Stargrunt Attributes

Quality

die	color	Quality	Gear	make panic check first time...
d4	yellow	untrained	unaided	sees enemy
d6	green	green	basic	sees enemy armor or is fired on
d8	blue	regular	enhanced	attacked by Terror unit
d10	orange	veteran	superior
d12	red	elite	artifact

("artifact" is a homebrew level)

Defenses

die	Armor	Vehicle
d4	none
d6	partial light armor	Thin-skinned
d8	light armor
d10	light power armor
d12	heavy power armor	Vehicle DR1
d12xN	roll 1d12, then xN	DR{N}

Small arms fire can do nothing more than suppression on DR2 or higher

LV (Leadership)

grade	leadership
1	inspirational
2	average
3	poor

(field promotion rule: d6: 1,2 => worse, 6 => better, clamped to [1,3])

Confidence

Tier	Description
Confident	ready for anything
Steady	willing to fight
Shaken	worried, reluctant to take risks
Broken	no longer willing to fight
Routed	shattered and running

• Steady+ have no limits.
• Shaken units must pass a reaction test LV+2 to leave cover and enter the open, or move towards a located enemy.
• Broken: in open, must move towards cover (that's not moving it closer to enemies)
  • only leaves cover when moving away from located enemies
  • only fires when fired upon
  • is routed if Close Assaulted
• Routed: only action is to run for extraction point.
  • if enemy within 12" and unit can't move without moving closer to some enemy, surrenders.

Fatigue

Tier	Max Confidence	Description
Fresh	Confident
Tired	Steady	been on the front line for days, or at a long stressful posting
Exhausted	Shaken	in active combat for days, or short on supplies

Motivation

How important is the assignment to this unit, in terms of risks and casualties they'll stomach?

Tier	Description
Low	Unwilling to take unnecessary risks
Medium	Unreasonable odds trigger a withdrawal
High	mission is critical

Scale Names

type	names
army	squad,platoon,company,battalion,regiment