Infinity/N4 Tactics/Haqqislam

The unit overview and tactics for generic Haqqislam.

What Is Haqqislam

Haqqislam (from the Arabic “Haqq Islam”: New Islam) is a faction in Infinity founded on a philosophical revision of modern Islamic culture and faith. The faction rejects dogmatic, fundamental, religious concerns and instead focuses on the ‘Search for Knowledge’ and humanism. Haqqislam society is interested in wisdom and the value of the individual rather than old traditions.

The story of Haqqislam starts in the late 21st century with its creator Farhad Khadivar. His proposition was to create a branch of Islamic thinking that prioritised rationality, and rejected authoritarian religious scholars and fanaticism. His vision was to return Islam to a golden age in which individuals could focus on the exploration of science, mathematics, and philosophy. He thought this could be achieved through religious reform.

Farhad attracted many followers, particularly due to his gift for communicating with the rich and powerful. Influential individuals such as the PR expert Hamid al-Din al-Hamdani joined the cause. This ensured that Khadivar’s message spread globally. However, traditional Islamic nations persecuted Haqqislamites, and other democracies viewed them with suspicion. The ideas behind Haqqislam met fierce resistance on Earth.

The answer to Haqqislam’s problems lay in space. A collaboration between Haqqislamite astronomers and NASA resulted in the discovery of the planet Bourak. Unfortunately, this planet, Bourak, orbited too close to its nearby star, resulting in extremely high temperatures. Undeterred, scientists and geologists quickly set to work terraforming the planet and faithful Haqqislamites began ariving in droves, finding the atmosphere not too dissimlar from many Middle Eastern nations we are familiar with today.

Since the discovery of Bourak, Haqqislam has become a predominant power in the Human Sphere (the Human Sphere refers to mankind in its entirety – including the various planets that are now inhabited). One reason for this is its monopoly on the trade of Silk, which is a pharmaceutical substance that is essential to the process of resurrection and other advanced medical procedures. This monopoly, along with Haqqislam’s innovative mercantile tendencies, have enabled the faction to quickly develop and see great success.

Haqqislam is considered a nation of scholars, merchants, healers, and great thinkers. Their hospitals and spas are recognised as being at the cutting-edge of the healthcare industry. Haqqislamite caravansaries can be found across the Human Sphere. These caravansaries act as places to stay and do business for travelling merchants. Haqqislam both profits from and supports free trade across the breadth of human civilization. Their exports of luxury, semi-luxury, and medicinal products are highly sought after and some are absolutely essential for the day-to-day runnings of humanity.

Supporting Haqqislam’s economic activity is a well organised military, which consists of forces from across the various regions of Bourak. Due to the wide-ranging regions they represent, the Haqqislamite military contains a disparate mixture of units each with a different approach to combat. This grants Haqqislamite commanders a wealth of tactical options. However, in accordance with Bourak’s desert climate, light troops are favoured for their rapid deployment and maneuverability.

Haqqislam’s standing force is recognised as the most numerous in the Human Sphere and these brave men and women are ultimately responsible for the safety of the citizens and trade routes that continue to define the faction.

(Taken from the Haqqislam blog UnderBouraksSun)

Why Play Haqqislam

Haqqislam has the widest and most versatile range of Light Infantry. Many of their troops are lightly armoured but have amazing super-human abilities such as regeneration or enhanced mobility.

Their troopers have the highest average willpower - WIP - value (essentially how good they are at technical actions) compared to any other faction making their Doctors, Engineers, and Hackers very potent in their profession and in ITS missions.

Haqqislam also has a wide variety of design aesthetics and styles from the rugged Djanbazans, to outlaw Kum biker gangs, mysterious masked Hassassins, and even a scorpion TAG.

Faction Features

Special Skills

Doctor [+3] and Doctor [2W]: Haqqislam are the masters of medicine. Their doctors are the finest in the Human Sphere. Every Trooper native to the Haqqislam faction with the Doctor skill also gets either [+3] or [2W] (mercenary troops like Kaplans are not native Haqqislam troopers). Doctor [+3] gives an automatic +3MOD to the user's WIP roll to heal a fallen trooper. Doctor [2W] will heal two wounds on an unmodified WIP roll, useful for bringing your Heavy Infantry back to full strength from unconscious state.

Bioengineering: Due to their advances in medicine, Haqqislam also has a high number of enhanced troopers with Regeneration or Super Jump as well as BioImmunity. Super Jump lets you use the Jump skill as a short move order instead of taking a full order. Regeneration allows you to do a PH roll in the states phase to recover 1 wound if you succeed or lose 1 wound if you fail. BioImmunity allows you to choose whether you use your BTS or ARM as your state for saving against an attack, so you can pick which ever one is higher or avoid AP effects by using your BTS instead of ARM.

Weapons and Equipment

"The Shotgun Tax" Almost every Rifle comes with an underslung Light Shotgun adding more versatility to the trooper. The shotgun has the incredible +6 short range which deters enemy camo units from getting too close. In N4, this has gotten even better, providing most troops in Haqqislam with a burst 2(!!!) direct template, good for Intuitive Attacks and ruining the days of mimetism troops.

Viral Weapons: Being the frontrunner of biomedicine in the Human Sphere, Haqqislam has a decent collection of Viral ammunition from the Rifle and Snipers of the Lasiqs, the Ayyar's Viral Pistols, and even Viral Mines from Muyibs.

Holoprojectors and Impersonation: Haqqislam has more Holoprojectors than most and is one of the two factions with access to Impersonation, the other being CA. Both are incredibly useful tools with fewer counters than the more common Camo.

Units

Light Infantry

Daylami Infantry The profile with single use camouflage and a panzerfaust is a very common inclusion in Haqq lists. The camouflage gives the troop a layer of protection, whilst the panzerfaust is an extremely potent weapon. This 8 point profile can punch well above its weight, and demands respect from your opponent. Sometimes it will achieve little, but sometimes it could take out the centrepiece of your opponent's list. And for 8 points that's a very inexpensive gamble to take.

Ghulam Infantry: The Ghulam Infantry is the basic trooper of the Haqqislam nation. However, compared to most other factions, the Ghulam have a wide selection of loadouts including multiple Lieutenant options. The most notable are the Doctor Plus and the Forward Observer. Both are WIP14 specialists. The Doctor can confidently patch up unconscious troopers on a WIP17, and the Forward Observer can fire his Flash Pulse at WIP14.

Ghazi Muttawi'ah: Not the monster they once were, N4 split its profile up along different lines. Still good, but they're a tighter profile in N4 now that orders are limited to 15 and you'll be running a slightly more elite list. You won't be taking 4 anymore. The 5 point profile with smoke grenades is a staple if you just want a way to avoid irritating ARO pieces. The 6 point profile with the jammer gives you good zone control because that weapon does not need line of fire to shoot. And finally the 9 point profile with the e/marat is popular because its nasty template can take out very expensive heavy infantry and TAGs.

Hassassin Barids: Barids are exceptional cut-price hackers. Each profile carries pitchers which let you project your hacking threat across the board. This, combined with their WIP score of 14 and a BTS score of 3, make the Barid a very cost-effective solution if you want to play the hacking game.

Hassassin Nadhir: The Hassassin Nadhir is quickly rising to prominence in Haqqislam lists despite being a new profile because it combines some extremely powerful rules. The 24 point profile with the flammenspeer and the 26 point profile with the panzerfaust are both noteworthy for carrying weapons that are well-suited for AROs (burst 1 with high damage potential). The Nadhir also boasts hidden deployment which means no model is placed when you deploy it (you write a note describing where it is and reveal it as a surprise). Therefore the Nadhir can take extremely lethal surprise AROs, which might unravel your opponent's plans. A very good reactive piece.

Mukhtar Active Response Unit: Among the pinnacles of Haqqislam bioscience is the Mukhtar. These light infantry are exceptionally tough and mobile for their cost. The No Wound Incapacitation rule means that they can take a hit and still keep on fighting, whilst their 6" first movement value means that you get to move slightly further before shooting. BS13 combined with mimetism-3 is also really solid. All of the profiles are well loved, but the doctor is slightly less useful due to its close range weapon. The specialists benefit from forward deployment and the more aggressive profiles thrive off the Mukhtars higher BS value and mimetism.

Aida Swanson, Submondo Smuggler: As a smuggler Booty is an obvious flavor thing, but still very nice from time to time. Forward deployment, MA L2 and Viral Mines, aswell as her SMG make her role of defending/taking the midfield obvious- she's not the cheapest choice for this role, but a competent one, especially if going first.

Cube Jäger: Irregular parachutists, both profiles bring Paramedic, which seems to be their whole schtick. With WIP 13 they can do the button pressing quite well though and having a SMG and an e/mitter can be very useful to scare away the opponents units after a button is pushed.

Knauf, Outlaw Sniper: While MSV1 snipers weren't that attractive in N3 the Outrage poster boy turned a whole lot hotter. BS (+1B) and Shock is nasty, and MIM (-3) makes using him a bit safer. Besides that he's not doing much, but that trait also keeps him at an affordable price.

Krakot Renegades, Morat Fugitives: It’s weird that Krakot is typed as LI, as they are a straight up Warband unit. His purpose is to get up into the opponents face, kill as much as it can and die heroically, in a true Morat fashion. Worth considering for an Alpha Strike, if you can get one.

Libertos Freedom Fighters: Are the highly popular irregular roadbump unit, coming with either a SMG or a light shotgun plus shock mines. They also get Camouflage and Forward Deployment (8"), dodge on a 16 and have Dogged!

Monstruckers: SPAAAACEEE TRUUUCKIIING! Monstruckers are cheap irregular engineers with Climbing Plus and a bunch of nice weapon options. The cheapest loadout comes with an SMG and Drop Bears, making it ideal to push a button and turn their position into a foxhole afterwards. The other two loadouts are also quite useful, just pick the one supplementing your lists loadout the most.

Skirmishers

Al Hawwa' Unit: Regular infiltrating specialists with a great WIP14. You can pick between FO, Minelayer (with a Sniper) and a Hacker. Great for having an efficient button pusher.

Hunzakuts: Just as important as ever, especially now that Ghazi have been (reasonably) nerfed. Of note is the forward observer profile. Does objectives, lays mines, puts down a deployable repeater, shotguns dopes. Take one, probably two.

Sectorials

Sectorial Links

Ramah Taskforce

Hassassin Bahram

Qapu Khalqi

Sectorial Unit Identifiers

Below are some community created Unit ID Sheets for the Haqqislam Sectorials

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