Dropzone Commander Battle Report #26 – PHR vs UCM

Today we bring you something brand new at the Maelstrom, as my Post-Human Republic forces come out for their debut game against the UCM.

Army Lists

Gladiis Argenti

Post-Human Republic – 2,500

Hand of the Sphere

COMMAND – Zeus Type-2 Walker with Supreme Vizier Aggo (CV6)

                        -3x Enyo Type-2 Walker

SCOUT – 4x Mercury Drone

            -2x Triton A2 with Twin Stealth Missile Batteries and Skyhammer Missiles

EXOTIC – 2x Sirens

            -Triton A1 with Twin Stealth Missile Batteries and Twin RX-20 Miniguns

Battle Pantheon

STANDARD – 4x Ares Type-1 Walker

            -2x Neptune Medium Dropship

STANDARD – 2x Phobos Type-1 Walker

            -Neptune Medium Dropship

Battle Pantheon

STANDARD – 2x Phobos Type-1 Walker

Immortals

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Juno A1 IFV

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Juno A1 IFV

            -Sharing Neptune Medium Dropship

Immortals

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Triton A1 Light Dropship

TROOPS – 2x Immortals

            -Triton A1 Light Dropship

SUPPORT – 4x Apollo-A

            -2x Neptune Medium Dropship

Heavy Pantheon

HEAVY – Hades Type-4 Walker

            -Poseidon Heavy Dropship

HEAVY – 2x Odin Type-2 Walker

            -Neptune Medium Dropship

PHR Air Wing

AIR – Athena Air Superiority Fighter

UCM Fleet Marine Security Force TF-109

United Colonies of Mankind – 2,500

UCM Field Command

COMMAND – Kodiak ACV with Colonial General (CV5)

SCOUT – 4x Wolverine LAV Type-A

SUPPORT – Ferrum Drone Base

Colonial Armored Formation

STANDARD – 3x Sabre MBTs

            -Condor Medium Dropship with Missile Pods

STANDARD – 3x Sabre MBTs

            -Condor Medium Dropship with Missile Pods

SUPPORT – 3x Longbow Howitzer

            -3x Raven-B with Missile Pods

Colonial Armored Formation

STANDARD – 6x Katana Light Tank

SUPPORT – 3x Fireblade Light Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship with Missile Pods

SUPPORT – Eagle Gunship

Colonial Legionnaire Corps

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaire Squad

            -Bear APC

TROOPS – 3x Colonial Legionnaire Squad

            -Bear APC

            -Sharing a Condor Medium Dropship with Missile Pods

SUPPORT – 3x Rapier AA Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship with Missile Pods

Colonial Legionnaire Corps

TROOPS – 2x Colonial Legionnaire Squad

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

TROOPS – 2x Colonial Legionnaire Squad

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

SUPPORT – 3x Rapier AA Tank

            -Condor Medium Dropship with Missile Pods

Colonial Fleet Air Wing

AIR – Archangel

AIR – Archangel

UCM Expeditionary Group

SCOUT – 3x Praetorian Snipers

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

EXOTIC – 2x Praetorians

            -Raven-A Light Dropship

After Action Review

The PHR are definitely going to take some getting used to. They play so differently when compared to my Shaltari armies, and I learned some of those lessons the hard way over the course of this game.

My Shaltari are constantly working for corners and trying to find a way in, and the PHR have no such concerns. While they obviously seek to avoid incoming fire where possible, they simply have too little movement to make it their top priority. As a result, I left myself without fire lanes in a couple of scenarios, and also hit the table too quickly with some of my units.

I’m looking forward to my coming games with the PHR though. They have a certain quality about them that simply brings a different aspect of the game to light when compared with my usual Shaltari tactics. I only hope I can remember how to play the little porcupines correctly after a stint with the rugged PHR.

Let me have it, servants of the Sphere. Tell me where my tactics need to change in the future.