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40K Tau Empire Codex Rumors
Tactica	Post subject: 40K Tau Empire Codex Rumors Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:34 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:12 am Posts: 2241	Quote (Steele @ 03 Mar. 2006 (12:33)) Some people requested stats for Vespids as in the new Codex: Vespid ( Mal`Kor) Trooper : 16 Points WS:3 BS:3 S:3 W:4 LP:1 I:5 A:1 Ld:6 Save:5+ So they have IG armor and shooting abilities... Each model will hit 50% of the time needing a 4+. Oddly - what's that 4 wounds per model nonsense? That has to be a typo! Also - what the heck is LP:1? Swarmleader/Queen : 22 Points , same Profile except Ld which is 9 A Unit comprises 3 - 10 Vespids and 1 Leader

Ahh, Ld 9 (Like a space marine!) for the leader of this unit - that's interesting!



Type : Jumptroop?

Jumptroop (Jump Infantry in US terminology) means the type of infantry. 40K seperates every unit in the game into specific unit types. So instead of just having infantry, you have Infantry, Cavalry/Steed, Jump Infantry, Monstrous Creatures... etc... This is similiar to the way E:A seperates vehicles into LV, AV, SHT, and Titan.

More than anything - it means the move and assault like Jet Pack equipped assault marines. Nothing more, nothing less.


Neutronprojector :
- Range:12 Inch
- S:5
- Armor Penetration(AP): 3
- Type Assault: 1

Strength 5 is pretty good - typical Tau Strength, but 1 better than Marines and 2 better than IG. It means it wounds IG, Eldar, Dark Eldar, and Tyranids very easily (on a 2+). It also means it wounds things with Toughness 4 (Marines, Terminators, Chaos, Necrons, etc) the majority of the time (on a 3+).

In 40K, after you hit somebody you have to wound them. Once they are wounded, then they *may* get a save attempt.

AP3 means that you have to have BETTER than 3+ armor save on your model - in order to get a save against this weapon!! That means you need to be a Terminator to get a save! That's huge!

Assault 1 means its a weapon that is fired on the move and you get 1 shot a turn with it.

Looks like these guys are going to be quite useful if you can get them close.

rules :
Accelerated Flight? : They have the Special Rule Sprint? as in the Core Rules Section of Special Rules.

Something this means "Fleet" in the English version of the rules... means you can go 'extra' fast in movement if you do not shoot that turn... similar to Eldar, many tyranids, and kroot in 40K.

Born to Fly : They may reroll failed dangerous Terain Tests.
Very handy - so they navigate terrain better than the average jump packer... don't know what that will equate to in E:A as all infantry jump packers are immune to terrain.

And as long as the leader is still alive they benefit from Markerlit targets.
LOL - OK, that's cool. That means those nasty guns can hit on 2+ isntead of 4+... Heh... very cool.

Markerlights means quite a bit more in E:A - well, you know that better than any of us... you have the new book.

These guys definitely don't appear to be the hand to hand combat boon many 40K fans were hoping for. Doesn't appear that they fight combat at all... they just get in your face and blast the heck out of you... maybe that's an E:A FF weapon or a 15cm gun in the end.

But if Kroot don't have a shot in E:A from their 24" range shot in 40K... then I can't imagine the Vespids will get an E:A shot since they only fire 12" in 40K.



Cheers for posting the stats, sounds like a unit that will be handy in 40K anyway.