One Big Stretch Goal Target For DUST: Operation Babylon!
June 13, 2014 by brennon
As to not be told that they didn't shoot high enough with the ambition the folks behind DUST: Operation Babylon on Kickstarter have put forth a new stretch goal target for the final week of Kickstarter at $425,000!
So yeah, some pretty crazy options ahead for DUST when it hits that massive marker. Admittedly it is quite a way off at the moment but for all those extra goodies I could see some more people jumping into this one and indeed upping pledges to hopefully get a hold of them. You can see the Axis Recon Force from this stretch goal and that massive SSU Tank we looked at least time below...
Can't really go to wrong with a massive gun and some expertly trained soldiers can you? Interestingly the last two options on that expanded stretch goal might not be as mysterious as they first appear. We've been given a look at them in an earlier stage of development below and it looks like you'll be getting an awesome Tesla Tank AND some alternative options for your SSU Steel Guard.
So the idea of an awesome Tesla Tank does sound very appealing. Powering up that awesome surge of electricity and then melting something to a pulp. Add to that those awesome looking Steel Guard and you have some cool additions to the SSU on foot as well. Rocket Launchers, Tesla weaponry and what looks like a hammer of some kind!
Some very cool things coming out of Operation Babylon I'm sure you'll agree!
What do you think?
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I’m really after the three Spetnaz Anti-Tank troopers in their pointy, Wizard hats!!!
…althought sadly I think it’s the silloette of their slung RPGs.
Cool stuff! Gotta love those tanks!
Actually the goal really is 325 000 dollars as the retailers have an amount of 100 000 dollars gathered! Which proves this system of coop between retailers and KS works!
They also really lijstende to their customers, which I think is awesome about this company!
As an axis player I’m very yealous of the awesome tanks the SSU has, i’ll have to use my laser to keep me warm 🙂
ooh, I really hope those armored cars you can see with the recon squad are a sign that the different armies are getting some more conventional vehicles and they’re not just terrain pieces!
Stu I can see this taking off big time down the Duke. I’ve gone for the field marshal Axis so straight on the table looking great.
I’ve already got the SSU starter set and Steel Guard Snipers. I’m sure Liam will lend you his Axis stuff if you want a game before August.
I like the hull on that tank, particularly its pointed nose. This is drawn from the historical IS-3 (Stalin 3), which entered service just too late for the real WW2. This makes it perfect for Dust, though! 🙂 I like how their equipment and vehicles keep enough design elements of their actual counterparts to make them “viable.”
I need a bigger house….
I’m super pumped about the revised look of the SSU combat suits; they look more like the Red-blok Suits from AT-43, which i love, and probably have ay too many of. lol
Love the tesla tanks look like it’s mugged a cruiser.
“Security” squad had two panzerfausts and a flame thrower…that’s some tight security.
I, too, like the pointed witch hats. For a second I thought they might be Cossack Spetsnaz.
Those self propelled guns look pretty cool. Almost like a heavier, Soviet Paladin.
Sure beats the German “Security Platoon” in PanzerBlitz. 🙂
That’s the kind of security team where if someone comes after you, you yell …
“Now, Stalin! The TABLES have turned! Do with him whatever you like!”
I really want some of those vehicles. I know I could buy some Tamiya ones, but I don’t have the time to glue them all together. I’d much rather get one from Dust and give it a quick paint job.
I like the AB 41, an amazing armoured car from Italy, well beyond it’s time. Hope they bring those out too. were a lot in Africa…
I would also like to see the inclusion of more traditional vehicles in Dust. It would give the walkers and other cool tech some context.
Although the scale isn’t a perfect match I fully intend to use some of my Bolt Action tanks in Dust (and maybe even some Walkers in BA!).
My IS-2 will fit in perfectly… I’m less sure about the T-34s (a little too ‘basic’ for Dust) but if my opponent deploys his Konigs Luther (the 4 legged walker with the MASSIVE guns) I think I’ll need them.