The Pariah Nexus is a shrouded region of systems within the Nephilim Sub-sector. When the Imperium despatched a Battle Group of the Indomitus Crusade to investigate this silent zone, they discovered its outlying systems in the grip of a spiritual malaise. This was in fact a fell design of the Necrons, who moved swiftly to defend their plans. The Imperium and the Necrons were far from the only factions battling over the silenced worlds of the Nexus. Xenos raiders and Chaos worshippers were quick to pounce on the vulnerable systems.

This pack contains a range of missions set within the tortured Pariah Nexus and tailored to different battle sizes, from Combat Patrols to full-blown Onslaught engagements. Each mission includes special rules and mission objectives that evoke the disturbing environments the warring armies find within the Nexus’ cryptic bounds. These missions have been written to be particularly suited to narrative play, and each includes special bonuses that reward the victors of Crusade armies specifically. Also included are a series of new Battle Traits and Crusade Relics with which you can reward your heroes and villains, as well as a Theatre of War that can be used to recreate the unnerving effects of the region in any game!

Read on to absorb the full content of this mission pack, and to unlock the countless hours of exciting and close-run gaming it will provide.

A Beyond the Veil game is waged by following the sequence below:

1. SELECT BATTLE SIZE
The players must first select the battle size they wish to play: Combat Patrol, Incursion, Strike Force or Onslaught. The table below gives a rough guide of how long each battle should take.


2. DETERMINE MISSION
The players determine which mission will be used for the battle; they can choose from the missions for their chosen battle size. This will determine the deployment map that the players use, as well as the specific mission briefing. You can either simply agree with your opponent which you will use, or you can roll off and the winner selects which one to use. Alternatively, you can roll to randomly select a mission using the appropriate table:





3. READ MISSION BRIEFING
Each mission has a mission briefing that will detail the mission objectives that award victory points to the players. Some mission briefings also list one or more mission rules that will apply for the duration of the battle. The players should read and familiarise themselves with these before proceeding.

4. DETERMINE THEATRE OF WAR EFFECTS
The Pariah Nexus Theatre of War provides additional rules that will be in effect during the selected mission. These will usually be randomly generated, however some missions may specify restrictions on which of these rules to use. Unless otherwise specified, generate one Strategic Setback and one Affliction from the appropriate tables. These additional effects apply during this battle.

5. MUSTER ARMIES
Each player must then select a Battle-forged army. The Power Level of each player's army is shown in the table below:


Details of how to Battle-forge an army, how to use Power Ratings and what information your army roster must contain can be found in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book. If you are playing a Combat Patrol battle, the only Detachment your army can include is one Patrol Detachment, unless your Army Faction is Imperial Knights or Chaos Knights, in which case the only Detachment your army can include is one Super-heavy Detachment. Select one of your models to be your WARLORD (this cannot be a model with the Fortifications Battlefield Role) and note this on your army roster. This must be the CHARACTER model in your army with the highest Leadership characteristic, if your army includes one (in a tie, you can choose amongst them which model will be the WARLORD). This model gains the WARLORD keyword. Each player must then provide a copy of the army roster for their opponent to read through.

6. SELECT AGENDAS
Each player then secretly selects Agendas for the battle and writes them down. Each can award experience points to certain units in their army, as described on the Agenda itself. The Agendas that players can choose from can be found here.

The number of Agendas each player chooses depends on the battle size you have selected, as shown in the table below.


Once both players have selected their Agendas they reveal their selections to their opponent.

7. CREATE THE BATTLEFIELD
The players now create the battlefield and set up terrain features. Missions are played on rectangular battlefields. The minimum size of your battlefield depends on the battle size you have selected, as shown in the table below:


Unless noted otherwise, when setting up terrain features, use the guidelines noted here. In these missions, players must use the battlefield terrain rules for terrain features.

8. DETERMINE ATTACKER AND DEFENDER
The players roll off and the winner decides who will be the attacker and who will be the defender.

9. PLACE OBJECTIVE MARKERS
The players now set objective markers up on the battlefield. Each mission will instruct the players as to how many objective markers should be set up on the battlefield (if any) and how these should be placed. Unless otherwise stated, objective markers can be set up on terrain features so long as the objective marker lies flat on that terrain feature and does not overhang any part of it.

10. CHOOSE DEPLOYMENT ZONE
The deployment maps for some missions will tell you which deployment zone is the Attacker's and which is the Defender's. If the deployment map does not show this, but instead labels deployment zones as Player A’s or Player B’s, then the Defender now selects one of the deployment zones for their army. Their opponent uses the other deployment zone.

11. DECLARE RESERVES AND TRANSPORTS
Unless the mission briefing states otherwise, these missions use the Strategic Reserves rules. Both players now secretly note down on their army roster which of the units in their army will start the battle in Strategic Reserves, which of their units will start the battle in a location other than the battlefield (if a player has access to any Stratagems that enable them to set up units from their army in a location other than the battlefield, they must use such Stratagems now), and which of their units will start the battle embarked within TRANSPORT models (they must declare what units are embarked within what models). When both players have done so, they declare their selections to their opponent.

Unless stated otherwise, no more than half the total number of units in your army can be Reserve and/or Reinforcement units, and the combined Power Ratings of all your Strategic Reserve and Reinforcement units (including those that are embarked within TRANSPORT models that are Strategic Reserve and/or Reinforcement units) must be less than half of your army’s Power Level, even if every unit in your army has an ability that would allow them to be set up elsewhere. In these missions, Reinforcement units can never arrive on the battlefield in the first battle round (but Strategic Reserve units can if the mission specifically states so e.g. Lying in Wait). Any Strategic Reserve or Reinforcement unit that has not arrived on the battlefield by the end of the third battle round counts as having been destroyed, as do any units embarked within them (this does not apply to units that are placed into Strategic Reserves after the first battle round has started).

12. DEPLOY ARMIES
The players alternate setting up their remaining units, one at a time, starting with the Defender. A player's models must be set up wholly within their deployment zone. If one player has finished deploying all their units, their opponent then deploys the remainder of their units. If a model from your army is so large that it cannot physically be set up wholly within your deployment zone (i.e. the smallest dimension of that model is greater than the depth of your deployment zone), it must be set up so that it is touching your battlefield edge. In the first battle round, that model's unit cannot do any of the following: make a Normal Move, Advance, Fall Back, attempt to manifest or deny psychic powers, make any attacks with ranged weapons, declare a charge, perform a Heroic Intervention or perform any actions or psychic actions. Models in such units count as having moved a distance in inches equal to their Move (M) characteristic in their first Movement phase. If the unit has a minimum Move characteristic, it counts as having moved its maximum Move characteristic. If both players have units with abilities that allow them to be set up ‘after both armies have deployed’, the players must roll off after all other units have been set up and alternate setting up these units, starting with the winner.

13. DETERMINE FIRST TURN
Unless the mission briefing says otherwise, the players roll off and the winner declares whether they will take the first or second turn.

14. RESOLVE PRE-BATTLE ABILITIES
Players alternate resolving any pre-battle abilities units in their army may have, and resolving any Stratagems that are used before the battle, starting with the player who will take the first turn. Remember that Crusade forces can only make use of Stratagems that upgrade units by using Requisition points, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.

15. BEGIN THE BATTLE
The first battle round begins. Players continue to resolve battle rounds until the battle ends.


16. ENDING THE BATTLE
Unless the mission instructs otherwise, the battle ends after five battle rounds have been completed. If one player has no models remaining in their army at the start of their turn, the other player can continue to play out their turns until the battle ends.

17. DETERMINE VICTOR
At the end of the battler the player with the most victory points is the winner. If players are tied, the battle is a draw. Each player can score a maximum of 90 victory points from mission objectives (any excess victory points awarded are discounted). In addition, if every model in a player's army was painted to a Battle Ready standard, that player is awarded a bonus 10 victory points. This gives the player a maximum total score out of 100 victory points. The victor of a mission can then claim the victor bonus listed on that mission. If the game is a draw, neither player can claim the bonus.

18. UPDATE CRUSADE CARDS
The players must now update their Crusade cards for all the units they used in the battle as follows:

1. Take Out of Action tests
Take Out of Action tests for each unit from your army that was destroyed during the battle, by rolling one D6 for that unit. On a 2+ the test is passed and nothing happens. On a 1, the test is failed; you must now choose one of the following options for that unit:

a) Devastating Blow: That unit loses D6 experience points (to a minimum of 0) and cannot gain any experience points for this battle from Agendas Achieved, Battle Experience or from being Marked for Greatness (see the Crusade Mission Pack). Update the unit's Crusade card accordingly.

b) Battle Scar: That unit gains one Battle Scar. This must be determined before the player's next battle and the unit's Crusade card must be updated to reflect any and all changes.

2. Update Experience Points
Each unit that had a Crusade card that took part in the battle gains experience points as follows (mark on each unit's Crusade card accordingly):

• Battle Experience: Each unit that was part of your army list for this battle gains 1 experience point.
• Marked for Greatness: Select one unit that was part of your army list for this battle; that unit gains 3 experience points.
• Dealers of Death: A unit gains 1 experience point for every third enemy unit it has destroyed in total. If a unit's ‘enemy units destroyed in total’ combat tally has increased enough during the battle, increase its experience points accordingly.
• Agenda Achieved: Any units that achieved Agendas during the battle gain experience points as described by those Agendas.

3. Determine Battle Honours
If any units gain a rank, or otherwise gain any Battle Honours, these must be determined before the player's next battle. In any case, all the Crusade cards for units that took part in the battle must be updated to reflect any and all changes.

4. Update Combat Tallies
Add 1 to the ‘Battles Played’ tally of each unit that had a Crusade card that took part in the battle. If a unit was not destroyed at the end of the battle, then add 1 to its ‘Battles Survived’ tally. Add all the ‘during battle’ combat tallies you have accrued during the battle to the appropriate ‘in total’ combat tallies on the unit's Crusade card.

19. UPDATE ORDER OF BATTLE
Increase your battle tally and Requisition points by 1, and make any notes that you wish to record following your battle. If you wish to add any units to your Order of Battle, or spend any Requisition points, do so and update your Order of Battle accordingly before your next battle.

These Agendas can be selected for Beyond the Veil games in addition to those in other publications. Each Agenda listed has a category (e.g. Purge the Enemy, Shadow Operations). When you select Agendas, you cannot choose more than one from each category.

Some Agendas will instruct you to keep a certain tally for your units during the battle. These tallies will then be used after the battle to determine if you achieved certain Agendas, and how many experience points the units in question earned from them. You can use the ‘Agenda Tallies’ section of each unit's Crusade card to keep track of these tallies - we recommend you make these tallies in pencil so they can be deleted after the game, ready for your next battle.

Purge the Enemy

Ambush

Keep an Ambush tally for each Reinforcement and Strategic Reserve unit from your army. Add 1 to a unit's Ambush tally each time it destroys an enemy unit, adding an additional 1 if it destroys an enemy unit during the turn in which it was set up as Reinforcements or Strategic Reserves.

Each unit from your army that has 2 or more marks on its Ambush tally gains 1 experience point. The unit from your army that has the highest Ambush tally gains 1 additional experience point.

No Mercy, No Respite

Extermination Order

Keep an Extermination Order tally for each unit from your army. At the end of each battle round, add 1 to a unit's Extermination Order tally if it destroyed any enemy units during that battle round.

Each unit from your army that has 3 or more marks on its Extermination Order tally gains 2 experience points.

Battlefield Supremacy

Marshal Forces

Keep a Marshal Forces tally for each unit from your army. At the end of each of your Command phases after the first, add 1 to a unit's Marshal Forces tally if it is within 3" of a friendly CHARACTER unit that is within 3" of the centre of the battlefield. Each unit gains 1 experience point for every 3 marks on its Marshal Forces tally.

Shadow Operations

Uncover the Answers

Keep an Uncover the Answers tally for each unit from your army. Add to a unit's Uncover the Answers tally each time it successfully completes the following action:

Uncover the Answers (Action): One or more INFANTRY units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase. Each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be in range of a different objective marker that has not been uncovered (see below). A unit cannot start this action while there are any enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT) in range of the same objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn. If this action is successfully completed, that objective marker is said to have been uncovered.

Each unit from your army gains 1 experience point for each mark on its Uncover the Answers tally.

At the end of the battle, if the total marks on the Uncover the Answers tallies of units in your army is equal to at least half the number of objective markers that were on the battlefield at the start of the battle, gain 1 Investigation point.

Warpcraft

Through the Stillness

Keep a Through the Stillness tally for each PSYKER unit from your army. Each time a unit successfully completes the Through the Stillness psychic action, add 1 to that unit's Through the Stillness tally.

If you selected this Agenda, then PSYKER units in your army can attempt the following psychic action, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book:

Through the Stillness (Psychic Action - Warp Charge 6): One PSYKER unit from your army can attempt to perform this psychic action during your Psychic phase if it is within 6" of a battlefield edge that has not been pierced by your army. If this psychic action is successfully completed, that battlefield edge is said to have been pierced by your army.

Each unit from your army gains a number of experience points equal to the marks on their Through the Stillness tally.

At the end of the battle, if 3 or more battlefield edges have been pierced by your army, gain 1 Investigation point.

Psychic Beacon

Keep a Psychic Beacon tally for each PSYKER unit from your army. Each time a unit successfully completes the Psychic Beacon psychic action, add 1 to that unit's Psychic Beacon tally.

If you selected this Agenda, then PSYKER units in your army can attempt the following psychic action, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book:

Psychic Beacon (Psychic Action - Warp Charge 5): One PSYKER unit from your army can attempt to perform this psychic action during your Psychic phase if it is within 6" of the centre of the battlefield. Each time a Psychic test is made for this psychic action, for each other friendly PSYKER unit that is within 6" of the centre of the battlefield, add 1 to that Psychic test.

Each unit from your army gains 1 experience point for each mark on its Psychic Beacon tally.

At the end of the battle, if the total marks on the Psychic Beacon tallies of all the units in your army is 3 or more, gain 1 Investigation point.

When a CHARACTER model from your army gains a Crusade Relic after a battle set in the Pariah Nexus, you can instead select one of the Relics listed below. All the usual rules for selecting Crusade Relics, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book apply.

At the end of each battle, you can roll one D6 for each Relic of the Nexus a CHARACTER model has. On a 6, the full power of that Relic is discovered, and the bearer can use the additional unlocked ability for that Relic. If the bearer is a NECRONS model, add 4 to this roll.

Artificer Relics

Blackstone Ankh

This small noctilith sigil is worked into a trinket of far lower quality, though perhaps it originally adorned something far more magnificent. Rumour abounds that it wards away curses and maledictions, and those who have incorporated it into their armour claim it can leech away the power of the enemys most esoteric attacks.

Each time a model in the bearer's unit would lose a wound as the result of a mortal wound, roll one D6: on a 6 that wound is not lost.

Wounds are not lost on a roll of 5+ instead of a 6.

Solar Shift Core

Whether this small phasal generator has xenos origins or dates back to the horrors of the Dark Age of Technology may never be known. Those with the will to master its strange workings can make short phasing jumps, seeming to stutter forward in a series of unpredictable lurches each heralded by a golden glow. Exactly which dimension their form passes through between jumps is unclear, but those who persist in its use suffer from nightmarish visions.

You can re-roll Advance rolls and charge rolls made for the bearer's unit.

In addition, when the bearer charges, targets of that charge cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend.

Antiquity Relics

Rod of Lambent Energy

The lustreless nonagonal prism that forms this rod's length is unadorned but shimmers with oily colours. From its tip shines the glow of a molecular mutagen field. When this mace-like weapon is extended, the field intensifies to an unhealthy glare. Armour and flesh slough away in sickening chunks with every strike its wielder makes.

The bearer has the following additional melee weapon:
Improve this weapon’s Strength characteristic to +3 and Damage characteristic to 3.

Sphere of Darkness

This seemingly inert orb of utter blackness has been seen to glow when in the presence of witchcraft. In fractal patterns, its outer shell rearranges itself, granting glimpses of glowing, multi-dimensional circuitry within. Emitting a whispered moan, it can snuff the life from empyric energies.

Once per enemy Psychic phase, the bearer's unit can Deny the Witch in the same manner as a PSYKER.

Add 1 to Deny the Witch tests made using this Relic.

In Beyond the Veil games, your Crusade army can investigate the happenings of the Pariah Nexus. Keep an additional note of your army's Pariah Nexus Investigation points (IP) total (a tally in your Crusade goals, notes and additional information box on your Order of Battle is ideal for this). Your Investigation points total in this battlezone will show how much your army has discovered concerning what has happened in the Pariah Nexus, what is causing it and how your forces can adapt to its effects. Once your Crusade force has accumulated enough Investigation points, you can spend these points and be rewarded with unique bonuses.

Accumulating Investigation Points

The discoveries of your army are measured with Investigation points. Each time your Crusade force wins a Beyond the Veil game, you gain 1 Investigation point. In addition, Investigation points are earned through various tasks outlined in this mission pack, such as completing specific requirements from Beyond the Veil Agendas. Each time you gain an Investigation point, add it to your Investigation points total.

Spending Investigation Points

If you have accumulated enough Investigation points, you can spend them before or after a battle on Investigation rewards. To do so, select one Investigation reward that costs equal to or less than your total Investigation points. Once you have done so, all your Investigation points are lost - you must begin a new investigation instead. The Investigation rewards are as follows:

The following section provides additional rules that you can apply to your battles that recreate the characteristics of the Pariah Nexus on the battlefields of the 41st Millenium. If a battle uses the Pariah Nexus Theatre of War, roll on the table below to generate a Strategic Setback that has befallen the armies involved in the battle. This will provide additional rules for your battle. If you wish, and both players agree, you can also generate an Affliction from the table below to affect both armies. Afflictions will affect the game in a much more dramatic way, and so both players should be prepared for their army's effectiveness to be reduced by the overpowering effects of the Pariah Nexus.

MISSION BRIEFING
Forward reconnaissance has detected disturbing readings emanating from several sites in this area, which may provide information on the strange phenomena at work. Lock these sites down so they can be examined and enemy forces can be prevented from gaining access to them.

MISSION RULES
Objective Markers: Place one objective marker in the centre of the battlefield. The players then alternate placing two additional objective markers on the battlefield, one at a time, starting with the Attacker. Each objective marker cannot be placed within a deployment zone, and must be placed more than 6" away from any battlefield edge and more than 9" away from any other objective marker.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


VICTOR BONUS
The victor can select two units from their army to be Marked for Greatness (see the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book) after the battle, instead of just 1.

MISSION BRIEFING
Orbital scanners cannot get a lock on this section of smouldering ruins. Our scouts report a series of disruptive nodes preventing signal returns and hiding enemy movements throughout this area. Despatch a force at once to investigate these readings and, even if only temporarily, shut down their source nodes.

MISSION RULES
Targeting Disruption: While a unit is within range of an objective marker that is not deactivated, each time a model in that unit makes a ranged attack, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.

Deactivate Node (Action): One INFANTRY unit (excluding CHARACTERS) from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase on an objective marker it is within range of. The action is completed at the end of your turn as long as that unit is still within range of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT) within range of it. If you complete this action, that objective is said to be Deactivated, and the Targeting Disruption ability (above) does not apply to that objective marker. At the end of each battle round, the player who went first rolls one D6 for each Deactivated objective marker. On a 1, that objective marker is no longer Deactivated.

MISSION BRIEFING
The area appears unnaturally quiet, even compared to the rest of this war-torn landscape. Enemy activity seems to be at a minimum, but augurs remain unreliable. Take a force into the region and investigate, but be on your guard. Sever any critical assets you discover, but do not allow your own to be taken.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

Mission Critical Asset: After determining which player is the Attacker and which is the Defender, the Defender selects three units from their army to be Mission Critical Assets. These units must be set up on the battlefield or embarked within a TRANSPORT during deployment, and cannot be removed from the battlefield for any reason, unless they are destroyed, or to embark onto a TRANSPORT. If the Defender has less than three units, they all must be Mission Critical Assets.

Ambush: The Attacker can set up a maximum of three units in their deployment zone. The rest of their army must be set up in Strategic Reserve (this does not cost any Command points), or as reinforcements.

When a unit from the Defender's army arrives from Strategic Reserves, that unit can only be set up wholly within 6" of the Defender's Battlefield Edge, regardless of the battle round.

MISSION BRIEFING
Orbital readings have detected a huge power surge, revealing psycho-reactive mechanisms at the enemy's permieter lines. We must capture these mechanisms and study them. If the enemy threaten your acquisition, destroy these sites instead.

MISSION RULES
Sabotage (Action): One INFANTRY unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase if it is within range of an objective marker. The action is completed at the start of your next Command phase as long as that uni t is still within range of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT) within range of it. If you complete this action, that objective marker has been Sabotaged. Remove it from the battlefield.

MISSION BRIEFING
The enemy are attempting to intercept our scanner arrays. The accumulated data is of the utmost importance if we are to discover the true nature of what is occurring here. We must extract this information from the scanner arrays before the enemy can.

MISSION RULES
Retrieve the Data (Action): One unit from your army (excluding CHARACTERS, BEASTS or VEHICLES) can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase if it is within range of an objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn as long as that unit is still within range of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT) within range of it. Once a player has completed this action for an objective marker, they cannot use this action on the same objective marker again. Each unit can only affect one objective marker with this action each turn.

MISSION BRIEFING
Our army has become scattered during the latest assault. Patrols have moved out of position without explanation and command signals remain unanswered. Bring our contingents back into a cohesive fighting force before the enemy can take advantage of this insidious inertia.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

Splintered Forces: Each player has two deployment zones. When it is their turn to set up a unit, the player must set up one unit from their army in each of their deployment zones. If a player has an odd number of units, the final unit can be set up in either of that player's deployment zones. If it is impossible to fit a unit in a deployment zone, set up one unit in the other deployment zone instead.

MISSION BRIEFING
Enemy forces have been tracked to this site from a nodal system of the Nexus we have been unable to approach. Whatever information these warriors possess about that shrouded region must be captured. Subdue them for extended interrogation or recover what data preservation technology they carry from their corpses. Safeguard your own intelligence from counter-espionage and beware the enemy rerouting data to nearby allies.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

Crucial Intel: Before deployment, each player must distribute 5 Data points as evenly as possible between the units from their army. These units must be set up on the battlefield or embarked within a TRANSPORT that is set up on the battlefield during deployment, and cannot be removed from the battlefield for any reason, unless they are destroyed, or to embark onto a TRANSPORT.

Data Transfer (Action): One unit from your army that has any Data points can start to perform this action at the end of your Command phase. The action is completed at the end of your turn. If you complete this action, select one friendly unit within 18" of the unit that completed the action. Any Data points that were allocated to the unit that completed the action are now allocated to this unit.

MISSION BRIEFING
A series of ancient, linear earthworks appear to coincide with an eerie curtain of unknown energy. Its exact dimensions cannot be clearly determined, but this unnatural power leeches the force from shots fired across its boundary. The enemy army is seeking to cross this barrier. Keep them back at all costs and secure the perimeter; this phenomenon is ours alone to exploit.

MISSION RULES
The Shroud: The Shroud is a straight line, 1mm wide, which runs through the centre of the battlefield. When making a ranged attack, if a straight line drawn between the firing model and the closest visible part of the target unit crosses the Shroud line, the target unit has a 5+ invulnerable save against that attack.

MISSION BRIEFING
The citizens in this region have been rendered docile, failing to evacuate even in the face of all out war. They shuffle aimlessly and seemingly oblivious to their surroundings. Some of these tragic creatures remain miraculously untouched by the fighting. We must secure them for study, for they surely cannot be saved. We can be certain that the enemy will look to do the same, seeking to weaponise against us whatever has befallen these ‘stilled’ ones.

MISSION RULES
The Stilled: At the start of each battle round, starting with the player who is taking the first turn, the players alternate selecting an objective marker and rolling off with their opponent. The player who rolls highest can move that objective marker a number of inches equal to the highest dice result. If the roll is a tie, that marker does not move. Each objective marker can only be selected once per battle round.

MISSION BRIEFING
A reconnaissance patrol responding to ghost returns on their scanners - misty presences there one minute and gone the next - have suddenly encountered a flesh and blood enemy force. As battle commences, both forces send desperate signals, demanding reinforcement to drive the enemy back.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

Reinforcements en Route: Each player must place half of their units into Strategic Reserve (rounding down). This does not cost any Command points.

MISSION BRIEFING
Somewhere in this area is an answer to the strange phenomena we have observed. Master your own fear and that of your forces to show them that neither these insubstantial terrors nor the enemy have any right to the truths contained on this battlefield.

MISSION RULES
Rally to Me: Players can re-roll failed Combat Attrition tests for models while they are within 6" of a friendly CHARACTER unit.

MISSION BRIEFING
Our front lines have been grinding against the foes for weeks to no avail, as a soul-sapping sickness plagues our army. But our scouts have uncovered a weakness in the enemy flank. If we divert a portion of our force, we can roll up the enemy line and defeat them before they can overwhelm our front.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

Objective Markers: Place one objective marker in the Attacker’s deployment zone, as shown on the map below. The Defender then places one objective marker wholly within their deployment zone and more than 3" away from any battlefield edge.

Anchoring the Line: Units that are within range of the objective marker in their own deployment zone automatically pass Morale tests.

MISSION BRIEFING
Imperial forces at last discovered the first Necron pylons and, seizing upon targets they could direct their wrath against, launched all out offensives. But the xenos defences proved insurmountable and now, strength shattered, the attackers are in full retreat. Seizing their chance to annihilate their iinpudent foes, the Necrons have let slip pursuing forces to harry and destroy the foe.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


VICTOR BONUS
After the battle, the victor can use the Repair and Recuperate Requisition twice before the next battle without spending any Requisition points. If there are no units on their Order of Battle with any Battle Scars, they can select one unit from their army that took part in the battle to gain 1 experience point instead.

MISSION BRIEFING
The towering noctilith pylons act as the primary conduits for the sapping energies of the Pariah Nexus. However, Imperial strategos have pinpointed smaller satellite structures whose xenotech they believe to be amplifying or further transmitting these energies. One such structure has been located, and must now be eliminated before it can be roused to full function.

MISSION RULES
Objective Markers: The players alternate placing three objective markers on the battlefield, one at a time, starting with the Defender. Objective markers can be placed anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any deployment zone and more than 18" away from any other objective marker.

Power Conduit (Action): One or more INFANTRY units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Command phase. Each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be in range of a different objective marker. The action is successfully completed at the start of your next Command phase.

Quantum Shield Generators: Models have a 5+ invulnerable save against ranged attacks while their unit is within range of an objective marker. When making a ranged attack against a unit within 3" of an objective marker, a wound roll of 1-3 always fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making that attack may have.


VICTOR BONUS
The victor of this mission can use the Increase Supply Limit Requisition twice before the next battle without spending any Requisition points.

MISSION BRIEFING
While pressing ahead through hostile territory, you have found yourselves in the shadow of a dread alien structure. Believing this to be the source of the numbing misery and exhaustion weighing heavily upon your warriors, you advance to investigate further. As the shooting begins, you realise yours are not the only forces seeking to understand, or perhaps tear down, this appalling structure.

MISSION RULES
Aura of Trepidation: While a unit is within range of an objective marker, each time a Morale test is taken for that unit, an unmodified roll of 5+ is always a fail, irrespective of that units Leadership characteristic or any abilities it has.

MISSION BRIEFING
A once great city has gone eerily silent, its denizens not just stilled but vanished entirely. Your forces must investigate the area and eliminate any enemies lurking in its shadows.

MISSION RULES
Abandoned City: When setting up the battlefield, create an even city grid using Area Terrain features, ensuring (where possible) each Area Terrain feature is more than 8" away from another. The deployment map provides a recommended layout for these terrain features.

Investigate Area (Action): One or more INFANTRY units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase. Every model in each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be within one Area Terrain feature that has not been investigated by your army. If the highest Leadership characteristic in the unit is 7 or less, an INFANTRY unit must be within 6" of another friendly unit in order to start this action. The action is successfully completed at the start of your next Command phase. If this action is successfully completed, that Area Terrain feature is said to have been investigated by your army.


VICTOR BONUS
The victor of this mission gains 2 Requisition points after this battle, instead of just 1.

MISSION BRIEFING
As the war raged on throughout the Pariah Nexus, a strange phenomenon manifested - fervent faith. This, it seemed, could hold the stilling energies of the Nexus at bay. Armed with knowledge of this apparent miracle, commanders gathered their most impassioned warriors and launched maniacal assaults against those targets that had proven impregnable to less zealous armies.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

March of the Faithful: The Attacker’s WARLORD gains the following ability for this battle: ‘March of the Faithful (Aura): Add 1" to the Move characteristic of friendly units (excluding VEHICLE and BIKER units) while they are within 6" of this WARLORD. Add 1" to Advance and charge rolls made for friendly units (excluding VEHICLE and BIKER units) while they are within 6" of this WARLORD.’

Zealous Assault: After declaring reserves and transports, the Attacker does not deploy their army as normal. Instead, the Attacker has the first turn, and in the Reinforcements step of their first Movement phase, they must set up the remaining units from their army as Reinforcements, wholly within a distance equal to their Move characteristic from any of their battlefield edges, more than 1" away from any enemy models and more than 9" away from the Defender’s deployment zone. If a model’s Move characteristic is such that it cannot physically be set up wholly within the specified distance of their battlefield edges, it must be set up so that it is touching your battlefield edge. During the turn in which such a model is set up on the battlefield, that model’s unit cannot do any of the following: make a Normal Move, Advance, Fall Back or Remain Stationary.


VICTOR BONUS
The victor's WARLORD gains 3 experience points. If the victor is the Attacker and their WARLORD was within range of the objective marker at the end of the battle, they gain 5 experience points instead.

MISSION BRIEFING
The defenders have been harried and beaten across the warzone, their forces picked apart by an enemy in ascendancy. They can run no longer and have fortified a position to face their attackers. Defeat here seems inevitable, but they will make their stand nonetheless - perhaps, if they sell themselves dearly enough, they may yet claim some measure of victory from this disaster.

MISSION RULES
Theatre of War: Do not generate a Strategic Setback for this mission.

Last Stand: When creating the battlefield, ensure that the Defender s deployment zone has the greater amount of cover in order to create the ideal defensible position. The Defender has the first turn.

Fully Committed: Other than AIRCRAFT units, the Defender cannot put any of their units in Strategic Reserve before or during the battle, and none of the units in their army can be Reinforcement units. If a unit has an ability that says it must be a Reinforcement unit (e.g. Drop Pod Assault), that unit must be set up during deployment wholly within the Defenders deployment zone.

MISSION BRIEFING
After long weeks of ever escalating conflict, at last a breakthrough! Somewhere in this region lies the source of the terrible phenomena plaguing your forces. Your brave commanders will lead you in, holding flagging formations together until you can claim the field of victory and finally cast down whatever foul false idols are leeching the souls from your brave soldiery.

MISSION RULES
Rally to Me: Players can re-roll failed Combat Attrition tests for models while they are within 6" of a friendly CHARACTER unit.

MISSION BRIEFING
The thunderous subterranean stirrings of Necron structures have driven a rocky pressure ridge upwards and formed a natural barrier of living stone many miles in length. Already the enemy are rushing to claim this highly defensible feature, now christened ‘The Shield’. You must sweep in swiftly, dig in along its rocky line and then drive your forces over the top to hurl the enemy back!

MISSION RULES
The Shield: The Shield is a straight line, 1mm wide which runs through the centre of the battlefield. When making a ranged attack, if a straight line drawn between the firing model and the closest visible part of the target unit crosses the Shield line, the target unit has a 5+ invulnerable save against that attack.

MISSION BRIEFING
This world has been stilled, its peoples seemingly robbed of their souls and minds. Most were snatched away, or else slain, as they sprawled defenceless and unresisting in the path of battle. Some few remain, however, and are even now shambling like lost livestock through this engagement area. Gather them up, whether for study or harvest, and be quick about it, for the enemy also seek to capture the stilled.

MISSION RULES
The Stilled: At the start of each battle round, starting with the player who is taking the first turn, the players alternate selecting an objective marker and rolling off with their opponent. The player who rolls highest can move that objective marker a number of inches equal to the highest dice result. If the roll is a tie, that marker does not move. Each objective marker can only be selected once per battle round.

MISSION BRIEFING
In this region, a pair of towering Necron structures form a natural valley between their dark and ominous flanks. Those attempting to force passage down this shadowy channel must endure the full spirit-withering force of the Pariah Nexus, yet force passage they must, for the foe are attempting to do the same. The scene is set for a nightmarish, headlong clash - a test of wills to see who can endure the longest and drive their enemy back.

MISSION RULES
Aura of Trepidation: While a unit is within range of an objective marker, each time a Morale test is taken for that unit, an unmodified roll of 5+ is always a fail, irrespective of that unit's Leadership characteristic or any abilities it has.

MISSION BRIEFING
Here lie a concentration of enemy defences that have held back your forces’ advance for days. At last a route has opened up for you to stage a daring attack upon this complex and, hopefully, sabotage its alien systems. You will have to be swift, however, for the foe are even now endeavouring to lock down and consolidate this position.

MISSION RULES
Objective Markers: The players alternate placing five objective markers on the battlefield, one at a time, starting with the Defender. Objective markers can be placed anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any deployment zone and more than 15" away from any other objective marker.

Power Conduit (Action): One or more INFANTRY units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Command phase. Each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be in range of a different objective marker. The action is successfully completed at the start of your next Command phase.

Quantum Shield Generators: Models have a 5+ invulnerable save against ranged attacks while their unit is within range of an objective marker. When making a ranged attack against a unit within 3" of an objective marker, a wound roll of 1-3 always fails, irrespective of any abilities that the weapon or the model making that attack may have.

MISSION BRIEFING
Under the baleful influence of the Pariah Nexus, entire cityscapes have been reduced to haunted and hollow shells. One such sprawl lies before you, and it is your unenviable task to sweep it for enemy threats and lurking, unnatural dangers.

MISSION RULES
Abandoned City: When setting up the battlefield, create an even city grid using Area Terrain features, ensuring (where possible) each Area Terrain feature is more than 10" away from another. The deployment map provides a recommended layout for these terrain features.

Investigate Area (Action): One or more INFANTRY units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase. Every model in each unit from your army that starts to perform this action must be within one Area Terrain feature that has not been investigated by your army. If the highest Leadership characteristic in the unit is 7 or less, an INFANTRY unit must be within 6" of another friendly unit in order to start this action. The action is successfully completed at the start of your next Command phase. If this action is successfully completed, that Area Terrain feature is said to have been investigated by your army.