Saturday 6 July 2019

Core Space - Purge Harvesters

The Purge are a semi-sentient race of humanoid machines whose sole task is to harvest worlds. They have a hive mind, much like insects, and almost no sense of self-preservation. The Purge appeared suddenly from the Barrens, the sterile area surrounding a black hole, and immediately attacked all living beings within their reach. In less than fifty years they have rendered parts of the galaxy uninhabitable and cemented their reputation in the galactic consciousness as monsters.
The Purge aren't evil in any real sense. They are machines, driven to perform their tasks with no free will, but this doesn't stop them from terrifying people the galaxy over. Little is known bout the Purge including their motivations or their drive to catch their victims alive and drag them away screaming to an unknown end... Rumours are rife and this ambiguity has, in part, pushed the galaxy back into a superstitious and fearful age. To humans the Purge provoke the primal fear of being eaten alive.
The Purge Harvesters are the rank and file, the foot soldiers, and often the first (and last) point of contact for anyone encountering the Purge. They have no long range weaponry and always attempt to disable their victims. With no evident fear, Harvesters will stride relentlessly towards their targets and attempt to overwhelm them.
The Core Space boxed set comes with these five figures all in unique poses, which I greatly appreciate. I received a duplicate set of them as a Kickstarter stretch goal, thus giving me ten of them, which is more than enough for most games. They are very slender but you couldn't mistake them for anything else but robots. Sure, they are cannon fodder but I still like them.

11 comments:

  1. Great looking set of robots Bryan, would be useful in multiple sci-fi games

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    1. Thanks, Dave. Indeed, you're right. I'm thinking of using these in the "Robot Wars" scenario for the new "Judge Dredd" RPG.

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  2. Oh, now they are the business, Bryan, and look excellent for all sorts of robot shenanigans. That's clearly a well-thought out stretch goal too :-)

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    1. Thank you most kindly, Simon. As Dave said, these will be usable in many sci-fi games. I was glad that the stretch goal contained duplicates of them. With just five they'd run out quickly unless you recycled them but if you need six or more you need those extras.

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  3. Theres always room for cannon fodder in any game and these look the part.

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    1. Cheers, John, and your comment is so true. Every hero needs a bunch of mooks to mow down!

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  4. Nice

    (although they do remind me of crashtest dummies ha ha)

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    1. Many thanks, FB. I hadn't made that connection before but you're not wrong.

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  5. So we finally get to see the Purge Bryan & I have to say I'm not disappointed :)

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    1. Much appreciated, Frank. More Purge next post and they're a lot tougher than these.

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