Bounty Hunter

Bounty Hunter
Type	Fighter
Acquisition	Contacts Starting Captain
SKILLS
Primary Skill	Intimidate
Secondary Skill	Rifles
Tertiary Skill	Evasion

A bounty hunter is skilled at tracking, capturing or killing fugitives. Carrying death warrants and legal authority to kill, bounty hunters ply the network of Quadrants, seeking out criminals who try to hide and disappear into the void, an urban sprawl or untracked wilderness. Bounty hunters are expert navigators who will unerringly track down targets and mete out death warrants with skill in long range weapons and Rifles.

Starting Captain Traits

A captain whose first job is Bounty Hunter will gain the following traits:

Born Hunter	A natural predator, +2 Resilience, +10% All Accuracy, +2 Initiative	Profession	+3 *
Relentless	Dogged in the pursuit, completing any mission step that requires an Edict grants +10% payment, extra Rep and a personal XP bonus	Profession	+3 *

Skills

As a character advances in the Bounty Hunter Job, he or she gains the following Skill points at each Rank.

Ranks 1 to 12

Rank	Rifles	Evasion	Intimidate
1	2	1	1
2	2	2	3
3	2	2	4
4	2	2	5
5	3	2	5
6	3	2	6
7	4	2	6
8	4	2	7
9	4	3	7
10	4	3	8
11	5	3	9
12	5	4	9

Ranks 13 to 24

Rank	Rifles	Evasion	Intimidate
13	6	4	9
14	6	4	10
15	7	5	10
16	7	5	11
17	7	5	12
18	7	5	13
19	8	5	13
20	8	5	14
21	8	6	14
22	9	6	15
23	9	6	16
24	9	6	17

Ranks 25 to 36

Rank	Rifles	Evasion	Intimidate
25	9	6	18
26	9	7	18
27	9	7	19
28	10	7	19
29	10	7	20
30	10	8	21
31	10	8	22
32	11	9	22
33	12	10	22
34	12	11	22
35	13	11	22
36	14	11	23

Talents

Each Job provides a series of Talents representing the special abilities granted by this specific training. As a Character progresses through Job Ranks, more and more Talents become available.

SKILL SAVE	Rank: 1 Unwavering Attention 3 weeks Cooldown Automatically passes a failed Intimidate test in any situation, including deep space travel, mutiny, or during a mission
	Rank: 1 Steadfast Aim Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Rifle Attack. Successful attack Buffs yourself with +20% Ranged Accuracy, +20% Ranged Damage, +20% Armor Piercing for 2 Turns
EDICT	Rank: 1 Abiding Death 3 weeks Cooldown Price for death warrant Edict is discounted by 10% + Intimidate Skill
	Rank: 1 Lethal Trap Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Rifle Attack; successful hit Pins Target and causes -20% Deflection, -10% Armor for 3 Turns
	Rank: 1 Blood Game 6 weeks Cooldown In Ship Combat, always allows a boarding attempt at range 1 to 3; only allows an attempt at range 4 or 5 during Mission battles as the hunter tracks their prey

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	Rank: 5 Tireless Pursuit 3 weeks Cooldown If any ship weapons hit, this Crippling Attack causes -10% Armor, -40 Escape for the next 3 Turns
	Rank: 5 Hunter's Challenge 10 Initiative In crew combat, intimidating command causes 20 (+Intimidate) Morale Loss, drags target forward 1 slot
	Rank: 5 Unfaltering Ire 10 Initiative In crew combat, intimidating command hits 2 targets, removes all Buffs and causes -25% All Accuracy, -25% All Damage for 3 Turns
MISSION	Rank: 5 Red Badge 18 weeks Cooldown When completing steps in a Mission and bearing an Edict of the sponsoring Faction, your fearsome prestige reduces your Reputation loss by up to Intimidate Skill

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	Rank: 8 Sustained Fire Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Rifle Attack causes +4 Bleeding, -25% Armor for 3 Turns
	Rank: 8 Resolute Hound 8 Initiative In crew combat, Removes all Debuffs; Buff yourself with +20% Armor for 3 Turns, Heals (5 + 0 Intimidate) HP and Morale
BOARDING	Rank: 8 Cold-blooded Threats 13 weeks Cooldown After a successful Boarding, threats of merciless reprisal cause 5 enemy crew to suffer Morale loss up to 40 + Intimidate Skill

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	Rank: 11 Frag Grenade 16 Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Grenade Attack hits 2 targets with 31-60 Dmg and -2 Initiative, +7 Bleeding, -30% Deflection, -20% Armor for 3 Turns
	Rank: 11 Shredding Shots Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Rifle Attack causes +6 Bleeding, -20% Deflection for 2 Turns

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VICTORY

Rank: 15 Realm's Justice 36 weeks Cooldown Seize a defeated enemy ship during a Conflict at a local prize court (limited enemy types by Conflicts). Requires Military Rank or Edict and a tithe of 50% of the ship's value but strike a blow in the Conflict, losing 40 Reputation with the enemy

Crew Combat Talent Strategy

Steadfast Aim

This powerful buffing attack will only grant the bonuses if you are able to connect with your attack. If you do connect, you will be set up for very powerful attacks afterward. This is a highly recommended talent for Bounty Hunters planning on using their rifle attacks.

Lethal Trap

This is a debuff alternative to Steadfast Aim. If you are working with a Pinning strategy, this could be handy but otherwise it tends to pale in comparison to the suite of buffs that Steadfast Aim offers. Of course, if you have both talents, the combination could be useful.

Hunter's Challenge

This talent finds use with support-based Bounty Hunters that are split with other jobs such as Combat Medic. It has a moderate initiative cost which makes it useful mostly as a fall-back talent after you've already applied all of the buffs and healing you can and need something to do with your action. It can be useful in forcing a position 2 swordsman to fall out of range by moving the position 3 foe forward.

Unfaltering Ire

This is the must-get talent. A moderate initiative cost for a guaranteed debuff on two targets is huge. The debuff makes serious threats into something the rest of your team can take their time to deal with. It is a hard-counter to foes that rely on buffs as well. This is an excellent choice for any crew combat member with enough ranks in Bounty Hunter to learn it.

Sustained Fire

This talent really softens up a target for further attacks and thus makes more sense against foes with high penetration and hit points. However, its utility is lessened if you're using high initiative weapons such as HMGs.

Resolute Hound

This is a good go-to defensive talent if you need a bit of healing and aren't in the front-position (which, as a bounty hunter, you shouldn't be in anyway.) It is generally weaker than a heal from a combat medic, but the armor buff can grant a lot of survivability, especially if your foes have already been hit by Unfaltering Ire.

Frag Grenade

These grenades soften up targets heavily, if they hit. They're the offensive counterpart to unfaltering ire, in a way. They'll require you to have your bounty hunter in position 2, or even more awkwardly, position 1 though. Dropping deflection and armor so much leaves them very vulnerable to pistoleers in particular that frequently have little penetration.

Shredding Shots

This is a decent damage over time talent with a deflection debuff that softens up the foe for further damage. However, given the other debuffing options the bounty hunter has, it generally isn't the fastest way to take down a foe. Unlike the similar talent Sustained Fire, this is useable from position 2, making it a better companion to a Bounty Hunter relying primarily on Frag Grenades. Unfortunately, it can only target the middle two positions.