Detachment Rule
Only the Best
The soldiers who make up such targeted strike forces are hand-picked for their excellence and – where possible – provided with rigorous additional training to prepare them for conditions and foes on the ground.
Each time an Astra Militarum Infantry model from your army makes a ranged attack, re‐roll a Hit roll of 1.
Stratagems
AERIAL EXTRACTION
1 CPBridgehead Strike – Epic Deed Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, if all of its models have the Deep Strike ability, or one Valkyrie unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, if all of its models have the Deep Strike ability, or one Valkyrie unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves.
BELLICOSA DROP
1 CPBridgehead Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Movement phase
WHEN: The Reinforcements step of your Movement phase.
TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army that is in Reserves and has the Deep Strike ability.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when your unit is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
TARGET: One Astra Militarum Infantry unit from your army that is in Reserves and has the Deep Strike ability.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when your unit is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units.
RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge.
FIRE AND RELOCATE
1 CPBridgehead Strike – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit (excluding Titanic units) from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced.
TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit (excluding Titanic units) from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced.
FIRING HOT
2 CPBridgehead Strike – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One Militarum Tempestus or Kasrkin unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when targeting an enemy unit within 12", improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of hot-shot lascarbines, hot-shot lasguns, hot-shot laspistols, hot-shot marksman rifles, hot-shot volley guns and sentry hot-shot volley guns equipped by models in your unit by 1.
TARGET: One Militarum Tempestus or Kasrkin unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when targeting an enemy unit within 12", improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of hot-shot lascarbines, hot-shot lasguns, hot-shot laspistols, hot-shot marksman rifles, hot-shot volley guns and sentry hot-shot volley guns equipped by models in your unit by 1.
ON MY POSITION
1 CPBridgehead Strike – Epic Deed Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase.
TARGET: One Regiment Infantry unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D6 mortal wounds. Then, your unit suffers 3D3 mortal wounds.
TARGET: One Regiment Infantry unit from your army that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
EFFECT: Roll one D6 for each enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit: on a 2+, that enemy unit suffers D6 mortal wounds. Then, your unit suffers 3D3 mortal wounds.
SERVO‑DESIGNATORS
1 CPBridgehead Strike – Strategic Ploy Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase, just after an ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit from your army has shot.
TARGET: That Astra Militarum Infantry unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks that is visible to your unit. Until the end of the phase, that enemy unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover.
TARGET: That Astra Militarum Infantry unit.
EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks that is visible to your unit. Until the end of the phase, that enemy unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover.
Enhancements
Shroud Projector
15 ptsMilitarum Tempestus Officer model only. Enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at the bearer’s unit.
Advance Augury
15 ptsInfantry Officer model only. After both players have deployed their armies, select up to three Regiment units from your army and redeploy them. When doing so, you can set those units up in Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves.
Priority-drop Beacon
30 ptsMilitarum Tempestus Officer model only. The bearer’s unit can be set up using the Deep Strike ability in the Reinforcements step of your first, second or third Movement phase, regardless of any mission rules.
Bombast-class Vox-array
35 ptsMilitarum Tempestus Officer model only. Each time the bearer issues an Order, if the bearer’s unit contains one or more models equipped with a master vox, it can issue that Order to up to three different Regiment units, instead of only one.
Eligible Units
Characters
‘Iron Hand’ StrakenCadian CastellanCadian Command SquadCatachan Command SquadCommissarCommissar Graves on FootCommissar YarrickGaunt’s GhostsHell’s LastKrieg Command SquadMilitarum Tempestus Command SquadMilitarum Tempestus Command SquadMinistorum PriestNork DeddogOgryn BodyguardPrimaris PsykerProvisionally PreparedQuartermaster Cadre SquadRein And RausSergeant HarkerSly MarboTech-Priest EnginseerUrsula Creed
Other
Artillery TeamBullgryn SquadCadian Heavy Weapons SquadCadian Recon SquadCatachan Heavy Weapons SquadDeath Korps Grenadier SquadEarthshaker Carriage BatteryElysian Sniper SquadField Ordnance BatteryHeavy Mortar TeamHeavy Quad Launcher TeamKasrkinKrieg Combat EngineersKrieg Heavy Weapons SquadMedusa Carriage BatteryMunitorum ServitorsOgryn SquadRapier Laser Destroyer BatteryRatlingsRegimental AttachésTempestus AquilonsTempestus AquilonsTempestus ScionsTempestus Scions