Infinity EXCLUSIVE Sneak Peek: TUNGUSKA Jurisdictional Command
May 9, 2018 by crew
We've got a very special sneak peek for you today as we check out this Corvus Belli reveal for the Tunguska Jurisdictional Command for Infinity!
This is going to be a box of six new miniatures that will be available in Mid-June of 2018. This means that the new Nomad Sectorial Army will be unlocked and will become tournament legal!
Tunguska Jurisdictional Command Background
Here's some of the background on this upcoming release to get you fluff-monkeys going...
"The grey matter behind Tunguska was a group of crooked investors: economists whose areas of expertise included offshore outsourcing, tax havens, leveraged buyouts, ghost companies and transferences of extra-official assets to the licit soil, what less euphemistically, inclined people would simply call ‘money laundering’.
This mothership was the product of a collaborative project by bankers and cryptohackers who sought solutions to underlying faults in the socio-economic system of the Sphere, perceived as too pliant to the whims of the State.
The project was conceived under the auspices of tax haven governments concerned about the increasingly punitive policies of international organizations. This increasing legislative pressure over financial havens had been instigated by the world powers of the time, which wanted to crack down on tax evasion but were afraid to lock horns directly with the megacorporations that benefitted from them.
In the face of a political onslaught, many looked to the Tunguska project as a useful loophole. The construction of Tunguska itself was in part openly funded by known international mob groups, mostly originating from Eastern Europe and Asia. This move was regarded as a way for these criminal enterprises to secure their money laundering channels and discreet banking services. With a single gambit, they planned to capitalize on their extra-legal income and consolidate their legitimate influence.
The founders of Tunguska realized that, after the development of the ALEPH AI, any operation or project that wanted to avoid governmental interference had to relinquish the use of the communications network. The certainty that no place was safe from the prying eyes of the AI prompted them to envision an independent data crypt in which the world’s sensitive data would be protected. The physical core of Tunguska is an ALEPH-detached data Crypt where secrets are stored without the threat of governmental meddling.
To guarantee the impregnability of the system, the Crypt employs programmers, hackers, cryptographers and quantum physicists in great numbers. The surrounding layer houses bankers, economists and the representatives of the clans, mob families and criminal organizations that founded Tunguska from its inception. This heterogeneous group coordinates the commercial and business management of the mothership.
Security in Tunguska is administered by Dragnet, an organization that also performs law enforcement, judicial and intelligence gathering duties. Instituted by the legendary Colonel Nikolai Steranko, the foundational mission of Dragnet is to defend Tunguska from external incursions and threats, and to protect the inviolability of its Crypt. Nowadays, Dragnet plays a critical diplomatic role in handling the expectations and demands of the families with greater representation.
Outwardly, Tunguska has built its image as an oasis of tranquillity, but behind the curtains, the mobster schemes and economic intrigues of some of its most illustrious citizens sometimes take their toll in blood. To curb these attitudes, Dragnet takes on surveillance and sentencing duties.
Penalties range from the execution of the perpetrator to massive fines for the instigator. Dragnet’s financial punishments are always substantial: revocation of access to Crypt features can entail millions in losses for the culprit. Moderation is the name of the game in Tunguska; Dragnet’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy admits no indiscretions.
Tunguska is the home of secrets, a strongbox adrift in space, a cupboard for all skeletons, a truly dark place…in every sense of the word."
We hope that you've taken all of that in because there WILL be a test!
Going back to the models for a second, this set of releases really is very special indeed. It's awesome seeing these models come together with a real proper Cyberpunk flare, especially around some of the regular infantry models within the set.
This is then expanded on when you see that fellow wielding the HMG! A very competent set to get you started with this Sectorial force.
What do you think of the new models?
I didn’t expect the second Securitate check to have pink hair.
No mentioning of the Black Hand? …boding ill. Then again, to be spoken of in public is probably not exactely their style. ^^
Been waiting for them for ages.
Now. Tunguska almost down – Vedic Aleph, Huang Di / White Banner, EI CA and Kazak Ariadna still to go…
As always there are hidden messages in the designs. I wonder what exactely the references in the new Securitate design might be – Men In Black or the Agents form The Matrix? Both might make sense in a way. And what would they indicate for the unit or is it purely a visual thing? Does that hint at their background aura or attitude – are they seen as or do they promote themselves as galaxy defenders, are they supposed to specialize in extermination of hidden alien intruders, are they never really stoppable and relentlessly police the inner Tunguska world as… Read more »
Wow. Great models as always.
Really love the design for this editorial army.
First have to paint my Yu Jing to fight the JSA.
Pink hair and a suit ?
what the heck ?
I guess that is the future for bankers everywhere 😉
LOL
Easy misconception because of the convoluted background text up there… It’s *not* bankers. *Nor* IT-highwaymen. But their protectors as well as handlers: the ultra private soldiers policing a jet black comet in a black Bermuda Triangle on the o12 map semi-sanctioned by money and power. In cyberpunk. These are outlaws and seperatists operating in the shadowy elusive fringes of the Human Sphere. After all, they are Nomads. But on to of that their field of expertise is ruthless mastermindry in the shadows. Tunguska really is like the Merovingian of The Matrix: They’re renegades to the big system but they’re there… Read more »
I LOVE THEM!!! Super cool minis indeed. The securitate are just amazing as “plain troops” but the hollow man is the stealer of the show. The Huge IP it’s not my cup of tea, but I’m main YuJing so I’m a little spoiled xD
PD: no heels for the securitate ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes, 100 times yes. Also went back to check the no heels, makes this the best set yet, that and the amazing models.
“Instituted by the legendary Colonel Nikolai Steranko”
I see what you did there. Colonel Nick, with the last name Steranko, like Jim Steranko famous author of the iconic run of Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (comicbook superspy). Subtler reference than usual, CB.
About damn time we got tunguska