When a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR performs a Shoot action, you may reroll up to two failed attacks. If the rerolled attack is a critical success, it is retained as a normal success instead.

When a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR performs a Shoot action against the closest enemy operative, add 1 to the Attack stat of the selected weapon.

When a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR performs a Fight action, you may reroll up to two failed attacks. If the rerolled attack is a critical success, it is retained as a normal success instead.

When a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative is acivated, add 2" to the operative's Charge action and PrcCrt1 to the operative's melee weapon.

When an enemy operative performs a Shoot or Fight action against a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative, subtract 1 from the Damage stat of the attack.

Improve the FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative's Save stat to 2+ against ranged attacks.

At the end of your FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative's activation, the operative regains up to 2D3 lost wounds.

Melee weapons equipped by the FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative gain the Dev1 weapons rule for the duration of the battle.

Once per turning point, during a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative's activation you can activate this equipment. If activated, the bearer suffers D3 wounds, then select one of the following effects until the operative's next activation:

• Add 2" to the operative's Move stat.
• Perform Pick Up Marker, Place Marker, or mission actions for 0AP.
• Select one weapon equipped by the bearer, each time the bearer makes an attack with the selected weapon the selected weapon gains the Relentless weapon rule.

For a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative equipped with a Meltagun. When the operative performs a Shoot action with the Meltagun at a distance of 4" or less, the Meltagun gains the Ceaseless and Saturate weapon rules.

For a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative equipped with a Questoris heavy stubber. This operative has the Accurate2, Balanced, and Seek Light weapon rules assigned to the Questoris heavy stubber for the battle.

Whenever an enemy operative perforoms a Fight action against a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative, you can retain one of your defence dice results of 4 as a normal success. If the FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative has the ARMOUR OF THE SAINTED ION equipped, you can retain one of your defence dice results of 3 as normal success instead.

For a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR HELVERIN operative. When the operative performs a Shoot action with the Armiger autocannon while wholly within your deployment zone the Armiger autocannon gains the Ceaseless and Saturate weapon rules. When the operative performs a shoot action within control range of an objective marker you control outside of your deployment zone, the Armiger autocannon gains the Ceaseless, Saturate, and PrcCrt1 weapon rules.

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 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".

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).

When you select this equipment, select two explosive grenades (2 frag, 2 krak, or 1 frag and 1 krak).

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.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative is activated. Until the end of that operative’s activation, your operative can perform a Shoot action or a Charge action after perfroming a Fall Back action.

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative is activated. Until the end of that operative’s activation, your operative can perform a Shoot action or a Charge action after perfroming a Fall Back action

Use this firefight ploy when a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative is within Control Range of an enemy operative, or after a Charge action. Select one enemy operative within your friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative's control range and roll a number of D6 equal to the APL stat of the selected enemy operative. For each D6 rolled, on a 5+ the selected enemy operative suffers Dev1 wounds.

Use this firefight ploy when an enemy operative has selected a friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative for a Shoot action. Reduce the enemy operative ranged weapon's normal Damage stat by 1 for the duration of their Shoot action. This firefight ploy does not reduce the enemy operative's critical Damage stat for the selected ranged weapon. This firefight ploy costs an additional CP per use (e.g. 1CP for first use, 2CP for second use, etc.).

You may use this strategic ploy once per battle. If a FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operative contests an objective marker or one of your mission markers, it controls that marker until the end of the turning point. This takes precedence over all other rules

You can ignore any changes to the stats of friendly FREEBLADE EXEMPLAR operatives from being injured (including their weapons’ stats).