Question from a non-AdMech player

[Masked Thespian]

Hey there.

 

As mentioned in the title, I'm not an Adeptus Mechanicus player.  What I'm doing is looking at making some objective markers for my new Deathwatch army.  I figured that some of those may include sites of interest to both the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Ordo Xenos, such as a crashed and abandoned, but not destroyed, alien war machine, some kind of xenotech cache, or sabotaging some kind of xenos device.

 

Which models from the current Adeptus Mechanicus range would be suitable for use as AdMech "investigators" and/or "muscle" (either for defence or for lugging around heavy items) on such a site?  As I don't play AdMech, links to the appropriate model on the GW site would be appreciated, but are by no means required.

 

Thanks in advance to anyone who offers me advice.

[Tiger9gamer]

Well, you can probably count on a magos dominus (The main HQ) being on site with the basic starter set of the dominus maniple, meaning one skitarii ranger squad and one onager dunecrawler.

[Kilofix]

Servitors? Scylla?

 

But really for Deathwatch, what about a piece of tech from each Xenos faction? An Eldar Spear, a Tau Drone, a Tyranid Pod, a Necron Orb, etc.

[CommodusXIII]

Th Holy Requisitioner formation is billed for just this very purpose.

 

As for what, exactly, might draw both the AdMech and Ordo Xenos, the Mechanicus are always sticking their mechadendrites where they don't belong. Particularly involving the Necrons, it would seem.

 

Alternatively, a concept that I adapted in a past campaign was that the xenos are the ones on the attack. Maybe the AdMech had a breakthrough in Webway technology that the Eldar don't approve of. Or maybe the Orks have come to "salvage" a valuable source of mechanical components for their war machines. This in turn draws the attention of the Deathwatch.

[Battybattybats]

The vampire counts wraith with the metal face, a spare cable or two and the chain combat accessories from forgeworld are popular pieces for conversions, here's mine, perhaps a Magos Biologis who has upgraded his fleshy form for the dissection of the larger tyranid bioforms?

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/supreme_martian_overlord/DSCF00022-1.jpg

For lugging around heavy items maybe go with the Servo-Automata from the Mechanicum range from Forgeworld. Servo-skulls are of course great for data-collection and individual tasks. Also from Forgeworld now in the Grey Knights section there is the Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Solomon Lok and Retinue, https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-AU/Inquisitor-Solomon-Lok-and-Retinue the tech-servitor is excellently mechanicus especially if you remove the I from the chest (i just made it a holy script, using a little greenstuff) and the servo-skull scribe while delicate little parts is just the thing for the Mechanicus to be recording all that precious data.

[Xisor]

 

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130220054607/warhammer40k/images/3/37/Explorator_Tau.jpg

 

 

My mind went straight here.

 

Specifically the Tau-in-a-pod-on-a-servitor specimen. Magos Biologis get a good run in the books, so they make sense tabletop too. Especially as peripheral people!

 

Ties in well with Deathwatch too. Know your enemy.

[MoGuy]

 

 

Which models from the current Adeptus Mechanicus range would be suitable for use as AdMech "investigators" and/or "muscle" (either for defence or for lugging around heavy items) on such a site?  As I don't play AdMech, links to the appropriate model on the GW site would be appreciated, but are by no means required.

 

The Skitarii Vanguard. Since they are, well, the Vanguard. https://www.games-workshop.com/de-DE/Skitarii-Vanguard

 

 

 

 I figured that some of those may include sites of interest to both the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Ordo Xenos, such as a crashed and abandoned, but not destroyed, alien war machine, some kind of xenotech cache, or sabotaging some kind of xenos device.

 

To play the fluff-nazi here: The Adeptus Mechanicus doesn't salvage alien technology. If they were to find e.g. a crashed Eldar vehicle they would destroy it because it is heresy against the Omnissiah. But there is an extremist wing in the Ad Mech that has retreated into isolation (because their "colleagues" would probably kill them if they get the chance) that does experiment with Xeno tech. 

[Grand Master Laertes]

To play the fluff-nazi here: The Adeptus Mechanicus doesn't salvage alien technology. If they were to find e.g. a crashed Eldar vehicle they would destroy it because it is heresy against the Omnissiah. But there is an extremist wing in the Ad Mech that has retreated into isolation (because their "colleagues" would probably kill them if they get the chance) that does experiment with Xeno tech.

"Would probably kill them"? Half of the Forge World Incaladion has been purged for that exact reason, probably by an alliance of orthodox Tech-priests and Inquisitors

[A.T.]

To play the fluff-nazi here: The Adeptus Mechanicus doesn't salvage alien technology. If they were to find e.g. a crashed Eldar vehicle they would destroy it because it is heresy against the Omnissiah.

 

I don't think the actual capture and study of it is considered heresy, rather the point at which attempts are made either to integrate it with Imperial technology, to change/reinvent Imperial technology based on the findings, or to suggest that the xeno-tech is in any way superior to Imperial technology.

 

But pulling it apart, mucking about with it, seeing what happens when the parts are put together different - it all avoids the basic principle of tech heresy since it is not of human origin, and thus not in any way sacred.

 

So long as a magos limits themself to study for the purpose of knowing where to hit it to blow it up / how it might harm actual sacred technology / how he might mock the xenos for their failings relative to the sacred constructs then he is probably ok. (and then of course destroy it when he's done, as what possible further use could it have)

[MoGuy]

I really love the Ad Mech fluff because it is so silly (much the same way Orks are silly). If I remember correctly, there was a huge battle against an Ork Waaagh(?). The Ad Mech forces build a data library and had to put it underground because they gathered so much data from the constant fighting that the servers were heating up too much. And after the Orks were defeated? They just filled up the library with concrete and build a grenade manofactorum on top. :') 

 

I also think that every Tech-Priest is probably very interested in Xeno Tech (dangerous levels of curiosity is our trademark after all) and in their chambers they are all like "Oh sweet Omnissiah, this Necron gauss is so awesome! Lemme shoot different armour plates with it! *Pew Pew Pew* Hahaha! Alright, give these data to the manofactorum. Have them make some tweakes to the alloy and bring me new plates to shoot. In the meantime bring me the holy oils! I want to take this thing apart...".