Praetorian Guard and "Loyal" PDF - Astra Militarum - Chris

I have a model who could appear counts-as the **Corrupt Governor**, but he's definitely not the 4-perk warlord.

* The **Corrupt Governer** will be represented by my Catachan Company Commander model, the one with the shiny black hat, but in crunch terms will count-as a "**Platoon Commander**" Elite unit, who narratively has the "T**empestus Militarum**" and "**33rd Lambdan Eagle**" Regiment Keywords, so that his one Voice of Command order can order around units of his elite praetorian guard. He'll have exactly the rules of a Platoon Commander, equipped with a boltgun and power-fist, but in recognition of his being equipped with the best personal protection that money can buy, **his Invulnerable save is 4+** rather than the normal 5+, **for which he pays 5 extra pts**.

I envision the Governor's retinue being aided by his **Battalion of elite private mercenary Valkyrie Airmobile plasma infantry!**, trained to the highest Tempestus standards, and living the sweet life with the nepotistic aristocracy of the hive in exchange for being the Governor's ultimate enforcers and personal bodyguard, who have kept the Revolution at bay leading the mixed-loyalty PDF forces for decades until now through fear of their unstoppable fast airmobile plasma assaults.

* **This battalion of 33rd Lambdan Eagles pays 1 CP to be the Tempestus Drop Force Specialist Detachment**

**Two Tempestor Prime HQ model**s

* one of them the local warlord with the 33rd Lambdan Eagle warlord trait (Lambdan Eagles units within 6" aura reroll 1's to hit in shooting) and the 33rd Lambdan Eagle Relic (6" aura for 5+ invulnerable save on Lambdan Eagle Models within 6 inches.
* The other pays 1 cp for the Tempestus Drop Force warlord trait (+1 to hit for Tempestus Drop Force Infantry units within 6" of him that disembarked from a Valkyrie this turn)

**Two Valkyries full of plasma and hot shot tempestus scions**

* Normal rules and costs for Tempestus units of the 33rd Lambdan Eagles Tempestus Drop Force Specialist Detachment

The Corrupt Governor and his battalion of Praetorian Guard are accompanied by the more martially-able members of the the Governor's retinue:

* The **Retired Rogue Trader** vassal of the Governor will be represented by that sweet **Lord Comissar** model I recently painted! And may as well just use **normal Lord Commisar rules and costs**, paying 1 CP for an extra relic: **The Emperor's Benediction Bolt Pistol**.

Is their having the help of an Assassin too much? Or would the assassins side with the Inquisitor? Or maybe a few competing assassins, one to each Imperium faction that thinks it could be narratively appropriate and fun for an assassin to fight with them using 9th edition assassin rules?

Ha! Maybe I could run a **Callidus Assassin** who's really embedded in the hive spire under deep cover in case the Governor (or anyone else who opposes the Imperium) needs to be killed, in flesh-dancing disguise as the loyal, fierce, and seductive Castellan or Facilitatrix of the governor's Harem? She'll fight for him until it makes narrative sense or fun to betray him!

So actually the Callidus Assassin will be the 4-perk Special Character! She's really the brains of the operation, and the Emperor's representative in the leadership of the Corrupt Governor.

She's been in deep cover on Astheneia for almost 4 years now, and has been in disguise as the Facilitatrix of the Governor's Harem for the most recent 3 of those years, primarily in position in case her superiors want her to kill and replace the Corrupt Governor. Facilitatrix is a sort of catch-all Harem leadership role, acting as his Madam, Pimp, Drug Dealer, Fixer, Talent Manager, and Porn/Stage Director. The Callidus Assassin killed and replace the actual Facilitatrix of the Harem only a few weeks after the real facilitatrix joined the Governor's household, and a few months after that, the Callidus "revealed" to the Corrupt Governor that she has many other useful skills and talents, and could of much more use to him outside of the Harem as well.

So she became his **Castellan**, which in the local culture is sort of like his Chief of Security, combined with Consigliere, and household advisor. There is nobody in the world that the Corrupt Governor trusts more than his Castellan Facilitatrix, not even his old friend the retired Rogue Trader. Too bad she's just waiting around the betray, kill, and replace him.

* The **Callidus Assassin uses normal rules and pts**, and has the following 4 chosen perks from pgs 14-15 of Chapter Approved 2018 (I resisted giving her Indomitable, as there's a bunch of choices that make more narrative sense):
	+ **Divine Protection**: improving her Invulnerable save from 4+ to 3+
	+ Her Phase Sword is an **Artificier Weapon**, improving it's damage from 2 to 3
	+ She is **Stealthy**: Subtract 1 from attacks made with Ranged Weapons that target this model
	+ She can **Strike and Fade**: After this model fights in the Fight Phase, it can immediately Pile In 3" +1d3" in ANY DIRECTION, not just towards the closest enemy model