Once per turning point, when a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative is activated, you can use this rule. If you do, until the start of its next activation, while that operative has a Conceal order and is in cover, it cannot be selected as a valid target, taking precedence over all other rules (e.g. Seek, Vantage terrain) except being within 2".

Once per turning point, a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative can use the following ranged weapon:

Add 1 to the Atk stat of friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operatives’ catachan knife weapons.

Once per battle as a STRATEGIC GAMBIT, place your Upgrade Supply Drop marker wholly within your territory. Once per turning point, when a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative is performing the Shoot action within control range of this marker, and you select a lascarbine or laspistol, you can select one of the following weapon rules for that weapon to have until the end of that action:

• Piercing 1.
• Torrent 1", but you cannot select more than one secondary target.
• Balanced
• Rending

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 during a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative’s (excluding SKULLBREAKER) activation, if it has a Conceal order. During that activation, that operative can perform the Guard action regardless of the killzone (see close quarters rules, Kill Team Core Book).

Use this firefight ploy after the end of the firefight phase (excluding the final Firefight phase). Select one objective marker, and each operative within 2” of the selected objective marker can choose to perform a free Dash action in a straight line away from that marker. Any operatives still within 2” of the selected objective marker or who didn’t perform a Dash action immediately take D3 damage (roll separately for each).

Use this firefight ploy when a ready friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative is incapacitated while retaliating. Before it’s removed from the killzone, it can immediately perform a free Fight action against the operative that incapacitated it. Unless otherwise specified, the operative would be injured for this.

Use this firefight ploy when an enemy operative is performing the Shoot action and selects a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative as the valid target. If that friendly operative is more than 2" from the operative shooting, that friendly operative immediately performs a free Dash action and can switch its order to a Conceal order if it has an Engage order. At the end of that movement, if that friendly operative can no longer be selected as a valid target, then that enemy operative must perform that Shoot action on another friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative that is a valid target. If that enemy operative cannot do so, then that Shoot action cannot be performed (AP is refunded).

Whenever a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative performs the Charge action, add the Balanced weapon rule to its melee weapons until the end of its activation.

Whenever an enemy operative is shooting a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative, if you can retain any cover saves, improve that operative’s Save stat by 1.

Whenever a friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative begins its activation wholly within your territory and changes from a Conceal order to an Engage order, the first time it performs a Fight action on its activation, add the Accurate 1 weapon rule to its melee weapons, or the first time it performs a Shoot action on its activation, add the Punishing weapon rule to its ranged weapons. Each friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative may benefit from this effect once per turning point.

After each enemy operative’s activation, before the next operative is activated, you can perform a free Dash action with one friendly CATACHAN DEVILS operative that has a Conceal order. You cannot use this ploy during the first turning point, and you cannot select each friendly operative for this ploy more than once per turning point.