Re: Official - GZG news: UNSC/H Hardsuit Marines NOW AVAILABLE!

Hmm, damn it I haven't finished the ships I received yet.  Oh well, so
much for that resolution about trying to cut down on my unpainted
figures this year.  :)

Kevin

On Feb 6, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> GZG News, Weds 6th Feb 2013:
> 
>  The long-awaited new sculpt UNSC Hardsuit Marines (UNSC/H) are NOW
> AVAILABLE! They are all up on the webstore and fully available.
> 
> OUT NOW:
> (Inc. VAT prices apply to all customers in UK and other EU countries,
> ex VAT prices apply to all customers outside the EU.)
> 
> SG15-U10  UNSC/H Marines in Hardsuits - Plasma Rifles pack A (8 figs)
>			3.00 inc VAT, 2.50 ex VAT.
> SG15-U11  UNSC/H Marines in Hardsuits - Plasma Rifles pack B (8 figs)
>			3.00 inc VAT, 2.50 ex VAT.
> SG15-U12  UNSC/H Marines in Hardsuits - Plasma SAW gunners (8 figs)
>			3.00 inc VAT, 2.50 ex VAT.
> SG15-U13  UNSC/H Marines in Hardsuits - Micromissile Launchers and
> Laser Snipers (8 figs)	3.00 inc VAT, 2.50 ex VAT.
> 
> SG15-UX	  UNSC/H Grav Jump Packs to fit Marine Hardsuits - 24
> backpacks			3.00 inc VAT, 2.50 ex VAT.
> 
> The SG15-UX pack contains 24 individual grav-packs, designed to fit
> any of the Marine Hardsuit figures in packs U10-U13; each UX pack
> will therefore be enough to equip 3 packs of Hardsuit figures. In
> MOST cases the Grav-pack will simply glue on over the small cast-on
> backpack of the hardsuit - it has been designed to be a very quick
> and simple fit with a drop of superglue, and most figure poses will
> require no cutting, filing or other work to fit the grav-packs. There
> may be just a few cases where a little filing and fitting of the pack
> or the suit is required to make it sit correctly on the figure,
> depending on the pose of the arms and shoulders and the weapon that
> the figure is carrying, but we have tried to keep this to an absolute
> minimum. PLEASE NOTE that the picture shows examples of the grav
> packs fitted to several UNSC/H figures - the UX pack does NOT contain
> the figures themselves!
> .................
> 
> We also have a little special offer intro deal, for a limited time
> only - by buying the deal you get enough grav packs for all the
> figures FREE!
> 
> UNSC/H "mini intro" deal pack: 2 x SG15-U10, 2 x SG15- U11, 1 x SG15-
> U12, 1 x SG15- U13  (total of 48 figures) plus two FREE packets of
> SG15- UX grav packs!
> Deal price 18.00 inc VAT, 15.00 ex VAT.
> 
> ..................
> 
> Since the first sample figure of the new UNSC/H got previewed a few
> weeks ago, several people have commented on the major differences in
> weapons and equipment between the new UNSC/H and the UNSC/L Light
> Infantry - well, here's why....
> 
> The UNSC/L (Light) Infantry are the regular ground troops of the UNSC
> forces, under Army Ground Forces command; they are equipped to a
> fairly high tech level, using full-body light armour combat suits and
> carrying rapid-fire gauss weaponry (the IGW-68 infantry rifle and
> SGW-75 support weapon). The flexible combat suit gives the wearer
> reasonable protection against shrapnel and some small-arms fire; it
> is also fully sealed and has sufficient life-support for short term
> operation in hostile atmospheres, though for hard vacuum operations
> it is more common to deploy the Hardsuited Marines where available.
> The large overhead-curving faceplate of the combat helmet allows
> excellent optical vision, supplemented by head-up displays projected
> on the inner faceplate by the suit's sensors and comms links.
> 
> The UNSC/H (Hardsuit) Marines are a separate organisation completely,
> under UNSC Fleet command and used as a primary strike force, often
> dropping from orbit in individual ablative capsules or deploying via
> high altitude grav-pack drop from atmosphere-skimming transports. The
> UNSC Marines are equipped to the highest tech level available to any
> human infantry, each Marine wearing an advanced power- assisted
> combat hardsuit sealed against vacuum and most hostile environments,
> and carrying High Energy Weapons tech in the form of the IPW-80
> Plasma Rifle and the SPW-82 Rapid-Fire Plasma SAW. The very
> distinctive bulbous helmet of the Marine hardsuit contains extensive
> sensor, comms and AI support for the wearer, with panoramic head-up
> displays for full situational awareness at all times - the narrow
> "visor" slit in the faceplate is normally protected by an internal
> armoured shield when the Marine is in combat conditions, and is
> usually opened for direct optical vision only when out of combat, or
> in emergency circumstances such as sensor equipment damage.
> 
> The Marines are considered the elite of the UNSC forces, highly
> trained in all combat situations including vacuum and microgravity
> environments, and there is certainly a strong inter-service rivalry
> between them and the regular UNSC light infantry - somewhat
> exacerbated by the fact that they are organised under completely
> separate command structures.
> As throughout history, this rivalry has lead to many a bar-fight when
> troops are off duty;	to the Marines, the Light Infantry are "just a
> bunch of dirt-grunts", best suited to the jobs of garrison duties,
> peacekeeping forces and the like; the Light Infantry, in their turn,
> see the Marines as "cocky glory-hogs with all the best toys", who
> "drop in, kill everything then bugger off to space again". In action,
> of course, all this is forgotten - it is not uncommon for Infantry
> and Marines units to be found fighting shoulder-to-shoulder, and even
> to be cross-attached to each others' units right down to platoon
> level when the situation warrants.
> 
> ..................
> 
> So, there we go - lots of you have asked for these, so we've done
them!	:-)
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