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Contents:

3. Introduction

Rules Additions and Changes for Killzone Games

General Game Changes
Area Terrain
Army of Heroes
No Deep Striking
Pinning

4. The Turn
Priority
Overwatch
Movement Phase
Moving in Terrain
Running

5. Shooting Phase
Killzone
Grenades
Assault Phase
Who Can Fight
Assault Moves Through Cover
Reactive Assault
Consolidation

6. Playing a Killzone Battle

The Basics
Pick a Game Size
Killzone Missions
Secondary Objective Cards
Fate Cards
Play the Game

7. Ending the Game

Determining a Winner

8. Building a List
Team Structure
Team Leader
Unique Models
Special Weapons
3 Wound Models
Toughness Cap
Vehicles
Themes
Armored Might
Death From Above
Swift as the Wind
Behemoths

9. Optional Upgrades
Special Issue Wargear

10. Wargear Upgrades

Skills Upgrades

11. Cards: Secondary Objectives - Fate

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In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war –and that war has many faces: epic battalions
wage endless conflict throughout entire star systems; mighty Titans stride the continents of virus-
ravaged worlds; grand heroes set themselves on a stage no smaller than the galaxy itself.

But there are times when the Universe turns on a much smaller stage.

The blade in the dark… the forlorn last stand of a motivated, desperate few… the efficient, brutal
business behind the closed doors of a darkened Strategium… the hushed footfalls of a stealth team as
stifled, fleeting protests mark the only trace of its presence…

To be a man in such times is to be one amongst uncounted billions, but there are moments when the
quiet actions of just one man can recalibrate the entire merciless Universe.

This is the story of those deeds.

Special Operations: Killzone is a set of fan-designed rules created with the intent of enabling players to
run skirmish games within the Warhammer 40,000 Universe.

Killzone is intended as a supplemental way to play the game, which was inspired by the suggestive Kill
Teams game mechanism offered in the third and forth edition of Warhammer 40,000, and in the most
recent Battle Missions supplement. Killzone hopes to explore and to refine those suggestions and make
them more generally playable. To use these rules, you must own and refer to your copy of the
Warhammer 40,00 rulebook and the relevant Codices.

Players will choose an elite team and undertake vital actions set against the stage of wider conflict. This
ruleset aims to enable cinematic play in the style of tier-one assets of a universe at war.

Rules Additions and Changes for Killzone Games

General Game Changes
Area Terrain: Any forest or jungle area terrain will
block LOS to a target if there are four or more
inches of area terrain between the target and the
shooting model.
Army of Heroes: Each model in Killzone acts on
its own; the models are, for all intents, a unit of
one.
Note: All models in Killzone count as scoring units
and may claim objectives.
“Don’t be absurd, Sergeant Pennfold. Those
Chaos maggots couldn’t hit the fat side of a
Squiggoth from this dista--”
-last recorded words of Colonel Emillion Grist
451st Nunzian Continentals
Area Effect: There are many items in 40k that are
carried by one model and affect the whole unit
that they are part of or attached to. These items
don't work properly in Killzone without some
tweaking. These items will have an area effect
(AE) in games of Killzone. Any friendly model
within 6 inches of a model carrying one of these
items gains the benefits from the item. Unless
otherwise specified, any AE extends 6 inches from
the relevant model.
No Deepstriking: No model may teleport or
deepstrike in Killzone, unless the scenario
specifically allows it.
Pinning: If a model takes a wound from a weapon
that causes a pinning test, then all models within
6" must make a pinning test.

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The Turn
Priority: Each player rolls a d6 at the beginning
of each turn to see who has Priority for that turn.
The winner of the die roll may choose to go first or
second in the current game turn. If the die roll is a
tie, Priority goes to the person who went second
in the previous turn.
Overwatch: Any model that is armed with an
appropriate weapon may choose to go into
Overwatch in its movement phase. This will be
the only action the model may do in its turn. You
should mark the model to remind you that it is in
Overwatch, and to delineate its 180 degree fire
arc.
Appropriate weapons for purposes of Overwatch:
-have a range of at least 24 inches and
-have either 2 or more shots or have the Sniper
ability (excluding Rapid Fire weapons, which may
not use Overwatch).
-have a randomly generated number of shots;
however, if a 1 is rolled for shots that turn, the
model suffers an additional -1 “to hit” roll.
The first enemy model that moves within the
designated 180 degree fire arc and within range
of a model on Overwatch may be shot at. A model
on Overwatch may make a normal shooting
attack. If shooting at a target over 12 inches, the
model suffers a -1 to all its rolls to hit. Models
armed with Sniper weapons instead suffer the -1
penalty at 12 inches or less.
If more than one model on Overwatch has range
and LOS, you may elect to hold back some fire for
future enemy movement; however, at least one
model on Overwatch must fire.
Once the model has shot on Overwatch, remove
its marker; it may make no further shooting
attacks until its following turn.
You may find an odd situation in which a model
could remain on Overwatch through two
sequential enemy movements phases on account
of alternating priority between game turns. If this
happens, the Overwatch model may shoot in the
second enemy movement phase, provided that
there is a viable target and that he has not
already taken himself out of Overwatch by
shooting in the previous turn.
After priority has been decided, the controlling
player signals that his model intends to remain in
Overwatch through this subsequent turn by
leaving the Overwatch marker in place. If a model
opts to continue in Overwatch, he treats the entire
turn as if he elected to engage Overwatch in his
own player turn as normal; he cannot, therefore,
perform any action in his player turn.
If the marker is removed, the model may treat his
player turn as normal. The Overwatch marker
must be removed before the enemy models have
moved in order to do so.
For example: a model goes into Overwatch in the
first half of game turn A. He does not shoot during
the enemy movement phase of turn A, so his
Overwatch status has not been negated. The
enemy wins priority for game turn B and decides
to go first. The player controlling the model in
Overwatch must decide immediately to either
leave or remove the Overwatch counter. If the
counter remains, the model may shoot in the
enemy movement phase of turn B (if a viable
target presents itself), but doing so will be the
sum of his actions for that turn.
Movement Phase
Moving in Terrain: To simplify the mechanism
and help keep the game flowing, disregard the 5th
edition rules for moving through difficult terrain
and replace them with the following: any model
that wishes to move in difficult terrain moves at a
reduced rate of 4 inches.
Models with the USR Move Through Cover ignore
terrain movement penalties.
Running: Disregard the 5th edition rules for
running and replace them with the following: any
model may choose to make a run move in its
movement phase; the model doubles its
movement rate for a run move. A model that has
run may not shoot. In addition, a model that has
run may not assault unless it has the Fleet USR.
Jump Infantry may run after using their special
jump move; they may move 6 or 4 inches after a
jump move, depending on the terrain through
which they move.
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Shooting Phase
Killzone: Any time a weapon fires more than one
shot, the shooting player picks a primary target
and may choose to have the hits allocated to
other enemy models within its Killzone. All models
within 4 inches of the primary target model are in
the Killzone and are eligible secondary targets.
The shooting player must announce if he is going
to implement a Killzone before any dice are rolled.
The first hit is always against the primary target,
any subsequent hits are allocated by the owning
player to the secondary targets within the
Killzone.
Grenades: Any model armed with grenades may
throw one as a shooting attack with a range in
inches that is double their strength statistic.
Grenades all count as Assault 1 weapons.
Defensive grenades are S4 AP- and use the small
blast template; they scatter if they miss.
Assault grenades are S4 AP- and use the small
blast template; they scatter if they miss.
Anti-armor grenades are S6 AP3 and have no
blast; they do not scatter if they miss.
Assault Phase
Who Can Fight: Models must be in base contact
to fight in an assault; ignore the standard 2 inch
rule.
Assault Moves Through Cover: Infantry models
move 4 inches and Beast/Cavalry move 8 inches.
Reactive Assault: When a model is assaulted,
after all assault moves are completed, any
friendly models within 4 inches of an assaulting
enemy model may choose to counter assault in
aid of their comrade. To do so, they must pass a
Leadership test. If they succeed, they move 4
inches into base contact with an assaulting
enemy model; they do not gain the +1 attack for
assaulting unless they have the Counter Attack
USR.
This move is unaffected by difficult terrain but
does not ignore dangerous terrain checks if
applicable. In the event that a model is in range
of more than one assault, they can choose to
react to any one they wish, but you must declare
which models will try to react to which assaults
before you make any of the Leadership checks.
Any models that are operating in a special fire
mode (like overwatch) may not reactive assault;
they are too busy shooting to notice.
Consolidation: Do not roll for consolidation
moves; consolidating models may move up to 4
inches, which is not modified by terrain.
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Playing a Killzone Battle
The manner and direction of gameplay you
ultimately select, quite obviously, depends on you;
however, we can recommend two basic methods
to the Killzone experience:
-The first is through the use of spontaneous
encounters, which will create a story of its own as
you play the game.
-The second is a well thought-out narrative
campaign, with predetermined scenarios and
objectives driving a series of games along the
course of the story.
In either instance, you will certainly find the
compendium to this ruleset, Special Operations:
Killzone - Missions, extremely useful.
The Basics
Pick a Game Size: You should prearrange the
size and scope of the game by considering how
many Teams you would like to use in your Special
Operations Group and by determining a viable
points limit. In our play-testing, we have implicitly
settled on 225-250 point Teams as standard, but
have stretched this limit to include multiple Teams
within each Special Operations Group. We
encourage you to expand or to restrict your forces
with the same irreverent spirit that inspired
Killzone from the beginning.
Killzone Missions: The supplemental booklet to
this ruleset will be extremely helpful in the
creation of a rich a cinematic game -whether you
chose a single Mission or link several together
into a grand narrative.
The booklet includes 18 Missions in total that can
be threaded together by mutual agreement;
however the booklet also includes a mechanism
by which you can randomly generate a path
through the Mission with a simple dice roll. Of
course, you may also simply decide a Mission
through simple, mutual agreement.
Secondary Objective Cards: If you chose to use
secondary objectives in your game, each player
selects one card for every Team in his Special
Operations Group immediately after deployment
but before the beginning of play. You must keep
very close record of your secondary objective on
a sheet of paper. Unless otherwise stated, these
cards are kept secret and are only revealed at the
end of the game.
Fate Cards: These cards are designed to add a
dynamic and cinematic element to a Killzone
game at an appropriately significant moment. If
you decide to use the fate cards in your game,
each player selects a single Fate card for every
Team in his SOG immediately after deployment
but before the beginning of play. These cards can
be played to influence various events in the game
-and we recommend you do so with an
appropriate cinematic finesse.
A more detailed discussion of Secondary
Objective Cards and Fate Cards can be found on
page 12.
Play the Game: This is, after all, what we’re here
for.
++Inquisition Priority Lambda - approved
++Vox Array 58 55954 554545 01 Deep Space
++Begin Intercept Transcription...
[static]
...ear me?
[pause static]
...poral Skives, 38 Placis Mechanized. I don’t
have much...
[loud banging - static]
...Placis is gone! Does anyone copy? The
Tyranids are here. If you can hear this, you
need to get out. Get everyone out of the
system. We didn’t stand a chance. The 38th
held; we kept them out of the Spaceport for the
civvies, but the ‘Nids nailed the evac before it
left atmo. We had to get the word out. I’ve only
got three Teams left, and we’re working the last
standing relay. All the ast-astropaths are dead,
ripped their faces out or something.
We are negative evac.
[sound of explosion in distance, static]
...doing what we can to hurt them...
++End Intercept Transcription
++
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Ending the Game: Although individual Missions Determining a Winner: Killzone uses Mission
may have alternative triggers for the game end, Points to determine which side wins. Just forcing
the following will almost always end the game, your opponent to break and rout off the battlefield
and should be considered the standard does not necessarily mean that you have won the
mechanism unless otherwise stated. game. Mission Points can be earned by
completing objectives and by killing your
Once a Team has been reduced to 25% (rounding opponent’s models.
up) of its starting model count, it must take a
leadership test at the beginning of each of its The Mission Points allotted for specific objectives
turns (for example, a Team of ten models will will appear in the Mission briefing.
begin taking tests when three models are left on
the table). The test is taken on the Team Leader’s The Mission Point value of each model is
Ld statistic. If the Team Leader is dead, the test determined by consulting the chart below (but the
should be taken on the highest Ld remaining in dynamic is really quite simple: move the decimal
the Team. If the Team passes, it continues to point over and round up).
function as normal. If the Team fails its Ld test, it
routs and the game ends immediately. Points Value of Model Mission Points
0-9 1
Even teams comprised completely of Fearless 10-19 2
models will rout, so must take the break tests 20-29 3
when reduced to 25%. 30-39 4
40-49 5
50-59 6
Note: If you are using two Teams in your Special 60-69 7
Operations Group, then each Team tally their 70-79 8
break point and test for Ld independently. and so on…

Your Team earns Mission Points for each enemy

“-gotta say, we wasn’t finking about holdin’ til
the fleet came. We wasn’t finking about much
beyond the mud and the feth and the
whereabouts of our next set of ration bars.
Greenies don’t like our food, see. So it was all
just out there... waiting. Only problem was,
there was this couple of thousand Orks and, to
them, WE was the food.”
that is violently removed from play. You do not
earn Mission Points for models that flee, rout, or
are otherwise removed from the table –only the
ones your Team kills.
A few Missions might change these parameters to
suit a specific mission goal, and any changes will
be outlined in the briefing.

-Veteran Guardsman Pullo, 31st Hadeshive

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Building a List
Both players build a Special Operations Group
using the codex for his/her army of choice. A
Special Operation Group generally contains one
or two Teams. Again, we leave the decision
regarding the number of Teams up the players on
the day.
Team Structure: Each Team has a 175-250
points limit and can contain anywhere between 5
to 20 models in total. Teams purchase individual
models from the Elite, Troops, Fast Attack, and
Heavy Support unit selections in their codex. A
little basic mathematical skill will be required to
figure out some individual points costs
For example, the cost of a tactical marine
sergeant can be determined by subtracting the
cost of the 4 standard marines (16 points each x 4
= 64) from the squad’s base cost (90). So the cost
for the Marine Sergeant is 26 points (90 – 64 =
26).
You may only take one squad leader upgrade for
each unit choice taken and only after you take
one member from the squad entry. You may not
take a second squad leader choice for a unit type
more than once.
So, for example, if you take one tactical and one
assault marine, you could then take an assault
sergeant and a tactical sergeant; once these are
chosen, you may take no further tactical or
assault sergeants in your Team.
A team may contain no more than two:
-models with 2+ armor saves.
-models with 3 wounds.
-models with 3+ invulnerable saves.
-models with Jump Infantry designation.
-models with Bike, Jetbike, or Cavalry
designation.
Team Leader: Pick one model from your team to
be the Team Leader, preferably the model with
the highest Ld value. The Team Leader may not
be equipped with a heavy weapon. All models
within 6 inches may test on his Ld. This model
gains +1 Wound if he only has one in his base
statistic; if the model has more than one Wound
already, he gains +1 Attack instead.
Unique Models: Models listed as Unique in their
unit composition may not be used.
Special Weapons: A Team may contain no more
than 5 special ranged weapons upgrades; only 2
may be a Heavy ‘type’ weapons upgrade. Special
ranged weapons upgrades are those that can
only be taken in a limited number. Ranged
weapons upgrades that all models in a squad
may take do not count toward this limit.
For example, marine scouts can upgrade every
model to carry a sniper rifle or shotgun; these
upgrades are not limited by this rule. Pistol
upgrades do not fall under these restrictions.
3 Wound Models: No model may have more
than 3 wounds in Killzone.
Toughness Cap: No model may have a base
Toughness statistic greater than 5.
Vehicles: No vehicles are allowed with the
exception of a single Walker per Team, and only if
it has an armor rating of 33 or less. Armor rating is
determined by adding the 3 armor values (FA/SA/
RA) for your vehicle together.
Themes
A few of the proceeding restrictions can be lifted
by purchasing the appropriate ‘theme’ upgrade
listed below. A team may only select one theme.
Armored Might: This theme allows you to take
as many models with 2+ Armor saves in your
team as you desire. You may select this theme for
10 points, and are required to spend at least 75%
of your points on themed models.
Death From Above: This theme allows you to
take as many Jump Infantry models in your team
as you desire. You may select this theme for 10
points, and are required to spend at least 75% of
your points on themed models.
Swift As The Wind: This theme allows you to
take as many models that are Bikes, Jetbikes, or
Cavalry/Beasts in your team as you desire. You
may select this theme for 10 points, and are
required to spend at least 75% of your points on
themed models.
Behemoths: This theme allows you to take as
many models that have 3 wounds in your team as
you desire. You may select this theme for 15
points, and are required to spend at least 50% of
your points on themed models.
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Optional Upgrades
The following Special Issue, Wargear, and Skills Upgrades are an optional element to the game;
however, we strongly encourage their use, as they will invariably contribute both to the flavor and
uniqueness of your Teams, and to the characterful, cinematic narrative of the game itself
(particularly as the game forgoes a standard HQ choice, these options are a tremendous way to
bring personality to your Team).

Some upgrades are listed with two points values. The points are determined according to the base
statistic being enhanced. The first value applies to any stat that is 3 or less; the second applies to
stats of 4 or greater. The statistic will be indicated in parenthesis before the point costs.

For example, let’s look at the Targeter. It has a 3/5 points value, so an Imperial Guardsman with a
BS 3 will pay 3 points for the upgrade, while a Space Marine will pay 5 points.

Special Issue Upgrades

Any of the following options may be taken once
per Team.
Auspex: 10 points
A team member with an Auspex forces his
opponent to re-roll successful cover saves when
the team member shoots. In addition, if the model
carrying the Auspex did not move, it may confer
the special rule to a single friendly model within 6
inches. The team member may not take an
Auspex if it’s carrying a Heavy weapon.
Medipack (T): 8/10 points
A team member with a medipack gains the Feel
No Pain USR; in addition, one team member
within 6 inches of the medipack may take a single
Feel No Pain roll in each player turn.
Refractor Field: 10 points
A Team Leader may take a refractor field and gain
a 5+ invulnerable save.

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Wargear Upgrades Skills Upgrades
Any team member may take the following Any team member may take one of the following
wargear upgrades: skills upgrades:

Blade Master (WS): 8/10 points

Assault Grenades: 1 point
A team member with this ability gains +1 Attack
Team members armed with assault grenades
and all the model’s attacks become Rending. The
count as being armed with Frag grenades. –or the
model may not be armed with a special close
appropriate equivalent for your race (biomass
combat weapon.
projectiles for Tyranids, etc). Models in Terminator
armor may not purchase assault grenades.
Brawler (WS): 3/5 points
A team member with this ability gains +1 to all his
Close Combat Accessories (S): 1/3 points rolls to wound in close combat.
These can take the form of bayonets, knives,
short swords, and sometimes even sharpened
Crack Shot: 5 points
entrenching tools. A team member armed with
A team member with this ability may re-roll any
close combat accessories will gain an additional
failed to hit or to wound rolls. The player must
close combat weapon in the Assault phase.
choose which will be re-rolled at the beginning of
the shooting phase.
Penetrator Rounds: 10 points
A model will re-roll all successful armor saves
Hard to Kill (T): 8/10 points
from shooting attacks made by a model with
The team member gains the Feel No Pain USR.
penetrator rounds. You may only use a weapon’s
basic statistics, and may not stack Penetrator
Lightning Reflexes: 25 points
Rounds with other special ammunition. Models
A team member with this ability gains a 4+ dodge
with a special ranged or Heavy Weapon may not
save from all shooting and close combat attacks.
take penetrator rounds.
The dodge save is taken before his normal save;
the model may use both saves to avoid damage
Stealth Suit: 10 points
from any attack.
Any infantry classed team member may take the
Commando upgrade. The model gains the
Raider: 10 points
Stealth, Scout, and Move Through Cover USRs.
The model may not have a Jump Pack, Bike, A model with this skill upgrade enjoys the Hit and
Jetbike, or a 2+ armor save. Run USR.

Suspensors: 10 points Resilient (T): 3/5 points

A team member with a Heavy Weapon can have it The team member gains +1 to its Toughness.
fitted with suspensors; the model gains the
Relentless USR, but may only fire up to half the Skilled Rider: 5 points
weapon’s maximum range if he has moved. Any bike-mounted model may purchase this skill.

Targeter (BS): 3/5 points

A team member with a targeter adds +1 to all of
his rolls to hit when shooting, provided that the
team member hasn’t moved in his turn.
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Cards
These cards are designed to add a supplemental bit of fun to your Killzone experience. They
are optional, and they are negotiable. We have provided six examples of each card in the
following pages, but you are free to explore other options. To that end, we have taken a liberty
of including blank cards at the end of this booklet so that you may create your own Secondary
Missions and/or Fate cards to suit your specific games, and campaigns. Enjoy.

We presume that players using these cards will do so in good faith and not try to exploit any ambiguities.

Secondary Objective Cards: The Secondary
Objective cards are designed to add a new wrinkle
to your Killzone game, to stretch your resources,
and to force you to reconsider strategic options
that might otherwise remain untapped.
Secondary Objective Cards are also designed to
upturn the results of the game. As such, these
cards remain concealed during gameplay in order
to mimic the covert and the clandestine nature of
your Special Operations Group. In our playtesting,
we have found that Killzone does not always
endear itself to naked aggression, and we’ve
added these cards to reward the shrewd and the
resourceful. It can be quite pleasing to reveal your
true objective at the end of a game and to trump
an enemy commander that has otherwise been
giving your Team the business.
We recommend adding Secondary Objective
cards to your game once you are familiar with the
basics and already worked through several
Missions.
Fate Cards: These cards are designed to add a
statistically improbable, but appropriately
cinematic, element to a Killzone game. They are
not necessarily balanced, and are deliberately
designed to offer your Team a boon in the grand,
heroic Hollywood tradition.
If you decide to use the Fate cards in your game,
each player selects a single card for every Team in
his Special Operations Group immediately after
deployment but before the beginning of play.
Most Fate cards have some element of restriction
as to when that card can be revealed. Pay close
attention, as these often mimic the fickle nature of
Fate.
These cards will invariably influence crucial events
in the game -and we recommend you do so with
an appropriate dramatic finesse.

Each player selects one card for every Team in his

Special Operations Group immediately after
deployment but before the beginning of play.

We find that Secondary Objectives work best

when you keep very close record of your objective
on a sheet of paper -your Team Roster ideally- as
this will invariably limit or eliminate potential
misunderstandings (also, see above: good faith).

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TRAITOR
There is an important sleeper agent
within the enemy’s ranks, and you are
keenly interested in keeping the Traitor
alive for future activation.
Secretly identify and record one enemy
model other than the Team Leader. This
model is the Traitor.
If the Traitor survives the game you gain
an extra 10 Mission Points; if this model
dies during the game the enemy gains 5
Mission Points for having removed the
viper in their ranks. If the Traitor leaves
the table, is somehow captured, or is
alive when his Team fails a break test to
end the game, he counts as having
survived.
JUST BREATH, ROOKIE
Even among an elite Special Operations
Group, someone has to be the “new
guy” –learning the ropes, getting in the
way. Your job is to keep that rookie alive
until he gets some experience under his
belt.
Secretly mark one model on your
Special Operations Roster other than
your Team Leader. This is the Rookie.
If this model survives the game, add his
Mission Points value to your total. If he
survives and remains in base-to-base
contact with another member of your
team for the entire game, add twice his
Mission Points value to your final tally –
as he has learned invaluable lessons
from a veteran member. If he is alive
and his Team breaks, he counts as
having survived.
GET ME AN EAGLE, LAD
Secretly identify and record one enemy
model other than the Team Leader. This
model is the Bannerman, and he is well
known to your Team -he carries an
important totem or token rightfully
belonging to your army.
You must kill the Bannerman and get to
base contact with the corpse to reclaim
and to carry the token (no penalty). If
any model is killed while holding the
trophy, the token remains in play and
can be picked up by either side.
Your Team earns an additional 5 Mission
Points for killing the Bannerman, and 5
more if you end the game in possession
of the token. If the Bannerman survives
the game, or leaves under his own
volition, you lose 5 Mission Points from
your final tally.
VENDETTA
Secretly mark one model on your
Special Operations Roster other than
your Team Leader. This model enjoys a
profoundly personal grudge against the
enemy Special Operations Group, and
will stop at nothing to grind this vendetta
under his heel.
Keep close track of the Mission Points
value for each enemy model killed by
this individual. If this model kills twice
his own value in Mission Points, he is
awarded an additional 10 Mission
Points. If he kills three times his own
value in Mission Points, he is awarded
an additional 15 Mission Points. The
model does not have to survive the
game to earn these points for his Team.
REVERSE ENGINEERING
Command has issued orders to recover
a specific piece of enemy wargear for
further study.
Secretly identify and record one enemy
model carrying non-standard equipment
other than the Team Leader.
This model must be either killed in
Assault, or otherwise captured. If you do
so, your Team earns an additional 10
Mission Points for returning with the
wargear intact. If the model leaves the
table, is alive when its Team fails a
break test to end the game, or is killed in
the Shooting or Movement phase the
enemy gains 5 Mission point -as the
wargear is destroyed or otherwise kept
from your grimy clutches.
THE MESSENGER
One of your Team members carries an
absolutely essential parcel of
information, and it must arrive in the
hands of your superiors.
Secretly mark one model on your
Special Operations Roster other than
your Team Leader. This is the
Messenger.
The Messenger must leave the table at
the single point furthest from his
deployment. You must measure and
mark that point before the game begins
next to his entry on your roster. Once he
arrives at the edge, he is removed from
play and may not contribute further to
the game. If the model succeeds, your
Team earns an additional 10 Mission
Points; if he fails, your Team loses 5
Mission Points from the final tally.
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OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
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OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
SECONDARY SECONDARY
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POISON
The moment you play this card, one
The moment you play this card, one
model’s close combat weapon
gains the characteristic Poison (4+)
for a single Assault phase.
This card may be revealed during
any Assault phase in the game.
DIE, YOU GIT
The moment you play this card, one
model may re-roll any/all of its failed
rolls to wound in a single enemy
phase (Shooting or Assault). You
may only re-roll any given result
once –so this card may not be used
to re-re-roll a failed result.
This card may be revealed at any
point in your opponent’s player turn;
you may not play this card in your
own player turn.
STAY DOWN
enemy model must re-roll any/all
successful armor saves (including
Invulnerable saves, but not
including Feel No Pain rolls) for a
single phase of that turn.
This card may be revealed at any
point in your own player turn.
NO SURRENDER
The moment you play this card,
your Team (or any single member
therein) may re-roll a Morale or
Leadership Test.
This card may be revealed at any
necessary, worthwhile point in the
game.
ADRENALINE RUSH
The moment you play this card, one
model benefits from the Fleet
Universal Special Rule for one turn.
You may reveal this card at any
moment in your player turn:
Movement, Shooting, or even
Assault!
FLESH WOUND
The moment you play this card, one
model may re-roll all failed armor
saves for an entire phase. This
includes Invulnerable saves. You
may only re-roll any given result
once –so this card may not be used
to re-re-roll a failed result.
This card remains active only for
the one phase in which it is
revealed; however, it may be
revealed at any point in the game.
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 CONTRIBUTOR’S CREDITS:

The following people have contributed to this document for no reason other than their love of the
hobby and their desire to make a skirmish game the way they would like to play it. We would like to
thank everyone for their boundless energy and enthusiasm for this project.

Authors: Jabber Jabber from Warpstone Flux

Big Jim from Galaxy in Flames
(galaxyinflames.blogspot.com)
B. Smoove from A Gentleman’s Ones
(agentelmansones.blogspot.com/)
(warpstoneflux.blogspot.com/)
Sons of Taurus from Sons of Taurus
(sonsoftaurus.blogspot.com/)
Counter Fett from All Things Fett
(counterfett.blogspot.com/)

Geoff from The Independent Characters

Contributors: (theindependentcharacters.com/blog/)

AJ/Bestia from the Imperial Truth podcast Luke Licens

(theimperialtruth.blogspot.com/)
Master Bryss
Karitas from Excommunicate Tratoris
(excommunicatetratoris.blogspot.com/) Entropomancer

Menzies from the 512th Cadian War009

(cadian512.blogspot.com/)
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