Fortress of Defiance II

Advanced thermal imaging systems attached to your primary and coaxial weapon and allow your gunner to cut through the fog of war and pickout heat signatures as opposed to straining to find targets with the naked eye.

You vehicle's primary and coaxial weapon system gains the No Cover rule.

When this option is taken, the crew requisitions, cons, relocates or outright steals additional gear to bring into battle. Anything not tied down can find use in a tank crew.

Note: Many weapons are limited in use. Tank crews simply do not carry the same level of gear as a dedicated infantry sqaud.

Allows the crew to take infantry weapons as equitable items.

An ancient STC recovered by the Adeptus Mechanicus has gifted the creation of a stabilization tool that allows crews to fire much more accurately while moving at high speeds.

Your primary and coaxial weapon loses the Heavy rule.

Reactive plates mounted to the exterior of the vehicle ensures that dangerous concussive forces don't travel through the tank which can lead to crewmen being stunned temporarily.

Crewmen don't lose APL when the vehicle is hit by weapons with the Blast rule.

Many crewman are issued clothing and overalls that reduce the effects of flames and other heated materials but do not provide proper protection from battlefield injuries. Veteran crews often find value in wearing the most modest of armors provided by the Imperium.

Note: Servitors may not benefit from this equipment as they arrive to the unit ready for combat.

Improve crew Armor Saves value by 1.

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.

1 CP

Once per turning point a crewman in the Vox Station may recive randomized aid from mission command via a D6:

1. Aerial Surveillance. 1 enemy operative has No Cover.
2. Combat Engineers. 1 terrain feture becomes impassable.
3. Infantry Support. Enemies cannot mount you this turn.
4. Artillery Support. A6, H 5+, D 2/3, Blast 2, Barrage
5. Air Support. 1 enemy within LoS . A4, H 4+, D 3/4, Blast 3
6. Field Maintenance Team. Repair 2D6 wounds, or bring 1 system back up to D3 wounds.

1 CP

When fighting atop the tank you my retain 1 dice as an automatic hit.

1 CP

Once per turning point, you may call an allied vehicle to supoort you by raining lead or laser upon enemy infantry foolish enough to mount your vehicle. Choose 1 weapon system without the Blast X, or APx weapon rules and enage any infantry actively on your vehicle.

1 CP

In the event of your tank nearing destruction, the Tank Commander may order the scuttling and disembarkation of the vehicle. Used at the start of the turning point, you may immediately perform the following actions: Each crewman on board may immediately execute a dash action away from the vehicle, taking with them any gear that is allowed via other rules.

If a crewman has already activated this turning point, they must instead follow the Wreck ability under the tanks datacard.

At the end of the turning point, the vehicle will explode from the scuttling charge with the following rules taking effect from the edge of the chassis: A4, 4+, 2/3, Blast 3, Lethal 5+.

4 CP

During a turning point in which the vehicle doesn't move, dash or pivot, you may reduce each crewman's APL, who occupy a weapon station, by 1 to fire ALL on board weapon systems (obeying the Traverse rule) immediately at the start of a turning point.

1 CP

Once per mission you may have a crewman who is occupying the Commander's station spend 1 of their actions to employ smoke grenade launchers to obscure your vehicle. Though the smoke is deployed, a tank is not a small target and thusly, this action prevents hostiles from targeting specific points on the vehicle and instead applies the damage directly to the hull.