New Warcaster Preview – Captain Buck Hasker prepares for airdrop | Warmachine Wednesday
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Today’s TL’DR:
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Captain Buck Hasker prepares for battle as the featured warcaster in the upcoming Cygnar Gravediggers Command Starter, coming soon to pre-order (subscribe to the newsletter for updates)
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Australia, New Zealand, and more can now order direct from Steamforged (right here, in fact)
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Captain Buck Hasker – Cygnar Gravediggers
The Gravediggers sit at the pinnacle of military initiative. Coupling new technologies with their impressive legacy, this formidable fighting force is one of the first with enough guts to parachute from skyships into battle.
Coming soon to pre-order, the Gravediggers Command Starter will be the first of two releases for this formidable new Trenchers army and their unprecedented airdrop tactics. In it, Captain Buck Hasker leads the charge.
A relentless predator, Hasker was among the first warcasters to be recruited into the Gravediggers. There’s nowhere he won’t lead his forces, and no action he won’t take to bring victory against the Orgoth.
So much so that the Orgoth call him “Hulvuulk-Vakuul” — the Blade that Never Sleeps. Hasker lives at the vanguard of the Cygnaran line, appearing without warning to strike wherever he’s most needed, or to lead his commandos into enemy territory, sowing chaos and confusion in his wake.
For the Orgoth, Hasker represents an uncomfortable and even unprincipled threat, willing to deliver death through a knife in the back to achieve his ends.
But this warcaster isn’t reckless, or without principles. He fights to defend his nation against the aggression of its enemies. He’s ruthless, but doesn’t seek glory. This leader fights for his people, and the three younger brothers he’s devoted to protecting.
And despite the savagery Hasker summons to take lives, he keenly feels each loss. Without the focus of a mission, his thoughts keep company with ghosts quieted only by drink.
Encounter him on the field, and you’ll see every movement is precise and controlled — even in the heat of combat. This control extends even to his warjacks, which move with silent, preternatural purpose, as if they were extensions of his own body.
Such careful and complete control comes naturally to Hasker, where any other warcaster would need to focus to achieve the same result. It seems he’s as capable of inspiring the machines he controls as he is the soldiers who follow him.
Intrigued? To read more about Buck Hasker, check out this week’s “Heroes & Villains” subscriber content release in the Warmachine app, where subscribers get access to a wealth of stories and background on the characters and events of the Iron Kingdoms.
Just look for the Heroes & Villains section of the Library to read all about Captain Buck Hasker.
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