Anyway, we'll first begin with my Legatine Command Section, which I already assembled after getting the Solar Auxilia Battlegroup last year (March 2024, to be exact). Or actually, this version was assembled in August last year, with me kitbashing Veletaris models to be command squad veterans - hence, you'll notice they're all in Veletaris void armor, rather than the standard void armor of lasrifle tercios. The Legate Marshal has a paragon blade and archaeotech pistol, and I have 4 Lifewards, one has a Cohorts vexilla, one has a command vox, and two have plasma pistols and power swords. The Lifeward with the vexilla is also equipped with a plasma pistol and a power sword, just because. This brings their cost up to 200 points. I'll be choosing the Mechanized Patterned Cohort Doctrine because I love tanks, and my guys are quite literally a mechanized force, anyway, with all my infantry riding in Dracosan Armored transports.
I will be kitbashing a Veletaris Command Section soon, giving them a single command vox. The lieutenant has a volkite serpenta and a power sword to signify his status as an officer. I'll keep the section cheap by sticking with volkite chargers, which will keep them at 95 points. Rounding up the command staff would be an armored command section, a Leman Russ tank with a volkite macro-saker, a hull multi-laser and a pintle multi-laser for 160 points.
The infantry consists of two Veleteris Storm Sections at 95 points each, all armed with volkite chargers and a single vox interlock. They are supported by 4 Hermes Veletaris Sentinels in a single squadron, all armed with volkite calivers and costing 80 points. The Logistical Benefit will be used for the Aethon Heavy Sentinel squadron of 3, armed with melta lances and Aethon missile battery for 240 points. They'll be riding in 2 Dracosan Armored Transports with demolisher cannons and flare shields at 195 points each. This fills my Veletaris Tercio detachment, and the total cost of that is 900 points.
Speaking of Aethon Heavy Sentinel, there's this awesome artwork where we take down a Contemptor Dreadnought with a melta lance. Humanity, f yeah! We mortals can beat Astartes!
I'll have to unlock an Armored Fist detachment with my primary Crusade detachment, the Legatine Command Section, for 2 more Dracosan Armored Transports, but with twin lascannons and flare shields, each at 160 points for a total of 320.
3 Leman Russ assault tanks make up the Armor Tercio detachment. 2 are equipped with executioner plasma destroyers and lascannons for 175 points each, while the third retains his volkite marco-saker, but like the Tank Commander, he swaps his hull weapon for a multi-laser and has a pintle multi-laser too. He only costs 150 points. The total tercio cost will be 500 points. Nice.
The Logistical Benefit in the primary crusade detachment will unlock the Valdor Tank Destroyer,who has a sponson lascannon and a flare shield, so he costs 255 points. Rounding out my armored cohort is a Stormblade super-heavy tank with 2 sponson lascannons and two twin heavy bolters for 540 points.
That brings me to 2,970 points. I have 30 points left over for...something. Uh, I suppose I can downgrade my Cohort vexilla to an Auxillia vexilla to save 10 points, so that I can spend 40 points on an additional 5 Veletarii with volkite chargers for either the command section or storm sections to round me up to 3,000 points. Nice. There's also the option of taking away the power sword from the vexilla bearer (since he's technically only holding a plasma pistol) to give me 45 points, which I can spend on hunter-killer missile batteries for my Aethon Heavy Sentinels instead. Are they worth it? I...doubt it, given how limited they are. Heh.
Alternatively, I can downgrade my Legatine Command Section to a Tactical Command Section, though the captain has a power fist and plasma pistol as opposed to a paragon blade and archaeotech pistol. Everyone else is the same, so they cost 170 points, giving me another 30 points to play with. I'll also strip the Valdor Tank Destroyer of his flare shield to free up 20 points. 80 points mean I can bring a Carnodon strike tank for 80 points with his volkite culverin and two sponson volkite calivers.
I have a lot of volkite in my list, and I actually had more in my original version because I armed my Aethon Heavy Sentinels with volkite culverins instead of melta lances. But I have way too much volkite. I mean, 49 volkite shots from my Veletaris Command Section and Storm Sections alone, 8 from my Hermes Veletaris Sentinel squadron, and 16 Damage 2 volkite shots from my Leman Russ tanks. Then, depending on what I go for, I have another 10 volkite shots from 5 extra Veletarii or 7-8 volkite shots from my Carnodon strike tank. That's a total of 83 or 80-81 Strength 5/6 shots in a single army. That's a lot of dakka. Do I really need another 9-12 volkite shots from my Aethon Heavy Setinels? Would be hilarious to have 92-95 or 89-93 volkite shots, though. Honestly, if I want to go all in on volkites, I can stick to volkite culverins for my Aethon Heavy Sentinels, take away the power sword from the vexilla bearer to add the 5 Veletarii to the list with the Carnodon strike tank, and the total number of volkite shots will shoot up to 99-103 shots. If I don't move, my guys have over 100 volkite shots between them. Hah!
Comparatively, my antitank weaponry is lacking. My Valdor tank hunter, 2 hull lascannons on my Leman Russ Assault tanks, 2 twin lascannons on my Dracosan Armored Transports, 2 Demolisher cannons also from Dracosans, along with the Stormblade are all that stand between me and armored foes. That's like, what, 9 lascannon shots, 2 neutron beam lasers, 2 Demolisher blasts and 1 gigantic Damage 5/7 plasma blast? Doesn't sound too bad, actually. Anyway, having an extra 3 melta shots might be helpful if I face a tank-heavy opponent, but I can chop and equip however I see fit.
Also, I can just play an armor cohort with just tanks - an Armored Command Section, 3 Leman Russ Assault tanks, my Stormblade and Valdor Tank Hunter cost 1,455 points, which means they can serve as allies to my Thousand Sons or Dark Angels or Mechanicum. For example, a Legio Cybernetica list with my Archmagos Prime, a Magos, 2 Tech-priests, 2 Castellax battle-automata, 4 Castellax Destructor battle-automata, 1 Domitar battle-automata, a Thantar-Cavas siege-automata and a Thanatar-Calix siege-automata will cost me 1,665 points. That puts me in excess of 120 points, so I'll need to drop one of them. Maybe the Domitar, plus the Valdor's flare shield? There you go.
The Veletaris and their Dracosan Armored Transports can serve as Yeomanry Mesnie for my Knights - 500 points, maybe 570 points if I can squeeze out some points from my Knights, for demolisher cannons. Alternatively, if I want to play them as allies, the command section, storm sections and their transports will cost 1,195 points. 1,160 if I swap out a demolisher cannon for twin lascannons, but something to think about when making them allies as opposed to primary. Either way, if I were to ally them to the Legio Cybernetica Mechanicum force above, that brings me to 2,860 points! I have 140 left over for a single Thallax cohort with 2 phased plasma fusils. Nice.
Anyway, it's been a fun exercise! I'll add this as a note when I start fleshing out my lists for my Thousand Sons and Dark Angels! My Solar Auxilia will be the perfect Legiones Auxilia for them!
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