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I'm just wondering if it has ever been decided whether a Gladius detachment becomes a "Battle Company", thus giving say, scout choices from the 10th- Company Task Force, free transports too, or if its only the two Core choices of the Gladius that receive the benefit?

Only the units in the battle company (the two demi-companies) get free dedicated transports.

It is only the two demi-companies that turn into the battle company, thus only they get the free transports.

Also note, even if that wasn't the case, only dedicated Rhinos, Razorbacks and Drop Pods are free. Not Land Speeder Storms for a 10th company aux, nor Land Raiders for a 1st company aux.

Fair enough. Thanks guys!

So if someone is going for maximizing ob-sec, free, transports, playing to the objective game, how many can reasonably be taken in a full Gladius, at 1850pts?

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
So if someone is going for maximizing ob-sec, free, transports, playing to the objective game, how many can reasonably be taken in a full Gladius, at 1850pts?

A Battle Company, including two dreadnoughts and two command squads, nets you 14 free transports (of which at least 2 are drop pods), plus a 10th company aux tax, leaves you about 425 points for upgrades.

Thanks. I think that'll be a bit extreme for the lists we were planning on building, but its always nice to know what the extreme possibilities are.

Thanks again guys!

Mind you, that is 425 points to spend amongst 6 5-man tactical squads, a captain(who at present just has pa, bp, chainsword, iron halo, and some grenades), a chaplain(same kit as the captain with a different named invul save generator and what is effectively a power maul instead of a chainsword), 2 dreads, 2 command squads that are just bolter ot bp+ccw vets, 2 minimum dev squads that just have bolters, and 2 packless assault squads. Not to mention no upgrades or increased unit sizes on anything in the 10th.