Once per turning point, when a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative gains one of your Annihilation Protocol tokens, one other friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative that doesn’t have one of your Annihilation Protocol tokens can also gain one.

STRATEGIC GAMBIT. Select one friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative. Until the Ready step of the next Strategy phase, improve that operative’s Save stat by 1 (to a maximum of 2+).

Whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative (excluding OVERLORD) is incapacitated and is visible to and within 6" of a friendly MURDER COURT OVERLORD OVERLORD operative, you may use this rule. If you do, roll a D6: on a 4+, that friendly operative isn’t incapacitated, has D3+1 wounds remaining, and cannot be incapacitated for the remainder of the action. You cannot use this rule again for the battle after you roll a 4+; you cannot use this rule if that friendly OVERLORD operative is incapacitated, or if it’s a Shoot action and that friendly OVERLORD operative would be a primary or secondary target.

Once per turning point, a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative can use the following unique action:

Mindshackle Scarab (1AP):

• Select one enemy operative visible to and within 6” of this operative. Roll one D6: on a 1-3, nothing happens; on a 4-5, subtract 1 from that operative’s APL stat (to a maximum of 1 APL); on a 6, that enemy operative gains one of your Mindshackle tokens. Whenever an operative that has one of your Mindshackle tokens begins its activation, it must perform either a Fight or Shoot action against your opponent’s nearest friendly operative. Your opponent removes that operative’s Mindshackle token at the end of its activation. Each enemy operative can gain a Mindshackle token once per battle.
• This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.

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 MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative with one of your Annihilation Protocol tokens incapacitates an enemy operative during its activation. That friendly operative immediately regains 2D3 lost wounds. Note that each friendly operative can only benefit from this firefight ploy once per battle.

Use this firefight ploy at the start of a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative’s activation (excluding OVERLORD). That friendly operative is immediately removed from the killzone, and its activation immediately ends. As a STRATEGIC GAMBIT in the next turning point, place this operative back in the killzone wholly within your drop zone and not within control range of enemy operatives. You cannot use this firefight ploy in the fourth turning point.

Use this firefight ploy whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative who has one of your Annihilation Protocol tokens is fighting or shooting against an enemy operative. You can re-roll any of your attack dice.

Use this firefight ploy whenever a HORRIFIED enemy operative is shooting or fighting against another friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative within 5" of it. Roll one D6: on a 4+, that operative cannot perform that action during its activation (no AP is spent). Note that each enemy operative can only benefit from this firefight ploy once per battle.

Whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative has one of your Annihilation Protocol tokens, ignore any changes to its Move stat made from being injured. Additionally, whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative performs a Charge action, it can add 1" to its Move stat for that Charge movement only.

Whenever an enemy operative would perform the Fall Back action while within control range of a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative, if no other enemy operatives are within that friendly operative’s control range, roll one D6. If the result of that roll is 4+, that enemy operative cannot perform that Fall Back action during that activation/counteraction (no AP are spent on it). Enemy operatives can perform the free Fall Back action from being HORRIFIED even with this strategy ploy in effect. However, that HORRIFIED operative immediately takes D3 damage after that action.

Whenever a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative has one of your Annihilation Protocols tokens, its melee weapons have the Punishing weapon rule.

Whenever a HORRIFIED operative is shooting a friendly MURDER COURT CIRCLE operative, you can re-roll one of your defence dice. Additionally, while HORRIFIED, that operative is treated as injured for the purposes of movement and attacking during its activation.