Dirty Meg

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Dirty Meg Mercenary Privateer Character Solo - ('Jack Marshal)

Mark IV Status: Prime - This model is available in one Prime Army, Talion Charter. It can also be used in the Unlimited game mode. You can view the other Mk3 models that made it into a Legacy Army at this page. Note that the rest of this page is about the model's Mark III rules.

Boasting a natural aptitude with machinery and a deadly swing with her warjack wrench, Dirty Meg fits right in among pirate crews. Her ability to keep everything from warjacks to the ship's boiler in perfect shape makes her invaluable, and her skills controlling warjacks in combat make her a feared and prized across the Iron Kingdoms.

Basic Info

Dirty Meg
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Mercenary - This model will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Khador, and Protectorate.

Abilities

• 'Jack Marshal
• Tough
• Drive: Off-Road - When a warjack under this model's control begins an advance while in this model's command range, the warjack gains Pathfinder while resolving the advance. Additionally, while in this model's command range, a warjack uner its control gains Reposition [3"]. (Reposition [3"] - At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, a model with Reposition [3"] can advance up to 3", then its activation ends.)
• Iron Sentinel - While B2B with a friendly Faction warjack, this model gains +2 DEF and ARM and cannot become knocked down.
• Repair [d6] (★ Action) - RNG B2B. Target friendly Faction construct model. If the model is in range, remove d6 damage points from it.

Weapons

• Junker - 10" range, POW 12 ranged attack
  • Stall - A warjack hit by this weapon becomes stationary for one round.
• Great Wrench - 0.5" reach, P+S 9 melee attack

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • The Kingmaker's Army. Dirty Meg gain Feign Death in this theme.
  • The Irregulars
  • The Talion Charter. Dirty Meg gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, Mercenary models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.

Thoughts on Dirty Meg

Dirty Meg in a Nutshell

Dirty Meg is a cheap jack marshal with repair who happens to also be a Privateer. She can also shoot at warjacks to make them stationary. Her drive is both reposition and, importantly, Pathfinder. Because jack marshalling without power booster is fairly weak, she is usually a repair bot who takes the odd disruption shot.

Jack Marshal thoughts

Most players prefer to take her without a warjack, but she's a better marshal than most thanks to combos. First her drive is simply good; everyone likes Pathfinder. Second in Talion Charter she works with the Powder Monkey to combine cheap focus with a drive. And third she can work with Captain Phinneus Shae who hands out free charges.

If you're going to jack marshal something, there are a few good options:

• Talon - the cheap and tough melee light warjack you throw at the enemy and make them choke.
• Freebooter - the light warjack on steroids likes to be marshalled for the flat to hit buff. Also due to Lash and Iron Sentinel, she has a statline of 15/15 with no-knock down tough while base to base with it.
• The Scallywag is incredibly mobile and Gang Fighter makes it surprisingly hard hitting for assassinations or even denting the lighter heavies with the help of Crush.

Non-jack combos & synergies

She is of course a Privateer so Captain Phinneus Shae and Doc Killingsworth can both buff her.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• You're buying her for the jack marshal ability, not her own merits.
• If you want to repair non-merc warjacks you're probably better off with Colbie Sterling, Captain of the BRI instead. (Or possibly Moorclaw - but he lacks good drives at present)
• She is the only Privateer solo that doesn't work for Cryx.

Tricks & Tips

• Junker before her jack charges.

Other

Trivia

Released in Forces of Warmachine: Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)

Warjacks she can take

With the way Mercenary battlegroups work, this model can't simply control any Mercenary warjack, and instead is limited to the following choices:

Mercenary Warjacks (Human)   (Edit)
Light	Buccaneer - Renegade (Magnus only) - Scallywag - Swashbuckler - Talon - Vanguard
Heavy	Freebooter - Gallant - Mangler - Mariner - Mule - Nomad - Rocinante - Rover - Toro - Swabber
Colossal	Blockader - Galleon

Note: Other restrictions may apply, such as 'Jack Marshals can't control Colossals, character warjacks aren't allowed in most theme forces, etc.

Other Theme Forces

Cygnar (Edit)

• Gravediggers
• Heavy Metal
• Sons of the Tempest
• Storm Division

Protectorate of Menoth (Edit)

• The Creator's Might
• Exemplar Interdiction
• The Faithful Masses
• Guardians of the Temple

Khador (Edit)

• Armored Korps
• Jaws of the Wolf
• Legion of Steel
• Winter Guard Kommand

Crucible Guard (Edit)

• Magnum Opus

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Stall      (Edit) Remember, stationary only prevents what it says it does. Refer the recap on stationary for what models can/can't do. Abilities that say they cannot be used if the model is stationary (such as Shield Guard) cannot be used while a warjack is inert, either. Refer "Warcaster Destruction", page 59 of the core rulebook.

Rules Clarification : 'Jack Marshal      (Edit) If a warjack gets a marshal benefit (such as Crush) but then moves out of the marshal's CMD range, it keeps the benefit. (Infernal Ruling) Marshals can control character warjacks. (Closed thread) Although they never get the Power Up bonus, a marshaled warjack can gain focus via other means (such as Accumulator, Empower, Spirit Harvester, etc). They can do this even after the Marshal dies and they become autonomous. 'Jack Marshal & Ranking Officer (Edit) If a Ranking Officer joins a unit with the 'Jack Marshal ability, then they can still only take Mercenary warjacks - they don't gain access to Faction warjacks. (Infernal Ruling) They can control that mercenary warjack as normal, even though they're technically no longer the same faction as the jack. (Infernal Ruling) See also this article for the Autonomous warjack rules and how to re-control them.

Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Drive      (Edit) If the Drive is on an Officer model, and that model dies, then the new unit commander does not inherit the Drive.

Rules Clarification : Off-Road      (Edit) The Pathfinder applies to any advance, not just during activation. The Pathfinder applies to the entire advance, even if you walk out of CMD range. The Reposition only applies during activation (obviously), but it's a "while within" which means you can start your activation outside CMD, walk into CMD range, then end your activation and gain it.

Rules Clarification : Iron Sentinel - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Repair      (Edit) When repairing warjacks, you can choose which damage boxes to heal - they don't all have to be the same column. If you get a +1 bonus to a repair roll, that is one extra hitpoint healed. Not +1 to the number of pips showing on the dice.