Updated list attached - specific comments below.


OK - removed the secondary turrets completely; Adding bastions to the formation should serve the same purpose. Gave it an anti-spacecraft shot as well, like it has in Apoc.

Redid the lightening fields a bit - I like the Scout idea, and have added some CC/FF capability to give them a little more deterrence effect. The intent is that the pylons can be placed far apart for a wide but easily breached line, or closely for a more expensive line that may take more than a single shot to breach.

Agreed, done.

Reduced to 60cm. I'm after something that can capture the feel of the ground battle on Hoth, where an overland ground attack is needed to breach the position.

Reduced cost a bit. It's not that great an advantage, after all - the AdMech doesn't need to win initiative like marines or eldar dies.

I felt the spare hypaspist added a bit of flavour - a "minder" squad of a tech-priest and 9 hypaspists commanding and guiding the mindlocked servitors.

Sounds good!

Expanding a bit on my earlier thoughts, here's a new version that includes two separate army lists for the Mechanicum:

There's the regular Planetary Defence Force, intended to portray the Mechanicum fighting on home turf, possibly in the midst of their forges, with plenty of high-value static targets about. It's intended to play as fortifiable elite infantry and highly advanced fighting engines of varying size. It has Titans, but with no special emphasis - the Titans rarely deploy en masse in defensive engagements.

Then there is the Explorator Mission, intended to show the Adeptus Mechanicus on an extended Quest for Knowledge running into hostile locals. It has limited heavy equipment, lighter vehicles and no Titans, but features very heavy orbiters landing reinforcements from the Explorator Fleet, and extended aerospace support. It can be used to portray either an opposed landing, or an explorator base coming under attack.

Thoughts and comments, please!

Sounds good- will have a more detailed look-through later.

was just skimming through,

I saw this "Mechanicus Titan Landing Craft" in the Admechs units section but couldn't find it in the lists? A hint of things to come?

Aside from that looks nice, I'm guessing thte switch to Rhino's in the explorator list is to emphasise the attacking nature?

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Yes, it doesn't really fit in a Tournament Game. It is included for people playing custom scenarios; It would fit well into story-based campaigns.


It's more a matter of what I imagine an Explorator Mission would equip itself with. I thought a large number of light, fast all-terrain vehicles would be more useful than fewer, larger and slower transports - their primary purpose is to cover terrain and move scientific equipment around, with crew protection being secondary. The Rhino hull (as well as the Chimera hull) seems a good base for such a vehicle.

The Explorator list should be able to play both offensively (using Orbiters) and defensively (using Control Tower, Bastions and Bunkers) according to the players preference.

Likewise, the PDF list can also play offensively, by omitting installations and taking Titans, Skitarii in heavy transports, and heavy armour support instead. The "flavour" would then be a counter-attack on the invaders beachhead.