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Designation Force

Astra Militarum detachment

Designation Force

<i>A regiment’s resilient and often unconventional scouts are deployed to provide forward intelligence on enemy dispositions. With a combination of regimental issue sc…

40.6%
win rate
133
games
13%
faction share

Detachment ability

always on · no CP

Designated Targets

Friendly <k>Scout Sentinel/ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY SMOKE</k> units have the following ability:

<b>Signal Flares:</b> In your Shooting phase, this unit can select one <b>visible</b> enemy unit within 12". That enemy unit is <b>designated</b>:
<li>While a unit is <b>designated</b>, that unit has +3" <b>detection range</b>.</li> This <b>detachment</b> has the <k>RECON</k> tag and cannot be taken with another <k>RECON</k> <b>detachment</b>.

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<i>A regiment’s resilient and often unconventional scouts are deployed to provide forward intelligence on enemy dispositions. With a combination of regimental issue scopes and guerrilla instincts hard-won through survival at the forefronts of war zones, they can draw massed firepower down on lurking threats.</i>

Stratagems

3 · every one costs 1 CP

Movement

1CP

Triggered Alerts

Your opponent’s Movement phase, when an enemy unit ends a move within 8" of a friendly <b>unengaged</b> <k>Astra Militarum Infantry</k> unit.

Your unit can make a <b>normal move</b> of up to D3+3".

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Psyker · Grenades · SmokeFull rule ▾

Target: That <k>Astra Militarum Infantry</k> unit.

Shooting

1CP

Close-range Detection

Start of your Shooting phase.

While a <b>visible</b> enemy unit is within 6" of your unit, that unit has +3" <b>detection range</b>.

Epic Hero · Character · Infantry · Walker · Vehicle · Psyker · Grenades · SmokeFull rule ▾

Target: One friendly <k>Scout Sentinel/astra militarum infantry</k> unit.

1CP

Sump-smog Screen

Start of your opponent’s Shooting phase

When an attack targets either your unit, or a unit that is not <b>fully visible</b> to the attacking model because of one or more models in your unit, the target has the <b>benefit of cover</b> against that attack.

Infantry · Grenades · SmokeFull rule ▾

Target: One friendly <k>astra militarum infantry smoke</k> unit.

Enhancements

2

EnhancementPtsWhat it does
Long-range Scout (Upgrade)10<k>Scout Sentinel</k> unit only. This unit has <b>Infiltrators</b>.
Recon Star (Upgrade)10<k>Astra Militarum Infantry Platoon</k> unit only. In your first Movement phase, this unit can make an <b>ingress move</b>.