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Hi there, I was thinking about creating a drop pod/ deep striking army list that includes the new Forgeworld Caestus assault ram. I am open to any suggestions or criticism about the list so feel free to post. Here's what I've got:

HQ: space marine captain with power sword attached to a squad of
Elites: veterans, sergeant with a power weapon
drop pod
290

troops: 4x 10 man tactical squads with meltaguns and sergeants with power fists (drop pod each)
235 (each) 940 (together)

fast attack: 10 man assault squad with a flamer and sergeant with a pair of lightning claws.
230
Caestus Assault ram with wing-mounted firefury missile battery
260

one of the drop pods will have a deathwind missile launcher and a locator beacon +30. but i haven't decided which one yet.

Thanks.

ninjistic117 wrote:HQ: space marine captain with power sword attached to a squad of
Elites: veterans, sergeant with a power weapon drop pod

troops: 4x 10 man tactical squads with meltaguns and sergeants with power fists (drop pod each)
235 (each) 940 (together)

And no free heavy weps? 4 Scoring units is a bit much for 1500. You could try for something beefier ... or stick with 4 troops.

ninjistic117 wrote:fast attack: 10 man assault squad with a flamer and sergeant with a pair of lightning claws.

ninjistic117 wrote: Caestus Assault ram with wing-mounted firefury missile battery

giving us a ball park idea of what this is and does would be helpful

ninjistic117 wrote:one of the drop pods will have a deathwind missile launcher and a locator beacon Thanks.

The Deathwind blows (ha, ha). It can't fire the turn the DP lands (Cruising Speed+ no high STR weps can fire) and isn't much of a wep anyway.

For the Caestus assault ram: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/CAESTUS-ASSAULT-RAM.html

it has rules on this page for download(experimental rules)

They basically took a landraider and gave it wings, a vindicator melta-cannon, and a 5+ invulnerable save.

The caestus is a beast. It has up to 36" "fast move" (can't assault out of or disembark), a ~36" ranged weapon that is essentially a vindicator cannon but strength 8 AP1(counts as a melta shot so uses 2d6 for AP; the fluff behind it is pretty cool), it's immune to melta fire and flamers (the ceramite armor I believe), and gets a 5+ saving throw against all damage rolls against the front armor (so if you're opponent pens the armor and rolls a 6, roll a 5+ and you ignore it).

Why not take the 10 termies in the RAM?