Ratlings

Characteristics

Abilities

Shoot Sharp and Scarper

In your Shooting phase, after this unit has shot, if it is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it can make a Normal move as if it were your Movement phase. If it does, until the end of the turn, this unit is not eligible to declare a charge.

Sacrificus Tempestus

**^^Tempestus Scions^^** unit only. If this unit is destroyed while within range of an objective marker that you control, that objective marker remains under your control, even if you have no models within range of it, until your opponent controls it at the start or end of any turn.

Steel Armorial

**^^Astra Militarum Vehicle^^** or **^^Astra Militarum Tech-Priest Enginseer^^** unit only. At the end of the battle, if this unit is part of your Crusade army and was not destroyed during the battle, you can re-roll one failed Out of Action test taken for a friendly **^^Astra Militarum Vehicle^^** unit.

Bastion Honour

**^^Regiment^^** unit only. Once per battle, at the start of your opponent's Fight phase, this unit can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, this unit has the Fights First ability.

Honourifica Imperialis

In an Order is issued to this unit, instead of applying until the start of your next Command phase, that Order will apply to it until the end of the battle, until a new Order is issued to it or until that unit becomes Battle-shocked (whichever happens first).

Celeris Heart

**^^Regiment^^** unit only. Once per turn, when an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 9" of this unit, if this unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, it can make a Normal move of up to D6".

Order of the Adamantine Chain

Each time this unit is Marked for Greatness, it gains an additional 2XP.

Merit of the Strategium

After both players have deployed their armies, you can redeploy this unit. When doing so, this unit can be placed into Strategic Reserves, regardless of how many units are already in Strategic Reserves.

Diamantine Star

**^^Regiment^^** unit only. When this unit arrives from Strategic Reserves, it can be set up within your opponent's deployment zone (all other restrictions still apply).

Star of Fidelity

Each time you select this unit as the target of a Stratagem, roll one D6: on a 5+, you gain 1CP.

Decree of Dispensation

**^^Officer^^** unit only. Once per Tour of Duty, if this unit is your **^^Warlord^^**, you can select on deficiency effect that current applies to your Crusade force. Until the end of your next battle, that effect does not apply to your Crusade force.

Auxila Golden Star

**^^Cavalry^^** or **^^Ogryn^^** unit only. You can target this unit with the Heroic Intervention Stratagem for 0CP, and can do so even if you have already used that Stratagem on a different unit this phase.

Departmento Salvage Award

**^^Regiment^^** or **^^Ratlings^^** unit only. At the end of the battle, if this unit is on the battlefield, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if this unit is within range of an objective marker that you control. On a 6+, you gain 1 Requisition point.

Laurels of Purity

**^^Officer^^** or **^^Ministorum Priest^^** unit only. While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit have the Feel No Pain 4+ ability against Psychic Attacks.

Auramite Aquila

Unit with the Battle-hardened rank or higher only. This unit gains one Battle Trait of your choice. This must be a Battle Trait it can have, and does not count towards the maximum number of Battle Traits that a unit can have. If the Legendary Veterans Requisition is used on this unit, that Requisition only costs you 1RP.

Lord Commander's Sigilum

At the end of the battle, if this unit destroyed one or more enemy units during that battle, you gain 1 Commendation point.

Medal of Laudable Service

At the start of every Tour of Duty, you can select one Battle Honour this unit has (excluding Personal Commendations), and replace it with a new Battle Honour of your choosing (excluding Personal Commendations).

Oculus Laureate

**^^Officer^^** unit only. If this unit is your **^^Warlord^^**, you can use one Crusade Blessing even if you are not the Underdog.

Medallion Resolute

While the unit is within range of an Objective marker that you control, models in this unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.

Sharp Eyes, Light Fingers

**RATLINGS** unit only. When this unit is **selected to shoot**, enemy units have +6" **detection range** until this unit has shot.

Exemplar of Duty

**COMMISSAR** model only. This model has **Feel No Pain 4+**.

Leader

This model can be attached to the following units: **^^Cadian Shock Troops^^**, **^^Catachan Jungle Fighters^^**, **^^Death Korps of Krieg^^**, **^^Kasrkin^^**, **^^Krieg Combat Engineers^^**, **^^Tempestus Scions^^**

Recon Star

**ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY PLATOON** unit only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an **ingress move**.

Long-range Scout

SCOUT SENTINEL unit only. This unit has **Infiltrators**.

Infiltrators

During deployment, if every model in a unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from your opponent’s deployment zone and all enemy units.

Stealth

If every model in a unit has this ability, each time a ranged attack targets that unit, that unit has the **benefit of cover** against that attack (13.08).

Ratling Battlemutt

Once per battle, when this unit is selected to shoot, it can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the **[LETHAL HITS]** ability. **Designer’s Note:** *Place a Ratling Battlemutt token next to the unit, removing it once this ability has been used.*

Demolition Gear

The bearer’s unit has the **^^Grenades^^** keyword.

Points

• 5 models60 pts
• 10 models100 pts

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