Anyone with Extermination have Mechanicum details?

[Yodhrin]

Just wondering if there are any interesting new equipment or wargear options, particularly for Myrmidon units as I'm working on some of those at the moment. Are there special characters and if so what are they like? Waiting until after May 1st is torture  :)

[Blackmashoo]

BLAAABLAAAABLAABLAAAAA, cant bother to write.. SO MUCH NEW!! only thing i can bother to say is that Myrmidons are the same 100% except that Myrmidon Destructors get a new weapon; Graviton Imploder Range 18" Str X AP 2 2/4Salvo, they wound on Toughness and AV the same way graviton weapons wound in 40k aka vs 3+save they wound on 3+, against AV10/11/12/13/14/15etc they inflict immobilize result and a hullpoint on a 6+.

"every" mechanicum unit has a choise to get a new dedicated transport: AV 14 12 12, twinlinket maulelr bolter, flare shield, 2 volkite charger, AV15 RAM attack, 20transport cap. It cost about the same as a naked thallax unit... i can see Myrmidon Destructors with the new graviton imploders or irad engines or myrmidon Elite dudes cruising with the new vehicle... think everyone except the HQ, Monstrous Creatures and tharlls can take it as a dedicated transport....

[Yodhrin]

You might want to edit away your initial remark, I suspect the mods would take issue with it. But thanks for the info, those two wee tidbits sound fantastic, I'm going to have to order more Myrmidons, heh.

[Blackmashoo]

;)

[Ouroboros13]

Just wondering if there are any interesting new equipment or wargear options, particularly for Myrmidon units as I'm working on some of those at the moment. Are there special characters and if so what are they like? Waiting until after May 1st is torture

[inigo Montoya]Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up[/inigo Montoya]

There is an new HQ choice, the Magos Prime. He's got a wide array of options and upgrades and unlike the Magos Dominus, is an Independent Character and can join units. Awesome but pricey.

There is a special character; Archmagos Satarael. He's a Traitor. Extremely expensive, can't join units, but decked out to the max with tons of wargear. He has a special rule, Emergency Teleport Protocol, that gives him a chance to deny Slay the Warlord when killed.

Myrmidons, as mentioned, get Graviton Imploders as an option. One of the upgrades for the Magos Prime is "Myrmidax", so you can have a senior Myrmidon leading your army if you want.

There are two new Battle Automata; Vorax (faster, lighter, more fragile than Castellax) and Thanatar (massively bigger and buffer than Castellax).

There is the Krios Battle Tank. Comes in two flavors, one of which drops a Str 7, AP3, Rending 5" blast, the other of which fires 4 Str 9, AP2, Ordnance shots.

Tech Thrall Adseculars can be bought up to 20 men. They can have mitralocks, which lose range but gain shred. They can get carapace armour. They can buy a second shot for their laslocks/mitralocks. They can be made from the dead, which gives them Hatred, Slow and Purposeful and better FNP.

There's the Triaros, the aforementioned Dedicated Transport with Front Armour 14.

There are the Ursarax, close combat versions of the Thallax.

There are Tech-Priest Auxilia, who can be upgraded to Engineseers, Reductors (who get Tank Hunter and heavy weapons) or Lacrymaeta (who have FNP and improve the FNP of near-by Tech Thralls)

Happy to answer any specific questions, so long as you don't want exact point costs or word-for-word rules text.