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IMPERIAL EXORCIST CLASS GRAND CRUISER . . . .

Exorcist Grand Cruisers can be equipped with shark assault boats for +5 pts. You mayreduce the rang eof the Exorcist's weapon batteries to 30cm and increase the firepower to 10 for no cost.

. . . . . . . . . . . 260 pts

The Exorcist class was originallydeveloped as a long range patrol vessel,

capable of self suciency for long periods oftime away from eet support. Usuallyoperating with two or three squadrons of

escorts, Exorcists were oen posted to thefar-ung corners of the Imperium to patrolthe edges of the Eastern Fringe and into thegalactic hao. Down the years the Exorcist hasgradually been replaced by later ship designs,especially the Mars class Some Exorcists werekept on by eets on the fringes of theImperium to plough the long lonely patrolroutes into the halo. Many Exorcists wereused as colonial transports. e entire penalcolony of Brandt 764 was moved en masse byExorcist grand cruisers to populate and work

Tor pha, a world beyond the EasternFringe, discovered by (and named aer) thefamous Roge Trader Foulway Tor. eExorcist squadron, led by the Light ofAscension was then used as convoy escorts forthe ore transports returning to the Imperium,and played a major part in the defence of thesystem when it was attacked and eventuallyoverrun by a Tyranid hive ee t.

FAMOUS SHIPS

Warrior KnightLight of Ascension

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IMPERIAL MARS CLASS BA TTLECRUISER . . . . . . . . . . . 260 pts

FAMOUS SHIPS

Imperious Pax Imperium Marquis Lex Resolute

Notes:The Mars Class Battlecruiser may be fitted with a Targetting Matrix, giving its weapons batteries a left column shift for

+15 pts. It may also upgrade its turret amount from 2 to 3 for +10 pts.

The Imperious is one of the few survivingexamples of the Mars class battlecruiser.

Production of these vessels at the Martianshipyards was discontinued over eighteencenturies before the beginning of the Gothic

War and the number of ships in service hasdeclined steadily since then Reckoned to beunder gunned by many captains, the Marsclass battlecruiser Imperious earned its laurelsat the outset of the war during a surpriseattack on the hive world of Orar. Early in theengagement the Imperious managed to getunderway and scored a devastating hit on theSlaughter class cruiser Soulless with its novacannon. While Soulless was still reeling fromthe damage a salvo of lance hits from theImperious detonated its plasma core and

annihilated it. A wave of Starhawk bombersfrom the Imperious crippled a secondSlaughter class cruiser which wassubsequently destroyed by Orar's orbitaldefences. breaking the back of the Chaosattack with minimal damage to Imperialforces. Captain Compel Bast ofthe Imperiouswas subsequently awarded the Solar Clusterfor the heroic actions of his ship and crew.

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Impeial vessels ae named in a somewhat eclecticfashion, due o their diverse poins o oigin.

Impeial ships oiginate fom fou main souces:

those salvaged om hulks dfting in space o

(very occasionaly) in the wap, those bui by

planeay ovelods as par of hei ihes to the

Impeium, those built at the majo feet bases o

the Imperal Navy and those bui at the foge

wolds of the Adepus Mechanicus Salvaged

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ocated the hul and so usuay have names

relating o their poin of ogin, the ship which

discovered them o the events of their ecovery -

hence the Empeo class bateship Divine Right

was named by Capan Jacobus who fevently

believed that visons om the Empeo had edh

to the hulk. Planeay ovelods ae peitted to

name ships built a their wods, normally taking

the opportunity to nae the afe their augus

selves and giving rise to names lke Lord Das

Archon Kar, Demiarch Vespasian. Sps buil athe main Naval yads and foge wolds ae either

given a hereditay name, which peviously

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IMPERIAL ARMAGEDDON CLASS BATTLECRUISER

FAMOUS SHIPS

Ex Cathedra Thunderchild Hammer of Light

Notes: Armageddon c lass ba lecruisers may exchange their prow tor pedoes for a Nova Cannon for +20 ps.


. . . . . . . 235 pts

The Armageddon cass was deveoped inan attempt to rapidy increase the number

of avaiabe battecruisers. Amost withoutexception, Armageddon cass ships are buitfrom the recovered hus of cripped Lunar cassvesses, making them one of the easiestbattecruisers to construct, though many leetcommanders have proved unwiing to sacricearge numbers of their main front-ine cruiser.Te very rst exampe to depart the extensive St.]owen's Dock was the Ex Cathedra. Originaynamed the Orion as a unar cass, the shipsuered heaviy whist engaging Chaos raidersabove the word of Pvran and, as it imped backto the Armageddon system, the decision wasmade not ony to repair the venerabe vesse. burto upgrade it to batt!ecruiser standards. Powerreays were re-routed from the ship's mainpasma reactors to provide a substantia increasein eciency for the existing weapons batteries,whist' ong-ranged ance turret arrays were buitupon a modied dorsa spine. Tis aone gavethe ship a much greater punch at medium rangesand the abiity to engage at distance. Animmediate drawback became obvious as nearythree and a haf thousand extra crewmen had tobe draed in simpy to man the additionaweapons and to maintain the short-ived reaysthat powered them.

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IMPERIAL LUNAR CLASS CRUISER

IMPERIAL TYRANT CLASS CRUISER

, 180 pts

The Lunar class cruiser forms the mainstay of Battleeet Obscuras with oversx hundred ships serving throughout the Segmentum and more than twenty ships

ghting in the Gothic war. e uncomplicated design of this class ensures its enduringutility, enabling vessels o be built at hive and industrial wolds normally unable o musterthe expertise o construct a capital ship. Perhaps the mos t remarkable example of this is theLord Daros, constructed at the feral world of Unloth. he primitive tribesmen dwelling

there were inuenced o mine and smelt metals which were then presented for 'sacrice' atsky temples established by the Planetary Lord. e raw materials were then lied into orbitat each vernal equinox. Aer a period of eleven years the tribes were rewarded for theireort with the sight of a bright new star moving across the heavens as the Lord Darosboosted out-system to join Battleeet Obscuras.

FAMOUS SHIPS

Lord Daros

Minotaur

Retribution

Iron Duke

Indominus Imperious

Agrippa

Hammer of Thrace

Relentless

Notes: Lunar ass cruisers can replace their prow torpedoes with a Nova Cannon for+20pts.

180 pts

Towards the end of the 38th mienni, the famed Adepus MechanicusArtisan-Magos Hyus N'dai completed a series of ship designs based around the

principle of superred plasma weaponry. e most common of these, the Tyrant classcruiser, became popular amongst the major shipyards in the 39th millennium. Its s uperredplasma batteries are capable of launching a boosted salvo considerably further thancomparable cruiser weapon decks, yet st ill deliver virtually the same weight of re at closequarters. his had eluded ship designers since the secrets of building ver long range shipweaponry had been lost aer the Dark Age of Technolog. In practice, however, theTyrant's long range repower lacks sucient strength o make it a serious threat to

anything larger than an escort-sized vessel. Two of the Tyrants assigned to the Gothicsector eet, Zealous and Dominion, were eventually upgraded with weapons salvaged fromwrecked Chaos ships. ese pushed their repower up o batecruiser levels, making them

very dangerous opponents at long range.

FAMOUS SHIPS

Zealous Dominion Incendrius Lord Sylvanus

Notes: Tyrant class cruisers can increase the range of their weapons batteries to 45cm and

reduce their firepower to 10 for + 10pts. They may also replace their prow torpedoes with a

Nova Cannon for +20pts.

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Notes:Dauntless Light Cruisers have Improved thrusters (an additional

+1D6cm on All Ahead Full special orders). Vigilant and Havock can replace

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The Endeavour class, lacking thpreferred as a convoy flagship oof the line. Its heavy gun batteries cacruisers and it is capable of holding iMany Endeavour class light cruiser

during the latest Ork invasion, wherthe Endeavours relative slow spee

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The Deant is the least common of the Voss triumvirate but it is the last piecein the jigsaw. A capable carrier, the Deant is regarded as too vulnerable to

operate without support. tacking any guns for self defence, the Deant is usuallyrelegated to a support role, operating behind the main ghting ships, out of theline of re. A relatively recent development of the Endeavour, the light carriers of

this class proved to be vital lynch pin of the Imperial eet's desperate struggle tostem the relentless tide of destruction and death that accompanied the Orks'massive invasion force into the Armageddon sector. Being more agile than themuch larger Ork kroozers arrayed against it, these vessels were able to push deeplyinto the vast greenskin host before unleashing their bombers upon the capitalships of the invasion eet. ough the Forebearer and Archangel were lost aboveSt. ]owen's Dock when they were overrun while st ruggling valiantly to refuel andrearm their beleaguered attack cra in the heat of battle, their brave pilots wereresponsible for destroying the kill kroozer Grimzag's Ammer and crippling twoTerror ships.

FAMOUS SHIPS

Forebearer Archangel

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IMPERIAL SWORD CLASS FRIGATE


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The venerable Sword class frigate has ably served Battleeet Obscuras for thousands ofyears Every par of he vessel's design and construction has been tried and ested in

innumerable engagements e Sword's laser-based weapons batteries and substantialturret array have an exceptional ready level of 88.2% Its plasma drives are simple, sturdyunits copied many times on other ships and can be sericed by articers with minimatrainingA classic escort vessel in every respect, few battleships ght without at least a pair

ofSwords to guard their backs against enemy destroyers and attack craFAMOUS SQUADRONS

Red Squadron Blue Squadron

Achilllies Squadron

The Nightstalkers

Omega Squadron

Errant Squadron

The Mariatus

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IMPERIAL FIRESTORM CLASS FRIGATE 35 pts

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Firestorrn class frigates are a comparatively recent innovation within BattleReetObscuras Te design was created in an eort to balance the manoeuvrability of escort

class ships with the hitting power of a lance armament Te Firestorrn is built around aSword class hull wih major reconguraion of he central laser cores to direct power to aprow-mounted cannon Only ve squadrons of Firestorrns served in the Gothic war andthese were alunderstrength in most of the engagements they fought, due to a lack ofavailable replacement ships Te most noteworthy action fought by Fires torrns was by Goldsquadron at the Battle of Veras Te two Firestorrns intercepted a group ofndel raidersanking e main Reet to attack the Emperor class battleship Intolerance ree of theraiders were destroyed for the loss of one Firestorrn, enabling the Intolerance to completethe despatch of twenty four bomber wings against the Chaos Desolator class battleship

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FAMOUS SQUADRONS

Gold Squadron

Costa Barbarus Patrol

Lcxus Squadron

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IMPERIAL COBRA CLASS DESTROYER 30 pts

Cobra class destroyers from a signicant portion of Battleeet Obscuras, theirversatility making them a favoured vessel for scouting, patroing and raiding. Te

main asset of the Cobra is its great speed, enabling it to catch the light, fast cra favoured bypirates. Tis was most famously illustrated in the Gothic sector by Captain Waker'sSkarg patrol. Which destroyed seventeen pirate vessels in the twelve months prior to theGothic War.

FAMOUS SQUADRONSThe Widowmakers

Cypria Squadron

Skargul Patrol

Hydra Squadron

Omna Squadron

Notes: Squadrons of Cobra cass destyers can replace their weapons batteries withimpved sensor arrays which makes the bonus t their leadership for enemy vessesbeing on specia orders 2 instead of1.

IMPERIAL FALCHION CLASS FRIGATE 35 pts

The Falchion Class Frigate is loosely based on the Endeavour, Endurance, and Deantclasses of light cruiser. Te vessel itself is a product of the Voss Forgeworld and was

designed to ll a similar role as the Sword Class Frigate.

Te patterns operational successes have tended to be in a defensive, rather than oensive,role where it is used to clear ordinance threats to the more ponderous capital ships, howeverin a stand up gt it simply cannot compete with the damage potential of the much morewidespread Sword Class Frigate that is found in most eets.

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FLEET COMMANDER0-1 Fleet Commander

Your fleet may include a commander to lead it.

If your fleet is worth over 750 points it mustinclude a fleet commander

Fleet-Admiral (Ld 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50ptsAdmiral (Ld 9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100ptsSolar Admiral (Ld 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150ptsMaster of the Fleet (Ld 10) . . . . . . . . . . .50pts

Your fleet commander gets a single re-rollincluded in his points cost, and may buy more if

you wish. The cost of your re-rolls depends onthe commander you choose (ie you cannotchoose to buy Master of the Fleet re-rolls if yourfleet is commanded by an Admiral).

Admiral Re-rollsOne extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25ptsTwo extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75ptsThree extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150pts

Master of the Fleet Re-rollsOne extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25ptsTwo extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50ptsThree extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75pts

Note: As long as at least one Space MarineBattlebarge is included you may choose aMaster of the Fleet, who will always be assigned to a Battlebarge and cannot beassigned to a non-Space Marine ship. As long as the ship includes at least one Imperial capital ship it may include a fleet-admiral, admiral orsolar admiral, who will always be assigned to anImperial Navy vessel and cannot be a assigned toa Space Marine vessel.

CAPITAL SHIPSBattleships

You may include up to one battleship in your

fleet for every three battlecruisers or cruisers.

Imperial Emperor Class Battleship . . . .365ptsImperial Apocalypse Class Battleship . . .365ptsImperial Oberon Class Battleship . . . . .355ptsSpace Marine Battlebarge* . . . . . . . . . . 425pts

*Space Marine vessels may not be squadroned

with non-Space Marine vessels.

BattlecruisersYou may include up to 1 battlecruiser in your

fleet for every cruiser.

Mars Class Battlecruiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260pts

Armageddon Class Battlecruiser . . . . . .235pts

0-12 Cruisers

Imperial Lunar Class Cruiser . . . . . . . . .180ptsImperial Tyrant Class Cruiser . . . . . . . .180ptsImperial Gothic Class Cruiser . . . . . . . .180ptsImperial Dictator Class Cruiser . . . . . . .210ptsSpace Marine Strike Cruiser* . . . . . . . . .145ptsEndeavour Class Light Cruiser . . . . . . . .125ptsEndurance Class Light Cruiser** . . . . . .125ptsDefiant Class Light Cruiser** . . . . . . . . .1 15pts

*Space Marine vessels may not be squadronedwith non-Space Marine vessels.

**The Endurance and Defiant are rare variants of theEndeavour. For this reason, no more than two of thesevessels may be taken for every 500 points (or portionthereof) in the fleet. This is no more than two in total,meaning not two each of the Endurance and theDefiant.

ESCORTSYou may include any number of escorts in your

fleet.

Imperial Falchion Class Frigate . . . . . . . .35pts

Imperial Firestorm Class Frigate . . . . . . .35pts

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Space Marine vessels may not be squadronedwith non-Space Marine vessels.

ORDNANCEAny Imperial Navy ship with launch bays maychoose to have them launch any mix of Furyinterceptors and Starhawk bombers. AnEmperor class or Oberon class battleship maycarry Shark assault boats at an additional cost of

+5 points. Ships with torpedo tubes are armedwith ordinary torpedoes.

Space Marine vessels with launch bays carryThunderhawk Gunships. Space Marine Ships

with torpedo tubes are armed with ordinarytorpedoes and boarding torpedoes.

RESERVESLike other fleets, Armageddon sector fleets caninclude reserves. However, it is important tonote that despite the inclusion of Space Marine

vessels in the fleet list, this is still an ImperialNavy fleet and hence may only take reservesfrom other Imperial Navy fleets list NOT Space

Marine fleet lists. Likewise, Imperial Navy fleetschoosing reserves from this fleet list cannotchoose Space Marine vessels from it.

SEGMENTUM SOLAR, ARMAGEDDON SECTOR FLEET LIST

Imperial Sword Class Frigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 pts

Hunter Class Destroyer. ........ ........ ......... ......... ....40 ptsGladius Class Frigate ............................................40 ptsNova Class Frigate ................................................45 pts

*You may include one Nova cannon armed ship forevery 500 points or part thereof in your fleet.

COMMANDER 0-

Secondary Commander (+1 Ld, Max 9) . . . . . 15 pts

Secondary Commanders may purchase a re-roll at thefollowing cost. This re-roll may only be used on theirvessel of a vessel within their own squadron.

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SEGMENTUM OBSCURUS, BASTION FLEETS LISTFLEET COMMANDER0-1 Admiral

You may include 1 Admiral in your fleet, who

must be assigned to a ship and improves its

Leadership to the value shown. If the fleet isworth over 750 points an Admiral must be

included to lead it.

Fleet-Admiral (Ld 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ptsAdmiral (Ld 9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 ptsSolar Admiral (Ld 10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 ptsAdmirals get one Fleet Commander re-rollincluded in their points cost. You may take more re-rolls at the following costs.

One extra re-roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ptsTwo extra re-rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ptsThree extra re-rolls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 pts

CAPITAL SHIPSBattleships

You may include up to one battleship in your

fleet for every three cruisers or battlecruisers.

Grand cruisers do not count for this purpose.

Apocalypse class battleship . . . . . . . . . 365 ptsEmperor class battleship. . . . . . . . . . . . 365 ptsRetribution class battleship. . . . . . . . . . 355 pts

Battlecruisers & Grand Cruisers

You may include up to one battlecruiser orgrand cruiser in your fleet for every twocruisers.

Armageddon class battlecruiser. . . . . . . 235 ptsMars class battlecruiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 ptsOverlord class battlecruiser . . . . . . . . . 2 20 pts

Vengeance class grand cruiser. . . . . . . . 230 ptsAvenger class grand cruiser . . . . . . . . . 200 ptsExorcist class grand cruiser. . . . . . . . . . 260 pts

0-12 Cruisers

Dictator class cruiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10 ptsTyrant class cruiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 0 ptsLunar class cruiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 ptsGothic class cruiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 ptsDauntless class light cruiser . . . . . . . . . 110 pts

THE BASTION FLEETSEven within a single segmentum, battlefleetscan vary massively from sector to sector havingbeen shaped over the course of millennia,responding to their own particular need andcircumstance.

For example, Battlefleet Gothic forms a

component part of the Segementum Obscurusbattlefleets, as do its neighbours, Tamahl andOdessa, as well as the more distant battlefleetsCadia, Agripinaa, Scarus and Corona, amongothers. Even though these battlefleets all hailfrom the same segmentum and rely on many ofthe same forge worlds and naval bases, there isstill great variation within them.

Battlefleeets Cadia, Agripinaa, Scarus and Corona, in particular, are collectively known asthe Bastion Fleets. These fleets are given over toguarding the region of space around the Eye ofTerror, or the Sectors Ocular as these borderingregions are sometimes known. By their verynature, the Bastion Fleets are some of the most extensive and best equipped battlefleets of the Imperium, forced to exist in a state of nearperpetual warfare against the frequent raidersfrom the Eye of Terror. More rarely, thesebattlefleets are forced to assemble into vast armadas and repel the amassed threat of aBlack Crusade, and to this end maintain substantial reserve fleets ready for action whenthe existing Navy are absent.

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Cadia, Agripinaa, Belis Corona these are

the worlds which will stand as the firmlybarred gateways set amidst the unbreachablewalls which we, the Imperial Navy, mustnow form.

Titan, Mars and Ancient Terra these arethe glittering palaces within to which we

Endeavour Class Light Cruiser . . . . . . . .125pts

**The Endurance and Defiant are rare variants of theEndeavour, and with manufacturing and refittingcapabilities at a premium during the Third

Armageddon War, the forge world of Voss inevitablyproduced far more of the E ndeavour than either of itsvariants. For this reason, no more than two of thesevessels may be taken for every 500 points (or portionthereof) in the fleet. This is no more than two in total,meaning not two each of the Endurance and theDefiant.

Endurance Class Light Cruiser** . . . . . .125ptsDefiant Class Light Cruiser** . . . . . . . . .115pts

ESCORTS

You may include any number of escorts in yourfleet.

Imperial Firestorm class frigate. . . . . . . . 40 ptsImperial Sword class frigate . . . . . . . . . . 35 ptsImperial Cobra class destroyer . . . . . . . . 30 pts

ORDNANCEAny ship with launch bays may choose to havethem launch any mix of Fury interceptors andStarhawk bombers. Emperor class battleships andExorcist grand cruisers may carry Shark assaultboats at an additional cost of +5 points. Ships

with torpedo tubes are armed with ordinary

imperial torpedoesl*You may include one Nova cannon armed ship forevery 500 points or part thereof in your fleet.

COMMANDER 0-

Secondary Commander (+1 Ld, Max 9). . . . . . 15 pts

Secondary Commanders may purchase a re-roll at thefollowing cost. This re-roll may only be used on theirvessel of a vessel within their own squadron.

One re-roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 pts



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BATTLEFLEET CADIAThe constant turmoil surrounding theCadian gate requires Battlefleet Cadia to befar more active than many other battlefleets.The whole sector exists in an almostperpetual state of readiness, and as such thedemands on manpower and resources arehuge. Vast numbers of new, inexperiencedsailors frequently have to be drawn up toreplace those lost in the constant fighting

(many of them drawn from worlds withinthe Cadian system itself such as Vigilatumand Macharia). Because of this, the shipsand squadrons of Battlefleet Cadia must rolltwo dice and pick the lowest score whendetermining leadership.

However, those that survive the harsh firstyears or military service around the CadianGate rapidly mature to become some of themost capable leaders in the Imperium. Torepresent this, Battlefleet Cadia uses theadditional fleet list entry below.

0-5 Veteran Captains

You may include up to five Veteran

Captains in your fleet. Each VeteranCaptain must be assigned to a particular

ship and improves its leadership by +1.

Veteran Captain (Ld +1) . . . . . . . . .15ptsYou may wait until after rolli ng forleadership before deciding which ships toassign your veteran captains to. Shipsassigned a Veteran Captain must besquadroned on the tabletop (their skills aretoo precious to waste on lone ships). Evenescort squadrons can have a Veteran Captainassigned to them, in which case the entiresquadron receives the leadership bonus.

You should still mark out one particular

escort as bearing the captain, and if thisvessel is destroyed the bonus is lost.

A Veteran Captain may purchase up to 1 re-roll for +15pts and can only be used on theirown vessel or another vessel in their ownsquadron.

THE RESERVE FLEETSOF SEGMENTUM OBSCURUS

As with all highly militarised zones, it is importantfor the Imperial Navy to maintain substantialreserves of vessels around the Eye of Terror, readyto deploy as reinforcements should the needarise. Whilst it is possible to keep the vesselsthemselves ready in this manner, BattlefleetObscura simply does not possess the manpowerto keep reserve crews stationed aboard these

vessels as well. Instead, whole shipyards are filledwith rows of silent, inactive vessels, oftenrepresenting classes of ship now outdated orscarce. In times of great need these ships willthen be brought into service and crewed withsailors from destroyed or crippled vessels or even

with hastily mustered new recruits, meaning thecrew is unlikely to have any familiarity with theirnew vessel. As such a posting to a reserve fleet isan unnerving duty, forcing a sailor to enter deepinto an unfamiliar vessel which may have laindormant for centuries. Much superstitionsurrounds such fleets and perhaps because ofthis, unusual behaviour of both crew and vessel israther too commonplace.

Reserve fleets are used only reluctantly by theImperial Navy, and only in the most desperate ofcircumstances, but an invasion the size of

Abaddons Thirteenth Black Crusade withoutdoubt qualifies as exactly that the most dire ofcircumstances, the most desperate of times.

If you wish, you may use a Battlefleet ObscuraReserve Fleet, picked using the fleet list opposite.In addition, you may of course use the Reservesrule to pick other Imperial vessels not found in

your own fleet list. However, since a reserve fleetalso draws on very old or scarce vessels, you mayalso use your reserve choices to select any of the

following Chaos vessels if you so wish.Repulsive Class Grand CruiserExecutor Class Grand CruiserHades Class Heavy CruiserMurder Class CruiserCarnage Class Cruiser

These reserve vessels are picked in the normalmanner, so for every three vessels of a given type

which you choose from the main fleet list, you maypick one vessel of that type from another Imperiallist, or from the above selection of Chaos vessels(but not both).

Reserve vessels use all their normal rules and keeptheir particular ordnance types (i.e. Chaosordnance is used on Chaos ships picked in areserve fleet) but you cannot pick any of the ship

class variants described since these are describedfor vessels who have already turned traitor andhence obviously no longer in Imperial service!

Strange Happenings

In a reserve fleet, all vessels are prone to certainunexpected events, such as mass panic or evenmutiny amongst the crew, inexplicable noises,sensor readings and sightings or disconcertingsetbacks and failure of machinery. When any shipin a reserve fleet rolls a double for a commandcheck it becomes unreliable for the rest of thegame. Unreliable ships will not continue to fight ifcrippled. Crippled ships will attempt to disengageevery turn and run for the nearest point on the

nearest table edge if they fail. If a vessel in a reservefleet also fails the command check by rolling adouble, then not only does it become unreliablebut it also may do absolutely nothing during thecurrent turn other than make its minimum movedirectly ahead.

Against Chaos fleets, where the followers of thedark gods are able to exert their influence tofurther unsettle their already nervous opponents,unforeseen events can be even more devastating.

When fighting against Chaos fleets, a vessel whichhas already become unreliable and rolls a seconddouble for a command check must attempt todisengage as soon as possible exactly as if they had

been crippled (and will continue to do so for therest of the game). If the second double is also afailure for the command check, the shipimmediately defects and is controlled by theChaos player for the rest of the game! In thiscase victory points are awarded to neitherplayer, no matter what the ships eventual fate.

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