Appendix C: Mercenaries and Battle Forces

The Star Wars galaxy is populated with all manner of heroes, villains, rogues, organizations, and even entire forces unaligned with the galaxy’s major power structures. These characters and forces appear in Star Wars: Legion as Mercenary units.

Mercenary units are not loyal to any of the game’s Factions. However, Factions and some Battle Forces can hire certain Mercenary units and field them in their armies. The Unit Card of a Mercenary unit indicates each Faction that can include that Mercenary unit in an army. There is no additional cost to fielding a Mercenary unit in an army.

Mercenary units do not count toward the minimum number of Ranks required in an army, but they do count toward the maximum Ranks allowed. An army may include only 2 Mercenary units of the corps Rank and only 1 Mercenary unit of each other Rank. For more information on Rank requirements, see pg. 16.

For example, a standard Galactic Empire army that includes 1 or more Black Sun Enforcers units must field at least 3 non- Mercenary corps units and cannot field a combined number of corps units greater than 6.

A player cannot normally field an army that contains only Mercenary units, but some Battle Forces allow a player to do just that. These Battle Forces have their own unique requirements and rules. Some Mercenary units cannot be used by any Faction; these units can only be used when special rules allow them to be included in armies.

A Mercenary unit is allied to the other units in its army but is not considered part of that army’s Faction. When including Mercenary units in an army, use Order tokens with a back that corresponds to the Faction of the army. Players fielding an army that includes only Mercenary units use the Mercenary Order tokens.

For example, Black Sun Enforcers in a Galactic Empire army are allied to other units in the army but are not part of the Galactic Empire Faction. Black Sun Enforcers in a Galactic Empire army would use Galactic Empire Order tokens.

Every Mercenary unit has an Affiliation. Their Affiliation is where their true loyalty lies. Affiliations represent criminal organizations, syndicates, guilds, gangs, or even a lone bounty hunter just looking out for themselves. A unit’s Affiliation is represented by an icon in the upper left corner of their Unit Card, where a unit’s Faction icon would normally be.

A unit with an Affiliation can be issued orders only by an allied unit that has the same Affiliation.

Each Affiliation is represented by an icon. The Affiliations found in Star Wars: Legion are as follows:

? Black Sun

? The Pyke Syndicate

? Raiders

? Rogues

? Maul Loyalists

Mandalorians

Clan Kryze

Children of the Watch

Clan Wren

Clan Saxon

In Star Wars: Legion, Battle Forces represent groups of units that fought side by side in the Star Wars galaxy. These forces are themed around unique sub-groups and can range from a ragtag group of Mercenaries to the main invasion force of the Empire.

Battle Forces provide players with an alternative way to build and field an army. Each Battle Force has its own list of specific units that it is allowed to field, its own Rank requirements for both standard and Recon armies, and its own special rules, which may affect how that Battle Force is built, set up, or plays.