Constructed around a redesigned Orion fuselage, the Ares Gunship mounts a neutronium magna-cascade cannon in its midst, a nightmarishly destructive weapon which requires immense resources to construct and which is only feasible on the Ares’ airframe due to a stripped-back rear housing, facilitating an array of massive power and cooling mechanisms. Fielded as a weapon of terror and utter devastation, the Ares is used by the Legio Custodes to obliterate both hardened fortresses and revered monuments, crushing an enemy’s defence and breaking their will such that none can doubt the Emperor’s absolute dominion.
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| M | BS | Front | Side | Rear | HP | ||
| Ares Gunship (⌀160mm) | |||||||
| Ares Gunship (⌀160mm) | 18 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | - |
The Legio Custodes Trait is used in the following Legio Custodes datasheets:
The Loyalist Trait is used in the following Legio Custodes datasheets:
Heavy beams and armour-piercing cannon rarely inflict superficial damage, but always blast and break the hull of their target. Such weapons are superior tank killers, their sheer power prized over lesser weapons when the objective is to apply maximum damage without concern for finesse.
A Weapon with the Armourbane Special Rule counts Glancing Hits as Penetrating Hits.Template weapons shoot clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances, rather than shells or bullets.
Weapons and attacks with the Template Special Rule use the Flame Template to determine how many Models they Hit.Some weapons are so terrifyingly potent that their use instils abject fear in even the most strong-willed warriors. In the face of such wanton power the target can only flee or prepare for death, for few would live to tell of the true horrors of the Age of Darkness once they were unleashed on the battlefield.
Weapons and other attacks that have the Panic (X) Special Rule have a chance of inflicting the Routed Status on the Target Unit.Designed to pierce the armour worn by heavy infantry, some weapons have gained a fearsome reputation on the battlefields of the Horus Heresy. While many such weapons are rare or temperamental in use, the sheer power of their attacks more than makes up for this.
With a Weapon that has the Breaching (X) Special Rule there is a chance that a Wound Test may result in the Wound ignoring Armour Saves.Intended to break the lines of the foe or to hold the most dangerous of positions, heavy troops trade speed and manoeuvrability for indomitable toughness and stubborn tenacity.
The following Rules apply to all Models with the Heavy Sub-Type:When fired, neutronium cascade weapons emit a combination of baleful energy and exotic radiation of such intensity and instability that any target left standing risks continued molecular collapse.
Penetrating Hits inflicted by attacks with the Annihilation Cascade (X) Special Rule can cause additional Hits.Vile toxins, exotic radiation and all-consuming chemical agents all sap the abilities of warriors in the field even as they kill them. Most terrible are the effects of phosphex, choking the life and strength from those it touches, or the fleshcorroding properties of the dreaded life-eater virus.
Unsaved Wounds with the Phage (X) Special Rule reduce a Characteristic by 1.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.Some weapons carry only a severely limited stock of munitions. Often intended as weapons of last resort, used at the correct point they can turn the tide of battle.
A Weapon with the Limited (X) Special Rule can only be used to attack a limited number of times per Battle.Billowing clouds of smoke or fields of electromagnetic interference can hide warriors from the foe’s sight. That which cannot be struck, cannot be harmed and needs not the protection of heavy and encumbering armour.
Shrouded (X) is a Damage Mitigation Test that may be taken in addition to a Saving Throw.This datasheet has Lords of War Battlefield Role. Full list of Legio Custodes units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
These energy fields are designed to absorb and reflect incoming kinetic and energy strikes, a powerful defence that few weapons can penetrate. The only flaw of these ancient and inscrutable devices is the huge power drain they exert and the rarity of their construction.
Eclipse shields grant a 5+ Shrouded Damage Mitigation Roll against Shooting Attacks once a Model suffers a Penetrating Hit.From the lumbering Baneblade tanks of the Imperial Army to the destructive power of the Legiones Astartes Falchion, all of the war machines that fall into this category are huge armour-clad constructions that each wield enough firepower to destroy an entire army.
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Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Twin Arachnus storm carronade | |||||||
| Twin Arachnus storm carronade | |||||||
| - Concentrated fire | |||||||
| - Concentrated fire | 30 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Heavy (D), Armourbane | Las |
| - Burst fire | |||||||
| - Burst fire | 24 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Heavy (FP) | Las |
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Ranged Weapon | R | FP | RS | AP | D | Special Rules | Traits |
| Neutronium magna-cascade cannon | |||||||
| Neutronium magna-cascade cannon | Template | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | Template (Hellstorm), Breaching (4+), Annihilation Cascade (10), Phage (T) | Assault |