Hena, I will make those changes to the Executor description - good suggestion. Although I may just take out that statement about the Slavebringer and just put a comment in the notes. Most players should know that aircraft cannot be transported.
As for adding more armament, I added one more die to the Hail of Splinters to give the unit a nudge. I've considered giving it another desolator but I think at this point I'll hold off until the free planetfall can be evaluated. I think that is a monsterous assist to the unit and it may be all it needs.
The Slavebringer. I can tell you there isn't a unit on this list that causes me as many headaches as this one. The reason we gave it 1 shadowfield was to stick with a loose ratio of 2 Damage Capacity to 1 shadowfield. Later on we ended up bumping that ratio to 3:2. Since the Slavebringer only has 2 DC we just left it at 1 shadowfield. Now I have concerns that they aren't worth their points. They have no reinforced armor, their armament is only adequate, and the one shadowfield sometimes just doesn't cut it (as evidenced from my last game when I had 525 points go down in flames). I considered giving them 5+ reinforced armor but it would only improve their survivability slightly. So what to do?
Part of me says nothing. The one benefit the Slavebringer has is that it is not purchased out of the 1/3 WE/aerospace allocation, so buying a bunch of them is feasible. There is nothing requiring you to bring them into the jaws of the enemy either. If there is a lot of AA then just remember that they ain't Vampires (and certainly not Thunderhawks). In addition fluffwise these things are used for ferrying prisoners, not decisive military strikes.
So I am open to suggestions.
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