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The Officio Assassinorium has its uses even in the grand scale of starship combat. Temple Assassins may be taken on board any Imperial Capital ship for 25(?, and probably higher) points.
To use an Assassin, it must be able to get aboard an enemy vessel. The assassin may be ordered to infiltrate in these circumstances:
-During a Boarding Action
-Instead of a standard Teleport Attack
-By embarking the Assassin in an Assault Boat squadron. (if the squadron is removed, the Assassin returns to the ship it launched from)
Assassins may board any capital ship except Necron, Tyranid, or Daemon vessels.
Once the Assassin is embarked, the effect varies by the Temple of the assassin.
Callidus: Callidus Assassins will use their shapeshifting ability to slip through the ship and reach a vital area. Roll 1d6. This many turns later, the Assassin will reach its target. At this point, roll 1d6 and apply the critical as shown
1-2: Engine Room Damaged
3-4: Thrusters Hit
5: Bridge Smashed
6: Shields Collapse
(on a 5 or 6, if the target is already destroyed, reroll)
[Original idea was just to have them go after the bridge. I figured that might be too powerful]
Eversor: Eversor Assassins will lay waste to entire sections of starships. When an Eversor successfully infiltrates, write its presence down as you would a critical hit. Each end phase, after damage control, the Eversor preforms a Hit-and-Run attack at a +1. The Eversor is removed if it fails a Hit-and-Run, the ship uses two successful damage control dice to remove it, or if the ship takes damage and a '1' is rolled on a critical check.
Culexus: Culexus Assassins are primarily of use against enemy psykers. Once infiltrated, any infiltrated ship is at -2 Ld. In addition, any Psionic abilities of the ship and crew (Farseer Rerolls, MoT or MoS, any others people can think of) do not function. Culexus have a leadership of 10, and can only be removed by the vessel if it wins a contested LD test (at the ships new, lower LD). [Contested LD tests, in this case, means each rolls 2d6, and subtracts that value from their LD. Whoever has a higher number wins]
Vindicare: The Vindicare Temple, while remarkably useful in most arenas, have no real benefit in starship combat. They may not be taken.
Whaddya think?
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