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As far as a Techmarine goes, a fully-kitted techmarine is one of the NASTIEST close-combat characters in 40k. 7 attacks, 5 power-weapon and 2 power-fist is hideous. Add his retinue that amounts to a devastator squad with twice the firepower (retinue has 4 models max, each with a heavy weapon), and the extra shooting attacks that he gets personally, and the closest comparison is a Librarian in a Devastator detachment (or a Runepriest in a Longfangs detachment of Space Wolves).
Legitimately, a Tech has a MW Fire-Fight attack, and a MW Close-Combat attack. His servitor retinue can have 2 Heavy bolters, a Multimelta, and a Plasma Cannon, with just 4 models in the retinue. It's one of the most disgusting units in 40k, almost impossible to outshoot or to outfight. Kinda like a gun'Fex, but it loses effectiveness with damage and is easier to damage.
If we leave the Techmarine a character (we could make him a stand, instead), I agree with Blarg's suggestion of giving every LV and AV an invulnerable save.
I actually prefer 'Fearless' for the Apothecary. In 40k, when an Apothecary is present, a Marine unit does not have to test for taking shooting casualties, and they can take fewer casualties in close combat. That's roughly analogous to Fearless, even though it is a little inelegant. I don't like the idea of an Apothecary giving an invuln save to INF and LVs, as there's a limit to how many wounds an Apothecary can deal with in 40k (merely one per shooting phase). It just doesn't feel right.
The Damocles and Prometheus command vehicles are probably best served as upgrades to the Commander (or Supreme Commander). While BFG (and Warmaster, IIRC) grant multiple 'head honcho' re-rolls, each re-roll is single-use, not once-per-turn, so I don't think multiple re-rolls is necessarily the right idea. Part of the problem is that a Damocles is not, repeat NOT, a combat vehicle. It sets up shop someplace safe and directs signals between different units. Additionally, it has no effective transport capacity. It's probably best served as an objective model, and assume all the 'Supreme Commander' coordination stuff is actually from the Company Captain and Damocles working together.
The Prometheus, however, is actually really useful in combat. It's well armored and differently armed than a standard LR. Most Chapters only have one or two, if they have any at all. I like the suggestion that a Supreme Commander in a Prometheus can make a coordinated assault with no distance restriction. That sounds like what the comms gear can enable.
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