Pyschic Awakening: Speculation

[Red_Shift]

A catachan unit box and character would be great. They have shown what can be achieved with the battle sisters box now and there's no reason it couldn't include appropriate command stuff as well. Would tie in nicely with one of the psychic awakening books. Could also introduce some nice jungle fighting rules.

[Guest Triszin]

would be cool if PA6 is catachan also.

 

but The amount of fixes wolves need, and orks could use might fill up a book byitself.

[Dark Shepherd]

 

Valrak has confirmed Greater Good is Death Guard, GSC, as well as dirty fish people

 

So after book 6 that potentially leaves

Deathwatch/Knights/Chaos Knights/Guard/Admech/Custodes/Harlequinns/Necrons

 

So books 7 and 8 would probably be the end of it? One or two of those imperium factions could well be in book 6 too

Id say, custodes vs harlequin vs necron

 

And everyone else in one book

 

 

I could see gaurd Orks and wolves for pa5

Looks like youre right, PA to be 8 books, guard and deathwatch probably in saga of the beast, you probably called last book correctly

[Guest Triszin]

If that's the case, I say the last book will be called "the war in heaven" or something akin

 

And 50/50 dw are in pa8, or pa6

Edited January 24, 2020 by Triszin

[Marshal Reinhard]

Book 7 icons confirms knights, chaos knight, admech, and... chaos in general? Just an 8 pointed star. Going with Deamon engines, since that'll fit with book theme.

 

 

So that leaves Deathwatch//Guard/Custodes/Harlequinns/Necrons.

 

Some of which could be put in either PA5 or PA6, supposedly. I'm guessing we'll go at most up to PA9, probably just 8?

[DeadFingers]

Book 7 icons confirms knights, chaos knight, admech, and... chaos in general? Just an 8 pointed star. Going with Deamon engines, since that'll fit with book theme.

 

This supplement will see the war for the Imperium’s soul kick into high gear, as Imperial Knights, Chaos Knights, the Adeptus Mechanicus and Daemons of Chaos battle amidst revelations of hidden sub-cults, twisted schemes and even more surprises…

Edited January 24, 2020 by DeadFingers

[Marshal Reinhard]

and Daemons of Chaos battle

Ah. Whoops. There it was.

[TheMawr]

so my speculation boils down to two leftover trees, buth culmilating in an enemy that was not part of the initial icons. As before I am likely wrong ;)

PA6 Orks vs Space Wolves & Guard
PA8 Necron vs Deathwatch
PA9 Harlequins & Custodes(+SoS) vs Enemy
in wich case the enemy would be a follow up on the start of the psychic awakening, and the female inquisitor and her harlequin sidekicks storyline. (both of them in fact.) thus "the force that darkens stars and blackens souls" or something. As I think a whole new xenos faction is unlikely, possibly its just Emperors children with fulgrim then.

or

PA6 Orks vs Space Wolves
PA8 Necron vs Deathwatch vs Harlequins (makes sense with the Szeras rumors)
PA9 Imperial guard & Custodes(+SoS) vs Enemy

in wich case the enemy would be a culmination of the whole growing psykers among humanity angle.. so likely Lost and the damnedish. (not necessarily new models but rather double use guard and some odd allies.) and the Necron story angle is the new danger.

[TheMawr]

or a very unorthodox;

PA6 Orks vs Space Wolves & Deathwatch
PA8 Imperial guard vs Kroot (suprise)     <--- boxset with new Kroot character & unit + old plastic kroot on one side, and Catachans (with ogryns or something.) on the other.
PA9 Harlequins & Custodes(+SoS) vs Necrons
 

[Chapter Master Valrak]

Seeing Custodes take on Necrons would cool, would love to see the interaction between those two.

[Redcomet]

How often does Regimental Standard hook into near-future releases? Curious, given past we've now had a Rumour Engine that strongly suggests, and a Regimental Standard that includes Catachans.

 

I wonder if they'll be the Astra Militarum faction that gets the most focus in a future PA release.

My local GW manager told me the time table from Regimental Standard to pre order, but I cannot remember how long sadly. But there us a fixed time table

[Sete]

9 books, new edition. I told ya guys like in november.

Last book ties in with new edition if I remember correctly.

Edited January 24, 2020 by Sete

[Guest Triszin]

where does the 9th book come from? Im only guesstimating 8 atm

[Sete]

Just sharing what I read. Dunno anything else. :/

[Guest Triszin]

Just sharing what I read. Dunno anything else. :/

cool :)

 

Then I revise my guesstimates:

 

Custodes VS harlequins ( Battle in the webway at the imperial palace)

 

Guard & Death watch vs Necrons

[MoshJason]

Sisters of battle should be in there somewhere, now that they are actually out and all.

[Dark Shepherd]

8 books for 8th edition :)

Some books have had more than 2 or 3 factions plus as we saw with Tau book the factions arent limited to the title

[Lord Lorne Walkier]

I predict that Engine WAR will be about Dharrovar, and the Knight wars there. I have created a full city table that is full of Knight size terain. I have been planning on running Knight War battles for a while now. Hope I'm right

[Guest Triszin]

My initial speculation was angron then ghaz then Russ.

 

I'll amend to say ghaz then angron then Russ!

[Dark Shepherd]

Looks like 9 books now

 

Maybe bad news for Wolves in the lore if theyre up against Ghaz without major allies

[Karhedron]

Maybe bad news for Wolves in the lore if theyre up against Ghaz without major allies

Very bad news indeed. Ghaz will have to find some more mates before the Space Wolves find him. Otherwise it'll be over before they get to the fun bits.. 

Edited January 29, 2020 by Karhedron

[Guest Triszin]

Looks like 9 books now

 

Maybe bad news for Wolves in the lore if theyre up against Ghaz without major allies

Wouldn't be surprised if pa6, has ghaz beat wolves down, mortally wound Ragnar, something happens and ragnar is sucked into the warp.

 

Then wolves go on the Jason and argonauts quest in the upcoming audio drama to find him and he becomes primaris and heavy handed hints of Russ returning

[Guest]

Looks like 9 books now

Maybe bad news for Wolves in the lore if theyre up against Ghaz without major allies

Rumors are Deathwatch will join the SWs, wouldn't be surprised if the Custodes get involved depending on how close the war is. They could throw us a curve ball and give us DG, seeming as GW won't let us know what is happening with the Startide Nexus.

 

Only a few faction haven't been in a PA. Necrons, SoB, Harlequins, DG, SW, Custodes, deathwatch are the remaining unconfirmed.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Jarl Caldersson

[Guest Triszin]

Startide seems to be a next major campaign for 8.5 I think

 

 

I could see dg in pa6 as a curveball

[Brother Casman]

I have to wonder if we haven't misinterpreted what happened with the Death Guard in the Startide Nexus. I'm thinking that there are three broad possibilities in play:

• The Death Guard, even with their technically superior warp-engines, are travelling slowly - y'know, "the inevitability of death" and all that. The distortion mentioned is simply the "resonance build up" of a transiting fleet.
• The Death Guard have punched a hole in the Startide Nexus, and are actually heading to the 500 worlds of Ultramar, making the distortion the signal of the break-out. A stable "warp-tunnel" would be a useful shortcut, especially if you can leave it at will. I'm also pretty sure that these events are occurring before Plague War, but I could be mistaken.
• Both possibilities are in play - the majority of the fleet is on it's way to Ultramar, but the Death Guard also see a target of opportunity in the Tau Empire and controlling the Startide Nexus, so split up to corrupt and despoil.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Brother Casman
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