The Adeptus Mechanicus Battleguard bring 10 operatives to the field, blending shooting and melee with a unique Noospheric Network rule. This allows Servitors to Transfer Power and Network Counteract, granting extra actions and disrupting enemy turns. They're moderately tough with 8-11 wounds and 3-4+ saves, but their real strength lies in synergy: Tech-Priests buff accuracy, Servitors provide support, and ploys like Servile Surrogacy redirect attacks. With heavy weapons like meltaguns and incendine igniters, they control objectives through precise firepower and resilient teamwork. Get ready to outmaneuver and outlast your foes with calculated machine precision!
Core Abilities
Faction Rules
- Noospheric Network: Transfer power between servitors and network counteract for free 1AP actions with movement limits.
Strategic Ploys
- Duty of Reclamation: Free Command Reroll for operatives contesting objectives
- Noospheric Possession: Servitors gain Accurate 1 near Auto-Proxy or Underseer
- Incantation of the Iron Soul: 5+ save to reduce high damage by 1
- Prioritised Acquisition: Boost APL for objective control and melee attack near marker
Firefight Ploys
- Remote Access: ignore marker or hatchway control range requirements
- System Exorcism: remove one enemy-applied effect before activation
- Auto-Ferric Supplication: ignore Piercing weapon rule when shot
- Servile Surrogacy: redirect attacks to nearby SERVITOR operative
Equipment
- Electromagnetic Capacitors: BATTLECLADE melee weapons gain Shock and Severe when retaliating
- Covert Guises: Free Reposition for D3 BATTLECLADE operatives in first turning point
- Concealed Apparatus: Swap locations of BATTLECLADE SERVITOR operatives in second turning point
- Neurocyclic Reserve Cells: D3 times, TRANSFER POWER for 0AP