5 is the most you'll see regularly. There's 1 or 2 cases that can get 7 or more when the stars align

On second thought, I really don't think there are any models that get access to Flank twice. Unless Jeff, you might be confusing the fact that Flank only benefits the model with the rule?

yeah, it says flank {taryn} and has benefits, then it says flank {jack} and gives benefits. It says that if the model is in melee with a target in range of melee with the specified model, you get so and so bonus. I will have the book and you can take a look this weekend. I think if you were only meant to get one bonus, they wouldnt be intentionally separated.

I checked, Jeff. Doesn't work. Found four threads in the search, here is the first:

privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?...ht=rutger+shaw+flank

Flank is the ability, the part in brackets is just the trigger for the ability. Doubling it would be benefiting from an identical ability twice.

You'll notice in the thread a user with a purple name. This is an Infernal. An Infernal's word on rule questions is official and final, as per PP. One of the things I love about it. The system swiftly cracks down on any shenanigans.

Ok, well it makes sense in a way. You would not be able to effectively use the drive ability of both the bonus' stack. The jack would already have to be in combat pretty much, or you start with the jack and don't use the drive.
That really means you only get full use out of a pure melee jack.
This is one where battle college is definitely off a bit. The say the best jack for shaw would be the buccaneer or the talon, but strategically, they would go first in that sequence because of what they do. Using him properly to max effect would have you using his drive ability and the jack going last. So that favors using the nomad I had. Cheap strictly damage dealer. No tricks needing focus.

Or instead of planning to use just one way, get the best of both worlds. Give him a jack with both a long range gun and a melee weapon; he drives their shots until its time to engage, then you utilize the flanking.

And there's always a good likelihood you'll get engaged at some point you didn't want to. That's when Shaw can drive before charging the threat, and the jack brings its driven melee attack plus whatever marshal benefit to rectify the situation.

Just because there are optimal ways for something to be used, be careful about losing full flexibility to enhance the one area. Your opponent isn't doing his job if he doesn't make you use things outside of your original plans.

his drive lets the jack reroll a single melee attack. I could try to get a gun jack, but I already have planned 4 vanguard light jacks sprinkled around that army. They are like rovers with reach. 5 pts. I need some dedicated melee anyway, and nothing he does is really geared towards shooting, other than that he has a gun. He cant use it in combat or anything. The way I see them, they are a melee team. I could go with the Rover, which they actually picture him with. Its just that its pretty expensive, but he does get 3 initial melee attacks. Who knows. Maybe I will. Would be kinda funny to have that model begin life as a rover, turn into a nomad, then back to a rover.

i like the nomad. super cheap melee beatstick.
cant really argue with that

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Hey guys, I'm gonna close and lock this thread, for two reasons. A) it's hugely long and takes a disproportionate amount of the forums database allocation. B) it rambles so much it's impossible to find anything.