The Serpents - Rules and Background

The Serpent army has been done for a while now. However writing up stats and background for them hasn't happened yet and is long overdue. This is incomplete, but its a start...

Serpent Warrior Company

The aliens known as The Serpents are an aggressive militaristic reptilian species. They have roughly humanoid upper bodies merging into snake-like tails below the waist. While resembling snakes they have a hive-like social structure, with the enormous Nest-Queens being served by numerous roughly human-sized drones and warriors. While they are more often hostile to humans than not, communication between the two species is possible, and there have even been occasional examples of co-operation.

While The Serpents communicate primarily by spoken words just as humans do, the vocal apparatus and hearing ranges of the two species are simply too different for either to learn the other's language. All communication is done using technological assistance - hence why the species is referred to as "The Serpents" rather than their own name for themselves. On the rare occasions when humans interact with individual Serpents, they are assigned a name arbitrarily by the humans they are interacting with (with reptiles from myth or fiction being popular choices).

The technology of the Serpents is somewhat superior to that of Terra, but not so much so as to be overwhelming. Their 'Viper' battlesuits are a rough match for Terran tanks, and they make extensive use of crew served weapons. Perhaps the most distinctive and terrifying weapon in their arsenal is the psychic abilities of the Nest-Queens themselves. The telekinetic powers of these giant reptiles can throw whole units of soldiers and even armored vehicles around like toys, from a distance of several miles.

A force based around a Serpent Warrior Company must contain; A Nest-Queen Two Serpent Warrior Platoons It may optionally add: An additional Serpent Warrior Platoon Up to two Viper Battlesuit Platoons Up to two ST-8 'Furious' AT Cannon Platoons Up to two SA-3 'Joker' Mortar Platoons

HQ

Nest-Queen and Prince Escort

The HQ of a Warrior Company consists of a Nest-Queen with 5 shields, and a single Serpent Warrior stand.

COMBAT UNITS

2 or 3 Serpent Warrior Platoons

Serpent infantry are organized along roughly similar lines to their human equivalents. Pairs of Warriors operate together, and three or four of these form a basic combat unit. Each Serpent platoon typically includes 5 sections with standard firearms, 2 sections with grenade launchers, and a commander. The whole formation is transported in 3 'Coil' APCs.

• 5 Serpent Warrior Stands, 2 Serpent Grenadier Stands, and 1 Command stand with 3 'Coil' Transports        [Y0] points

			Armour
Name	Rating	Mobility	Front	Side	Top	Notes
Coil	Confident Veteran	Low-Grav	6	2	1

Weapon	Range	ROF	AT	FP	Notes
Hex Pulse-Blaster	24" / 60cm	6	4	5+