Very useful if I need a unit to get somewhere faster or I need to protect a unit until I get them into a favorable LoS/cover. Basically everything in your army outside of Speeder Bikes, the AT-ST, another tank and creature troopers can be transported by this beast.

Transportation – The Occupier can transport full units.

In my mind I think there are really three ways you want to play the Occupier: They also can be used to upgrade the AT-ST as well. Besides the sculpt being (at the release) one of the best sculpts FFG has put out, it comes with 2 different pilots that make perfect sense for the tank. Once we were done ogling the tank like a dessert cart at a fancy restaurant, we realized it may actually be really good. Like the Star Wars Legion core set and the AT-ST and T-47 before it, the Occupier knocked on the door where we hide our inner child and said “come out and play”. This was a replica from an amazing scene from one of our most beloved recent movies, not a round peg – square hole like the Landspeeder. Why did it make us all so happy when announced? First, unlike the Landspeeder it made sense. Out of the gate this once again was a win for the Empire. Then a shining light in a sea of minis caught our collective eye: The Occupier Tank.

Then the meta shifted and all of us “meta philosophers” told you the age of armor was over and so we (for the most part) moved on. It was fun because it was thematic, it was also nostalgic and throwing up to 14 dice at another unit is amazing (thanks to Weiss’ giving you arsenal 4). Remember back in the beginning of Star Wars Legion play when every game had armor in it? Whether you were running the AT-ST, a couple of AT-RTs or the T47, it seemed like we all had armor at one point in our lists and we were having a blast.

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