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"Space Pirate" - Captain Warlock - Part 2

There comes a time for a man when he must act, 
despite the dangers, knowing he may die...

- Leiji Matsumoto, Captain Harlock Space Pirate


Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!

I hope you are having a fun summer! As you read this, my family and I are having a glorious time (I'm going to presume) in Lake Annecy in the French Alps. Usually we would go to Canada with the kids to visit my family for our summer holiday, but we're mixing it up this year for the first time. So, I write this, the day before we set off, with equal parts excitement and trepidation!

Over the past few months we've been following my progress (or actually the progress that I made a few years ago when I painted these models) of my Space Station Zero Crew. Last week we made it to the last member of the crew, Captain Haarlock Varn; and today we have the very last post on my crew!


As I mentioned last week, I'm really happy with how the model and character of Haarlock Varn have come together. In game terms he's no slouch either!


As a member of a 6-person crew, he starts with 4s and 3s as his base stats. I boosted up his Life, Combat, and Reaction with the extra stats one gets as a commander. His reaction was further boosted by leading an Exploration crew. 


He also starts with a special ability called Survival Specialist, where once per game when a crew member (including the captain) is about to die, they shrug off the damage instead. Invaluable!


In terms of equipment, I gave an advanced piece of technology to Varn, a Point-to-Point Teleporter! Just as it sounds, this lets him move to any point on the whole board that he can see, and still make a normal move afterwards!


We'll have to see how survivable my captain can be in the dangerous depths of Space Station Zero, but hopefully his boosted life and ability to blink out of harm's way will given him some added survivability. 


And with Captain Haarlock Varn complete, that brings us to the end of the individual posts about my crew. Thank you so much for joining me over the past few months as we've looked at them all in detail. 

See you next Friday on The Art of Caesura!


Reading: Red Rising - Pierce Brown


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