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Bastion Task Force

<p class="ShowFluff legend">Where Imperial battle lines must hold against ferocious enemy pressure,

Detachment Rules (1)

Interlocking Tactics

Employing the full breadth of combined arms tactics taught by the Codex Astartes, mainstay squads hi
Adeptus Astartes Battleline units from your army:
  • Are eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.
  • Are eligible to start to perform an Action in a turn in which they Advanced or Fell Back.

Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit from your army is selected to attack, after resolving those attacks, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the turn, that enemy unit is auspex scanned. Each time an ADEPTUS ASTARTES model from your army makes an attack that targets an auspex scanned unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1.
Enhancements (4)
15 pts

Blades of Valour

This officer and their honour guard of dedicated battle-brothers have been presented with masterwork
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by the bearer and Battleline models in the bearer’s unit by 1.
15 pts

Bombast Omnivox

This remarkable technological relic is mounted within the bearer’s armour gorget and facilitates cod
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Each time you select the bearer’s unit as the target of a Stratagem, roll one D6, adding 1 if the bearer’s unit has the Battleline keyword: on a 4+, you gain 1CP.
10 pts

Eye of the Primarch

This master crafted microauspex integrates with the bearer’s auto-senses and feeds superior targetin
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. Ranged weapons equipped by the bearer and Battleline models in the bearer’s unit have the [PRECISION] ability.
20 pts

Hero of the Chapter

A storied and inspirational exemplar of their Chapter’s virtues, this war leader is an inspirational
ADEPTUS ASTARTES model only. While the bearer is leading a unit, the bearer has the Battleline keyword.
Stratagems (5)
1 CP

CODEX DISCIPLINE

Either player’s turn - Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit, re-roll a Hit roll of 1. If that target is auspex scanned, re-roll a Wound roll of 1 as well.
1 CP

GUIDED DISRUPTION

Either player’s turn - Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an Adeptus Astartes Battleline unit from your army has finished making its attacks.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit.

EFFECT: When an enemy unit is auspex scanned as a result of those attacks this turn, if that enemy unit does not have the MONSTER or VEHICLE keywords, until the start of your next turn, it is pinned. While a unit is pinned, subtract 2 from that unit’s Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for that unit.
1 CP

HERESY UNDONE

Your turn - Shooting or Charge phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or your Charge phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit (excluding Battleline units) from your army.

EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot and declare a charge in a turn in which it Advanced or Fell Back. If it does, every target of that charge and every target of those attacks must be an auspex scanned unit.
1 CP

LIGHT OF VENGEANCE

Either player’s turn - Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase.

TARGET: One ADEPTUS ASTARTES unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.

EFFECT: Select the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in your unit have that ability while targeting an auspex scanned unit or if the bearer has the Battleline keyword.
1 CP

SHOCK BOMBARDMENT

Either player’s turn - Shooting or Fight phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an Adeptus Astartes Battleline unit from your army finished making its attacks.

TARGET: That ADEPTUS ASTARTES BATTLELINE unit.

EFFECT: When an enemy unit is auspex scanned as a result of those attacks this turn, until the start of your next turn, it is suppressed. While a unit is suppressed, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.