Bridgehead Strike

1 DP

Bridgehead Strike

Force Disposition: PRIORITY ASSETS Detachment Points: 1

Enhancements

Bombast-class Vox-array (15pts)

Priority Drop Beacon (25pts)

Stratagems

AERIAL EXTRACTION

Cost: 1CP Type: Epic Deed Stratagem Detachment: Bridgehead Strike

Such swift manoeuvres are vital to retaining command of the developing tactical situation, whether gunships are peeling off to strike at the enemy from a fresh angle or infantry being extracted by dropcraft for rapid redeployment. WHEN: End of your opponent’s Fight phase . TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, if all of its models have the Deep Strike ability, or one VALKYRIE unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units. EFFECT: Remove your unit from the battlefield and place it into Strategic Reserves .

BELLICOSA DROP

Cost: 1CP Type: Battle Tactic Stratagem Detachment: Bridgehead Strike

Bellicosa drop protocols require intensive additional training but enable elite Imperial soldiery to land virtually on top of the enemy’s positions. WHEN: The Reinforcements step of your Movement phase . TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit from your army that is in Reserves and has the Deep Strike ability. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when your unit is set up on the battlefield using the Deep Strike ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy units. RESTRICTIONS: Until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to declare a charge .

FIRE AND RELOCATE

Cost: 1CP Type: Strategic Ploy Stratagem Detachment: Bridgehead Strike

Once deployed, it is vital that the soldiers stay on the move and keep firing, avoiding becoming bogged down and maintaining the pressure on their reeling foes. WHEN: Your Shooting phase . TARGET: One ASTRA MILITARUM unit (excluding TITANIC units) from your army. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Advanced . SERVO‑DESIGNATORS 1CP Bridgehead Strike – Strategic Ploy Stratagem Released in a swarm from a modified Valkyrie gunship, high-altitude servo-skulls analyse targeting data from the ongoing fight and then provide updated firing solutions to the troops on the ground. WHEN: Your Shooting phase , just after an ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit from your army has shot. TARGET: That ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY unit. EFFECT: Select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks that is visible to your unit. Until the end of the phase, that enemy unit cannot have the Benefit of Cover .

FIRING HOT

Cost: 2CP Type: Battle Tactic Stratagem Detachment: Bridgehead Strike

At the risk of permanently burning out power packs, hot-shot weaponry can be temporarily overcharged to provide additional punch at the crucial moment. WHEN: Your Shooting phase . TARGET: One MILITARUM TEMPESTUS or KASRKIN unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, when targeting an enemy unit within 12", improve the Strength and Armour Penetration characteristics of hot-shot lascarbines, hot-shot lasguns, hot-shot laspistols, hot-shot marksman rifles, hot-shot volley guns and sentry hot-shot volley guns equipped by models in your unit by 1.