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Adeptus Mechanicus

Response Clade

Detachment · 4 stratagems · 2 enhancements

Detachment Rule

Procedural Elimination

Triangulating via their fellow squads and any compliant shipboard augurs, the Skitarii hone their targeting data and overlap fields of fire.

At the start of the battle round, select either melee attacks or ranged attacks. Until the end of the battle round, each time a SKiTARii model from your army makes an attack of the selected type, re-roll a Hit roll of l.

Stratagems

ACCESS OVERRIDES

1 CP
Response Clade – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: Your Movement phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS MECHANICUS unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

EFFECT: Select one closed Hatchway within 1" of your unit. Your unit can attempt to operate that Hatchway.

RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit cannot attempt to operate a Hatchway again.

INTEGRATIVE WITHDRAWAL

1 CP
Response Clade – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One SKITARII unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back. In addition, after your unit has shot this phase, if it is within 1" of an open Hatchway and is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, you can close that Hatchway.

PRECOGNITATED FIREFIELDS

1 CP
Response Clade – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.

TARGET: One SKITARII unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If your unit has the BATTLELINE keyword, those weapons have the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability instead.

RESPONSIVE SHIELDING

1 CP
Response Clade – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

TARGET: One SKITARII unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker and was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.

Enhancements

Admonissor Shunt

0 pts
Once per battle, at the start of any phase, if the bearer is on the battlefield, you can select one friendly SKiTARii unit that is Battle-shocked. That unit is no longer Battle-shocked.

Optimised Cogitators

0 pts
Once per battle round, when you target the bearer with a Stratagem, that use of that Stratagem costs 1 less CP than normal.

Eligible Units