Had a slight light bulb moment in the campaign forum about the IG-88 mission "Droid Uprising". I think FFG missed an opportunity to add a generic Assassin Droid to the game with that mission. You control 2 IG-88 copies without his Assault ability in that mission. That was the only difference but it might have been better served to have made actual deployment cards for the 2 copies as you use 2 tokens and the 1 copy of the IG-88 deployment card for both of them. Got me thinking:

Assassin Droid(generic/grey)

9 pts

+1 block

+2 accuracy

~ = +2 damage

Arsenal(as per IG-88's deployment card)

Ruthless(as per IG-88's deployment card)

8 hp

1 black defense die

Gun = ??

Thoughts?

Then they wouldn't be IG-88s. The idea is that you're fighting IG-88A, IG-88C and IG-88D all at once. They only lose Assault for balancing.

I'm aware that's what the mission is about but it's not uncommon for a mission to take a deployment card and alter stats to if for a specific mission which is what the IG-88 copies in "Droid Uprising" would fit under. I was aiming for a generic Assassin Droid that could fit in the game as an open slot in campaign or in skirmish.

Now if IG-88 wasn't unique then that'd be different.

Would be a great idea for a future expansion methinks.

They could do a Skirmish Upgrade, something like:

"You may include more than one IG-88 deployment card in your squad. If you do, reduce their squad point cost by 2. They cannot use Assault to perform multiple attacks."

It seems perfectly reasonable to include a generic HK unit at some point. It's the most obvious way to include another "droid" type unit.

Did someone mention an HK ? .

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1gTas7OAA

Another assassin droid would desperately need assault, so that it could make the most use out of the card that grants droids another action.