The war for the Octarius Sector has ground on for years, becoming more desperate as Imperial attempts to contain the ferocity of the Tyranids and Orks are strained in multiple systems. Many Imperial worlds are abandoned, their defenders withdrawn to man the defensive boundary of the Cordon Impenetra. It may not be enough. The bio-horrors of the Tyranids and the warmongering Orks have seemingly thrived upon their victories over each other, spreading to yet more worlds. Ploys and counter-stratagems gnaw at the Imperial unity of purpose. Opportunistic cults, raiders and usurpers threaten the sectors survival by hampering the Imperial war effort, while in many systems, alliances and betrayals blur the balance of power, leaving no clear victor as yet.

The wars in the Octarius Sector feature multiple factions battling without end, and making - and breaking - alliances to overcome their foes and achieve victory. In this book you will find a mission pack for Treachery and Honour battles. These are a new type of battle that can be fought with up to four players. To achieve domination, these players will have to form allegiances while it suits their purpose, and maybe even break them again.

Players can either take on the role of the Treacherous commander, gaining new underhand abilities and access to new Stratagems and backstabbing their way to victory, or the role of the Honourable commander, gaining access to new abilities and Stratagems, allowing you to foster trustworthiness in your opponents and build alliances which favour you.

There are also 21 new Treachery and Honour missions presented for all sizes of games. Containing unique rules that interact with those described above, these scenarios further your Crusade force’s journey as it fights across the Octarius System.

Number of Players

These rules, and the missions enclosed in this pack, have been written assuming there are four players taking part in the battle. You can also fight these battles with three players. If that is the case, each mission contains an alternative deployment map, allowing three players to set up a battle.

Crusade Blessings

Each time you fight a Treachery and Honour battle, when determining how many additional Command points a player gains from Crusade Blessings, compare each player’s combined Crusade points total with the highest total among players taking part in this battle.

Turn Order

Several rules in this mission pack will refer to acting in ‘Turn Order’. Turn Order is established during Step 7 of the mission sequence. To determine the Turn Order for a battle, each player should secretly bid a number of Command points (to a maximum of 3) by taking a number of D6 and placing them secretly behind their hand, or otherwise hidden. Players can bid 0 if they wish by not placing any D6.

All players reveal these numbers simultaneously, and then roll one D6, plus a number of additional D6 equal to the number of CPs they bid, and select the highest roll. The player with the highest roll takes the first turn, followed by the player with the second highest total and so on.

If any players are tied, the player who bid the highest number of CPs wins the tie. If this is still tied, the tied players must roll off to break the tie. Each player then deducts any CPs they bid from their total.

Example: Player A has bid 2CP and so rolls a total of three D6. They roll 6, 5 and 3. As 6 is the highest roll, they select this one. The other player’s highest rolls are Player C with 6, Player D with 4 and Player B with 3. Since Player A and Player C are tied on the roll, they compare the number of CP they bid. Player A bid 2CP, but Player C only bid 1CP. Player A wins the tie. The Turn Order for this battle is therefore Player A, then Player C, followed by Player D, with Player B taking the last turn.

If a rule asks players to act in ‘Reverse Turn Order’, this simply means that the player who is last in the Turn Order can act first, and so on, with the player who is first in the Turn Order acting last.

The Battlefield

Treachery and Honour battles require battlefields that are larger than those recommended for battles involving two players. As such, when organising a battle, we recommend double-checking the recommended battlefield sizes in the mission sequence (see Create the Battlefield) to ensure you have sufficient space to play your intended battle size.

Battlefield Edges

In battles with more than two players, battlefield edges must be treated differently. Any part of the battlefield edge that is within a player’s deployment zone is considered to be that player’s battlefield edge.

The Alliance Step

Before the start of each battle round, each player takes part in an Alliance step. During this step, players may wish to discuss their plans for the battle round, make alliances and propose deals. Players can barter in-game favours, Command points or whatever else they deem necessary with the other players. Players can even attempt to bribe opponents into swapping positions in the Turn Order with them. Feel encouraged to be creative in your machinations!

At the end of this step, players generate Underdog points (see The Underdogs).

The Fight Phase

During each Fight phase, players alternate selecting an eligible unit to Fight with.

• Starting with the player whose turn it is, and proceeding in Turn Order, players alternate selecting units that can fight first in this phase.
• Once all units that can fight first have fought, players then alternate selecting any remaining units to fight, proceeding in Turn Order, starting with the player whose turn it is next.

If a player does not have any eligible units to fight with when it is their turn to select a unit, they must pass their selection. Note that a player may pass several times before a unit from their army becomes eligible to fight. Once all eligible units have been selected, the Fight phase ends as normal.

The Morale Phase

During each Morale phase, players alternate taking Morale tests as normal, but this is done in Turn Order, starting with the player whose turn is taking place.

In Treachery and Honour battles, players who have a disadvantage can gain Underdog points. These can be spent on boons from their high command to aid their ailing forces in a grand push for victory!

At the end of each Alliance step, each player generates 1 Underdog point for each of the following that apply:

• That player is taking the last turn in the Turn Order during the coming battle round.
• In the second or any subsequent battle rounds, that player has the fewest victory points (if tied for the fewest, all tied players gain 1 Underdog point).
• The total combined Power Rating of units from that player’s army that have been destroyed is greater than that of any other player.

In Turn Order, each player can then spend their Underdog points to select bonuses from the Underdog Bonuses below. Each Underdog bonus has an attached cost. Unless otherwise noted, each Underdog bonus can only be selected once per Alliance step. Any unspent Underdog points can be retained for later Alliance steps.

For those players who wish to delve further into multiplayer games, you will find a series of rules in this section for use in Treachery and Honour Crusade battles. Before each Treachery and Honour battle, at the end of the Muster Armies step of the mission sequence, each player can select up to one unit from their army to permanently gain either the TREACHEROUS or HONOURABLE keyword. If a unit already has one of these two keywords, it cannot be given the other one.

In addition to gaining the TREACHEROUS or HONOURABLE keyword in other ways, you can use the Requisitions listed here to give these keywords to additional units within your army, allowing greater use of the resources and abilities available to really emphasis the honourable or treacherous nature of your Crusade army and the way you wish to fight your Treachery and Honour battles. You can spend Requisition points (RPs) on any of the following Requisitions in addition to those presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.

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. Muster Armies

Each player must then select a Battle-forged army. The Power Level of each player’s army, and the number of Command points each player starts with when they begin mustering their army, are 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 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 opponents to read through.

4. 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.

5. Select Agendas

Each player then secretly selects Agendas for the battle and writes them down. Each can award experience points to certain units in that player’s army, as described on the Agenda itself. This mission pack also contains a series of Treachery and Honour Agendas. The number of Agendas each player chooses depends on the battle size you have selected, as shown in the table below.


Once all players have selected their Agendas, they reveal their selections to their opponents.

6. Create the Battlefield

The players now create the battlefield and set up terrain features. Missions are played on rectangular battlefields, The 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 in the basic rules section of the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book. In these missions, players must use the battlefield terrain rules for terrain features, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.

7. Determine Turn Order

The players determine the Turn Order for the battle.

8. Choose Deployment Zone

In Reverse Turn Order, players select one of the deployment zones on the appropriate deployment map for their army.

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. Declare Reserves and Transports

Unless the mission briefing states otherwise, these missions use the Strategic Reserves rules. All 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 all players have done so, they declare their selections to their opponents.

Unless stated otherwise, no more than half the total number of units in your army can be Strategic 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. 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).

11. Deploy Armies

The players alternate setting up their remaining units, one at a time, in Turn Order. If any player’s armies contain units with the Fortifications battlefield role, those units must be set up first, in Turn Order. If a player does not have space to set up one of these units, their opponents can either move or remove one piece of area terrain or obstacles from that player’s deployment zone in order to make space for it. A player’s models must be set up wholly within their deployment zone. If one player has finished deploying all their units, their opponents continue alternating deploying the remainder of their units. If only one player has units remaining to be set up, that player can continue setting up their remaining 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 he 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, 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 more than one player has any units with abilities that allow them to be set up ‘after both armies have deployed’, those players must alternate setting up these units in Turn Order.

12. 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, in Turn Order. 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.

13. Begin the Battle

The first battle round begins. Players continue to resolve battle rounds, taking their turns in Turn Order until the battle ends.

14. 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 players can continue to play out their turns until the battle ends.

15. Determine Victor

At the end of the battle, the player with the most victory points is the winner. If one or more 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, no players can claim the victor bonus.

16. Update Crusade Cards

The players must now update their Crusade cards for all the units they used in the battle as follows:

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 these units that took part in the battle and the units Crusade card 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 units Crusade card.

17. 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.

MISSION BRIEFING
Multiple enemy forces have been encountered, but we are unsure of how secure their positions are. Send a small force to push into enemy territory and test their defences for weaknesses, while ensuring our own position is secure.

MISSION RULES
Secure and Sweep: In this mission, if you control an objective marker at the end of your Command phase, it remains under your control unless an opponent controls it at the end of any subsequent phase, even if you have no models within range of it.

MISSION BRIEFING
A crate of priceless treasures being carried on a disguised supply convoy have been waylaid by aerial bombing. We must seek out the destroyed convoy and recover this crate before the enemy can capture them.

MISSION RULES
The Crate: The crate of treasures is represented by an objective marker that starts the battle on the spot shown on the deployment map below. No terrain features can be set up within 6" of the objective marker spot. The Crate can be carried if a unit successfully completes the Carry Crate action (see below). If a model carrying the Crate is destroyed (even if it is subsequently resurrected or returns to the battlefield), place that Crate objective marker as close as possible to the spot where the destroyed model was. While it is carrying a Crate, that model’s unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT, nor can it use anv rule that enables it to be removed from the battlefield and set back up again.

Carry Crate (Action): One INFANTRY unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of their Movement phase if it is within 1" of the Crate objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn so long as the unit performing it is still within 1" of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it. If this action is successfully completed, remove the objective marker from the battlefield and select one model in that unit - it is carrying that Crate.

MISSION BRIEFING
We have a unique opportunity to capture our enemies’ plans, however our own long-ranged comms have been sabotaged. Our only chance is to steal them away and then transmit them through the nearby comms tower to our strategists in orbit.

MISSION RULES
Objective Markers: In Turn Order, each player sets up one objective marker within their deployment zone, and within 15" of the centre of the battlefield.

Comms Tower: While you control an objective marker in an enemy deployment zone, units from your army can attempt the following action, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.

Transmit Plans (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one unit from your army that is within 3" of the Comms Tower objective marker can start to perform this action if no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) are within 3" of that objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn.

MISSION BRIEFING
Enemy treachery has caused an important negotiation to break down. There is nothing to do but seek to eliminate the enemy ambassadors now, while protecting our own.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


VICTOR BONUS
The victor can select one unit from their Order of Battle. If that unit can gain a Battle Honour, it gains a Battle Trait of the victor’s choice. Make a note of it on that unit’s Crusade card and increase its Crusade points accordingly.

MISSION BRIEFING
The high ground in this sector must be held. If we can drive off the enemy and set up an outpost here we can use this vantage point to rain artillery on the enemy below.

MISSION RULES
The High Ground: We recommend setting up a hill or ruin terrain feature with at least one upper floor at the centre of the battlefield. The central objective marker should be set up on this terrain feature, above ground level if possible. If you control the central objective marker at the start of your Command phase, when you gain the Battle-forged CP Bonus, gain 1 additional CP.

VICTOR BONUS
The unit from the victor’s army that destroyed the most enemy units during the battle gains 3 additional experience points. If two or more units are tied, the victor can select one of these to gain this bonus.

MISSION BRIEFING
Our augury scanners require huge reserves of power. A nearby substation can provide the amount we require, but we will need to send a force to re-route the power supply to our command post. The enemy will doubtlessly seek to deny us the power we require.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


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

MISSION BRIEFING
The vanguard of our forces is already in the field, but has detected incoming enemy forces. Send reinforcements to aid them before their positions are overrun by the enemy approaching from all sides.

MISSION RULES
Reinforcements Inbound: At the start of the Declare Reserves and Transports step, each player separates their army into two halves, separated as equally as possible by Power Rating. If you wish for a unit to start the battle embarked on a TRANSPORT, that TRANSPORT must be from the same half of the army as the unit embarking on it. Each player then randomly determines one half of their army. Every unit in that half must be set up on the battlefield. The other half must be set up as Strategic Reserves. Units from this half of the army can use any abilities they have which allow them to be set up in any location other than the battlefield. This can mean that the number of the units in your army and/or the combined Power Rating of units set up as Reinforcements can be more than half the total in your army. Any remaining units from this half of the army are set up as Strategic Reserves, however it does not cost any CPs to do so.

MISSION BRIEFING
Several hidden data repositories, buried for millennia have been unearthed by bombardment. Several hostile forces in the area have sent specialists and a small bodyguard force to recover this data. Ensure they cannot do so.

MISSION RULES
Data Recovery: CHARACTER units from your army can attempt the following action.

Download Data (Action): One CHARACTER unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of their Movement phase if it is within 1" of an objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn so long as the unit performing it is still within 1" of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it.

MISSION BRIEFING
Our forces have been embattled for days. A resupply drop has landed wildly off target, and now the race is on to recover our supplies before the enemy can. Columns of enemy forces have been sighted moving towards the landing site. Secure the supplies and drive away the enemy.

MISSION RULES
Recover Supplies: Units from your army can attempt the following action.

Recover Supplies (Action): At the end of your Movement phase, one unit from your army that is within range of an objective marker can start to perform this action if no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) are within 3" of that objective marker. The Action is completed at the end of your turn. When this action is completed, place a counter on that objective marker. When an objective marker has 3 counters on it, remove that objective marker from the battlefield.

MISSION BRIEFING
We have located an unusual beacon, connected to a network of conduits. When activated, the conduits provide power to the beacon, but for what? The more power we can channel to it, the more likely we can activate it and discover its purpose.

MISSION RULES
Uncertain Purpose: At the start of the first Alliance step, players must secretly note down whether they are an Activator or a Deactivator. Once all players have done so, in Turn Order they must declare to the other players which of these two options they are (they do not have to tell the truth however!).

Activate Conduits: Each conduit objective marker starts the battle in a neutral stale. Units can attempt the following action.

Activate Conduit (Action): One unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of their Movement phase if it is within 1" of a conduit objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn so long as the unit performing it is still within 1" of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it. If this action is successfully completed, that player can declare that objective marker to be either activated or deactivated or neutral. The objective marker remains in this state until this action is performed on it again.

MISSION BRIEFING
The power in this sector is still in operation, and despite the all encompassing darkness, several areas of the battlefield still have caches of supplies, but remain well lit. If we can avoid these while we advance, our forces should be able to get into position relatively unscathed, ready to seize these supplies and fall back before dawn.

MISSION RULES
Pitch Dark: Each time a model makes a ranged attack that targets a unit that is not within a lit area of the battlefield, subtract 1 from that attack’s hit roll.

MISSION BRIEFING
A lost Archeotech device is known to be buried in this area by a technoarchaeologist, before he disappeared, leaving only scattered clues to its location. Orbital augurs have detected several powerful readings just below the surface of this world. We must find this hidden cache of treasures but beware, our enemy may have retrieved some of the clues he left and be on the trail too.

MISSION RULES
Secret Location: In Turn Order, the players alternate placing six objective markers on the battlefield, one at a time. Objective markers must be set up more than 3" from either players deployment zone, more than 6" from any battlefield edge and more than 9" from any other objective marker. After setting up objective markers, the players must number them 1-6. Next, place a dice in a cup or other opaque container before shaking it, and placing the container down somewhere flat where it will not be moved, and with the dice hidden, the number on this dice is the number of the objective marker which represents the archeotech treasure.

Search for Archeotech: Units can attempt the following action. This action cannot be performed in the first battle round.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


VICTOR BONUS
The victor can select one CHARACTER unit from their army that took part in the battle (this must be a CHARACTER that can gain Battle Honours) and give that CHARACTER one Crusade Relic (all the normal rules and restrictions apply). Make a note on the unit’s Crusade card and increase its Crusade points accordingly.

MISSION BRIEFING
Our enemy’s command posts are vulnerable. Break through their lines and slaughter their commanders. If any of their commanders have taken to the field, slay them too. Leave their forces leaderless for us to destroy at our leisure.

MISSION RULES
Breakthrough the Lines: At the end of your Movement phase, if a unit from your army (excluding AIRCRAFT units) is wholly within 6" of the Command Post Access Point in an opponent’s deployment zone, and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, that unit can break through. Remove that unit from the battlefield. That unit cannot return to the battlefield and is considered to have broken through.

A unit cannot break through on a turn it arrives as Reinforcements.

MISSION BRIEFING
An abandoned fortress stands in no man’s land. We must take it back and fortify it. Secure the outer defences and then the inner defences. But beware, other forces will also seek to secure this asset for themselves and drive our armies out.

MISSION RULES
Defensive Circles: In this mission, the four objective markers closest to the centre of the battlefield are Inner Defence objective markers. The other four objective markers are Outer Defence objective markers.

Defensive Positions: While a unit is within range of an Inner Defence objective marker, that unit receives the benefit of being within an Area Terrain feature with the Defensible trait.

MISSION BRIEFING
Enemy sniper fire from the high ground surrounding the battlefield has pushed our forces into grouping together, but the only option now is to break ranks and brave the fire to secure our objectives.

MISSION RULES
Sniper Fire: Players can use the following additional Stratagem:

MISSION BRIEFING
This area features several ramshackle shrines, containing idols to a local heathen deity. We can either attack and destroy these outright, or feign interest and attempt to study these mysterious idols. Find where they have left them, and either destroy them or seize them.

MISSION RULES
The Shrines: At the start of the first Alliance step, players must secretly note down whether they are a Protector or a Destroyer. Once all players have done so, in Turn Order they must declare to the other players which of these two options they are (they do not have to tell the truth, however!).

Destroy the Idols: Units can attempt the following action.

Destroy Idol (Action): One unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of their Movement phase if it is within 1" of an objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn so long as the unit performing it is still within 1" of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it. If this action is successfully completed, that objective marker is destroyed. Remove that objective marker from the battlefield.

MISSION BRIEFING
Beneath the surface of this world live vast swarms of insectile creatures. While normally benign, when riled, they will aggressively defend themselves and their territory. Tread carefully as you destroy the foe here, lest you rouse the swarm’s wrath.

MISSION RULES
The Swarm: Each time a unit Advances or finishes a charge move, roll one D6 for that unit and any other units that are within 1" of it. On a 6, the unit being rolled for suffers D3 mortal wounds.

Rising Tide: At the end of each battle round, if there are 10 or more models within range of an objective marker (for the purposes of this rule MONSTER or VEHICLE models count as 5 models, TITANIC models count as 10 models), each unit that is within range of that objective marker suffers D6 mortal wounds and that objective marker is removed from the battlefield.

MISSION BRIEFING
A strange archeotech device is located on this world, with the ability to alter the chronology of sentient beings, allowing them to restore their body to a younger version of themselves. Control of this device is of the utmost importance, and many will commit heinous acts to prevent their enemies from possessing it, including sabotage.

MISSION RULES
The Device: Units can attempt the following action.

Investigate Device (Action): One unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of their Movement phase if it is within the device platform area. The action is completed at the end of that player’s turn so long as the unit performing it is still within the device platform area and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it. If this action is successfully completed, you can select one of the following options. Note down in secret which option was selected and the current turn and battle round number:

• Select for that unit to do nothing.
• Select for that unit to have sabotaged the device.

Activate Device: In their Command phase, a player can select one CHARACTER unit from their army that is within the device platform area to activate the device. Each player then must reveal their current secret note.

• If no players reveal that the device was sabotaged, the selected CHARACTER unit regains D6 lost wounds.
• If any players reveal that they had sabotaged the device, for each player that does so, roll one D6: on a 1-3, the selected CHARACTER unit suffers 1 mortal wounds.

Repair: Units can attempt the following action.

Repair Device (Action): One unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of their Movement phase if it is within the device platform area. The action is completed at the end of your turn so long as the unit performing it is still within 1" of the device platform area and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it. If this action is successfully completed, each other player must reveal their secret notes to that player (but not to any other players). That player can then select one of the following options:

• All players can keep their secret notes.
• All players must destroy their secret notes. Any destroyed secret notes are lost, and cannot be revealed again.

MISSION BRIEFING
This battlefield is a vital staging point for each force embattled on this world, and is required as a landing zone for troops descending from orbit. We have diverted significant assets to ensure its capture. Take the crucial locations and drive the enemy from the battlefield, but avoid any debris falling from the void battle above.

MISSION RULES
Orbital Debris: At the end of each battle round, the player who took the last turn should number the objective markers 1-5 and roll one D6. On a 1-5, the objective marker that corresponds to the number rolled is affected. On a 6, significant wreckage rains down. Roll three D6 instead, re-rolling results of 6 or any duplicate numbers. Each objective rolled is affected.

Each player then rolls one D6 for each unit from their army that is within range of any affected objective markers, subtracting 1 from the roll if that unit is an INFANTRY CHARACTER unit, and adding 2 to the result of that unit is TITANIC. On a 4-5, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. On a 6+, that unit suffers D6 mortal wounds.

MISSION BRIEFING
A number of stasis escape pods containing high-ranking commanders have landed in this area after the destruction of their spacecraft. We must either rescue them and return them to orbit for a reward, or capture them to sell them back for ransom or worse. Other forces in the area will be trying to secure these pods for their own ends. Ensure they cannot do so.

MISSION RULES
Secret Purpose: At the start of the first Alliance step, players must secretly note down whether they are a Raider or a Rescuer. Once all players have done so, in Turn Order they must declare to the other players which of these two options they are (they do not have to tell the truth, however!).

The Stasis Pods: Each stasis pod is represented by an objective marker. A commander can be freed from their stasis pod and escorted if a unit successfully completes the Deactivate Stasis action (see below). If a unit escorting a commander is destroyed (even if it is subsequently resurrected or returns to the battlefield), place an objective marker as close as possible to the spot where the last destroyed model was. While it is escorting a commander, that unit cannot embark within a TRANSPORT, nor can it use any rule that enables it to be removed from the battlefield and set back up again.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


VICTOR BONUS
The victor of this mission gains 3 Requisition points after this battle, instead of just 1.

MISSION BRIEFING
A great monument is suspended over this battlefield, held up by several anti-grav tethers. We can either protect this potent symbol and use it as a rallying point for our next attack, or seek to destroy the tethers and bring it crashing down on the heads of our foes.

MISSION RULES
Secret Purpose: At the start of the first Alliance step, players must secretly note down whether they are a Protector or a Destroyer. Once all players have done so, in Turn Order they must declare to the other players which of these two options they are (they do not have to tell the truth, however!).

Place Explosives: Units can attempt the following action.

Set Explosive Charge (Action): One unit from your army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase if it is within 1" of an objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your turn so long as the unit performing it is still within 1" of that objective marker and there are no enemy units (excluding AIRCRAFT units) in Engagement Range of it. If this action is successfully completed, place a Demolition marker next to that objective marker.

Defuse Explosives: Units can attempt the following action.

MISSION OBJECTIVES
Victory points are awarded as follows:


VICTOR BONUS
The victor can use the Treacherous Nature or Honourable Nature Requisition up to three times for 0RP.