Highly expendable support units. The laser might be just as strong as a guardsman lasrifle, produced with cheap materials that will not last beyond first deployment. The small sized mecha comes with a speaker letting the yukkuri make arrogant remarks about shitty slaves such nonsense (thankfully blocked from the comm devices of all Tau infantry). This will effectively taunt the enemy, which will try to get to the yukkuri first, letting Fire Warrior teams and Kruut finish them off from a safe distance.
Particularly smart yukkuri may actually survive if they become skilled maneuvering their suit.
And instead of the cow noises, it'll just scream "TAKE IT EASY" as it jumps on you.
... to be fair I wouldn't think the cost of deploying yukkuris en masse in these walker units would offset just deploying them alone unless they're actually combat capable.
Well we could argue that, yukkuris in general (with exception of a few rare breeds) are a waste of money unless you use them to make food or make them into pets.
I personally think that it's a waste of money and resources to put any level of technology on a yukkuri, unless that technology is an oven or any food preparing device.
ukshadow said: Highly expendable support units. The laser might be just as strong as a guardsman lasrifle, produced with cheap materials that will not last beyond first deployment. The small sized mecha comes with a speaker letting the yukkuri make arrogant remarks about shitty slaves such nonsense (thankfully blocked from the comm devices of all Tau infantry). This will effectively taunt the enemy, which will try to get to the yukkuri first, letting Fire Warrior teams and Kruut finish them off from a safe distance.
Particularly smart yukkuri may actually survive if they become skilled maneuvering their suit.
So those Yukkuri would be the squad leaders, taken at an extra 2 points?