Mercenary

Mercenaries combine discipline with martial skills to become some of the best pure warriors in the galaxy. Mercenaries can be stalwart defenders of those in need, cruel marauders, or brave adventurers. They can be hired guns, noble champions, or cold-hearted killers. They fight for glory, for honor, to right wrongs, to gain power, to acquire wealth, or simply for the thrill of battle.

Base Abilities

• Battle Rage: As an Action, a Mercenary can spend 1 Motivation and go into a Battle Rage for up to 1 minute. While in this state the Mercenary gains +1 attack dice, +1 defense dice and can move +1 square per turn, however there are disadvantages to: the Mercenary becomes Vengeful and filled with Bloodlust, and each Round they remain in Battle Rage they suffer 1 Stress. This type of Stress is not cleared round-to-round.
• Weapon Mastery: The Mercenary masters a Weapon Proficiency, gaining 1 free Focus result with every roll of any weapon of that type.

Ultimate Ability

• Blitz [Power / Attack]: By spending 3 Motivation and using an Extended Action (2 Actions), the Mercenary can make 1 Attack with every weapon they have equipped or which is on their ship, as long as that weapon has not yet been fired that Round (up to 5). Each weapon gains a +1 cumulative Attack bonus die, starting with the first.

Knowledge

• Weapons: The Mercenary can instantly identify most types of weapons, their damage types, ranges and common faults.

Motivators

• Bloodlust: Whenever the Mercenary gets a kill on a creature, they gain 1 Motivation.
• Just Keep Shooting: Whenever the Mercenary uses both of their Combat Actions to Attack (e.g. no Movement, Defense or Object Interactions) they gain 1 Motivation

Knowledge: Weapons

The Mercenary knows about weapons, their specifications and weaknesses. This lets a Mercenary make a Perception + Weapons check to determine how many shots a weapon has, what type of damage it does, and if it has a specific weakness, like overheating, jamming or getting clogged easily. The difficulty is the rarity of the weapon:

Rarity	Difficulty
Common	1
Uncommon	2
Rare	3
Very Rare	4
Legendary	8

Hit Point Die

The Mercenary gains 1 Hit Point per level.

Leveling Table

Class Level	Class Features for Level
0	Battle Rage Weapon Mastery
1	Knowledge: Weapons Additional Weapon Mastery
2	Artillery Weapon Proficiency Athlete Skill Point
3	Ranged Weapon Proficiency Survivalist Skill Point
4	Improved Battle Rage Guard Skill Point
5	Melee Weapon Proficiency Helm Skill Point
6	Knowledge: Weapons Additional Weapon Mastery
7	Artillery Weapon Proficiency Scout Skill Point
8	Melee Weapon Proficiency Technician Skill Point
9	Improved Battle Rage Intimidation Skill Point
10	Melee Weapon Proficiency Medical Skill Point
11	Knowledge: Weapons Additional Weapon Mastery
12	Thrown Weapon Proficiency Comms Skill Point
13	Ranged Weapon Proficiency Negotiator Skill Point
14	Improved Battle Rage Engineering Skill Point
15	Exotic Weapon Proficiency Artillery Skill Point
16	Knowledge: Weapons Additional Weapon Mastery
17	Exotic Weapon Proficiency Sensors Skill Point
18	Exotic Weapon Proficiency Command Skill Point
19	Improved Battle Rage Networker Skill Point
20	Blitz

Talent Tree(s)

• Weapon Mastery (x6): The Mercenary masters another weapon, gaining 1 free Focus result with every roll of the weapon's dice.
• Improved Grenade Blast (x3): The Mercenary's grenade blast radius is increased by 1, but the damage is decreased by 1 die.
• Improved Grenade Damage (x3): The Mercenary's grenade damage is increased by 1.
• Increased Strength: The Mercenary's permanent Strength score increases by 1.
• Increased Toughness: The Mercenary's permanent Toughness score increases by 1.
• Increased Deftness: The Mercenary's permanent Deftness score increases by 1.
• Increased Confidence: The Mercenary's permanent Confidence score increases by 1.
• Domineer: The Mercenary does an additional +1 Defense Die against creatures that are afraid of them.
• Improved Rapid Fire: The Mercenary learns the Special Move Rapid Fire if they haven't already. This ability is then improved: The area increases to 3x3 area and it gains +5 bonus dice (it still costs 1 Motivation).
• Improved Crippling Shot: The Mercenary learns the Special Move Crippling Shot if they haven't already. This ability is then improved: it now grants +3 damage dice and if it Crits, it will push the target 2 levels down the Condition Track instead of the normal 1 level.
• Improved Mobility: The Mercenary's Movement speed increases by an additional 1 square per Movement Action.
• Vicious Strikes: The Mercenary can spend 2 Motivation to give all their attacks Vicious(3) for 1 Round.
• Heavy Weapon Mastery: By spending 1 Motivation, the Mercenary can use Heavy Weapons in one hand instead of two. In addition, they can wield Ultra Heavy Weapons (mounted on tripods) in two hands. This ability lasts for 1 minute.
• Rebuff: The Mercenary can spend 1 Motivation to ignore Fear and Intimidation effects for 1 minute.
• Defensive Rage: The Mercenary gets 1 additional die for all their defenses when in the Battle Rage state.
• Berserker Rage: The Mercenary gains an additional free weapon attack while in the Battle Range state.
• Tough Negotiator: The Mercenary can add their bonus Intimidation dice to any Negotiation check involving a Mercenary job.
• Threatening Presence: While in a Battle Range the Mercenary has a very threatening presence. Any Extras around that have a Confidence + Emotional Control that is less than the Mercenary's Confidence + Intimidation score are automatically Frightened. It costs 1 Motivation to turn this off for a single NPC.
• Improved Domineer: The Mercenary has advantage over creatures that are afraid of them. The Mercenary gets +3 Bonus Damage Dice against creatures Frightened of them.
• Worst Nightmare [Power][Attack]: As an Action and by spending 1 Motivation, the Mercenary performs an attack, and the uncanceled Hits that become Damage are added as bonus dice to an Intimidation roll as part of the same Action. This Intimidation affects all characters within 10 squares (allies, enemies and bystanders).
• Rain of Fire [Power][Attack]: As an Action and by spending 2 Motivation, the Mercenary performs an attack against a 5-radius area. All targets in the area take +5 attack dice of damage. The Mercenary must be using a Ranged Weapon with Spread to perform this attack.

Weapon Mastery

The Mercenary has mastered several weapons. When a Mercenary is using a weapon that they've mastered, they gain 1 free Focus Result with every attack roll. They can convert this Focus Result into an effect based on the Weapon's quality.

Battle Rage

The Mercenary can put themselves into a battle rage. This gives them several Advantages, but a few Disadvantages as well.

The Advantages are

• Merciless: On every attack, the Mercenary gains bonus attack dice, starting with 1 (includes ship attacks).
• Warding: They gain an additional defense die for all defenses (even ship defenses).
• Mobile: Their Movement speed increases by 1 square (this does not include ship maneuver speed).

The Disadvantages are

• Vengeful: If an enemy hits the Mercenary while they are in a Battle Rage, they must beat a Very Hard (5) Confidence + Emotional Control roll to attack a different target or disengage. They can spend 3 Motivation to automatically succeed and end the Rage.
• Bloodlusty: While in a Rage, the Mercenary won't stop fighting until all enemies are defeated. They can spend 3 Motivation to automatically succeed and end the Rage.
• Exhaustive: Each Round, starting with the first, that the Mercenary is in their Battle Rage, they suffer 1 Stress which is not cleared Round-to-Round. If a Mercenary falls Unconscious due to having zero Stun Points, then this special Stress is cleared. This special Stress stacks with all other types of Stress.

Leveling Bonus

Improved Battle Rage (x4): The Mercenary's Attack Dice Bonus increases by 1 per rank of this talent.

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