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Assault Unit Tactics

Added 2025-09-16 01:00:05 +0000 UTC

Assault Units are selected for their prowess in shooting. Generally its one of the skills many pick up well.

Care in placing shots is synonymous with the women.

Ranges are typically short but where there presents an increase in range often the weapons dont allow it.

For those new to Neon Dark, the weapons are made to take on Azologoth primarily with the cross over to eliminating units being the secondary focus. Most will use their weapons on Azologoth during extractions more than in Skirms in their careers.

The weapons shoot compressed powder barbiturates at high velocities to put azologoth to sleep. This is due to the high toxicity of Azologoths blood.

The rounds disintegrate on impact, delivering a dose and it takes hundreds of rounds to do that to an Azologoth. That's why you see them stand and shoot at it on full auto.

Against combat units the rounds drop them, one will knock a unit out, two is generally lethal and three or more is guaranteed.

Reco Packs introduce a counter agent into the blood via an impact point and can stop a unit from expending.

They don't always work and by the time someone manages to get to a downed unit, its well beyond too late to help.

If there are 5 or so rounds impacted then they simply won't work.

Thus they are rarely carried.

Another reason why the combat units spray each other, to ensure they are eliminated.

With older weapons it was common to continue firing while they were moving on the ground.

Newer weapons with bigger per round dosages negated that.

So what is up with the tactics employed by KTS Assault Units?

Their doctrine is one of self preservation. The first shots are to drop a unit then which the shooter goes into cover allowing the other to break cover and finish off the unit.

One or two rounds to drop, then at least three to finish.

This keeps the barrels cooler and cleaner preventing rounds breaking up prematurely

Complete elimination of all opposing assets is the goal.