ok and it's a pretty good map!
i only tried the recon.how bout this for a reason as too why there are mages on the peacekeeper's side:
as the peacekeepers kept hunting for the arcanists they killed a wretched on the aboveground haven and disected it,copying it's arcane genes into troops they deemed could survive the experiment, 4 out of 10 survived. after examination of the successful victims(the media deemed the ones that died"brave people who died to help the cause").afterwards crimson sigma killed one of them and copied the experiment,in a different way.they literally transfered the teachings and abilities through the brain(which was somehow less dangerous and resulted in only one person dying).
that's it!and since fallen star took technology from them all they already knew how to make mages!also may i suggest a plague or infestation specialty?it would give you a plague carrier(light vehicle).pyschic(self infestation has somehow resulted in weaker versions of marines with pyschic abilities,you can change this if you want,barracks unit) and Ralian(spec ops unit).the storyline behind this is:
as the fallen star stole technology, they used their stolen tech to develop their own. it resulted in massive failure however and caused insanity amongst test subjects, creating an accidental plague which nearly resulted in the entire army being killed.they left the data buried in ice trapped in a tube.later the other factions took it and fine tuned the development. later spec ops raids on every factions facilities revealed each factions tests and fine tunes(with the fallen star cunningly taking them all as the others fought)this is what was read:
Day 1: subjects appear to be losing muscle rapidly, however they appear to have made their skin crystallized, creating a sort of skin armor. they also appear to be able to use more of their brain, enabling them to move objects and trick others brains into ordering the immune system to destroy something that isn't harmful.infact they can learn things that would take years in 5 days!
Day 2:this is indeed strange, as experiments on the plague the fallen star made can be controlled who it infects by gene-making a brain for the plague so that it may understand who is it's friends.it is however aware it is an experiment, it has even attempted to break out!!i may have to get a few more marines in chem suits down here to keep it here.as for the "pyschics" they appear to be showing sympathy for every faction, believing that all their good sides of the beliefs can be merged into one angelic faction.
Day 3:i cannot believe this!my superiors have ordered me to put on them mind control devices so that they don't defect and create another enemy, they know about this(i told them and let them read my mind) and show sympathy for my predicament.they say they won't hold me responsible. as for the plague i have ingeniously designed an injection that'll render the troops immune to our plagues, secret reports say the enemy does the same.however each has special recipes that haven't been reached,so hence our plagues shall still be handy.
Day 5:CRAP!!i made a mistake on one of the devices and now it's transformed the poor subject, he says he is not angry.the others read him and it appears it has made him more sympathetic to my predicament, also it appears to have turned his skin armor into a mix between 25% arcane/25% crystalline/50% solid energy!his pyschic abilities have shown a more elemental form. taking forms like fire or ice or thunder!!!He has decided to call himself a radian, my superiors want me to copy him. when i come back he has somehow multiplied himself.i also designed a vehicle that's remote controlled to hold the plague weapon.
Day 6: I can't believe this, they want me to destroy the radians now.i am going to run now.with all the subjects and head for the mountains..anyone who reads this can know that i am a fugitive, anyone who thinks this is wrong can go to hell..
well maybe you can get rid of it but...it's pretty good the mage storyline!