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6 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said:

Did the sniper drones just lose their handlers?

Well the NFL is going to have a team in NY reviewing plays, so refs no longer need to go under the hood to check the replay. Thus, T'au spotters are no longer necessary. 

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Guessing this means a regular Tac Squad will come in at Power Level 5. Also kind of curious what happened to the MkIX Armour. We seem to have jumped from VIII to X unless I missed something.

48 minutes ago, fluger said:

Nice, Tau get hit and run...

In both cases mentioned, it was because of something specific to the Unit, so I'm guessing that, say, Fire Warriors or Broadsides, won't have that option. But Imperial Knights and Assault Marines with Jump Packs might.

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1 hour ago, WestRider said:

In both cases mentioned, it was because of something specific to the Unit, so I'm guessing that, say, Fire Warriors or Broadsides, won't have that option. But Imperial Knights and Assault Marines with Jump Packs might.

Yeah, I think that's going to be the gimmick of crisis suits to make them appealing vs say Broadsides.  Just a guess. 

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1 minute ago, Munkie said:

Maybe their heads look smaller?

From the descriptions the heads are the same size so the bodies are bigger so it would be kinda hard to tell without a regular marine next to it for scale. Those bolters are definitely longer in the barrel than regular ones.

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3 hours ago, andozane said:

I wonder if the Primaris Marines are going to follow something closer to 30K force orgs....tacticals have bolters, support units will all special weapons, etc...

That is how they described them so far, as being like the Legion Tactical Squads.

52 minutes ago, Munkie said:

Am I the only one who can't tell the difference between new marines and old? They're definitely cool sculpts, I just mean proportionally I don't see a difference. Maybe their heads look smaller?

The heads and shoulder pads are the same size as the current ones. Everything else is bigger.

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1 hour ago, Munkie said:

Am I the only one who can't tell the difference between new marines and old? They're definitely cool sculpts, I just mean proportionally I don't see a difference. Maybe their heads look smaller?

  I cant really tell either...I hear the legs and arms are supposed to be a bit longer but thats about it for size difference.

   Which mildly sucks for my Iron Hands as I have an upgrade kit I was holding for these guys,,but it looks like they are too attatched to their new flesh to have anything to do with those.

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Fluff Piece

 

New Warhammer 40,000: The Indomitus Crusade & the Dark Imperium

Yesterday, we saw a new type of Space Marine – a Primaris Space Marine – clad in Mk X armour and wielding a deadly bolt rifle. Developed on orders from the Primarch Roboute Guilliman 100 centuries past, Primaris Space Marines have been diligently developed and perfected by the priesthood of Mars during the long intervening millennia.

But to what purpose?

Perhaps an optimist, but never a fool, Guilliman learned from the Horus Heresy, and he foresaw that the forces of Chaos would never relent in their aim to bring the Imperium low. He anticipated that devastating times would once again engulf the galaxy and knew that warriors resilient enough to stand against them would be needed as never before. That time has surely come.

As the Imperium literally comes apart, and the forces of Chaos run rampant across the galaxy, Guilliman launches his Indomitus Crusade. We’ve heard that name before, but what does it mean? The new Warhammer 40,000 has this to say on it:

“Roboute Guilliman gathered his new armada. Along with elements of the Adeptus Custodes, a small contingent of the Silent Sisterhood, and a vast war host of Primaris Space Marines from many newly founded Chapters, the Primarch set a winding course. Strike forces from over a dozen pre-existing Chapters of Space Marines, led by the Imperial Fists, joined the fleet. Thus began many new legends as Guilliman travelled to aid beleaguered planets, breaking sieges and sweeping away invaders to bring hope back to the desperate defenders. It was not long before word began to spread, as all those planets that could receive astropathic messages hailed the return of a hero out of myth. Once more, one of the demigods of the past fought for the Imperium of Mankind.”

So, that sounds pretty promising for the Imperium.

Well, maybe. The scale of the task is monumental. Following the emergence of the Cicatrix Maledictum, no world in the Imperium has been untouched by war, and there are many thousands of planets that cry out for aid and reinforcement. And that’s on the Terran side of the Great Rift!

Travel through the Cicatrix Maledictum is all but impossible, but sporadic contact has been made, through temporary warp-routes, to a few of the best-defended worlds on the other side – and things are not looking good.

On the far side of the galaxy-spanning warp storm, things have quite literally gone to hell.

There, the light of the Astronomicon is obscured behind a psychic maelstrom of nightmares and the entire region has been dubbed ‘Imperium Nihilus’, or the Dark Imperium.

Amongst the besieged Imperial worlds in this Dark Imperium are many Space Marine Chapter Planets, including Baal, home of the Blood Angels. Things were already looking pretty grim for the sons of Sanguinius, with a hive fleet closing in on them, and now it looks even bleaker. Cut off from the light of Terra, the Angels and their Successors stand against the might of Hive Fleet Leviathan, hoping they can withstand the storm.

Yipes, the Blood Angels sound like they are in trouble. This isn’t the first time they have triumphed against impossible odds though, can they make it out alive? We’ll have to see.

We’ll be back tomorrow with more news on rules in the new Warhammer 40,000, as we take a look at teleporting and reserves.

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