Phobos Strike Team
Masters of stealth and subterfuge, Phobos Strike Teams consist of Space Marine Infiltrators, Incursors and Reivers. Possessed of transhuman strength and equipped with a range of explosives, communications equipment and precise weaponry, they are capable of outmanoeuvring and overwhelming enemy forces many times their own size.
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Phobos Strike Team | ||||
| Phobos Strike Team | Faction | 3 | 1.0 | March 2025 |
Archetype: Infiltration / Recon
Phobos Strike Team Kill Team
Below you will find a list of the operatives that make up a PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM kill team, including, where relevant, any weapons specified for that operative.
Operatives
- 1 PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative selected from the following list:
- INFILTRATOR SERGEANT
- INCURSOR SERGEANT
- REIVER SERGEANT with one of the following options:
- Special issue bolt pistol; combat knife
- Bolt carbine; fists
- 5 PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operatives selected from the following list:
- INFILTRATOR COMMSMAN
- INFILTRATOR HELIX ADEPT
- INFILTRATOR SABOTEUR
- INFILTRATOR VETERAN
- INFILTRATOR VOXBREAKER
- INFILTRATOR WARRIOR
- INCURSOR MARKSMAN
- INCURSOR MINELAYER
- INCURSOR WARRIOR
- REIVER WARRIOR with one of the following options:
- Special issue bolt pistol; combat knife
- Bolt carbine; fists
Other than WARRIOR operatives, your kill team can only include each operative on this list once.
Faction Rules
Omni-Scrambler
Backpack-mounted omni-scramblers serve to disrupt enemy communications.
STRATEGIC GAMBIT if a friendly INFILTRATOR operative is in the killzone. Select one enemy operative visible to a friendly INFILTRATOR operative, or within 6" of a friendly VOXBREAKER operative. In the following Firefight phase, that enemy operative cannot be activated or perform actions until one of the following is true:- Your opponent has activated a number of enemy operatives equal to the number of friendly INFILTRATOR operatives in the killzone when this STRATEGIC GAMBIT was used.
- It’s the last enemy operative to be activated.
Terror
Dedicated terror troops, Space Marine Reivers utilise skull masks, shock grenades and vox-enhanced roars to terrify their victims.
Whenever an enemy operative is within 3" of friendly REIVER operatives, your opponent must spend 1 additional AP for that enemy operative to perform the Pick Up Marker and mission actions.Whenever determining control of a marker, treat the total APL stat of enemy operatives that contest it as 1 lower if at least one of those enemy operatives is within 3" of friendly REIVER operatives. Note this isn’t a change to the APL stat, so any changes are cumulative with this.
Astartes
These genetically modified superhumans are made for one purpose: war.
During each friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative’s activation, it can perform either two Shoot actions or two Fight actions. If it’s two Shoot actions, a bolt weapon must be selected for at least one of them. A bolt weapon is any ranged weapon that includes ‘bolt’ in its name, e.g. marksman bolt carbine, special issue bolt pistol, etc.Each friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative can counteract regardless of its order.
Strategy Ploys
GUERRILLA WARFARE
Phobos Strike Teams utilise stealth and ambush tactics to overwhelm their foes, striking when least expected.
Friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operatives can perform the following unique action:
GUERRILLA WARFARE1AP
Change this operative’s order.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.
AND THEY SHALL KNOW NO FEAR
Space Marines possess superhuman courage and are utterly unflinching in the face of terrifying horrors and overwhelming odds.
You can ignore any changes to the stats of friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operatives from being injured (including their weapons’ stats).
DEADLY SHOTS
Space Marines spend countless hours perfecting their marksmanship.
Whenever a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative is shooting during an activation in which it hasn’t performed the Charge, Fall Back or Reposition action, or against an operative that isn’t in cover, that friendly operative’s ranged weapons have the Balanced weapon rule. Note that for the first requirement, that operative isn’t restricted from performing those actions after shooting.
LETHAL ASSAULTS
Space Marine warriors strike down their foes with incredible power and precision.
Whenever a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative is fighting, its melee weapons have the Balanced weapon rule. If that friendly operative is doing so during an activation in which it performed the Charge action, its melee weapons also have the Lethal 5+ weapon rule.
Firefight Ploys
PATIENT AMBUSH
A Phobos Strike Team may lay in wait for hours, days or even weeks before launching an assault upon an unsuspecting enemy.
Use this firefight ploy when it’s your turn to activate a friendly operative. You can skip that activation.
CRITICAL SHOT
A well-placed bolt round can fell even the most resilient of foes.
Use this firefight ploy when you resolve a critical success for a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative that’s shooting with a bolt weapon. Inflict D3 additional damage.
TRANSHUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
The genetically modified physiology of a Space Marine is capable of resisting wounds that would kill a lesser being.
Use this firefight ploy when an operative is shooting a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative, in the Roll Defence Dice step. You can retain one of your normal successes as a critical success instead.
STEALTH ASSAULT
The silenced servos of Phobos-pattern power armour allow a Space Marine to strike swiftly and overwhelm a surprised foe.
Use this firefight ploy when a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative that has a Conceal order is activated, is given an Engage order, performs the Charge and then the Fight action, and you’re resolving your first attack dice from this activation. After doing so, you can immediately resolve another of your attack dice (before your opponent). The operative cannot have performed any other actions during this activation (but can do so after resolving this ploy).
Faction Equipment
PURITY SEALS
Awarded by the Chapter’s Chaplains, purity seals are inscribed with blessings and inspire the bearer to fight with increased vigour.
Once per turning point, when a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative is shooting, fighting or retaliating, if you roll two or more fails, you can discard one of them to retain another as a normal success instead.
ADDITIONAL UTILITY GRENADES
Some Space Marines opt to carry additional smoke grenades, shock grenades and other forms of hand-held explosives.
This equipment allows you to select four utility grenades from the utility grenades equipment (see universal equipment). You cannot also select that equipment as normal (i.e. to give you six).
COMBAT BLADES
These blades are tough, thick and possess a razor-sharp cutting edge.
SPECIAL ISSUE AMMUNITION
Space Marine bolt weapons can be loaded with a variety of special ammunition.
Once per turning point, when a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative is performing the Shoot action and you select a bolt carbine, marksman bolt carbine or occulus bolt carbine, you can use this rule. If you do, until the end of the turning point, that weapon has the Piercing 1 weapon rule.
Datacards
APL 3 |
MOVE 7" |
SAVE 3+ |
WOUNDS 13 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Tactical Advantage: You can do each of the following once per battle:
- When rolling-off to decide initiative, if this operative is in the killzone, you can re-roll your dice.
- You can use a firefight ploy for 0CP if this is the specified PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative (including Command Re-roll if the attack or defence dice was rolled for this operative), or the Patient Ambush firefight ploy for 0CP if this operative is ready and not within control range of enemy operatives.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, LEADER, INFILTRATOR, SERGEANT
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Strategic Oversight: In the Ready step of each Strategy phase, when you gain CP, if this operative is in the killzone and not within control range of enemy operatives, you can use this rule. If you do, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain one additional CP.
Comms Array: Once per turning point, during a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative’s activation or counteraction, before or after it performs an action, if this operative is in the killzone, you can change one strategy ploy you’ve used this turning point (it doesn’t cost you any CP to do so).
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INFILTRATOR, COMMSMAN
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Medic!: The first time during each turning point that another friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative would be incapacitated while visible to and within 3" of this operative, you can use this rule, providing neither this nor that operative is within control range of an enemy operative. If you do, that friendly operative isn’t incapacitated, has D3 wounds remaining and cannot be incapacitated for the remainder of the action. After that action, that friendly operative can immediately perform a free Dash action, but must end that move within this operative’s control range. Subtract 1 from this and that operative’s APL stats until the end of their next activations respectively, and if this rule was used during that friendly operative’s activation, that activation ends. You cannot use this rule if this operative is incapacitated, or if it’s a Shoot action and this operative would be a primary or secondary target.
HELIX GAUNTLET1AP
Select one friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative within this operative’s control range to regain up to D3+3 lost wounds. It cannot be an operative that the Medic! rule was used on during this turning point.
This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, MEDIC, INFILTRATOR, HELIX ADEPT
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Remote detonator | ||||||||
| Remote detonator | 4 | 2+ | 5/6 | Heavy (Dash only), Limited 1, Piercing 1, Silent, Detonate* | Heavy (Dash only), Limited 1, Piercing 1, Silent, Detonate* | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Plant Explosives: This operative is carrying your Explosives marker. It can perform the Pick Up Marker action on that marker, and whenever it performs the Place Marker action on that marker, it can immediately perform a free Dash action.
*Detonate: Don’t select a valid target. Instead, shoot against each operative within 2" of your Explosives marker, unless Heavy terrain is wholly intervening between that operative and that marker. Each of those operatives cannot be in cover or obscured. Roll each sequence separately in an order of your choice. This weapon cannot be selected if your Explosives marker isn’t in the killzone. At the end of the action, remove your Explosives marker from the killzone.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INFILTRATOR, SABOTEUR
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⌀32mm |
The most experienced Infiltrator battle-brothers stalk their enemies like armoured gheists, wielding weaponry selected from their Chapter’s most rarefied armouries, each one augmented through the careful attentions of master artificers. So-armed, they can act as the nemeses of any foe.
The most experienced Infiltrator battle-brothers stalk their enemies like armoured gheists, wielding weaponry selected from their Chapter’s most rarefied armouries, each one augmented through the careful attentions of master artificers. So-armed, they can act as the nemeses of any foe. |
APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Custom bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Custom bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Custom* | Custom* | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
*Custom: At the end of the Select Operatives step, if this operative is selected for deployment, select up to two of the following weapon rules for this weapon to have for the battle: Balanced, Lethal 5+, Piercing Crits 1, Rending, Saturate.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INFILTRATOR, VETERAN
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Voxbreak: Whenever an enemy operative is within 6" of this operative, your opponent cannot re-roll their attack or defence dice for that operative.
AUSPEX SCAN1AP
Until the start of this operative’s next activation or until it’s incapacitated (whichever comes first), whenever a friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative is shooting an enemy operative within 8" of this operative, that enemy operative cannot be obscured; if that friendly operative is an INCURSOR, its ranged weapons also have the Seek Light weapon rule.
This operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INFILTRATOR, VOXBREAKER
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Vanguard: Once per turning point, one friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative with this rule can perform the Pick Up Marker or a mission action for 1 less AP.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INFILTRATOR, WARRIOR
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS13 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+ | Lethal 5+ | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Tactical Advantage: You can do each of the following once per battle:
- When rolling-off to decide initiative, if this operative is in the killzone, you can re-roll your dice.
- You can use a firefight ploy for 0CP if this is the specified PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative (including Command Re-roll if the attack or defence dice was rolled for this operative), or the Patient Ambush firefight ploy for 0CP if this operative is ready and not within control range of enemy operatives.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, LEADER, INCURSOR, SERGEANT
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Stalker marksman bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Stalker marksman bolt carbine | 4 | 2+ | 3/4 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1 | Lethal 5+, Piercing 1 | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Track Target: This operative can perform the Guard action regardless of the killzone (see close quarters rules, Kill Team Core Book). It can perform the Guard action while it has a Conceal order, but when you perform the free Shoot or Fight action during the interruption, you must change its order to Engage.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INCURSOR, MARKSMAN
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Occulus bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Occulus bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Saturate | Saturate | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Haywire Mine: This operative is carrying your Haywire Mine marker. It can perform the Pick Up Marker action on that marker, but that marker cannot be placed within an enemy operative’s control range (if this operative is incapacitated while carrying that marker and that marker cannot be placed, it’s removed with this operative).
Proximity Mine: The first time your Haywire Mine marker is within another operative’s control range, remove that marker, subtract 1 from that operative’s APL stat until the end of its next activation, and inflict 2D3+3 damage on it; if it isn’t incapacitated, end its action (if any), even if that action’s effects aren’t fulfilled. If it cannot be placed, move it the minimum amount to do so. Note that this operative is ignored for these effects (i.e. it cannot set it off or take damage from that marker).
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INCURSOR, MINELAYER
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⌀32mm |
Incursors are potent offensive skirmishers. They use oracular auspexes slaved to their occulus bolt carbines to spot enemy targets, even through solid walls. They then press swiftly upon their foes’ positions before engaging in bloody, one-sided firefights with the outmanoeuvred enemy.
Incursors are potent offensive skirmishers. They use oracular auspexes slaved to their occulus bolt carbines to spot enemy targets, even through solid walls. They then press swiftly upon their foes’ positions before engaging in bloody, one-sided firefights with the outmanoeuvred enemy. |
APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Occulus bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Occulus bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Saturate | Saturate | |||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Vanguard: Once per turning point, one friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative with this rule can perform the Pick Up Marker or a mission action for 1 less AP.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, INCURSOR, WARRIOR
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS13 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Accurate 1 | Accurate 1 | |||
| Special issue bolt pistol | ||||||||
| Special issue bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8", Piercing 1 | Range 8", Piercing 1 | |||
| Combat knife | ||||||||
| Combat knife | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | - | ||||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Grav-chute and Grapnel Launcher: Whenever this operative is climbing up, you can treat the vertical distance as 2" (regardless of how far the operative actually moves vertically). Whenever this operative is dropping, ignore the vertical distance.
Tactical Advantage: You can do each of the following once per battle:
- When rolling-off to decide initiative, if this operative is in the killzone, you can re-roll your dice.
- You can use a firefight ploy for 0CP if this is the specified PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative (including Command Re-roll if the attack or defence dice was rolled for this operative), or the Patient Ambush firefight ploy for 0CP if this operative is ready and not within control range of enemy operatives.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, LEADER, REIVER, SERGEANT
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⌀32mm |
| APL3 |
MOVE7" |
SAVE3+ |
WOUNDS12 |
NAME | ATK | HIT | DMG | WR | ||||
| Bolt carbine | ||||||||
| Bolt carbine | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Accurate 1 | Accurate 1 | |||
| Special issue bolt pistol | ||||||||
| Special issue bolt pistol | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | Range 8", Piercing 1 | Range 8", Piercing 1 | |||
| Combat knife | ||||||||
| Combat knife | 5 | 3+ | 4/5 | - | ||||
| Fists | ||||||||
| Fists | 4 | 3+ | 3/4 | - | ||||
Grav-chute and Grapnel Launcher: Whenever this operative is climbing up, you can treat the vertical distance as 2" (regardless of how far the operative actually moves vertically). Whenever this operative is dropping, ignore the vertical distance.
Vanguard: Once per turning point, one friendly PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM operative with this rule can perform the Pick Up Marker or a mission action for 1 less AP.
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PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM, IMPERIUM, ADEPTUS ASTARTES, REIVER, WARRIOR
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⌀32mm |
The INFILTRATOR keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
Visible
For an intended target to be Visible, the following must be true:- You can draw an imaginary, unobstructed straight line (known as a Visibility line) 1 mm wide from the head of the active operative’s miniature to any part of the miniature of the intended target (not its base).
In the rare instance that bases or parts of the active operative’s miniature prevent an intended target from being Visible to the active operative, such as when the active operative is directly below or above the intended target, treat those bases and parts as being invisible.
Some rare rules will require you to select a point that is Visible (e.g. a point on the killzone). In such circumstances, you must be able to draw an imaginary, unobstructed straight line 1mm wide from the head of the active operative’s miniature to the point you would select.
The REIVER keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
Pick Up Marker1AP
Remove a marker the active operative controls that the Pick Up Marker action can be performed upon. That operative is now carrying, contesting and controlling that marker.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or while it’s already carrying a marker.
Shoot1AP
Shoot with the active operative by following the sequence below. The active operative’s player is the attacker. The selected enemy operative’s player is the defender.
An operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order, or while within control range of an enemy operative.
Fight1AP
Fight with the active operative by following the sequence below. The active operative’s player is the attacker. The selected enemy operative’s player is the defender.
An operative cannot perform this action unless an enemy operative is within its control range.
Counteract
When you would activate a ready friendly operative, if all your operatives are expended but your opponent still has ready operatives, you can select an expended friendly operative with an Engage order to perform a 1AP action (excluding Guard) for free. Each operative can only counteract once per turning point. That operative cannot move more than 2", or must be set up wholly within 2" if it’s removed and set up again, while counteracting (this is not a change to its Move stat, and takes precedence over all other rules). Counteracting is optional, so you can choose not to. In either case, activation alternates back to your opponent afterwards.Counteracting isn’t an activation, it’s instead of activating. This difference is important; for instance, it means action restrictions won't apply.
The INCURSOR keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
Control Range
Many rules relate to control range such as moving, fighting and using cover. Something is within an operative’s control range if it’s visible to and within 1" of that operative.Control range between operatives is mutual, therefore operatives are within each other’s control range if one of them is visible to and within 1" of the other.
The terrain is within both operative B and C’s control range.
Because of the terrain, operative B is not visible to operative C, and vice versa, therefore they are not within each other’s control range.
Imagine control range as an area of interaction the operative has with things close to it.
Damage
When damage is inflicted on an operative, reduce their wounds by that amount. An operative’s starting number of wounds is determined by its Wounds stat (see datacards). If an operative’s wounds are reduced to 0 or less, it’s incapacitated, then removed from the killzone. Some rules allow an incapacitated operative to perform a free action before being removed from the killzone. Such an operative cannot perform more than one free action (excluding Place Marker) in this instance, and that operative’s player decides the order of any of its rules that occur before it’s removed from the killzone (taking precedence over the player with initiative deciding).While an operative has fewer than its starting wounds remaining, it’s wounded. While it has fewer than half its starting wounds remaining, it’s also injured. Subtract 2" from the Move stat of injured operatives and worsen the Hit stat of their weapons by 1.
Keep track of each operative’s remaining wounds with dice, tokens or by writing it down.
‘Incapacitated’ and ‘removed from the killzone’ are separate. Some rules take effect when an operative is incapacitated, but before it’s removed.
‘Incapacitated’ and ‘removed from the killzone’ are separate. Some rules take effect when an operative is incapacitated, but before it’s removed.
Charge1AP
The same as the Reposition action, except the active operative can move an additional 2".
It can move, and must finish the move, within control range of an enemy operative. If it moves within control range of an enemy operative that no other friendly operatives are within control range of, it cannot leave that operative’s control range.
An operative cannot perform this action while it has a Conceal order, if it’s already within control range of an enemy operative, or during the same activation in which it performed the Reposition, Dash or Fall Back action.
Fall Back2AP
The same as the Reposition action, except the active operative can move within control range of an enemy operative, but cannot finish the move there.
An operative cannot perform this action unless an enemy operative is within its control range. It cannot perform this action during the same activation in which it performed the Reposition or Charge action.
Reposition1AP
Move the active operative up to its Move stat to a location it can be placed. This must be done in one or more straight-line increments, and increments are always rounded up to the nearest inch.
It cannot move within control range of an enemy operative, unless one or more other friendly operatives are already within control range of that enemy operative, in which case it can move within control range of that enemy operative but cannot finish the move there.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or during the same activation in which it performed the Fall Back or Charge action.
Balanced
You can re-roll one of your attack dice.Lethal x+
Your successes equal to or greater than x are critical successes, e.g. Lethal 5+.
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Visible
For an intended target to be Visible, the following must be true:- You can draw an imaginary, unobstructed straight line (known as a Visibility line) 1 mm wide from the head of the active operative’s miniature to any part of the miniature of the intended target (not its base).
In the rare instance that bases or parts of the active operative’s miniature prevent an intended target from being Visible to the active operative, such as when the active operative is directly below or above the intended target, treat those bases and parts as being invisible.
Some rare rules will require you to select a point that is Visible (e.g. a point on the killzone). In such circumstances, you must be able to draw an imaginary, unobstructed straight line 1mm wide from the head of the active operative’s miniature to the point you would select.
Piercing x
The defender collects x less defence dice, e.g. Piercing 1. If the rule is Piercing Crits x, this only comes into effect if you retain any critical successes.Control Range
Many rules relate to control range such as moving, fighting and using cover. Something is within an operative’s control range if it’s visible to and within 1" of that operative.Control range between operatives is mutual, therefore operatives are within each other’s control range if one of them is visible to and within 1" of the other.
The terrain is within both operative B and C’s control range.
Because of the terrain, operative B is not visible to operative C, and vice versa, therefore they are not within each other’s control range.
Imagine control range as an area of interaction the operative has with things close to it.
UTILITY GRENADES
From neuro-suppressant psybombs to smoke-belching chemical charges, grenades of this sort can suppress the enemy and be the difference between life and death.
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 1AP
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’s 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’s 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, ignore the Piercing weapon rule unless they are 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.
STUN GRENADE 1AP
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.
COMMAND RE-ROLL1CP
Tactical Ploy
Use this firefight ploy after rolling your attack or defence dice. You can re-roll one of those dice.
PATIENT AMBUSH
A Phobos Strike Team may lay in wait for hours, days or even weeks before launching an assault upon an unsuspecting enemy.
Use this firefight ploy when it’s your turn to activate a friendly operative. You can skip that activation.
The PHOBOS STRIKE TEAM keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
The IMPERIUM keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
The ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
The LEADER keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
The INFILTRATOR keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
The SERGEANT keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
Dash1AP
The same as the Reposition action, except don’t use the active operative’s Move stat — it can move up to 3" instead. In addition, it cannot climb during this move, but it can drop and jump.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or during the same activation in which it performed the Charge action.
Heavy
An operative cannot use this weapon in an activation or counteraction in which it moved, and it cannot move in an activation or counteraction in which it used this weapon. If the rule is Heavy (x only), where x is a move action, only that move is allowed, e.g. Heavy (Dash only). This weapon rule has no effect on preventing the Guard action.Blast x
The target you select is the primary target. After shooting the primary target, shoot with this weapon against each secondary target in an order of your choice (roll each sequence separately). Secondary targets are other operatives visible to and within x of the primary target, e.g. Blast 2" (they are all valid targets, regardless of a Conceal order). Secondary targets are in cover and obscured if the primary target was.Limited x
After an operative uses this weapon a number of times in the battle equal to x, they no longer have it. If it’s used multiple times in one action (e.g. Blast), treat this as one use.Place Marker1AP
Remove a marker the active operative controls that the Pick Up Marker action can be performed upon. That operative is now carrying, contesting and controlling that marker.
An operative cannot perform this action while within control range of an enemy operative, or while it’s already carrying a marker.
Valid Target
Some rules require you to select a valid target for an operative. This is most common when an operative is shooting, but some rare rules require it too.
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Rending
If you retain any critical successes, you can retain one of your normal successes as a Critical success instead.Saturate
The defender cannot retain cover saves.Seek
When selecting a valid target, operatives cannot use terrain for cover. If the rule is Seek Light, operatives cannot use Light terrain for cover. Whilst this can allow such operatives to be targeted (assuming they’re visible), it doesn’t remove their cover save (if any).The WARRIOR keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
The INCURSOR keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
Guard1AP
The operative goes on guard until any of the following are true:
- It performs any action, moves or is set up.
- An enemy operative ends an action within its control range and you don’t interrupt that activation (see On Guard).
- Its order is changed.
- It’s the start of the next turning point.
Accurate x
You can retain up to x attack dice as normal successes without rolling them. If a weapon has more than one instance of Accurate x, you can treat it as one instance of Accurate 2 instead (this takes precedence over x rules).Range x
Only operatives within x of the active operative can be valid targets, e.g. Range 9".Climbing
An operative must be within 1" horizontally and 3" vertically of terrain that’s visible to them to climb it. Each climb is treated as a minimum of 2" vertically (e.g. a 1" distance is treated as 2").
Dropping
Operatives drop down when they move off terrain or after they’ve jumped. Ignore 2" of vertical distance that they drop during each action. This means a vertical drop of 2" or less is ignored. If they drop multiple times during an action, only 2" total is ignored, not 2" from each drop.
The REIVER keyword is used in the following Phobos Strike Team datacards:
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