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first: i wasn't really sure where to put his, it was between army lists and here and army lists is for actual army lists, this is just a squad.

now onto the actual dakkary.

I am compiling army lists, as we do, when I thought what if:

HQ choice

Shas'O
- bonding knife (keep in mind it's free if I've got Farsight)
- drone controller
- multi tracker
- plasma rifle
- missile pod

Marker drone

Shield drone

Shas'Vre[s] (both have the same configuration)
- multi tracker
- targeting array
- missile pod
- plasma rifle

is this 1) effective, does anyone have any experience fielding this configuration? and 2) is it viable points-wise?

This probably would be under tactics. The only thing I see is the number of add ons. When I read the coded it seemed to highlight restrictions on what ic can bring.

could you expand on that, I don't quite get what you're saying.
A Shas'O w/ bodyguard is not an independent character and he can take up to 100 points of war-gear.
Sorry my mistake, hardwired multi tracker.

see the thing about no. 2) is that the squad costs roughly 326 points so its a little costly

The problem with Shas'os is you really do not gain anything TOO important for the extra 25 points.

You could bump him down to a Shas'el and get him a targetting array and Boom, Bs5 for 15 points cheaper.

I feel the same way with Bodyguards( except for Farsight's Personal Retinue) You really don't gain enough making shas'vre Crisis Suits to warrant the extra 10 points.

What I do with my HQ is I'll take a shas'el and Put him in a regular Squad of Crisis Suits.

Since you are running Farsight, you really don't have to have a second Commander, the 300 or so point you spent on the other command squad could go to farsight's retinue or more Crisis suit teams in the Elite slot, or even other non-crisis suit items in the Cadre.

cool, thanx for the ideas,
and now...

Duncan's useless knowledge!
You can theoretically have have twenty crisis suits on a normal force organisation chart.
farsight + 7 bodygaurds
hq(o/el) + body gaurds
& elites
but do we honestly need it?