Railless Interceptor

The Railless Interceptor is an advanced new type of military hardware, representing an evolution of armored transportation. Weighing in excess of 150 tons, the Railless is a rolling fortress of weapons and armor plating. It is crewed by a dedicated team of warriors who must serve as a hybrid of traditional crew, artillerists, and field mechaniks in order to keep their vehicle at peak operation during the course of a battle.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Construct
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Build Up Power
• Template:Bulldoze
• Template:Dual Attack
• Template:Exhaust Fumes
• Template:Reposition 3

Weapons

Alchemical Cannon
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW			LOCATION
		14			1			4			15			Template:-
Template:Scather
Antiminator (×2)
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW			LOCATION
		SP 10			1			Template:-			14			1 Each Side
Template:Cold damage
Flame Thrower
File:Gun icon.jpg		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW			LOCATION
		SP 8			1			Template:-			12			Template:-
Template:Fire damage Template:Continuous Fire
Bash
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S				LOCATION
		0.5				0				15				Template:-
Template:Ram

Theme Forces

• Template:Magnum Opus
• Template:Primae Materia. This model gains Cutting Edge in this theme.

Thoughts on the Railless Interceptor

Railless Interceptor in a nutshell

The Railless Interceptor is a mobile gun platform. With its high power cannon and multiple strong sprays the Railless threatens models of all types. When combined with the damage- and accuracy-increasing effects in faction, the Railless Interceptor is able to threaten a myriad of targets. The Interceptor functions well with almost any caster and has become almost ubiquitous with Syvestro.

Build up power has helped erase one of the Railless weaknesses, now with a built in boosting mechanic you can land those essential shots.

Combos & Synergies

• Aurum Adeptus Syvestro - Super Fuel makes the Railles SPD8 which provides significant scenario pressure (especially with Bulldoze on a huge base). Explosivo works well on three sprays and the Railless makes great use of his feat.
• Captain Eira Mackay - Under her feat their damage output is brutal, and Return Fire is a cheap way (in terms of focus) to punish enemy shooting.
• Gearhart - Gearhart loves a heavy gunline, and has a lot of ways to maximize the units operating around a Railless. He almost always wants one as a result, as it can typically anchor an entire flank.
• Locke - While seemingly an exclusive battlegroup caster, Locke actually runs the Railless extremely well thanks to Road to War & Sentry. She can use them like a unit of infantry to contest scenario elements while her battlegroup runs behind and mops up the enemy army.
• Lukas - Lukas seemingly has little synergy with the Railless. However he can give it Apparition, and TK is forward, so he runs the fastest Railesses.
• Tubbin - It can Tune Up a railess and fully boost its next attack, which is marverlous on sprays.
• Retaliator - It can Oil up targets for the flamethrower.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• It's a Battle Engine - in other words a big target
• It is not good at melee, but hits very hard. Of course with four sprays and a scather it's better than any heavy at shooting.
• 9/19 with 36 boxes is fairly soft for battle engines, especially when you consider the dearth of Crucible Guard defensive buffs. For players from other factions, expect the Railless to take one to two fewer dedicated attacks (such as from a Weapon Master or a Gang + Prey Ambusher) than you are used to.

Tricks & Tips

• Look to exploit dual attack allowing you to first charge and then line up sprays straight down enemy lines.
• With SPD 6, Bulldoze, Ram, and Reposition 3", you can plunge this battle engine into opposing lines of troops, kill lots of them, then reposition further into them to prevent them from charging and getting the alpha. Watch out for opposing 'jacks/beasts and weaponmaster units that can clear a Railless Interceptor in melee.
• Screen it so the enemy can't charge it. Alternatively, have it screen for smaller bases which can be crippled such as your heavies.
• Scathers are excellent at restricting your opponent's movement. Even if you're out of range or your opponent's DEF is too high, consider shooting the cannon so they have to work around your Scather template(s). An expert placed (or lucky) Scather template can cause serious problems for damaged or single-wound models.
• Use Bulldoze to clear out jamming models or line up your opponent's models for devastating sprays.
• They have a massive number of potential attacks - don't let your clock run out!
• Consider using Combat Alchemists in conjunction with your Railless Interceptors. They give the Alchemists concealment on the approach, and the Alchemists can apply Ice Cage to the enemy so your Railless Interceptors can hit more consistently.
• Don't let Exhaust Fumes be a trap, use it judiciously. While it provides concealment to friendly models, those models can get in its way causing order of activation issues, and the Railless is a huge, easy target for things like electro-leaps and trick shots.

Other

Trivia

• Released with the Faction launch (2018.06)
• The calculated ground pressure of a 150-ton Railless Interceptor is approximately the same as an elephant walking on stilts.