Faction Focus - The Kaigus Pact.
Posted on Wednesday Sept 17, 2025 at 05:00pm in The Kaigus Pact
There is hardly anything now in appearance, behavior or technology that betrays the Kaigus heritage, but they are the descendants of the first humans to expand into the spiral arm. Due to generations living in weak gravity, the Kaigus have grown tall and slender, and tower over normal humans. Kaigus skins are injected with pigments and new cells to allow them to convert light hitting their skin into energy, a process they find preferable to consuming organic material. Nictating membranes are surgically implanted across eyelids and orifices to allow them to seal, protecting the Kaigus from exposure to vacuum. Limbs are supplemented by injections, growing layers of titanium or additional bone to protect against the deleterious effects of micro-gravity. Blood vessels and internal organs are tweaked surgically to stop them shrinking. The Kaigus species today are perhaps the most resilient humanoids in the spiral arm, with each of their weaknesses having been overcome through a combination of body modifications and symbiotes, all carefully developed by the Biologis.
The relative lack of raw materials in deep space and the prowess of the Kaigus in manipulating biotechnology inevitably led to their weapons and technology all using biological processes. Traditional bullets and more technological weapons like lasers are eschewed for rifles that have bio-engineered ligaments for throwing projectiles, poisonous gases and darts, gels that expand and suffocate or strangle their target and other exotic oddities. Microscopic organisms known as namites are controlled by Biologis adepts, able to consume, process and regurgitate organic matter. Operating en masse, these namites can decompose an object and spit it back out as something entirely new within moments. With training, Kaigus are able to control these swarms telepathically, coordinating the namites to construct physical matter to their design. The Biologis continually develop and catalogue a number of “thrall species”, created relatively easily using namites and designed to fulfill important roles within Kaigus society. The genetic blueprints for thrall species include a predisposition to follow telepathic commands and an innate knowledge of the vocation they have been created to fulfill.
On the table, the Kaigus Pact work quite differently to other factions. Forces are composed of a mix of Kaigus and Thrall species, designed to fill different combat roles. Heavier weaponry is carried by the Kaigus troops, while Tamakin act as lightly armed harassment troops, or melee-equipped close combat units. Explosive or vapor-emitting Krii skitter around the enemies' feet while massively armored Orakan use their carapace as a shield for their progenitors.
Most notably, Biologis and other Kaigus units are able to spawn thrall units directly onto the battlefield. The Hypergenesis ability allows Kaigus Pact commanders to skip the normal reinforcement bidding process. Instead, specific models can spend a fixed number of command points to spawn a thrall unit within 9". Through judicious use of command points, a shrewd commander can get their forces directly into the action when and where they are most needed, overwhelming the opposition with waves of thralls.
We'll be revealing more about the Kaigus Pact and releasing their first models over the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
The Maelstrom's Edge V2 rulebook is now available! Grab your copy from the Maelstrom's Edge webstore now!
The relative lack of raw materials in deep space and the prowess of the Kaigus in manipulating biotechnology inevitably led to their weapons and technology all using biological processes. Traditional bullets and more technological weapons like lasers are eschewed for rifles that have bio-engineered ligaments for throwing projectiles, poisonous gases and darts, gels that expand and suffocate or strangle their target and other exotic oddities. Microscopic organisms known as namites are controlled by Biologis adepts, able to consume, process and regurgitate organic matter. Operating en masse, these namites can decompose an object and spit it back out as something entirely new within moments. With training, Kaigus are able to control these swarms telepathically, coordinating the namites to construct physical matter to their design. The Biologis continually develop and catalogue a number of “thrall species”, created relatively easily using namites and designed to fulfill important roles within Kaigus society. The genetic blueprints for thrall species include a predisposition to follow telepathic commands and an innate knowledge of the vocation they have been created to fulfill.
On the table, the Kaigus Pact work quite differently to other factions. Forces are composed of a mix of Kaigus and Thrall species, designed to fill different combat roles. Heavier weaponry is carried by the Kaigus troops, while Tamakin act as lightly armed harassment troops, or melee-equipped close combat units. Explosive or vapor-emitting Krii skitter around the enemies' feet while massively armored Orakan use their carapace as a shield for their progenitors.
Most notably, Biologis and other Kaigus units are able to spawn thrall units directly onto the battlefield. The Hypergenesis ability allows Kaigus Pact commanders to skip the normal reinforcement bidding process. Instead, specific models can spend a fixed number of command points to spawn a thrall unit within 9". Through judicious use of command points, a shrewd commander can get their forces directly into the action when and where they are most needed, overwhelming the opposition with waves of thralls.
We'll be revealing more about the Kaigus Pact and releasing their first models over the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
The Maelstrom's Edge V2 rulebook is now available! Grab your copy from the Maelstrom's Edge webstore now!
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