I assembled a Veletaris command section! Do you guys remember the Heresy 1.0 first edition rules of old when the Lord Marshal could take a household retinue? The one where you can take a Veletaris Storm Section an Elites choice and they get Preferred Enemy (Infantry). They're supposed to be the Marshal's bodyguards, get WS4 (which we already do get in 3.0), and people would arm them with storm axes. For the Marshal and his household retinue to charge into glorious combat and hack even the vaunted Legionaries of the Legiones Astartes to pieces. Because we mortals rock.
So that's what I did. Gave almost everyone, aside from the Captain and the vox operator, a storm axe. Whee!!!!
I even kitbashed a Veletaris with a command vox. He has a volkite charger by his side. I mean, it makes no sense for the vox operator to be armed with a storm axe...his job isn't to charge into melee, but to stay back and keep the vox channels open for communication.
"Bro, where's your storm axe? Why aren't you charging?"
"Mate, can't you see the heavy vox-pack on my back? You want me to run straight at the enemy while carrying all this equipment? Nah, go on ahead. I'll just shoot from afar with my trusty volkite charger."
"...right. Okay, everyone else! CHARGE!"
Not sure if you can see it, but the Captain (or Veletaris First Prime) has a volkite serpenta to pair with his power sword. As befitting his status as an officer, y'know? And also to mark him as an officer when contrasted against the Veletarii sergeants that lead the Veletaris storm sections. I also gave another guy an Auxilia vexila, to make it more command section-ish. He gets a storm axe because that's how he inspires the other Veletarii.
At least I can unlock my Veletaris Tercio now! YAY!
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