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As the Tau Empire expanded, many a resistance was encountered in the outer fringe of the empire. Gue'la soldiers confronted the Tau many times, and although the battles were mostly victories, at what cost would these Cadre's produce?
Tau military might, and resources are not as heavily available as that of the Gue'la, and so, the Ethereals and Earth Castes set out to build the ultimate killing machines.
Tau commanders have observed the uses of Gue'lahn technology, that killed Shas'ui and Shas'o Battlesuits by the tenfold. As a shielded wall against this, the Earth Caste began to build the Ultra-'Crisis,' or 'Havok' Battlesuits. These Battlesuits gained the benefits of a heavily armoured space marine, with the manoeuvrability of a drone.
Although this cost the Ethereal command an expensive sum invested in the research, they willingly took the blow, to enable the Shas Fire warriors to be a more reliable unit on the battlefield. As the Battlesuits began to be used more and more often, the study of the eagerness for personal glory in some lower ranked Fire warriors proved to be a major setback, it just wasn't a good idea to let Shas'ui run around with an expensive Battlesuit at their cocky control.
The Battlesuit controls were handed over to the more proven Fire warriors, the Aun'o, Shas'o, Shas'el, and Shas'vre.
| Assassin | Cost | Ws | Bs | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aun'O XV58 * | 85 pts | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3+ |
| Shas'O XV58 | 80 pts | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3+ |
| Shas'el XV58 | 55 pts | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3+ |
| Shas'vre XV58 | 45 pts | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3+ |
* The Aun'o is like a normal Aun, except garrisoned in a Battlesuit. All morale re-roll rules are the same.
| S | T | W | Sv | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +3 | +2 | +2 | 3+ | See "Enhanced Jetpack" below |
Equipment The Havok Battlesuit is equipped with enhanced armour, an extra jet pack, and a hard-wired target lock. Additionally, Battlesuit pilots may pick additional equipment from the Tau armoury, and Crisis Battlesuit Armoury.
Enhanced Jetpack The Havok Battlesuit automatically comes with an enhanced jet pack. This enhancement acts as an extra weapons platform enabling the Battlesuit to move 9" in movement, and 6" in assault. The Battlesuit may also move and fire a Heavy 2 weapon if equipped. If firing a Heavy 3, roll a D3 for how far the Battlesuits movement is reduced, (subtract D3 from 9").
The jet pack enables deep strike as normal, but instead of coming in on a D6, the Battlesuit automatically deep strikes on Turn 2, and does not take a scatter roll. The Battlesuit still must test for Dangerous terrain, but if the test is failed, damage to the Battlesuit is doubled. The Battlesuit will fall back 4D6 instead of 3D6.
Heavy Armour The Havok is equipped with a heavy armour that is similar to the XV89 Heavy armour, but does not use a heavy jet pack, and does not have to sacrifice hard points and movement for the 2+ Re-roll save, and the automatic 3+ Invulnerable save. It does not have the +3 to Toughness, but its Strength is boosted to +3 instead of only +1 on an XV89.
The armour does not have an automatic Invulnerable save, but it does have a 3+ normal save which can be re-rolled if failed. The Battlesuit suffers from no movement penalties, and no super expensive point values.
Character Havok Battlesuits can only be equipped on Force Commanders or their Bodyguards, all rules for Bodyguards and Independent Characters apply.
Hard Points The Havok has three Hard Points, but like a XV89, one hard point counts as a single twin-linked weapon. You must therefore automatically have at least one hard point filled with a twin-linked weapon. You do not have to fill all Hard Points-but you must have one twin linked weapon. You cannot have two twin-linked weapons though, and you can not place a weapon or support system on every single slot.
Only three parts on the Battlesuit model may be filled with weapons, any additional slots remaining must either be allotted to an extra support system, or must be fitted on an already equipped weapon. (Example: A burst cannon with a Target Lock glued towards the back, this boosts the weapons characteristics. See below.)
Enhancing Characteristics Some Shas Firewarriors will put additional equipment on their Battlesuit's weapons. These qualities will sometimes boost the weapon, or have no effect at all in certain circumstances. You can not equip the weapon with more than one enhancement quality, unless you count it as a twin-linked weapon.
In which case, it takes up two Hard Points, and does not impede the other additional Twin-linked Hard Point option. Weapons gain no bonus from a Shield Generator, as the shield extends to the user, not the weapon. The following list includes bonuses for available weapon configurations:
| Weapon | Enhancement | Pts | Bonus on Weapon | Double bonus on enhancement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burst Cannon | Target Lock | +5 | Increase range by 8" | Increase range by 12" |
| Burst Cannon | Multi-Tracker | +5 | Increase AP to 3 | Increase AP to 2 |
| Plasma Rifle | Target Lock | +5 | Increase Range by 6" | Increase Range by 10" |
| Plasma Rifle | Multi-Tracker | +5 | Changes Weapon to Assault 4 | Adds Pinning Effect |
| Missle Pod | Target Lock | +5 | Adds D3 to Assault shots | None |
| Missle Pod | Multi-Tracker | +5 | No Line of Site Needed | None |
Rail Cannon The Havok Battlesuit can carry a modified Rail Cannon. The Rail Cannon is a lighter version of the suppressive artillery of a Broadside cannon, and is a more reliable weapon. The weapon statistics are below, and the weapon can be equipped at +20 points, and only one can be carried on a Battlesuit.
This weapon counts as two Hard Point Slots, or one Twin-Linked Slot, it may not be counted as Twin Linked. You may only put one Enhancement on the weapon if available.
| Name | Pts | Range | Str | Ap | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havok Gun | +20 | 36" | 9 | 1 | Heavy 1 | Pinning Test |
| Havok Cannon | +24 | 36" | 10 | 1 | Heavy 3 | Pinning Test + 2D6 Armour Penetration within 12" range |
Must fill all hard points
No Shield or Gun Drones may be equipped.
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| Comment made by Mobius on 17:25:30, 20 April 2008 |
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| good, but maybe add this rule: at the beginning of the game, roll 3d6. If the roll is greater than a 2, you automatically win. No seriously. units of this strength arent necessary. tone it down and up the points, trash the railguns and youre in buisness |
| Comment made by Zerotrousers on 04:37:33, 10 November 2007 |
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| hmm. A heavy 3 melta railgun...WTF |
| Comment made by Germiantor on 05:14:21, 19 October 2007 |
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| among all the other special rules theres one missing: "Fiery BFG of DOOM":When you place this unit of the field, your opponent loses the game. OMG, how much cheesier can you get?!? |
| Comment made by Jon-azz on 13:07:21, 8 September 2007 |
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| Why cant you have a twinlinked flamer?? :( |
| Comment made by urban1142 on 05:01:59, 29 June 2007 |
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| that havok cannon is really powerful, especially with that +2d6 armor piercing at 12" range. maybe raising the points of some of the suits. other than that its a good article. fear kirby <(^.^)> |
| Comment made by Gue'vesa Fio'El on 10:39:40, 25 June 2007 |
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| Good Idea about the ethereal in a battle suit however you need to triple the points cost for the basic suit for it to be even sort of fair. Even with that I smell cheese. |
| Comment made by Karashi Lissera on 19:59:04, 29 May 2007 |
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| I Love the prices for the suits looks cheap i mean might as well have like 4 HQs! in an 2000 point army other then that looks correct got some negitives and some positives |
| Comment made by recursivecoin on 19:45:05, 18 May 2007 |
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| Sorry,way TOOOOOO powerful... and kinda complicated. |
| Comment made by urban1142 on 08:44:50, 6 May 2007 |
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| seems to powerful, but good thought |
| Comment made by shas O shojin on 15:27:38, 19 March 2007 |
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| if i had these suits i would be unstoppable! |
| Comment made by Grogalmighty on 17:40:10, 19 December 2006 |
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| WAY too powerful. |
| Comment made by big tau mech guy on 02:21:48, 14 December 2006 |
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| good job |
| Comment made by Squire on 10:44:30, 19 October 2006 |
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| hmm this seems abit overpowered, i doubt anyone i play against would accept its use |
