes, etc. You always have to plan your other models' positions around the assumption that Unstable removes the warjack.

Tricks & Tips

• Guided Fire works really well with sprays at angles as ever.
• Don't blow up your own jacks until they are already almost dead. But when they are this can make a large hole in the enemy lines.
• Don't forget about Field Marshal [Dispel] on his 'jacks' melee weapons/fists. It doesn't see a ton of utility because Prospero prefers ranged warjacks but it can be a critical capability.

Other

Trivia

• Released with the Faction launch (2018.06).
• Prospero is the name of the protagonist in Shakespeare's play The Tempest[1].