Battlefield Fortifications – Vengeance Weapon Battery
These compact bunkers are often used by the various arms of the Divisio Militaris to hold ground that is not high value enough to warrant a true garrison, or to reinforce a critical defensive line. They bear armour that is proof against most small arms, but vulnerable to true anti-armour weaponry, and cannon powerful enough to hold off an infantry assault, but insufficient in the face of a dedicated assault force. Simple cogitators linked to a sensor augury suite guide the weapons, firing at any enemy that encroaches on the territory they are set to defend
| Armour | HP | BS | |
| Vengeance Weapon Battery (⌀Use model) | 11 | 6 | 2 |
- Turret Mounted Vengeance battlecannon
- None
- None
- Fortification (Emplacement)
- This Model may have its Turret Mounted Vengeance battlecannon exchanged for the following:
- Turret Mounted Avenger bolt cannon +15 Points
Vengeance Weapon Battery Weapons
| Ranged Weapon | |||||||
Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Avenger bolt cannon | |||||||
| Avenger bolt cannon | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Suppressive (1) | Auto |
| Vengeance battlecannon | |||||||
| Vengeance battlecannon | 48 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | Blast (3"), Pinning (1) | Auto |
This datasheet has Fortification Battlefield Role. Full list of Battlefield Fortifications units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
For example, a Legionary selected from the Imperial Fists Faction and selected as part of a Loyalist Army would have the Loyalist and Imperial Fists Traits. On their own these Traits have no effect on the Model’s Characteristics, Points cost or other features, but Rules that target Imperial Fists or Loyalist Models will apply their effects to the Model.
In addition to Models, Weapons can also have Traits. These are usually different to those possessed by Models, but are used for the same purposes. Weapons will commonly have Traits that define the type of Weapon it is or a specific type of usage. For example, a bolt pistol has the following Traits: Assault, Bolt. These identify which ‘family’ of Weapons it belongs to for any Rules that might only affect ‘Bolt’ Weapons and notes that it can be used for attacks where only ‘Assault’ Weapons may be used.
While they appear similar to Characteristics, it is important to note that Traits never have a ‘value’ attached to them. Furthermore, Traits cannot be modified in any way by another Special Rule or effect during a Battle, unless a Rule specifically states it affects a Trait.
In order to make a Shooting Attack for a Unit that has been selected during the Attack Sub-Phase, as part of a Reaction or for any other Rule or Sub-Phase that requires a Shooting Attack to be made, the following procedure must be followed:
As part of the Rules for conducting a Shooting Attack, the term ‘Attacking Unit’ will be used to refer to the Unit whose Models will be making attacks as part of that Shooting Attack, while the term ‘Attacking Player’ will be used to identify the Player that controls the Attacking Unit. The term ‘Target Unit’ will be used to refer to the Unit that is selected as the Target Unit for the Shooting Attack.
Some weapons trade precision for indiscriminate destruction, high explosive impacts that can devastate a wide area. From artillery shells to high energy blasts, such weapons are popular tools of destruction on the battlefields of the Horus Heresy.
Attacks made with the Blast (X) Special Rule use a Blast Marker to determine how many Hits are caused.When making attacks with a Weapon that has the Blast (X) Special Rule, before any Hit Tests are made, a Blast Marker must first be placed to determine how many Hits may be inflicted by the attack. The Player making the attack must place the Blast Marker indicated in brackets as part of the Special Rule so that the hole in the middle is entirely over the Base of any one Model in the Target Unit. Once the Blast Marker has been placed, the Player making the attack must make a Hit Test for the attack, and each Model from the Target Unit that is fully or partially under the Blast Marker will suffer 1 Hit if the Hit Test is successful.
If any Models from Units other than the Target Unit are fully or partially covered by the Blast Marker, then a new Fire Group must be created for those Hits and set to one side. Continue resolving the Shooting Attack on the original Target Unit, and once that Shooting Attack has been completely resolved begin a new Shooting Attack to resolve those additional Fire Groups generated for Units other than the original Target Unit.
If the Hit Test is unsuccessful then no Hits are inflicted and the Player making the attack must make a Scatter Roll for the Blast Marker. Once a Scatter Roll has been made for the Blast Marker and it has been moved, one Hit is inflicted on a Unit for each Model from that Unit that is wholly or partially covered by the Blast Marker.
Hits can be scored on both friendly and enemy Units by attacks using the Blast (X) Special Rule. Hits inflicted by Weapons with the Blast (X) Special Rule are allocated in the same manner as other Hits, regardless of which actual Models were under the Blast Marker and the Blast Marker may not be used to inflict Hits on specific Models.
If a Fire Group includes multiple attacks made with the Blast (X) Special Rule, do not place multiple Blast Markers. A single Blast Marker is placed using the Rules detailed above, and a Hit Test is made for each attack in that Fire Group. For each successful Hit Test, one Hit is inflicted for each Model from the target Unit that is fully or partially under the Blast Marker. If any Hit Tests are unsuccessful then, after any Hits made by successful Hit Tests are counted, a single Scatter Roll is made for the Blast Marker, regardless of the total number of unsuccessful Hit Tests. For each Hit Test that was unsuccessful, one Hit is inflicted on a Unit for each Model from that Unit that is wholly or partially covered by the Blast Marker after the Scatter Roll has been resolved.
The crack of the sniper’s rifle or the burst of heavy artillery, both signal a sudden and indiscriminate death and send infantry scurrying for cover. Such weapons are meant as much to pin the foe in place as to kill them, breaking up advancing ranks of troops and shattering defensive formations.
Weapons and other attacks that have the Pinning (X) Special Rule have a chance of inflicting the Pinned Status on the Target Unit.If a Shooting Attack made for a Weapon or Model with this Special Rule inflicts one or more wounds on a Target Unit, regardless of whether any Damage is inflicted, that Target Unit must make a Cool Check in the Morale Sub-Phase of the same Player Turn. If this Check is failed then all Models in the Unit gain the Pinned Status, if the Check is passed then there is no further effect. The value of X attached to this Special Rule is applied as a negative modifier to the Cool Characteristic of Models in the Target Unit when making Checks caused by an attack with this Special Rule, if the attack includes multiple Weapons with different versions of this Special Rule the modifiers do not stack - use only the greatest modifier.
Vengeance battlecannon
| Ranged Weapon | |||||||
Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Vengeance battlecannon | |||||||
| Vengeance battlecannon | 48 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | Blast (3"), Pinning (1) | Auto |
The Cybertheurgist Trait is used in the following Forces of the Taghmata datasheets:
The most basic of the Cybertheurgist’s arts allowed them to boost the output of the reactors that powered the various machines in their charge. While such manipulation ran the risk of burning out actuators, voiding cortex chips or crippling electrical relays, it also proved a significant boost to combat prowess.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a friendly Unit that is not Locked in Combat and includes only Models with the Automata, Walker or Vehicle Types or the Cybertheurgist Trait. This Cybertheurgic Rite may not target a Unit that includes any Models with the Super-heavy or Knight Sub-Types.
Effect: When Invoked, this Cybertheurgic Rite grants all Models in the Target Unit one of the following Cybertheurgic Statuses, chosen by the Controlling Player (all Models must be granted the same Status): Quicken, Fortify or Guide.
Duration: The Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is automatically removed in the Controlling Player’s next Start Phase and after the Cybertheurgic Status is removed the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
In the terrible darkness of the Horus Heresy many among the ranks of the Mechancum swiftly found ways to use their arcane knowledge to undo the works of those of their kin they now called enemy. The subtle data-djinn used to empower a machine could also be turned against it, forcing servos past their tolerance, burning out circuitry and overcharging weapons systems.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be an enemy Unit that is not Locked in Combat and includes only Models with the Automata, Walker or Vehicle Types or the Cybertheurgist Trait.
Effect: When this Cybertheurgic Rite is Invoked, all Models in the Target Unit immediately lose all Cybertheurgic Statuses they have. If any Cybertheurgic Statuses are removed due to the use of this Cybertheurgic Rite, then the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback and if more than one Cybertheurgic Status is removed then the number of wounds inflicted on the Unit by Cybertheurgic Feedback is increased to 2 Wounds for each Model in that Unit.
Duration: This Cybertheurgic Rite is resolved immediately.
Some tech-priests focussed their skills not on the manipulation of technology on a grand scale, but on the subtle control of hand cogitator and optic relay. In war, such adepts could confound the enemy by debilitating key wargear mid-battle, leaving the foe shorn of the technology they relied on.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be an enemy Unit that is not Locked in Combat. This Cybertheurgic Rite may not target a Unit that includes any Models with the Paragon Type or Super-heavy Sub-Type.
Effect: When this Cybertheurgic Rite is Invoked, all Models in the Target Unit gain one of the following Tactical Statuses: Stunned or Suppressed (All Models in the Unit must gain the same Tactical Status, chosen by the Player that Invoked this Cybertheurgic Rite). If this Cybertheurgic Rite is unsuccessfully Invoked then the Unit that includes the Focus suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
Duration: This Cybertheurgic Rite is resolved immediately.
The most powerful cybertheurgists were capable not only of boosting the prowess of their charges, but also of implanting temporary programming shunts. These were intended to allow even simple automata to react with more haste to the changing nature of the battlefield, though at the risk of damage to their internal systems.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a friendly Unit that is not Locked in Combat and includes only Models with the Automata or Vehicle Types or the Cybertheurgist Trait. This Cybertheurgic Rite may not target a Unit that includes any Models with the Super-heavy or Knight Sub-Types.
Effect: When Invoked, this Cybertheurgic Rite grants all Models in the Target Unit one of the following Cybertheurgic Statuses, chosen by the Controlling Player (all Models must be granted the same Status): Quicken, Fortify or Guide. If the Target Unit makes a Reaction in the Controlling Player’s next Turn as the Reactive Player following a successful Invocation of this Cybertheurgic Rite it does not cost a point of that Player’s Reaction Allotment, but instead the Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is removed.
Duration: If the Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is not removed in order to make a Reaction, then it is automatically removed in the Controlling Player’s next Start Phase. Immediately after the Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is removed the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
The Lacrymaerta Trait is used in the following Forces of the Taghmata datasheets:
While the vast majority of the servants of the Lacrymaerta are flesh rather than steel, the complex web of implants and augmetics that enslaves them allows their masters to employ Cybertheurgy on them. Though it is more difficult to coax the same performance from sinew and bone, the effect in battle can be worth the difficulty. Sadly, the flesh of servitors and thralls rarely survives the ministrations of their masters, fortunately it is considered easily replaceable.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a Friendly Unit that is not Locked in Combat and includes only Models with the Lacrymaerta Trait.
Effect: When Invoked, this Cybertheurgic Rite grants all Models in the Target Unit one of the following Cybertheurgic Statuses, chosen by the Controlling Player (all Models must be granted the same Status): Quicken or Fortify.
Duration: The Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is automatically removed in the Controlling Player’s next Start Phase and after the Cybertheurgic Status is removed the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
With calculated disregard for terror and pain inflicted on their own charges, the priests of the Lacrymaerta have been known to intentionally push their servants past tolerance when battle threatens to overwhelm them. The explosive demise of units whose end was inevitable may yet take some few of the enemy with them - a worthy trade in the eyes of the flesh-smiths of the Lacrymaerta.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a friendly Unit that includes only Models with the Lacrymaerta Trait, is affected by at least one Cybertheurgic Status and that is Locked in Combat with one or more enemy Units.
Effect: When this Cybertheurgic Rite is Invoked, all Models in the Target Unit immediately lose all Cybertheurgic Statuses they have. If any Cybertheurgic Statuses are removed then the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback - if any Models in the Target Unit are Removed as Casualties then all other Units in the same Combat (friendly and enemy) suffer two Hits at Strength 6, with an AP of 5 and a Damage of 1 for each Model Removed as a Casualty in the Target Unit. Models Removed as Casualties due to this Rite are not counted for the purpose of Combat Resolution.
Duration: This Cybertheurgic Rite is resolved immediately.
The Reductor Trait is used in the following Forces of the Taghmata datasheets:
The cybernetic creations of the Ordo Reductor had always been more complex engines than simple automata, blending the nervous system of a living being with a cold skeleton of metal. When the priests of the Ordo Reductor let slip the limiters of the Thallax’s reactors it boosted the output of their metal frames, but tormented the living nerves with searing pain, often seeing them loose terrible screams as they were driven into a frenzy.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a friendly Unit that is not Locked in Combat and includes only Models with the Reductor Trait.
Effect: When this Cybertheurgic Rite Invoked it grants all Models in the Target Unit one of the following Cybertheurgic Statuses, chosen by the Controlling Player (all Models must be granted the same Status): Quicken, Fortify or Guide.
Duration: The Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is automatically removed in the Controlling Player’s next Start Phase and after the Cybertheurgic Status is removed the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
The priests of the Ordo Reductor know well the arts of lock and bolt, there are few doors or portals whose mechanisms they cannot subvert. If they can force a passage to any fortress’ gate then they have no need of cannon or drill to pierce its protections, and those that cower inside must face their wrath without the protection of the tall walls or tank’s gullet.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a Building, Fortification or a Unit that is not Locked in Combat and is composed of a single Model with the Vehicle Type.
Effect: When Invoked, all Models Embarked on the Target Unit must immediately make an Emergency Disembarkation and the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
Duration: This Cybertheurgic Rite is resolved immediately.
The Myrmidax Trait is used in the following Forces of the Taghmata datasheets:
The adepts of the Myrmidax have always been some of the most ancient of the creeds of Mars, and within the data-engrams of their remote storage was kept the centuries of accumulated wisdom, the bitterness of defeat and the glory of victory. The tech-priests of that order could loose that ancient data to boost the prowess of their warriors and suffuse their augmetics with the fury of warriors long dead.
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Restrictions: The Target Unit for this Cybertheurgic Rite must be a Friendly Unit that includes only Models with the Myrmidax Trait. This Cybertheurgic Rite may target Units that are Locked in Combat.
Effect: When this Cybertheurgic Rite is Invoked, it grants all Models in the Target Unit one of the following Cybertheurgic Statuses, chosen by the Controlling Player (all Models must be granted the same Status): Fortify or Guide.
Duration: The Cybertheurgic Status granted by this Cybertheurgic Rite is automatically removed in the Controlling Player’s next Start Phase and after the Cybertheurgic Status is removed the Target Unit suffers Cybertheurgic Feedback.
- Overcharged Reactors+5 Points
- Cogitator Purge+10 Points
- Chastise the Machine Spirit+25 Points
The following Cybertheurgic Rite may only be selected for an Archmagos or Archmagos on Abeyant:
- Programming Interrupt+20 Points
The following Cybertheurgic Rites may only be selected for a Model with both the Cybertheurgist and
- Flesh-knit Protocols+5 Points
- Omega Protocols+15 Points
The following Cybertheurgic Rites may only be selected for a Model with both the Cybertheurgist and Reductor Traits:
- Deactivate Limiters+5 Points
- Unseal the Portal+20 Points
The following Cybertheurgic Rite may only be selected for a Model with both the Cybertheurgist and Myrmidax Traits:
- Fury of Ages+5 Points
Military buildings are often vital to defensive operations, serving to shelter vulnerable troops, mount heavy guns or deploy other technological defences. During the Horus Heresy almost every force made use of such defences, though they were rarely considered a decisive element in any order of battle.
The following Rules apply to all Models with the Fortification Type:- A Model with the Fortification Type can never be moved by any Rule or effect after it has been Deployed.
- A Model with the Fortification Type can never be placed into Reserves and must always be deployed at the start of a Battle (see the Rules for deploying Fortifications).
- A Model with the Fortification Type may never Hold, Control or Contest an Objective Marker of any kind.
- A Model with the Fortification Type can never be affected by any kind of Status, including both Tactical Statuses and Cybertheurgic Statuses. However, such a Model can be affected by Cybertheurgic Rites that do not apply a Cybertheurgic Status.
- A Unit that includes a Model with the Fortification Type may never be joined by any other Models of any Type.
- A Model with the Fortification Type cannot make Reactions of any kind, unless a specific Sub-Type states otherwise.
Emplacements are either purpose built military structures or civilian buildings hastily converted to mount ranged weapon batteries. Given the limited nature of the systems that control these structures they cannot be relied upon to fight a battle alone, but can serve as a useful means of delaying or corralling the foe while more traditional troops act elsewhere on the battlefield.
The following Rules apply to all Models with the Emplacement Sub-Type:- A Model with the Emplacement Sub-Type has a Ballistic Skill Characteristic and can make Shooting Attacks.
- A Model with the Emplacement Sub-Type can have the Return Fire and Interceptor Reactions made for it.
| Ranged Weapon | |||||||
Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Vengeance battlecannon | |||||||
| Vengeance battlecannon | 48 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | Blast (3"), Pinning (1) | Auto |
A hail of enemy gunfire serves to keep any warrior’s head down, and some weapons are designed specifically to suppress the foe. Only the most steadfast of troops will continue the advance when all they can hear is the whistle and crack of gunshots and the screams of the fallen.
Weapons and other attacks that have the Suppressive (X) Special Rule have a chance of inflicting the Suppressed Status on the Target Unit.If a Shooting Attack made for a Weapon or Model with this Special Rule inflicts one or more Hits on a Target Unit, that Target Unit must make a Cool Check in the Morale Sub-Phase of the same Player Turn. If this Check is failed all Models in the Unit gain the Suppressed Status, and if the Check is passed then there is no further effect. The value of X attached to this Rule is applied as a negative modifier to the Cool Characteristic of Models in the Target Unit when making Checks caused by an Attack with this Special Rule, if the attack includes multiple Weapons with different versions of this Special Rule the modifiers do not stack - use only the greatest modifier.
Avenger bolt cannon
| Ranged Weapon | |||||||
Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Avenger bolt cannon | |||||||
| Avenger bolt cannon | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Suppressive (1) | Auto |