Allies for my Stormtroopers

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

So, I got an idea in my head for an allied detachment (which could become a CAD pretty easily if I needed more points), it can kind of float a bit. 

 

The idea was this:

 

HQ:

 

Librarian

Plasma pistol, force sword, ML 2, and Power field generator

 

Troops:

 

Scout squad

5 man, Bolters or BP/CCW

 

Fast Attack

 

Ravenwing bikers

6 man squad, 2PG's, ravenwing land speeder with HB and AC

 

 

This comes out to about 500 points, and lets me cover some of the deficiencies with my Army. The Librarian adds some psyker support, telekenesis probably, for invisibility and psychic shriek, and the conversion field gives all models within 3 inches a 4++, I was going to sink him in a scion squad to spread that 4++ around. 

 

The Ravenwing bikers are for the fast moving, hard hitting fire they can bring. Massed bolter fire and quick movement, as well as their homing beacons to allow for more accurate deepstriking, as well as putting a decent assault unit out there to draw some melee threat.

 

The scouts basically just fill the tax, and give me some bodies near their back line, to chew them up with some bolter fire, or to assault them, and provide a melee threat near their back line.

 

I can swap the scouts for a 5 man PC tac squad to provide some fire support. I'd take this to provide a bit of long ranged support, but I'd rather use scouts because they can infiltrate, and get up the board faster, and tie up a unit in melee.

 

I also was considering a grey knight (My Wolves Runic Guard) detachment, maybe a basic nemesis strike force to get them in first turn.

 

Nemesis Strike force:

 

HQ:

 

Librarian, ML3, Stormbolter, Stave

 

 

Troops

 

Terminator Squad, 8 man, Psycannon, Swords

 

This would give me a huge Psyker boost, with 2 Psykers on the table, and a good melee tank unit. I'd again probably use this unit for psychic artillery, telekenesis or sanctic daemonology.

 

What do y'all think.

[WarriorFish]

I think the DA is better, more mobility to match your Scions and as an elite army themselves the last thing they need is an even more elite one with few numbers!

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

Good point. 

 

Though I learned that over in the DA forum that the teleport homer only works for termies. That can be house ruled though, and it's often forgotten. I think it's silly to have multiple different items that all basically do the same thing (Teleport homer, Auger Array, Locator Beacon, Tracker Beacon etc...). So it could be house ruled that for simplicity, all beacons/homers/auger arrays do the same thing, light up the LZ for inbound friendlies. It's fine for different armies to call them different things, but they should all be the same thing a deep strike locator. 

 

Enough ranting though. The purpose behind the grey knights wouldn't be to boost the model count, so much as be threatening to whatever I put them near. It would give me some good psyker support, and be good for mulching daemons, should I come across them. Though I don't know any daemon players here, only CSM players and DA excel against them.

[march10k]

Hah! I just realized something, while we're on the topic of support for stormtroopers...My maxed out air assault formation (35 stormtroopers, 6 melta, 4 plasma, commissar lord with carapace and power sword) leaves PRECISELY the number of points needed in an 1850 list to add my shadowsword (4 sponsons and hull HB) on top of a skyshield...MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

Holy Mother of God, March! That is both the most awesome, and most disgusting thing I think I've ever seen. How do you get the Lord of war, when the Formation has no lord of war slot?