Southern City Militia Cadre
The core units of the City Militia Defense Forces are the Gear cadres which field either older Gears or newer cheaper Asps. These units perform the role of a stop-gap measure until assistance from a regular military unit arrives. Most of the pilots in these Gears are retired veterans or members of the Youth Guard training to be ready for duty in the SRA or MILICIA.
Using Specialist Combat Groups in Heavy Gear Blitz!
Constructing a Specialist Combat Group is a bit different than a normal Blitz! combat group. Instead of picking the role and secondary role for the unit and filling it how you please, you must instead adhere to strict rules for composition, which may even include only running specific variants or upgrades. In exchange for adhering to this rigid formation, you may be able to run some models in a Role they may not normally fit in, or gain access to some unique options.
These groups may not be given secondary roles, and are only able to be used in armies from the force they come from, unless noted otherwise. They may however have any upgrades permitted by army and sublist rules, so long as the composition requirements are still met. Restrictions on the number of a specific variant apply as normal, for example, if a Specialist Combat Group is taken in the SK role, then model variants without SK+ may only be taken twice.
City Militia Cadre
Combat Group Composition:
This combat group must contain between 4 and 8 gears, chosen from the following list:
2-4 Asps
1-2 Salamanders
1-2 Street Vipers
Combat Group Rules:
Conscription: You may add the Conscript trait to any non-commander, non-veteran and non-duelist in the combat group if they do not already possess the trait. Reduce the TV of these models by 1 TV per action.
Irregulars: Gears in this combat group may purchase the following veteran upgrades for their models without being veterans; Improved Gunnery, Dual Guns, Brawler, or Veteran Melee upgrade.
The combat group is the GP role, regardless of the role of any of its members.
This combat group may be used in any South army.