Battlefleet Gothic Magazine #06 [extracts].pdf

NEW THREAT ALERT

Experimental rules for Forge World’s new alien ship,

by ANDY CHAMBERS

DEMIURG ‘STRONGHOLD’ COMMERCE VESSEL . . . .350 pts

Once a supremely rare sight, the gigantic

stately commerce vessels of the Demiurg have

been seen with increasing regularity in the

Ultima Segmentum over recent centuries. Fleet

strategists have postulated a link between the

ships and the expansion of the Tau Empire on

the Eastern Fringe, citing three confirmed

sightings of Tau/Demiurg or Kroot/Demiurg

ﬂeets in the region of the Damocles Gulf.

Others have suggested that the nomadic

movement of the mysterious Demiurg

demonstrates only an opportunistic desire to

capitalise on the disruption caused by the

Tyranid hiveﬂeets.

The type classiﬁed as ‘Stronghold’ class is fairly

typical of Demiurg vessels, being very large,

technologically advanced and extremely well

powered. Strongholds appear to act as

factory/processor vessels and bases for a ﬂeet of

intersytem asteroid mining pods, haulage ﬂyers

and prospector probes (it is theorized that

many of these are automated). Typically, lone

strongholds have been encountered in the ﬂare

or mercurial zones of uninhabited star sytems,

hanging motionless and prow-on to the star

with a cloud of small craft busily hustling to

and fro to exploit local resources.

In most cases these ships withdraw their craft

and disenage if challenged but in some

instances have inexplicably turned on their

attackers with surprising ferocity. It is worthy of

note that every known encounter between

Demiurg and Ork vessels has resulted in

combat, and that renegade elements have often

hired Demiurg vessels to ﬁght as mercenaries

in interplanetary and intersystem power

struggles. As warships, Demiurg vessels are

slow but well defended, boasting considerable

ﬁrepower at close ranges and the capacity for

launching mining craft reconﬁgured as attack

craft and torpedoes.

A notable trait of the Stronghold class is its

employment of an array of electromagnetic

ﬁelds around its prow to scoop up interstellar

hydrogen. This is accelerated to the rear of the

ship to provide motive power in a ram-jet effect

but the complex shielding it requires evidently

produces numerous other benefits. This

process is little understood by the Adeptus

Mechancius and they would dearly like to

secure an intact Stronghold for investigation

but thus far the opportunity has eluded them.

TYPE/HITS

SPEED

TURNS

SHIELDS

ARMOUR

TURRETS

Battleship/10

15cm

45°

5+/6+prow

ARMAMENT

RANGE/SPEED

FIREPOWER/STR

FIRE ARC

Port weapons battery

30cm

Left

Stb’d weapons battery

30cm

Right

Port lance battery

60cm

Left

Stb’d lance battery

60cm

Right

Prow weapons battery

45cm

Front

Prow cutting beam

15cm

Special

Front

Dorsal Torpedo silos

30cm

All round

Dorsal Launch bays

Fighters 30cm

3 squadrons

All round

Bombers 20cm

Assault Boats 30cm

Special Orders

Demiurg ‘Stronghold’ class vessels cannot employ Come to New Heading orders.

Special Rules

crippled. Crippled Demiurg ships will attempt

to disengage every turn and run for the nearest

point on the nearest table edge if they fail.

However if the Demiurg ship is part of a ﬂeet

ﬁghting against Orks it will only disengage if

first reduced to 1 or 2 Damage points

remaining.

Celestial phenomena

Demiurg Stronghold class ships are totally

unaffected by solar ﬂares, gas and dust clouds

and radiation bursts.

Deployment and Scenarios

Any ﬂeet, except Orks, Tyranids and Necrons

can use Demiurg Stronghold class vessels. They

are purchased as cruisers but do not contribute

to the number of ships required to gain access

to battleships, grand cruisers, etc. Demiurg

ships can never carry Fleet Commanders, use

Fleet Commander re-rolls or be placed in

squadrons with non-Demiurg vessels. A

Stronghold class vessel is worth 350 Victory

points normally but in a pure Demiurg ﬂeet or

one ﬁghting against Orks it is worth 400 Victory

points instead to reflect its extra

determination.

Leadership

Demiurg Stronghold class ships are heavily

automated and count their Ld value as being

equal to their remaining number of hits, so

starting at 10. Once a Demiurg has been

crippled by suffering 5 hits its Ld value will not

drop any further than 5. Bridge smashed

critical hits will not inflict additional

Leadership loss on a Demiurg ship, but instead

cause an extra point of damage (and possible

attendant Ld loss) on the vessel.

Blast Markers

The curious shielding arrangement of the

Stronghold dissipates the effects of ionised

gases and repels larger obstacles in its path. As

a result, any Blast marker which a Stronghold

moves over is removed immediately – this

includes any in base contact with the

stronghold at the beginning of its turn. Blast

markers have no effect on the movement of the

Demiurg ship. Keep markers ‘hoovered up’ like

this to one side so they can be used to ﬁre a

cutting beam from the prow in the shooting

phase. Note that Blast markers moved over

must be removed, the Demiurg player can’t

choose to remove some markers and leave

others in place.

Cutting beam

The cutting beam is a short ranged but

devastating ionisation beam the Stronghold

usually employs for gouging out recalcitrant

moonlets. Each Blast marker picked up by the

Stronghold in the movement phase gives the

beam the equivalent of one lance shot.

Mercenaries

Unless the fleet is entirely composed of

Demiurg ships, they are considered to be

mercenaries and will not continue to ﬁght if

MERCHANTMEN

Experimental Rules for Forge World’s new models,

by WARWICK KINRADE

IMPERIAL SUPER HEAVY TROOP TRANSPORTS . . pts/special

TYPE/HITS

SPEED

TURNS

SHIELDS

ARMOUR

TURRETS

Cruiser/2

15cm

45°

ARMAMENT

RANGE/SPEED

FIREPOWER/STR

FIRE ARC

Dorsal weapons battery

15cm

Right/Left/Front

Every Imperial ﬂeet is supported by hundreds

of secondary vessels, mostly chartered or

commandeered merchant vessels used to

transport supplies between embattled systems.

The most common of these ships are the

Imperial transports, but across the Imperium

there are a vast array of different space faring

vessels, any of which can be pressed into

service at need.

Super heavy transports are used to support

large ﬂeet actions, such as planetary assaults.

Each is capable of carrying tens of thousands of

men and thousands of vehicles. They are also

used by Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions for

moving their huge war machines or enough

munitions to supply an entire army. Such a

concentration of vulnerable forces needs

protecting, and most ﬂeet commanders assign

dedicated escort vessels to a squadron of Super

heavy transports, and position them at the

centre of the ﬂeet’s formation for maximum

protection. The loss of one of these vessels

during a planetary assault can have huge

long–term effects on the ground campaign.

As well as their military role Super heavy

transports are also used as bulk ore or grain

carriers, and damaged vessels have been

converted into supply bases, hospital vessels

and forward repair facilities for ﬂeets operating

in isolated or primitive systems.

Notes: Super heavy Transports do not have

the powerful drives ﬁtted to warships. When

using All Ahead Full orders only add

+3D6cm to their speed. They also reduce

their randomly rolled leadership by one, so

they have a leadership between 5 and 8.

Super heavy Transports have ‘special’ for

their point’s value as they are only used as

objectives in missions.

Using Super Heavy Transports

You can use Super heavy transports as straight

replacements for standard transports. You can

use them in Convoy scenarios, in which case a

single Super heavy transport counts as two

standard transports. For every Super heavy

transport taken, the defender may choose up

to 100 points of ships to protect it. For the

purpose of victory conditions each Super heavy

transport that exits the board edge is worth

two standard transports.

In planetary assault scenarios a Super heavy

transport counts as two standard transports, so

the attacker may take one for every 500 points

of his ﬂeet. He may mix standard transports

and Super heavy transports freely.

A Super heavy transport delivers 4 assault

points per turn that it remains within 30cm of

the edge of the planet. Whilst deploying troops

it may not do anything else.

IMPERIAL SUPER HEAVY FUEL TRANSPORTS . . . .pts/special

Every Imperial Guard army requires vast

amounts of supplies, not least amongst them

fuel. Every tank, armoured carrier, aircraft and

vehicle needs it to operate. Fuel supplies will

often need to be shipped to an army, and a

secure, constant supply is always a high

priority for any ground commander. This

supply is often carried on one huge tanker. A

Super heavy fuel transport can carry enough

fuel to support an entire campaign. As such

defending them is vital.

TYPE/HITS

SPEED

TURNS

SHIELDS

ARMOUR

TURRETS

Cruiser/2

15cm

45°

ARMAMENT

RANGE/SPEED

FIREPOWER/STR

FIRE ARC

Dorsal wepaons battery

15cm

Right/Left/Front

Notes: Super heavy transports do not have the

powerful drives that are ﬁtted to warships.

When using All Ahead Full orders only add

+3D6cm to their speed. They also reduce

their randomly rolled Leadership by 1, so they

have a leadership between 5 and 8. Super

heavy transports have ‘special’ for their points

value as they are only used as objectives in

missions.

Fuel transports carry highly flammable

cargoes. When hit they are likely to explode

spectacularly. When rolling on the Critical

Hits table add +2 to the dice roll. The

maximum result is still a 12.

When rolling on the Catastrophic Damage

table also add +2 to the dice roll. The

maximum result is still a 12.

ELDAR TRANSPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pts/special

TYPE/HITS

SPEED

TURNS

SHIELDS

ARMOUR

TURRETS

Escort/1

10/10/15

Special

Holoﬁelds

ARMAMENT

RANGE/SPEED

FIREPOWER/STR

FIRE ARC

Prow weapons battery

30cm

Front

Just like Imperial forces Eldar ﬂeets need the

support of transports. Unlike Imperial forces

these transport are fast, stealthy and hard to

the catch. Because they are harder to catch and

considering that Eldar cargoes are likely to

contain more valuable items than Imperial

food supplies, the victory conditions of the

Convoy Run scenario are changed when the

Eldar are defending the convoy.

Transport Exiting Result

75% or more

Eldar Convoy win

66%-74%

Eldar Convoy marginal win

50%-65%

Attacker’s marginal win

up to 49%

Attacker’s win

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