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It states that a Brother Captain is needed to fulfil one of the requirements for the formation.

Can Brother -Captain Stern be that brother captain?

I believe he would as he is a Brother Captain.

But you know how some rules lawyers are.

If it doesn't specify Stern then no. Just like how Terminator Captains cannot take command squads in SM.

Its right in his title. Brother-Captain Stern.

Its even hyphenated like the Brother-captain entry.

If they say he isn't a Brother-captain, tell them he actually isn't Brother-captain Stern either, since obviously his name means nothing.

Surely it would specify him if he could... You know, like in every other codex...

Castellan Crowe would not be a legal choice for the Brotherhood Champion requirement, even though he is obviously the named variant of the Brotherhood Champion.
This is an obvious parallel with Stern and the unnamed Brother-Captain.

"Brother-Captain Stern" is not the same thing as "Brother-Captain," just like "Castellan Crowe" is not the same thing as "Brotherhood Champion."

 Grey Templar wrote:
Its right in his title. Brother-Captain Stern.

Its even hyphenated like the Brother-captain entry.

If they say he isn't a Brother-captain, tell them he actually isn't Brother-captain Stern either, since obviously his name means nothing.

By that logic an Assault Cannon is a 'Assault' weapon and a Heavy Flamer is a 'Heavy' weapon because the words 'assault' and 'heavy' are in their names.

No, because titles are not where you find rules on weapon types. You find it in the weapon's profile under special rules.

As for Brother-captain, you find that in the entry's title.

 Grey Templar wrote:
No, because titles are not where you find rules on weapon types. You find it in the weapon's profile under special rules.

As for Brother-captain, you find that in the entry's title.

And where does it say that titles are where you find whether or not a unit can be used as a substitute for a required Brother-Captain?

Well, given that there is nowhere else that tells us what the particular model is called then it must be the title.

And you're trying to decide close is good enough, when the rules say otherwise. The rules say 'Brother-Captain', not something with the words 'brother' and 'captain' in its title.

He is a Brother-captain. He's Brother-captain Stern. The fact he has a second name doesn't change the fact he has Brother-captain in his unit entry.

You will note every reference to him within the rules text says "Brother-captain Stern"

If it means anything, the formations in the Necron codex that require an "Overlord" have footnotes that state the named special character Overlords can also fulfill that requirement.

GW is also known for not exactly being consistent in their rules language. Their books are filled with gaps or redundant wording.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Well, given that there is nowhere else that tells us what the particular model is called then it must be the title.

So Terminator Captains can take command squads?

The GK codex is a bit misleading. The Brother-Captain enter contains both the Brother-Captain and the Grand Master, yet the unit composition for both is "1 Brother-Captian" because a Grand Master is an upgraded Brother-Captian. And then on the facing page, Brother-Captain Stern is an obviously named-character Brother-Captain, who is listed as the Brother-Captain in the 3rd Brotherhood on both page 16 and 21. From this we can infer that Stern qualifies as a Brother-Captain with a Grey Knights Brotherhood formation. Using the same logic, Castellan Crowe is a named Brotherhood Champion, and Kaldor Draigo is a named Grand Master.

However, Crowe is listed the Champoint of the Order of Purifiers, not as a Brotherhood Champion of an actual Brotherhood, and Kaldor Draigo is the Supreme Grand Master, and not an actual Brotherhood Grand Master.

As such, I would say that Stern can be the Brother-Captain in a GKB formation if the GKB is the 3rd Brotherhood, while Crowe and Draigo cannot fulfill the Champ slot or GM slot in any GKB because they are not affiliated with any of the 8 Brotherhoods.

SJ

I think Stern should count, but rules-wise the precedent suggests otherwise.

For example, a Terminator Squad can take various versions of Land Raiders as Dedicated Transports. The usual format in the rules is to say: "May take a Land Raider, Land Raider Redeemer or Land Raider Crusader as a Dedicated Transport".

What the rules don't say is "May take a Land Raider" and assume that this includes Redeemers and Crusaders.

And, of course, in other Codexes the names characters have a statement that specifically says they count as the Overlord, etc...