Tactics

Description:


 * Tactics is the skill responsible for reacting to and formulating a small-unit battle plan, helping to both position your allies to their greatest advantage and put enemies at an disadvantage.
 * SCI Security forces had expected the Oceanborn to understand little in the way of tactical skills - and were subsequently shocked when warpods proved capable of an astonishing level of ferocity and coordination - such that were only possible given the extreme bonds of trust and individual willingness to sacrifice.
 * Oceanborn pods have been practicing what the Surfacers consider to be small-unit tactics for more than a thousand years - both in competition with each other and while hunting.
 * Manteans, Naians and Syrens all have slightly different traditional pod-centered tractics for hunting various prey, or fighting against each other.
 * The Surfacer Wars only turned against the Oceanborn when they were confronted by a foe just as capable of ferocious fighting and quick tactical thinking as they were - the UCM Marines.
 * Mechanically, Tactics is rolled by one member of the pod against the Tactics of an enemy leader - success grants bonus to Initiative rolls and attacks made in the first few turns of an engagement.

Specialties: Ambushes, pods, SCI forces, counter-attacks, hunting, etc.
 * It can also be used reactively to lessen the impact of an unforeseen assault, such as an ambush.