MG144-PH07 Phystyulon Infantry Platoon (24)

Phystyulons

144th scale (10 or 12mm)

24 troopers: 11 with laser rifles (three poses), three with flamer, six with lazer rifle (two poses), four with missile launcher (two poses).

Clad in their distinctive black-and-red battle-armour suits, the Phystyulon Troopers comprise the bulk of the Phystyulon infantry. They are typically found in squads of six (or occasionally nines), due to the Phystyulon’s rule-of-three. (They regard the number three as having sacred significance.)

A typical squad comprises three troopers with UT-3500 Lazer Rifles and two troopers carrying the larger VO-4050 Lazer Cannons as support weapons. The sixth trooper is usually armed with the feared Phoosugrak-120 flamer. All six carry a single PK-9 Vistik Light-Anti-Armour Disposable for dealing with vehicles or troublesome powered or robotic enemy infantry.

In a rare exception to the rule-of-three, in a typical Pazkotak mechanised infantry platoon, the forth vehicle (the platoon commander’s vehicle), the forth squad is broken into two fire teams of three, each fire team consisting of a pair of rocket troopers armed only with the PK-13 Nasskuto Multirole Missile Launcher (with three warheads) and one trooper with a UT-3500 and PK-9.

It is not uncommon, however, for any given squad to have different heavy weapons teams, depending on their specialist role. It has not been unknown – though rare – to see an entire platoon of rocket trooper fire-teams for specialist anti-armour operations, which can present a serious threat to enemy armour.