Death Commandos Army Composition
Death Commandos Army Composition
Basic rules
The Death Commandos are an elite unit in the Capellan Confederation, specializing in infiltration, demolition, sabotage and assassination. They are viewed as some of the most fanatical soldiers in the Inner Sphere. Their reputation precedes them in many cases, striking fear into their opponents.
Veteran pilots in the Death Commandos, which is generally the base level of skill required to join, usually have SPAs like Demoralizer, Blood Stalker or Headhunter. Elite pilots often have SPAs like Marksman, Range Master (Long) and Sniper.
The Death Commandos have access to 3 detachment types:
Fighter detachments are the typical Death Commando combat units. They are specialized in fast and mobile combat, with Light ‘mechs and Medium ‘mechs being Core units. Fast Heavy (5/8 or faster) and Jumping Heavy ‘Mechs are considered Special units, while slower Heavy ‘Mechs and Assault ‘Mechs are Rare units.
Assassination detachments are specialized in target strikes and destruction of assets. Core units in an Assassination detachment need to have Stealth Armor, Null-Signature, Chameleon Light Polarization Shield or similar stealth equipment. Special units are units equipped with ECM equipment (Guardian or Angel) but no more specialized stealth equipment. All other units are considered Rare units. Assassination detachments can only use ASF and Battle Armor as support units.
Distraction detachments exist to allow the other units to complete their assignments by keeping the enemy busy. Core units in a Distraction detachment are Medium or Heavy ‘Mechs without Stealth systems or ECM systems. Special units are Light or Assault ‘Mechs without Stealth or ECM systems. Rare units are any other types of units available. Any ‘Mech with the Distracting Quirk is always 1 rarity more common than usual in Distraction detachments.
BattleMechs
Light
- 20 tons
- 25 tons
- 30 tons
- 35 tons
Medium
- 40 tons
- 45 tons
- 50 tons
- Agrotera
- Blackjack Omni ↑
- Centurion ↓
- Enforcer ↓
- Enforcer III ↓
- Ghost
- Hunchback (HBK-5SG for stealth armor)
- Huron Warrior
- Trebuchet ↓
- 55 tons
- Apollo ↓
- Bushwacker ↓
- Dervish
- Griffin (GRF-5L for stealth armor)
- Men Shen
- Men Shen Electronics replaces the Beagle with a Guardian on the base chassis
- Shadow Hawk
- Wolverine
- Wraith ↑
- Yao Lien
Heavy
- 60 tons
- 65 tons
- Axman ↓
- Catapult
- Crusader (CRD-7L for stealth armor)
- Exterminator
- JagerMech ↓
- Jinggau ↑
- Koschei (5 series and above)
- Shen Yi ↑
- Thunderbolt
- 70 tons
- Archer (ARC-7L For stealth armor)
- Caesar ↓
- Cataphract ↑ (4L and 5D for stealth armor)
- Catapult II
- Guillotine ↓
- Lightning
- Thunder
- Warhammer (WHM-4L for stealth armor)
- 75 tons
- Dragon Fire ↓
- Lao Hu
- Marauder (MAD-5L for stealth armor)
- Orion ↓
- Tian-Zong ↑
Assault
- 80 tons
- 85 tons
- BattleMaster (BLR-4L for stealth armor)
- Longbow
- Lu Wei Bing
- Stalker
- 90 tons
- 95 tons
- Banshee ↓
- 100 tons
- Atlas (AS7-S4 for stealth armor) ↓
- Devastator ↓
- Marauder II
- Pillager (4Z and 5Z for stealth armor) ↑
- Xanthos (4O and above, other not in production)
Battle Armors
Battle Armors are reserved for OmniMechs in all non-Assassination detachments, while standard infantry is often deployed with all other detachments. Power armor equipped standard infantry using the Nighthawk and Tornado exoskeletons are available to other detachments as well.
- Inner Sphere Standard
- Amazon
- Fa Shih
- Kage (Always 1 rarity rarer than usual)
- Nighthawk
- Shen Long
- Tornado (P12)
- Trinity (Asterion, Theseus, Ying Long)
Aerospace Fighters
The Death Commandos do not have a strong ASF presence, meaning that Aerospace support is Special normally for most units, except for the Assassination units which can take them normally.
VTOL
VTOL support is common in all Fighter and Distraction detachments, especially when hit and run tactics are required.
Conventional vehicles
Artillery
Artillery units are Core support units in Distraction detachments, which uses them to rattle the enemy while another group sneaks into position. They are Rare support units in Fighter detachments.
Battle Tanks
Battle tanks are considered Core support units for Distraction detachments, while they are Special support units in Fighter detachments.
- Behemoth
- Behemoth II
- Bolla Stealth Tank
- Bulldog
- Demolisher
- Galleon
- Kinnol
- Manticore
- Myrmidon
- Pike
- Po
- Po II Heavy Tank
- Schrek
- Scorpion
- Sheriff
- Vedette
- Zhukov
Hovertanks
Hovertanks are the standard support unit for Fighter detachments, being Core for them. They count as Special support units for Distraction detachments.
- Condor
- Drillson
- Falcon Hover Tank
- Harasser Missile Platform
- Harrier
- J. Edgar
- Pegasus Scout Hover Tank
- Regulator
Support vehicles
Support vehicles generally always are considered Special support units by Fighter and Distraction detachments.
- Coolant truck
- Darter Scout Car
- Heavy LRM Carrier
- Hetzer
- Hunter Light Support Tank
- Light SRM Carrier
- LRM Carrier
- MASH Truck
- Mobile HQ
- Ordnance Transport
- Packrat
- Partisan AA Vehicle
- Partisan
- Skulker
- SRM Carrier
Troop transport
The Death Commandos use a significant amount of infantry in their deployment, and whenever a unit of infantry is taken, you can take a troop transport as a Core support unit for that infantry unit.
