I noticed this section doesn't get much activity, and I've been playing around with ISS lists. Thought I'd post some and see if we can get some discussion going.
I've found ISS quite awkward to make lists for so far - quite different and very interesting.
To the lists!
Imperial Service
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Group 1 9 0 0
IMPERIAL AGENT (X Visor) Spitfire, 2 Nanopulsers / Pistol, DA CCW. (2 | 55)
CELESTIAL GUARD Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 21)
CELESTIAL GUARD MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21)
CELESTIAL GUARD Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (12)
CELESTIAL GUARD Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (13)
CELESTIAL GUARD Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (13)
GUĬ FĒNG Combi Rifle, Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (13 / 12XP)
MOV:4-4 CC:14 BS:12 PH:10 WIP:15 ARM:1 BTS:3 W:1
Hacking Device, Doctor, Engineer
YUDBOT Electric Pulse. (3)
NINJA Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Shock CCW, Knife. (0.5 | 40)
ZHÀNYING (Forward Observer) Breaker Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (25)
Group 2 8 1 6
CELESTIAL GUARD (Kuang Shi Control Device) Combi Rifle + Light Smoke Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 13)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
SFORZA Viral Rifle + Adhesive Launcher, Nanopulser / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (23)
WÈIBĪNG Yaókòng Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (16)
5 SWC | 298 Points
Open with Army 5
I find the idea of a heavy infantry hitter in a light infantry link intriguing. The big thing I miss here is there is no 0swc specialist in the Celestial Guard, which is a shame. It might also be worth switching the Crane to a multi rifle to make him more dangerous in aro.
The second group serves mainly to Rambo Sforza early, then whatever orders remain power the webbing for objectives later in the game. I could see starting the Kuang Shi linked to control the extreme impetuous and get them up the table efficiently early on, then switch to the CG link.
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Group 1 9 0 0
WÚ MÍNG HMG / Pistol, Knife. (2 | 39)
WÚ MÍNG Boarding Shotgun + 1 TinBot B (Deflector L2) / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 33)
WÚ MÍNG Panzerfaust, Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 29)
WÚ MÍNG (Forward Observer) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (31)
WÚ MÍNG (Forward Observer) Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (31)
ZHÀNYING Lieutenant (Sensor) Breaker Combi Rifle, Nimbus Grenades / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (26)
GUĬ FĒNG Combi Rifle, Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (13 / 12XP)
MOV:0-0 CC:0 BS:0 PH:0 WIP:1 ARM:0 BTS:0 W:0
Hacking Device, Doctor, Engineer, Minelayer
YUDBOT Electric Pulse. (3)
PANGGULING (Minesweeper) Electric Pulse. (8)
WÈIBĪNG Yaókòng Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (16)
Group 2 6 1 4
CELESTIAL GUARD (Kuang Shi Control Device) Combi Rifle + Light Smoke Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 13)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
SFORZA Viral Rifle + Adhesive Launcher, Nanopulser / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (23)
DAKINI Tacbot Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse. (15)
3.5 SWC | 300 Points
Open with Army 5
Gotta have a HI link somewhere in a Yu Jing sectorial, and the Wu Ming are a tasty package with a 0SWC specialist profile, a tinbot B and a bunch of boarding shotguns - very nasty as an aggressive link team. Second group is a similar concept to last time, and really bulks out the list despite the expense of the Wu Ming.
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Group 1 8 0 0
ZHÀNYING HMG / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (1 | 30)
ZHÀNYING (Forward Observer) Breaker Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (25)
ZHÀNYING (Forward Observer) Breaker Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (25)
ZHÀNYING (Sensor) Boarding Shotgun, Nimbus Grenades / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (23)
ZHÀNYING Hacker (Hacking Device) Breaker Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0.5 | 32)
SON-BAE Yaókòng Smart Missile Launcher / Electric Pulse. (1.5 | 18)
CHAĪYÌ Yaókòng Flash Pulse, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (8)
GUĬ FĒNG Combi Rifle, Boarding Shotgun / Pistol, Knife. (13 / 12XP)
MOV:- CC:0 BS:0 PH:0 WIP:1 ARM:0 BTS:0 W:0
Hacking Device, Doctor, Engineer, Minelayer
YUDBOT Electric Pulse. (3)
YUDBOT Electric Pulse. (3)
Group 2 9 0 6
WÈIBĪNG Yaókòng Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (16)
CELESTIAL GUARD (Kuang Shi Control Device) Combi Rifle + Light Smoke Grenade Launcher / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 13)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
KUANG SHI Chain Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (5)
HSIEN Lieutenant HMG, Nanopulser / Pistol, AP CCW. (2 | 61)
5.5 SWC | 300 Points
Open with Army 5
I really like the Zhanying link team. They have decent stats, some interesting abilities, weapons in all range bands, 0 SWC specialists, and some interesting utility with the sensor. To my knowledge they don't have models though, which is a shame because most of the imperial agent models are really nice.
Also thought I'd try out the biolocator guided missile thing in this list, then added in the Hsien to take advantage of all those orders.