Marauder (Long War)

MEC variant of the Assault class. Marauders are designed to get up close and personal, causing havoc at close range with point blank flanking shots, flamethrowers and kinetic strikes.

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Shock-Absorbent Armor Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0
Lance Corporal	Aggression Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).	Ranger Primary weapons does one additional damage.	Body Shield The nearest visible enemy suffers -20 aim and cannot critically hit this unit
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 3 Mob: 1
Corporal	Executioner Confers +10 Aim and +10% Crit chance against targets at or below 50% health.	Close Combat Specialist Confers a reaction shot against any enemy who closes to within 4 tiles. Does not require Overwatch. Warning: Will activate even if unit is concealed.	Jetboot Module When activated, confers the ability to jump to normally inaccessible heights for the rest of the turn.
	Aim: 4 Will: 2 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 1
Sergeant	Packmaster All limited-use items in your inventory receive one extra use.	Damage Control When this unit takes damage, all further damage will be reduced by 1 or 2 points for the next 2 turns.	Collateral Damage Area of effect attack that destroys most cover and hits all eligible targets for 34% damage. This attack cannot cause critical hits.
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0
Tech Sergeant	Repair Servos Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.	Bring 'Em On Adds 1 damage on critical hits for each enemy the squad can see (up to 5).	Advanced Fire Control Shots from Overwatch no longer suffer any Aim penalty.
	Aim: 0 Will: 1 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 2 Will: 0 Mob: 0
Gunnery Sergeant	Vital Point Targeting Confers 2 bonus damage with guns against targets whose species have been autopsied.	Close Encounters The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action. Cannot combine with Run And Gun.	Reactive Targeting Sensors Unit gets a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks the MEC each turn, provided there's enough ammo to do so.
	Aim: 2 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 2 Mob: 0
Master Sergeant	Absorption Fields Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.	Rapid Fire Take two shots against a single target in quick succession. Each shot carries a -15 penalty to Aim.	Run & Gun Allows firing or Overwatch after Dashing on the turn Run & Gun is activated. 2 turn cooldown.
	Aim: 2 Will: 0 Mob: 1	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0

Stat Progression

Rank	HP at level	Total HP	Aim at level	Total Aim
Specialist	1	1	2	2
Lance Corporal	0	1	2	4
Corporal	1	2	2	6
Sergeant	0	2	2	8
Tech Sergeant	1	3	2	10
Gunnery Sergeant	0	3	2	12
Master Sergeant	1	4	2	14

See also

Long War: Soldiers
	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
	MEC Troopers Marauder Valkyrie Archer Goliath Jaeger Pathfinder Guardian Shogun
	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s