Tactical Marines
Composition
A TACTICAL MARINE KillTeam is composed of:
1 TACTICAL MARINE SERGEANT operative with one option from each of the following: Godwyn-pattern bolt pistol, Godwyn-pattern bolter, bolt revolver, depleted plasma pistol, relic bolter or relic bolt pistol Concussion gauntlet or plasma weapon 9 TACTICAL MARINE operatives selected from the following list: ASSAULT VETERAN APOTHOCARY GRENADIER JUMP ASSAULT WARRIOR VOX* TECHMARINE* AUSPEX* LUGGER* WARRIOR* DEVESTATOR with one of the following options: Lascannon; fists Storm Bolter; fists Heavy Bolter; fists Missile Launcher; fists MUlti-Melta; fists Other than DEVESTATOR and WARRIOR operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on this list once.
Your kill team can only include up to three DEVESTATOR operatives (each must have a different option).
*With one of the following options:
Godwyn-pattern bolter; fists relic bolter; fists
Common Abilities and Options
OATH OF VENGEANCE:
Whenever an enemy operative incapacitates a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative, that enemy operative gains one of your OATH tokens for the battle. Whenever a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative is shooting against, fighting against or retaliating against an enemy operative, for each of your OATH tokens that enemy operative has, you can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead (including any normal successes already retained as a result of the Accurate weapon rule).
Note that OATH tokens are not removed when you do this.
SERGEANT
A 2
M 5"
S 3+
W 9
Weapons | ATK | HIT | DMG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godwyn Pattern Bolt Pistol (Rng 8", Acc1) | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 |
| Power Fist (Brutal, Shock) | 4 | 4+ | 5/7 |
Abilities
IRON HALOOATH OF MOMENTSOATH OF VENGEANCEASSAULT VETERAN
A 2
M 5"
S 3+
W 8
Weapons | ATK | HIT | DMG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt Pistol (Rng 8",Acc1) | 4 | 4+ | 3/4 |
| Power Fist (Ceaseless, lethal 5+, Shock) | 4 | 3+ | 4/4 |
Abilities
BrawlerOATH OF VENGEANCE1AP: Shield BashWarrior
A 2
M 5"
S 3+
W 8
Abilities
OATH OF VENGEANCEWarrior - Copy
A 2
M 5"
S 3+
W 8
Abilities
OATH OF VENGEANCECombat Knives
Friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives have the following melee weapon. Note that the FIELD MEDIC operative already has this weapon but with better stats; in that instance, use the better version.
Name ATK HIT DMG
Combat Knife 3 4+ 3/5
Weapon Rules
Lethal 5+
WRIT OF CLAM TEMP
Once per battle, if friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives contest two or more objective markers, after rolling off to decide initiative, you can re-roll your dice
EXCAVATION TOOLS TEMP
Friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action for 1 less AP, and don’t have to control the marker to do so (taking precedence over that action's conditions – they only need to contest the marker).
Grapnel and Grav chutes
During each friendly HEARTHKYN SALVAGER operative’s activation, you can do one of the following:
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When that operative is climbing up, you can treat the vertical distance as 2" (regardless of how far the operative actually moves vertically).
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When that operative is dropping, ignore the vertical distance.
Universal Equipment
Ammo Cache (x1)
(Universal)Before the battle, you can set up one of your Ammo Cache markers wholly within your territory. Friendly operatives can perform the following mission action during the battle: AMMO RESUPPLY (0 AP): One of your Ammo Cache markers the active operative controls is used during this turning point.
Until the start of the next turning point, whenever this operative is shooting with a weapon from its datacard, you can re-roll one of your attack dice.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, if that marker is not yours, or if that marker has been used this turning point.
Razor Wire (x1)
(Universal)Razor wire is Exposed and Obstructing terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.
Obstructing: Whenever an operative would cross over this terrain feature within 1" of it, treat the distance as an additional 1".
Comms Device (x1)
(Universal)Before the battle, you can set up one of your Comms Device markers wholly within your territory. While a friendly operative controls this marker, add 3" to the distance requirements of its SUPPORT rules that refer to friendly operatives (e.g. ‘select one friendly operative within 6"’ would be 9" instead). Note that you cannot benefit from your opponent's Comms Device markers.
Mines (x1)
(Universal)Before the battle, you can set up one of your Mines markers wholly within your territory and more than 2" from other markers, access points, and Accessible terrain. The first time that marker is within an operative's control range, remove that marker and inflict D3+3 damage on that operative.
Light Barricades (x2)
(Universal)Light barricades are Light terrain, except the feet, which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set up any of them wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.
Heavy Barricade (x1)
(Universal)A heavy barricade is Heavy terrain. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within 4" of your drop zone, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.
Ladders (x2)
(Universal)Ladders are Insignificant and Exposed terrain. Before the battle, you can set up any of them as follows:
- Wholly within your territory.
- Upright against terrain that’s at least 2" tall.
- More than 2" from other equipment terrain features.
- More than 1" from doors and access points.
Once per action, whenever an operative is climbing the terrain feature a ladder is placed against, treat the vertical distance as 1" if the ladder is within that operative’s control range during that entire climb.
Portable Barricade (x1)
(Universal)A portable barricade is Light, Protective and Portable terrain, except the feet which are Insignificant and Exposed. Before the battle, you can set it up wholly within your territory, on the killzone floor and more than 2" from other equipment terrain features, access points, and Accessible terrain.
Protective: While an operative is in cover from this terrain feature, improve its Save stat by 1 (to a maximum of 2+).
Portable: This terrain feature only provides cover while an operative is connected to it and if the shield is intervening (ignore its feet). Operatives connected to the inside of it can perform the following unique action during the battle:
Move With Barricade (1 AP): The same as the Reposition action, except the active operative can move no more than its Move stat minus 2" and cannot climb, drop, jump, or use any killteam's rules that remove it and set it back up again (e.gh. HEARTHKYN SALVAGER Fly, MANDRAKE Shadow Passage).
Before this operative moves, remove the portable barricade it is connected to. After it moves, set up the portable barricade so it is connected again, but the portable barricade cannot be set up within 2" of other equipment terrain features, access points or Accessible terrain. If this is not possible, the portable barricade is not set up again.
This action is treated as a Reposition action. An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or in the same activation in which it performed the Fall Back or Charge action.
Utility Grenade - Smoke (x1/2)
(Universal)When you select this equipment, select two utility grenades (2 smoke, 2 stun, or 1 smoke and 1 stun). Each selection is a unique action your operatives can perform, but your kill team can only perform that action a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection.
SMOKE GRENADE (1 AP):
- Place one of your Smoke Grenade markers within 6" of this operative. It must be visible to this operative, or on Vantage terrain of a terrain feature that is visible to this operative. The marker creates an area of smoke 1" horizontally and unlimited height vertically from (but not below) it.
- While an operative is wholly within an area of smoke, it is obscured to operatives more than 2" from it, and vice versa. In addition, whenever an operative is shooting an enemy operative wholly within an area of smoke, weapons with the Piercing 2 or Piercing Crits 2 weapon rule have the Piercing 1 or Piercing Crits 1 weapon rule (respectively) instead, unless they’re within 2" of each other.
- In the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, roll one D3. Remove that Smoke Grenade marker after a number of activations equal to that D3 have been completed or at the end of the turning point (whichever comes first).
- An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.
Utility Grenade - Stun (x1/2)
(Universal)When you select this equipment, select two utility grenades (2 smoke, 2 stun, or 1 smoke and 1 stun). Each selection is a unique action your operatives can perform, but your kill team can only perform that action a total number of times during the battle equal to your selection.
STUN GRENADE (1 AP):
- Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6" of this operative. That operative and each other operative within 1" of it takes a stun test. For an operative to take a stun test, roll one D6: on a 3+, subtract 1 from its APL stat until the end of its next activation.
- An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or if you have reached the total number of times your kill team can perform it.
Explosive Grenade - Frag (x1/2)
(Universal)When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).
| Name | ATK | HIT | DMG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frag Grenade | 4 | 4+ | 2/4 |
| Weapon Rules | |||
| Rng 6", Blast 2", Saturate |
Explosive Grenade - Krak (x1/2)
(Universal)When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).
| Name | ATK | HIT | DMG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krak Grenade | 4 | 4+ | 4/5 |
| Weapon Rules | |||
| Rng 6", Piercing 1, Saturate |
Breaching Charge
(Universal)Once per battle, when a friendly operative performs the Breach action, you can use this rule. If you do, that operative can perform that action for 1 less AP (to a minimum of 1AP) as though it had the word "breach marker" on its datacard.
Firefight Ploys
Firefight: engage to aquire temp
Use this firefight ploy after rolling your attack dice for a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative, if it’s shooting against or fighting against an enemy operative that controls an objective marker or one of your mission markers. You can re-roll any of your attack dice.
Firefight: Armor Of Contempt
Use this firefight ploy when an operative is shooting a friendly Tactical Marine operative, when you collect your defence dice. Change the attacker’s retained critical successes to normal successes (any weapon rules they’ve already resolved aren’t affected, e.g. Piercing Crits).
Firefight: TAAW temp
Use this firefight ploy during a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative’s activation. Until the end of that activation, that operative can perform either a free Shoot or a free Fight action.
Strategy Ploys
Strategy: Stand To The End
Select one objective marker or one of your mission markers.
- Whenever determining control of that marker, treat the total APL stat of friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives that contest it as 1 higher if at least one friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative contests that marker. Note this isn’t a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.
- Whenever a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative is within 3" of that marker, add 1 to the Atk stat of its melee weapons (to a maximum of 4); if the weapon already has an Atk stat of 4, it has the Balanced weapon rule.
Strategy: Augmented Targeting
Whenever a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative is shooting an enemy operative within 6" of it, improve the Hit stat of that friendly operative’s ranged weapons by 1 (to a maximum of 3+). This can allow you to apply or remove the Hit stat change during an action (this takes precedence over the core rules)
Strategy: toil earns temp name
Select one objective marker or one of your mission markers. Whenever an enemy operative is within 3" of that marker, treat it as having one additional Grudge token.
Strategy: Wrought defence temp name
Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative, if you rolled one or less successes (including any re-rolls), you can retain one of your fails as a normal success instead of discarding it.
Strategy: Worth It
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly HEARTHKYN SALVAGER operative is incapacitated. It can perform a free mission action before it’s removed from the killzone.
Security: Plant Banner
Reveal: When you perform the Plant Banner action.
Mission Action: Plant Banner (1 AP)
- Place your Banner mission marker within the active operative's control range, wholly within your opponent's territory and more than 5" from a neutral killzone edge. Operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Banner mission marker.
- An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if a friendly operative has already performed this action during the battle.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, if your Banner mission marker is wholly within your opponent's territory and friendly operatives control it, you score 1VP; if that's true and no enemy operatives contest it, you score 2VP instead. Note your Banner mission marker must be in the killzone (not being carried) to score.
Security: Martyrs
Reveal: The first time a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker.
Additional Rules:
Whenever a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker, that marker gains one of your Martyr tokens.
Note that this is only the first time each operative is incapacitated, so if an operative is incapacitated, set back up (e.g. HIEROTEK CIRCLE Reanimation Protocols) and then subsequently incapacitated again, a second Martyr token cannot be gained as a result.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, if friendly operatives contest an objective marker that has one or more of your Martyr tokens, you can remove any of those tokens. For each token you remove, you score 1VP; if friendly operatives also control that marker, you score 2VP instead.
You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.
Security: Envoy
Reveal: The first time you select an envoy.
Additional Rules:
As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in each turning point after the first, select one friendly operative to be your envoy until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase. You cannot select an operative you selected during a previous turning point or an operative that's ignored for the kill op.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, if your envoy is wholly within enemy territory and not within control range of enemy operatives, you score 1VP; if this is true and your envoy has not lost any wounds during that turning point, you score 2VP instead.
Recon: Flank
Reveal: As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT.
Additional Rules:
Divide the killzone into two flanks (left and right) by drawing an imaginary line that's just like the centreline, except it runs from the centre of each player's killzone edge. An operative contests a flank while both wholly within it and wholly within their opponent's territory. Friendly operatives control a flank if the total APL stat of those contesting it is greater than that of enemy operatives.
Victory Points:
- After you reveal this op, at the end of each turning point after the first, for each flank friendly operatives control, you score 1VP.
- In the fourth turning point, ff friendly operatives also controlled that flank at the end of the third turning point, you score 2VP instead.
You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.
Recon: Retrieval
Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.
Mission Action: Retrieve (1 AP)
- If the active operative controls an objective marker that hasn't been searched by friendly operatives, that operative is now carrying one of your Retrieval mission markers and that objective marker has been searched by friendly operatives. Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Retrieval mission markers.
- An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if it's already carrying a marker.
Victory Points:
- The first time each objective marker is searched by friendly operatives, you score 1VP.
- At the end of the battle, for each of your Retrieval mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.
Recon: Scout Enemy Movement
Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Scout action.
Mission Action: Scout (1 AP)
- Select one ready enemy operative visible to and more than 6" from the active operative. That enemy operative is now monitored until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase.
- An operative cannot perform this action while it has an Engage order, during the first turning point, or while within control range of an enemy operative.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, for each monitored enemy operative that's visible to friendly operatives, you score 1VP. Note that it doesn't have to be a friendly operative that performed the Scout action.
You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.
Equipment
Combat Knives:
Friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives have the following melee weapon. Note that the FIELD MEDIC operative already has this weapon but with better stats; in that instance, use the better version.
Name ATK HIT DMG
Combat Knife 3 4+ 3/5
Weapon Rules
Lethal 5+
WRIT OF CLAM TEMP:
Once per battle, if friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives contest two or more objective markers, after rolling off to decide initiative, you can re-roll your dice
EXCAVATION TOOLS TEMP:
Friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action for 1 less AP, and don’t have to control the marker to do so (taking precedence over that action's conditions – they only need to contest the marker).
Grapnel and Grav chutes:
During each friendly HEARTHKYN SALVAGER operative’s activation, you can do one of the following:
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When that operative is climbing up, you can treat the vertical distance as 2" (regardless of how far the operative actually moves vertically).
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When that operative is dropping, ignore the vertical distance.
Ploys
Firefight - engage to aquire temp:
Use this firefight ploy after rolling your attack dice for a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative, if it’s shooting against or fighting against an enemy operative that controls an objective marker or one of your mission markers. You can re-roll any of your attack dice.
Firefight - Armor Of Contempt:
Use this firefight ploy when an operative is shooting a friendly Tactical Marine operative, when you collect your defence dice. Change the attacker’s retained critical successes to normal successes (any weapon rules they’ve already resolved aren’t affected, e.g. Piercing Crits).
Firefight - TAAW temp:
Use this firefight ploy during a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative’s activation. Until the end of that activation, that operative can perform either a free Shoot or a free Fight action.
Strategic - Stand To The End:
Select one objective marker or one of your mission markers.
- Whenever determining control of that marker, treat the total APL stat of friendly TACTICAL MARINE operatives that contest it as 1 higher if at least one friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative contests that marker. Note this isn’t a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.
- Whenever a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative is within 3" of that marker, add 1 to the Atk stat of its melee weapons (to a maximum of 4); if the weapon already has an Atk stat of 4, it has the Balanced weapon rule.
Strategic - Augmented Targeting:
Whenever a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative is shooting an enemy operative within 6" of it, improve the Hit stat of that friendly operative’s ranged weapons by 1 (to a maximum of 3+). This can allow you to apply or remove the Hit stat change during an action (this takes precedence over the core rules)
Strategic - toil earns temp name:
Select one objective marker or one of your mission markers. Whenever an enemy operative is within 3" of that marker, treat it as having one additional Grudge token.
Strategic - Wrought defence temp name:
Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly TACTICAL MARINE operative, if you rolled one or less successes (including any re-rolls), you can retain one of your fails as a normal success instead of discarding it.
Strategic - Worth It:
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly HEARTHKYN SALVAGER operative is incapacitated. It can perform a free mission action before it’s removed from the killzone.
TacOps
Security: Plant Banner
Reveal: When you perform the Plant Banner action.
Mission Action: Plant Banner (1 AP)
- Place your Banner mission marker within the active operative's control range, wholly within your opponent's territory and more than 5" from a neutral killzone edge. Operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Banner mission marker.
- An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if a friendly operative has already performed this action during the battle.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, if your Banner mission marker is wholly within your opponent's territory and friendly operatives control it, you score 1VP; if that's true and no enemy operatives contest it, you score 2VP instead. Note your Banner mission marker must be in the killzone (not being carried) to score.
Security: Martyrs
Reveal: The first time a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker.
Additional Rules:
Whenever a friendly operative is incapacitated while contesting an objective marker, that marker gains one of your Martyr tokens.
Note that this is only the first time each operative is incapacitated, so if an operative is incapacitated, set back up (e.g. HIEROTEK CIRCLE Reanimation Protocols) and then subsequently incapacitated again, a second Martyr token cannot be gained as a result.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, if friendly operatives contest an objective marker that has one or more of your Martyr tokens, you can remove any of those tokens. For each token you remove, you score 1VP; if friendly operatives also control that marker, you score 2VP instead.
You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.
Security: Envoy
Reveal: The first time you select an envoy.
Additional Rules:
As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in each turning point after the first, select one friendly operative to be your envoy until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase. You cannot select an operative you selected during a previous turning point or an operative that's ignored for the kill op.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, if your envoy is wholly within enemy territory and not within control range of enemy operatives, you score 1VP; if this is true and your envoy has not lost any wounds during that turning point, you score 2VP instead.
Recon: Flank
Reveal: As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT.
Additional Rules:
Divide the killzone into two flanks (left and right) by drawing an imaginary line that's just like the centreline, except it runs from the centre of each player's killzone edge. An operative contests a flank while both wholly within it and wholly within their opponent's territory. Friendly operatives control a flank if the total APL stat of those contesting it is greater than that of enemy operatives.
Victory Points:
- After you reveal this op, at the end of each turning point after the first, for each flank friendly operatives control, you score 1VP.
- In the fourth turning point, ff friendly operatives also controlled that flank at the end of the third turning point, you score 2VP instead.
You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.
Recon: Retrieval
Reveal: The first time you score VP from this op.
Mission Action: Retrieve (1 AP)
- If the active operative controls an objective marker that hasn't been searched by friendly operatives, that operative is now carrying one of your Retrieval mission markers and that objective marker has been searched by friendly operatives. Friendly operatives can perform the Pick Up Marker action on your Retrieval mission markers.
- An operative cannot perform this action during the first turning point, while within control range of an enemy operative, or if it's already carrying a marker.
Victory Points:
- The first time each objective marker is searched by friendly operatives, you score 1VP.
- At the end of the battle, for each of your Retrieval mission markers friendly operatives are carrying, you score 1VP.
Recon: Scout Enemy Movement
Reveal: The first time a friendly operative performs the Scout action.
Mission Action: Scout (1 AP)
- Select one ready enemy operative visible to and more than 6" from the active operative. That enemy operative is now monitored until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase.
- An operative cannot perform this action while it has an Engage order, during the first turning point, or while within control range of an enemy operative.
Victory Points:
At the end of each turning point after the first, for each monitored enemy operative that's visible to friendly operatives, you score 1VP. Note that it doesn't have to be a friendly operative that performed the Scout action.
You cannot score more than 2VP from this op per turning point.