Whenever an operative is shooting a friendly SQUIG HERD operative, if you can retain any cover saves, you can retain one additional cover save. This isn’t cumulative with improved cover saves from Vantage terrain.

Friendly SQUIG HERDER operatives gain the following ability:

Throw - 1APL: Select one friendly SQUIG operative within 3" of this operative. Remove it from the killzone and set it back up wholly within 8" measured horizontally of its original location. This distance cannot be measured over or through terrain more than 3" tall. If the squig is set up within engagement range of an enemy operative, roll a D6. On a 4+ the enemy operative suffers 1d3+1 wounds. This operative can only perform this action once per turning point.

Once per turning point, a friendly SQUIG HERD operative can perform a free Fall Back action

Friendly SQUIG operatives gain the following ability:

Bad-tempered: Whenever an enemy operative performs the Fight action, if this operative is a valid operative to fight against, you can force them to select this operative to fight against instead. Whenever an enemy operative ends the Charge action (you can change its order to Engage to do so) within control range of another friendly SQUIG HERDER operative within 3" of this operative, if this operative isn’t within control range of enemy operatives, this operative can immediately perform a free Charge action, but must end that move within control range of that 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.

SQUIG operatives gain +1 to their attack stat for each other SQUIG in control range of an enemy operative that they are also in control range of, to a maximum of +2

Squig operatives lose the ability to perform mission actions or contest objectives, but gain 3" to their Charge (on top of the 2" provided, to a total of an addtional 5" added to their move stat)

Friendly SQUIG HERDER operatives can perform the Drive Frenzy action for 0APL and up to twice per turning point (this takes precedence over that rule)

Friendly SQUIG HERD operatives on Conceal cannot be visible to enemy operatives more than 4" from it.

Once per battle you can use this ploy to set up one incapacitated SQUIG HERDER operative ready with a conceal order in a location it can be placed wholly within your dropzone (it can be placed in control range of enemy operatives). You cannot have more than 2 SQUIG HERDER operatives at once. (Note: This does not effect your opponent's grade)

Use this firefight ploy if two or more injured SQUIG operatives are within engagment of each other. Choose one of these operatives to become incapacitated. The remaining models each regain 1d3+2 hit points.

Use this ploy whenever a friendly SQUIG operative is targeted by an ability of a friendly SQUIG HERDER operative that is withinin 3" and takes damage as a result. The SQUIG HERDER operative takes 1d3 damage, and the SQUIG operative gains Lethal 5+ and Rending to its melee profile until the end of its next activation.

Use this firefight ploy whenever a friendly SQUIG operative is incapacitated. Roll a d6. On a 4+ the SQUIG explodes and deals 2D3+1 to all operatives (including friendly operatives) within a 1" radius. Otherwise, the squig can be set back up on a conceal order, expended, entirely within your dropzone.