BackerKit Surveys Sent! (+ Variant Robot Art!)
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 12:30:22 PM

Hey all, good news! All surveys have finally been sent out. We sent out a portion on Monday/Tuesday, but we had to fix some problems, and now it's out to the rest of you.

Those of you who have backed at No Reward/$5/$10 can upgrade your pledges by either choosing a bundle as an add-on, or by switching your pledge on the BackerKit Welcome screen. Let us know if you need help with this!

Survey questions not answered here? Send me a Kickstarter message or come to our Discord.

Since it's been a hot minute, here's a reminder on what all these items are:

The Games:

•  AEGIS: Second Ignition (AKA AEGIS2, Season 2): Our all-new robot game! Plays up to 4, has 4 solo bosses in it.
•  AEGIS Season 1 Reprint: A remastered reprint of our 2018 game. Plays up to 4, no solo content. Has the Variant Command Expansion inside it, along with 10 newly compile promo cards.

The content in these games are mix n' matchable. Billions of team-making possibilities!

Accessories:

•  6 Player Mat: You need this to play up to 6 players. Pretty useful for 3-player too.
•  Kaiju Variant Expansion: Adds 10 more robots to your AEGIS2 box. Some art and details below.
•  Solo Expansion: Contains all 8 bosses (4 new). You can play solo mode with AEGIS1 with this, and it adds more bosses to AEGIS2, along with larger boss standees for all of them.
•  Kickstarter Promo Pack: 2 Crossover Commanders and a special Starpoint Die. Everyone reading this gets one of these, but feel free to grab an extra.
•  10 More Dice: Each AEGIS box has these 10 d6s in it. But they're very nice dice. Why not get more?

Scenario Books:

These are cool books that fit inside your AEGIS boxes and add a ton of new gameplay content, as well as lore info on all the characters, settings, and storylines of both boxes and dozens of pages of concept art and production notes. 

They are the main "big" accessory for your game and take a lot of work to put together!

•  Scenario Book 1: 20 Scenarios for AEGIS1 with custom map setups that use this box's terrain pieces. If you already own this, you don't need a second one.
•  Scenario Book 2: 20 Scenarios for AEGIS2, this one has a string of scenarios that form a sequential 2-player campaign. (This is also called "AEGIS2 Campaign Book" in some places, they are the same thing.) 

 Other Games: 

Our friends over at Solis Game Studio made a cool little dueling game called Pocket Paragons! It's getting pretty popular these days. One of the numerous boxes is all AEGIS characters!

•  Pocket Paragons: This 3-minute dueling game is lit. This edition has 8 characters total as opposed to the 6 from the original printing.
•  Paragons Mat: It's just a sexy playmat for Paragons, or all your TCG-playing needs. Stitched edges. 

 MINIATURE ROBOT: 

As highlighted in the last update, the wonderfully talented Pat Fahy created a huge, 3 inch mini for you to 3D Print (or ask That Guy you know who owns a 3D Printer to do it!). It prints in several easy parts that slot together, though you may need a little glue depending on your setup! (Contrary to what I said in the last update)

It's so big that it takes up 3 hexes on the board!

It also comes with its boss card .jpg in case you haven't purchased the Solo Expansion.

And if we sell 100 of these, we'll make another one!

And you can choose which boss gets the 3D treatment next.

Kaiju Variant Expansion Art

The Kaiju Variant Expansion adds 10 more robots to AEGIS2, each an altered form of another bot in the box with different mechanics and new art. Some are meaner, berserk robots, while others are Commander-specific bots that gain that character's look and powers.

Of course all of this has a story behind it, which we'll cover in the AEGIS2 scenario book and some story blurbs here too. Until then, let your imagination run wild on what's happening here.

Kaiju Variants:

Commander Variants:

That's only six of the 10 variant bots, stay tuned for some other surprises!

Fight and Unite

BackerKit! Art's Done! M-minis??
over 1 year ago – Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:43:41 PM

Hey everyone, we're continuing to grind over here, and I have more news and pretty pictures to share with you! Hope you're all enjoying the newly warm weather.

In This Update:

• BackerKit Surveys Are Going Out Tomorrow
• This Month's Progress
• Gen Con
• Introducing New Commanders
• Robot Art Jamboree
• Surprise Miniature Update

1. BackerKit Surveys Are Going Out Tomorrow

That's the content, sorry for the delay.  We'll be asking for your addresses and this will be the time for you to adjust and upgrade your pledges. Shipping costs aren't until later.

2. Progress Progress Progress

Busy busy. Sorry for the lack of updates! Feels bad to get so many pretty pictures without sharing them! 

This past month:

• We were at GAMA in Reno! Sorting our our shipping and distribution partners. Boring, but very relevant for you - we'll be working with QuarterMaster Logistics to fulfill pledges and distribute the game. Some of you may recognize the name, they're excellent and have been great to communicate with.
• We got new, updated quotes from our manufacturer, LongPack. The total print cost of this game and all its accessories is still within our initial estimates! There's been a string a Kickstarter follies with other companies lately, so I hope you'll find it encouraging that this game is financially solvent and will indeed come out!
•  Testing! Testing! Testing! We haven't updated our TabletopSim yet since we've been doing a lot of fluid testing IRL. But now all 100 robots + 10 variants + 8 machineless commanders are in a pretty good spot, so now I'm doing a final re-assembly of all the cards in the game to put up into TTS and etc. 
•  Art! Art! Art! Most tangibly, we've completed basically all illustrations in the game now. 22 Commander illustrations, 100++ robots, variant illustrations, and the boards/board elements. Of that, 30+ art pieces have been completed by Noah, Zaryn, and Gen since the end of the campaign. Each new character and robot is a precious child, birthed by backers like you!

We're looking to have all gameplay and art parts of this game in a final state by July, so cheer us on!

 Among other illustrations, we've been adjusting some QOL and graphic things, such as the board and certain icons:

3. Gen Con

Sadly I don't think this game is going to be complete and shipped by Gen Con, so we are reducing AEGIS's presence there. We have several events throughout the weekend you can sign up for, however, and you can play around with what'll be final game assets. 

Stop and say hi at our booth, where we're adjacent to Giga-Robo once again, and opposite Solis Game Studio/Pocket Paragons. We'll also be showing off another game that weekend, "Shut Up, Cat!", by one of our friends and partners, Wil Cox. It's going to Kickstarter soon!

We're unlikely to be going to Origins or other major cons this Summer, since every con sets finishing this game back like 2 weeks. See you in the Fall at PAX West and Unplugged!

4. The New Kids On The Block (Part 1)

In our last update, we looked at concept designs for all our new backer co-created Commander characters, and now it's time to start introducing them! Instead of dumping all at once, let's start with the three new backer Commanders on the Challenger precon team!

Professor R.P.G. & Shib-4 and GERR-120 

Hailing from the Great States is the intriguing, charming, and elusive Professor R. P. G.! Sigaea's full of ancient and forgotten secrets from before humans colonized it 1000 years ago, and he'll discover them all! One of his recent discoveries is the small, sentient robot Shib-4, a living battery. What mysteries does Shib-4 hold? For now, he's a great travel companion!

This pair's personal robot is a new GERR! They use this big dog to traverse Sigaea's landscape, from ruin site to ruin site. Shib-4's unique properties as a living battery lets it shoot the Shiba Maser, a powerful laser tool to both generate energy for allies and Excavate lost treasures from times long past. The Professor has entered the Sigaea tournament to protect ancient sites from development and to unlock historical records.

Uptinea, Spacetime Hobbyist and IKUMA-444

Organizing the SIGEA Tournament is a big task, and Uptinea is one of many Sector Authority office workers that help make sure it goes smoothly. However, she's also a fighter!! Uptinea's true motive is get all her favorite foreign shows and sporting events globally syndicated. Her past DIY attempts have mostly failed, but she does have a very capable robot to show for it...

Uptinea's masterpiece is the big, round IKUMA! Engineered to pick up TV stations from other nations, it actually ended up being able to manipulate the spacetime continuum. It's also very cute. This machine can redo die rolls and manipulate enemies' positions the board. 

Eaudette, Empyreal General and EIMIR-100

After the fall of general/hero/ambassador Etwal, the Empyreal Realm had some big shoes to fill. And thus, Empyreal General Eaudette has stepped up to bat to lead the country's vast military forces. A legendary markswoman and charismatic leader, she's one of the most powerful people on the planet. She hopes that her ability and popularity will lead the Empyre to a new era of prosperity, though the royal family is keeping an eye on her.

 Eaudette's personal robot is the Empyreal flagship EIMIR! This larger E-type can mobilize allies into new positions and boost their accuracy, or aim and fire its six wing cannons - the Hexagun Arpeggio - to annihilate an enemy. 

5. Promo Commanders

OK Time to introduce some new heroes straight outta our friends' universes!

CROSS-OVER COMMANDER #1 - Mr. F! You unlocked a promo for all backers pretty early in the campaign, and here he is. Mr. F has been featured in basically every game by Solis Game Studio - Temporal Odyssey, Pocket Paragons, Space Lion, and eventually, Temporal 2. I actually just love this guy's design, and it makes sense he'd be floating around the multiverse and briefly end up on Sigaea. In-game, he'll give bonuses to stationary robots. Because he's a plant.

 Which version Mr. F should appear on his card? Top or Bottom?

CROSS-OVER COMMANDER #2 - Lilac Everdawn! Lilac is an angelic fighter from Strange Machine Games's upcoming ICONOCLASH, which also features our own Diane. This one is a surprise for everyone, since we only promised one promo. An easy commander for anyone to pick up and play with, she'll grant your robots boons while they're damaged.

 Noah did a whole new art for Lilac in AEGIS's style and everything! 

 All backers will be getting these two cards and the exclusive Starpoint Die with their pledge.

6. Robots!

AEGIS is a robot game! With a grand total of 220 some-odd robots! Let's look at some new artwork.

 First up is a big, cool level 4 AEIS-type robot, the IKA-SHAH! Find this robot on Indrix's team as his ultimate weapon. AEIS robots lack the armor of G, but they're very nimble and has access to all manner of buffs, debuffs, and other status effects. This mighty fire-squid-dragon can set enemies ablaze and rearrange their board positions in a torrent of flame.

Next, some small bots! This new ESPER robot is on Ainer's team. AEGIS1 had quite a few of these nimble, non-flying E-types, and this new one will let you precisely deal damage if it's positioned exactly a certain number of hexes away.

 When you combine an E and G, you usually get some kind of flying fortress. In this case, you get DogCopter(tm). GOF-2000 here is an evolution of AEGIS2's tiny suite of dogbots. In-game, it's actually one of the smallest Kaiju, and thus can emerge into enemy starting zones, shooting bullets and granting defense buffs everywhere on entry.

Next up, we have a mass-produced SOL robot. SOLs were support robots specific to our character Stell, but now you're able to use one on any team. It's great at giving energy and very reliably beaming enemies from the other side of the map! This bot's chillin' as one of the Kaiju team's basic robots.

Speaking of SOL's, y'all like Voltron, right? Well let's look at one of the new level-5 robots! Meet AROZ-ELL-SOL's third iteration: Arozell Sol: Final Mode! This is the ultimate form of Stell's ultimate robot. It can target any robot on the board, suck them into a gravity well, and turn them into a crater!

Zaryn did a really great job with this one!

Surprise! We have a Miniature (STL)!

People love minis, so here's a mini! It's actually very cool - this 80mm tall AROZ-ELL-SOL stands on a 3-hex base, and can be used in both solo and multiplayer modes. We're making the 3D-printable STL file available on our BackerKit for a small price (this 3D model was expensive!), and we'll make more if it proves popular.

You can also import it into TabletopSim and etc.

See it here in its clear-resin glory (opaque render impending):

It's sculpted by the incomparable Patrick Fahy, who's done work on games like Dragoon and many others, and is very highly detailed. It prints in four pieces + the base and slots together, no glue required.

The file also includes the file for its solo boss card! Check it out on your survey!

Fight and Unite

New Faces Everywhere!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 03:51:02 PM

Heyo! And we're back. 

After the KS ended, I've basically been grinding on this game nonstop, and then our March update was preempted by PAX East, and now it's already April! Develop continues rolling right along:

Truthfully, I was trying to get some more stuff together before making this update, but that would just further delay it. So expect another update pretty soon after this one.

Let's talk about...

PAX East! And other consventions!

I saw some of you in Boston a couple weeks ago, and that was great! I think this was our 9th or 10th PAX East since we started noodling around making board games. Reception went well as usual, which was encouraging. 

Our next major shows will be Gen Con in August and PAX Unplugged in December. We may also hit up Origins in June, but that's to be seen. In the very-near future, I will also be going to GAMA to discuss shipping, fulfillment, warehousing, and all sorts of other exciting topics that play very much into y'all getting your games!

The BackerKit, Late Pledges, Pre-Orders

Ahead of PAX East, we set up out pre-order store! I think! It certainly functions for new customers, but it's our first time using BK as a creator, and honestly it's been a lot more work than expected figuring out how to set it up, compared to our old PledgeManager which was set up for us.

We haven't posted it anywhere yet, though it is accessible. So if you have friends that want to get their boxes locked down, here it is! The last thing we're nailing down is shipping costs and how to implement those the way we want, at which time we'll be advertising this a lot more.

We have not sent out any backer surveys yet, so don't worry, you didn't miss anything. We'll post an update when those get sent out.

Call for Playtesters / How the Game is Going

We've recently added all of the new, unlocked Kickstarter content to our TabletopSim mod! 

This includes:

• All 8 Solo Bosses
• All 8 new Backer Commanders
• 2 Crossover Promo Commanders
• And Ezork too
• 30~ updated robots for Ainer, Stell, Challenger, and Kaiju teams
• 10 Kaiju/Commander Variant robots

 So much content!

I'm actually in the middle of updating a bunch of these *again!* And we need YOUUUU to help play around with them. If you're interested in getting your mitts on shiny, unreleased content and to help shape the final version of the game, please direct yourself to our Discord where you can @ me (Brrrrz) or Kettellcorn for access to our playtesting channel.

The new content's looking pretty good, but we're definitely trying to tighten it all up for clarity and cohesiveness. AEGIS2 has a lot of content and mitigating the feeling of being overwhelmed is top priority.

New Commander Previews, Created by You!!

Well, actually, created by our eight of our most-favorite Kickstarter Backers! The cool part of working with us to make these is that all these new characters are going to be integrated into AEGIS Lore (tm) moving forward. It makes it a bit harder and more time consuming in that way, but we're trying to have everyone be important and a fan favorite. 

All of these are being designed and illustrated by Noah Nagata with input from our backers and myself. Not everyone is done, so let's just look at some of the WIPs for now, and you can tell us your feedback and favorite poses, etc!

What's the point of Commanders?

Players new to AEGIS might be asking "this is a robot game, what do these humans do? Why do I care? What is a human?" The answer is that these folks are your player avatars, and each one focuses on a different type of player/strategy, and will give you context on building and drafting teams. As of now AEGIS2 comes with 21 commanders! (wow)

Backer Commanders (ft Robots)

These first three are commanders with their own robots, much like the rest of the commanders in the box, and will be grouped on the Challenger Team! You'll now be able to choose from one of seven commanders to use with that team.

1. The Professor - A daring adventurer and his companion, for players who enjoy positioning, Action economics, and surprises.

2. The General - A bold leader and certified baddie for players who like coordinating formations and huge attacks.

3. The Office Lady - An impetuous secretary for players who want control over dice and positioning. 

Robot-less Backer Commanders

These next five Commanders are "Machineless" and can be equipped onto certain basic robots. They're very versatile, but at the same time lack the powerful robots that normal Commanders have.

4. The Dragon - An aggressive mercenary for players who want to controls players as they beat them down.

5. The Time Traveler - A speedy fighter from parts unknown, for players who like efficient movement and positioning.

6. The Heel - A breaker of heroes who can deliver powerful finishing moves on enemy commanders and combines.

7. The Cultist - An eccentric robot worshipper who gains power by when foes are cursed with status effects.

8. The After Work Hero - An independent fighter of corruption, who supercharges her team with every strike against evil.

9. The Ambassador - We highlighted him last time, but here's Ezork again. Ezork is another movement-based Commander, but unlike Ethrael (move twice!), Eaudette (move your team!), and our Time Traveler above (jump!), Ezork will let you swap ally positions around the board. Ezork is included in every AEGIS2 box, because it's his job to be everywhere.

CROSSOVER BACKER COMMANDER!

Will be announced next updated, with some surprises too!

R-Robots?

Oh yeah, it's a robot fighting game!

We've been wrapping up the set's remaining robot art! Let's look at some of those too:

Puppy!!!!!! This robot projects defensive shielfsonto its allies and itself. Find this boi on the Kaiju team.

Dragon!! This is the most basic of all Shah-make robots. It burninates enemies and the countryside. Find it on Ainer's team.

Actually the final robot game designed for the set, this shieldy boi can absorb and redirect damage into your enemies' faces. A fourth combine option for the Challenger team.

And we have some big bots left to do too! This one is a speedy, melee-attacking Kaiju robot who will certainly take your opponents by surprise when it emerges in their start zone.

And that wraps up our "short" little showcase! Let us know what you think and who your new faves are.

Next Time On AEGIS

I'll ideally have some more concrete deliverables re:BackerKit, shipping, and updates on promo materials! Thank you for your patience and support.

Fight and Unite

Incredible Ending! (+ Campaign Summary)
almost 2 years ago – Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 05:00:44 AM

Thank You Everyone!

• 31 Days! 
• 1016 Backers! 
• $106,104! 

When we started this campaign, I had two final goals in mind: $100k, and 1000 backers! And we got there! Go team! This campaign did about 2x better than our first campaign and I'm very happy with that. I'm also very tired and took a day to post this!

Also a stunningly low number of people with broken credit cards! But if your pledge got flagged, please fix your payment! Kickstarter will remind you every 2 days, and then I will too!

Another request: If you have a BoardGameGeek account, give the game a little like/subscribe. Retailers are distributors love BGG stats.

Update Summary

For those who joined on not day 1, I've compiled all our updates here if you want to check out some of the art, lore and mechanic overviews we've posted:

• 1: Unlocking Team Ysis and Organizer Tray
• 2: Unlocking Pocket Paragons and Oon&Racca, 6-Player Mat Poll
• 3: The AEGIS Theme Song, and unlocking FALSETTO THE ROBOT KING
• 4: Solo Mode, and Unlocking Cyndane & Kaiju Robots + Ashla Intro
• 5: AEGIS2's New Board! + Ethrael Intro
• 6: KS Backer Gift - Promo Cards vs Die! Unlocking Mika  + Ganith Intro
• 7: Box Art Poll + Indrix Introduction
• 8: New Combat Mechanics, Unlocking Punished Ainer
• 9: Art Showcase, Unlocking Sheriff Stell + Salazar Intro

Stretch Goal Unlock Summary

And for anyone not counting, here is what you're all going to be getting after hitting all those goals!!

• AEGIS2 started at 50 playable robots (5 precon teams and some extras) + 2 solo bosses
• We added 50 more robots and five more prebuilt teams! 100 robots separated into 10 teams! 
• There are now 8 solo bosses!
• The box now has a tray and interior printing (update 7)!
• The six-player mat is being upgraded (update 2)!
• Everyone is getting some promo cards and/or a special die! (update 6)
• Everyone $59+ is getting two new mini expansions! 

We actually streamed a lengthy look-see at all 100 AEGIS2 cards last week! (video is timestamped by teams)

Final Unlocks!

 Our $99,999 unlocked both final expansions, the Kaiju Variant expansion and the Solo Expansion.

•  Kaiju Commander Variant Expansion: This expansion will have ~10 cards that are variants of robots in AEGIS2. Half will be Commander robots based on characters in the box, and the other half will be rogue monster robots with abilities like Emerge.
•  Solo Expansion: This expansion box will come with all 8 unlocked bosses. (4 are in AEGIS2 already and will feature alternate art), larger standees for all of them, and a set of Rondo AI Cards. This will allow owners of the original AEGIS to play Solo Mode, as well as give AEGIS2 owners additional options.

We'll have some pretty pictures of these in the coming weeks!

Surprise Unlock! It's Ezork.

He's here, he's there, he's everywhere! Lucky Commander #13. 

In AEGIS1, the mighty and brutal Etwal was the de facto figurehead, ambassador, and military general for the Empyreal Realm. Since his disappearance, those responsibilities have fallen onto Ethrael, Ezork and someone else you'll meet soon. 

Always plucky, always helpful, and most of all, always present, Ezork zooms around Sigaea meeting and greeting... everyone! Considering his country's recent history though, he's not often met with open arms. Oh, Ezork.

Ezork is a Machineless Commander, meaning he can be equipped onto a number of different basic robots and grant them a Commander Ability. In his case, Ezork can teleport and swap places with allies around the board!

Through the campaign we've been working with the Ultra Add-on backers, and Ezork is a teaser for more new Commanders to come!

What You're Getting

So what're you

All $1 - $5 and etc Backers

• You'll be able to upgrade your pledges in the BackerKit and receive the Kickstarter Backer Gift in Update 6. We are still finalizing this, updates coming! (You can still vote!)

All $10 Backers and others getting Physical Rewards

• You will receive your pledges!
• The Kickstarter Backer Gift in Update 6. We are still finalizing this, updates coming! (You can still vote!)

All Backers $59+: 

• You will receive your pledges!
• The Kickstarter Backer Gift in Update 6. We are still finalizing this, updates coming! (You can still vote!)
• The Kaiju Variant Expansion
• The Solo Expansion
• We may just compile all this into a Deluxe Kickstarter Edition AEGIS2 box similar to the first campaign's, stay tuned!

What Comes Next

For those looking to upgrade their pledges, the BackerKit will be coming in March! Tell your friends to keep their eyes peeled. BackerKit backers will be able to add all the above items. Prices will likely vary from this campaign! But not by much.

In the meantime, I dug up this old chart file from our first KS. Nostalgic? This is where the game is at right now -- tldr; we're testing stretch goal content and then putting the final graphics together. 

If you would like to help test things like the solo mode, jump in our Discord! Or give me a buzz and I can get a Print & Play together for y'all.

I've also updated the Solo Mode demo with five of the eight bosses and updated rules.

What to Back Next

Hot off our campaign! Our friends at Solis Game Studio are going to Kickstarter with their new season of Pocket Paragons! Featuring Space Lion and Penny Arcade's Acquisitions Inc (and AEGIS!) 

It's a very good game, and if you enjoy AEGIS Pocket Paragons (give it a spin on TabletopSim), you'll like the other boxes too! Hit up their Discord for links.

Also their game Space Lion is basically multiplayer Pocket Paragons / multiplayer Marvel Snap. It's so good. You'll be able to grab a copy on this campaign too. Through a comedy of misfortunes, its original Kickstarter only did "just OK", and I'd personally love for more people to scope it out. It's also up on TSim.

Our other homies also have campaigns wrapping up soon.

•  Witchbound is a cool solo RPG with that Ghibli/Zelda aesthetic. They've been killing it over on Gamefound and I think this is going to bloom into something special.
•  Micro Bots: Duel! for you robot fans out there (who here like robots??), this a tiny dueling game in a mint tin! 
•  Alynthia! DRAGON MEEPLES. These guys are where we were a few years ago, pouring a ton of passion into their big, cool game.

Per usual, you can keep track of us in real-time on Twitter, Twitch, and Discord. Look out for playtest streams! Expect the next update in a couple weeks where we'll look at a bunch of the new Backer Commanders.

Fight and Unite

The Final Week! + Showcase Stream Tonight!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 04:36:47 PM

The Final Battle!

It's been a long month but we're hitting the finishing line in style! The campaign ends on Friday at 8pm Eastern! Thank you so much to everyone who's here and showed up to make this robot game a reality. Now do a final push! Let's break those final goals! 

1000 Backers! $100k! If we hit either of these, we will make both of the expansions unlocked at $94k - Kaiju Variants and 4 more Solo Bosses.

• Tell your local gaming groups and stores about the campaign! We have a $100 retail pledge!
• Shout out the campaign on Reddit, BoardGameGeek, and TikTok! We have the least presence there!
• Retweet us!

Streams! (Tonight!)

We're continuing to show off the game and its contents! We go live on Twitch twice per month, and replays are on our YouTube Channel! We did some great solo and 2player streams last week!

!! TONIGHT! At 7:30pm Eastern! AKA NOW!! We're doing a "Comment on Every" Stream where we'll look at all 100~ robot cards in the box. Witness what you've unlocked! !! Tune in!

ART SHOWCASE

AEGIS2 Artist ZarynScribbles compiled the art showcase stream he did on day 1 of the campaign! You can see a whole bunch of AEGIS2's robot art from all our artists.

Sub to him on YouTube, Twitch and Twitter! He does a lot of great Transformers and Apex Legends content!

$88k UNLOCK: Star Sheriff Stell

The victor of the Five Nations War is back! With new duds! She's ditched her Sector Authority Uniform for something a bit more stylish!

The justice-minded young officer Stell is one of the first people in modern times to unlock an AEGIS-Class robot, the Aroz-Ell-Sol. That showcase of power (along with Ainer's defeat of Etwal) allowed the her nation, the Sector Authority, to put an end to the Five Nations War in AEGIS1.

Ever since unlocking that power, she's been a bit MIA, much to her boss's chagrin. But near the end of AEGIS2's story, she's set to reappear and hunt down a certain world's-most-wanted fugitive.

AEGIS2's Stell comes with five basic robots, and five combined robots, culminating in a redux of her powerful Aroz-Ell-Sol. Her basic team focuses on two things: the weapon attribute Precise, and a redone version of AEGIS1's Combat Drop mechanic.

Precise grants bonuses if you attack at the exact furthest distance from the target! Think hard about your positioning!

Combat Drop allows your robots on the field to summon allies from off the board, dropping them into play in strategic locations! You start the game with Combat Drop bots out of play, and use them to bamboozle enemies later! AEGIS1's version of the mechanic just wasn't very good in retrospect, with too many restrictions, so we're redoing it entirely in AEGIS2 (and in the AEGIS1 upgrade back). 

Some combined robots can even use this to teleport to the enemy backline upon combining!

When she's done surrounding the enemy, she'll merge her combines together to form the powerful AROZ-8000, which resonates damage to a wide radius with its Absolute Territory ability!

Unlike AEGIS1's "Ell-Gel-Ion", this AEGI-type robot actually listens to commands. And of course, when she needs it most, Stell can pull out her ultimate weapon! The Aroz-Ell-Sol! You'll have to wait and see what that looks like though!

Commander Spotlight: Salazar

Our final Commander Spotlight! Let's talk about AEGIS2's S-themed commander...

The Ruler of the World

As the head of the Sector Authority’s police force, Salazar is the de facto ruler of Sigaea, and now the most feared man alive. Salazar desires nothing less than to stamp out all violent war and conflict on the planet, subjecting those who would stand in his way to draconian punishments. Allowing the threat of the AROZ-ELL-SOL to bend people to the Sector Authority’s will, despite Stell’s unwillingness to cooperate with his displays of power, Salazar secretly plots to unleash his own level five robot in order to bring order to Sigaea once and for all.

Strategy and mechanics:
 Salazar is ready to unleash destruction tenfold upon those who would cause conflict in Sigaea, wielding a balanced team of artillery and close range aggressors to enforce his will. He unleashes his combines relentlessly, using his AUTHORITY ability to grant them rerolls and leave enemies cowering in the face of his assault. 

Should his opponents still not realize the might of the Sector Authority, Salazar can unleash a perfect offense and defense with the mighty ENDER-GAN, unleashing a storm of bullets from behind his unparalleled GAN-DRONE defense array. 

When it’s time to put an end to the conflict, Salazar will utilize his ultimate weapon, the level 5 ENDER-GAN-SHAH, to burn away all opposition to progress and peace.

Shout out to LunarLux!

Our buddies made a cool video game! It's an action-adventure RPG inspired by Trigger anime and Megaman Battle Network that got funded last year, and now you can wishlist it on Steam! I thought y'all might like it!

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