A Dune thing I assume?
People have asked about Young Ubers in the Discord, it's a known tech block. Someone claimed the easiest source is aircar races, which like... I guess, if one happens to spawn close by. I'm just amused I found plenty of Castaway Gals (very nice considering I'm running Male Touch like a dummy) but no young one, heh.
Same, went male touch, have regrets. I've got like one guy that's been through a dozen skirmishes and he's got 80-something shooting, but that's literally like any random gal on two random fights, plus he's made of confetti like every other manthing. At least he can eat a round from a holdout pistol or whatever bullshit flies his way without keeling over instantly.
They're mostly padding so the gals can do their stunning/running/launching flaming cannonballs things. Two dudes to lob molotovs, a few sprayguns on another two, a tommy on the third, domestic shotguns if they can't shoot for shit, and hope to whatever that the bad dudes are squishy or combustible.
I keep defaulting to peasants but that's silly. SS are more expensive, but have better armor options and initial stats (60 max strength rather than 45 as well). I guess. Habits die hard.
Both are alright with shotguns and sprayguns though, against the lightly armored enemies at least. I've been issuing them smartgun-AMGs with plastsasteel rounds which have good untrained autofire accuracy, and decent stopping power.
It's a lot more bearable if you get TRUCKS, because TRUCKS lets you haul so many more dudes, and not one, but two attack dogs, plus it's got a bigass chaingun on the top of one that can maaaaaaaaybe kill one guy a round with how splatty inaccurate it is. Do Gals runs get Trucks? I figure they get Loknarrs, 'cuz I haven't unlocked them yet, if ever at this rate.
I should try trucks I guess, but I'm already using the Turtle so I have enough space. Turret sounds fun though (even if it's too inaccurate to hit anything. I like rapidfire dakka-guns.
Lokknars should be available. Did you research the bonding ceremony? It takes the place of the normal party, just different fluff. That, camouflage, and bounty-hunting should give you the research for Lokknar recruits. ...I haven't been using them but I should, as pilots now that I'm making interceptors. And perhaps a gyrojet.
Anyways, I really hope dudes pay off eventually, 'cuz it's gonna come down to like base assault bullshit eventually and ain't no way those dudes are gonna react fast enough or shoot guns big enough or weapons heavy enough to stop anything scary.
pretty sure it never pays off, but you get to recruit Veteran gals. Eventually (I'm almost there again). They're expensive as all hell but that's what the economy is for, at least they have great guaranteed stats.
There is a research I missed for "Holy Warriors" though. Looks like some sort of Militia Training for SS? *shrug*