APPENDIX: THE ENGINEER'S GUILD |
| THE ENGINEERS GUILD The Engineers Guild is made up of several travelling engineers who move constantly among the Home Worlds, from stronghold to stronghold, spreading knowledge and solving technical problems. The Guild is dedicated to protecting its engineers, who have a tendency to find themselves in the middle of an inter-League war far from their own native stronghold. The Engineers Guild have become a major power in Squat society, and stands out from the rest of Squat society with its less rigid structure. The Engineers have developed somewhat of a culture of their own, including a new "technical language" for each of the Lodges. The Engineers Guild holds itself outside of the allegiance of any one stronghold, and requires all of its members to renounce their own allegiances upon acceptance into the Guild. This allows them to stay out of most inter-League wars. Even though each Squat stronghold has an enclave of Guildmen, they are by no means held by any allegiance to the stronghold.
Using the Engineers Guild in a Squat Army Using the Engineers Guild in a Squat army is as simple as looking through the list below, choosing what suits you, and adding it into your Squat army. Each listing has a parentheses beside it in which the listing's force organization category is contained. For example, a Guildmaster would count as an HQ choice, and a Guild Bike Squad would count as one of your Fast Attack choices.
The Guildmaster heads up the local Engineers Guild enclave, giving orders to the Engineers under his command. Wargear: The Guildmaster is allowed equipment from the Armoury.
Engineers like the thrill of riding a bike they crafted with their own two hands, speeding into battle and firing their weapons into the enemy lines. Squad: A squad consists of 1 Leader and between 2 and 4 Bikers. Weapons: Each Biker is armed with two laspistols. The bikes are unarmed. Options: Any member of the squad may replace one of their laspistols with a weapon from the following list: plasma pistol at +5 points, bolt pistol at +1 point, shotgun at +1 point, plasma gun at +10 points, meltagun at +15 points, boltgun at +2 points, autopistol at no additional cost, needle pistol at +5 points, hand flamer at +5 points. The Leader is allowed to have equipment from the Armoury.
The Engineers Guild often creates heavily armed trikes made to support their bike squadrons. These trikes often speed along beside the bikers, firing their heavy weapons at anything in their path. Squad: A squad consists of between 1 and 3 Trikes. Weapons: Each rider is armed with a laspistol. Each Trike must be equipped with one of the following heavy weapons: an autocannon at +15 points, a heavy stubber at +10 points, a multi-melta at +20 points, a missile launcher at +15 points, a lascannon at +20 points, a plasma cannon at +20 points, or a multi-laser at +20 points. Options: None. |
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