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I've started to dabble in 30k as 40k is growing a touch stale with my Marines. After a couple of games getting my feet under me I've had moderate success with these lists, locally we don't bring out Superheavies without informing our opponents first so if someone was going to bring their Typhon I'd be able to adjust.

3000pt Ultramarines Legion – Orbital Assault

Apothecaries go with the Seekers, Suzerains and Plasma Support, MoS with the Plasma Support, Chaplin with the Termies and Remus either starts on board with a Tac or goes in Pod with the Suzerains.
The more I use the Storm Eagle with Termies the more I like it, it just speaks to me. I know more Chainfists and a Plasma Blaster would be better but I'm already proxying a lot since I have a 40k army, not a 30k one and I /will/ forget which is which.
There is a ton of Plasma because it seems to be the most efficient way to get rid of stuff, there's nothing like watching your 20 man Tac squad bounce off a Sarge with Artificer Armour and FnP
My main concern is AV and I'm really not sure how to deal effectively with it, right now this is a Beta Strike list. Turn two the cavalry arrives and the fliers pop Rhino for my Plasma to kill the contents while my Tacs hugs cover and try not to die. I need to wait for heavy assault units to get out of their Spartans/Landraiders before my Suzerians and Termies can counter attack.

This second List is more TAC and has seen more success, also 3k

Apothecaries with the Tacs, Chappy with Termies
Tacs screen the Tanks, then advance with the Raiders to take mid-field. Storm Eagle gets called in by the Damocles which does its best to hide with the Scorpius while the Nuncio Voxes give LoS for their barrages. It has three Hard assault units and five scoring units which seems to be a lot in 30K. It feels like its a more solid list than the Orbital Assault one and its got a better win ratio so far.

Sorry, I know I am late...

There are some errors with your Orbital Assault list.

1)
Only units eligible to take Rhinos as dedicated transport can take Drop pods instead.

So your Suzerains can't take a drop pod. You would have to field a Dreadclaw to use your Invictarii with this ROW.

The dreadclaw lacks an Inertial Guidance System so you would have to be cautious or try to land near a Nuncio Vox (Remus for example).
But then again the dreadclaw doesn't force your troops to disembark the moment it arrives like the drop pod does.

Which of course suits your suzerains just fine, as they can't assault the turn they arrive.

2)
Remus, or the TAC, can't start the game deployed on the board.

Because:

"Units that cannot be deployed via Deep Strike, either by having access to the special rule themselves or because they cannot be carried in a transport vehicle that has it (infantry in drop pods, for example), may not be chosen as part of the army."

"All Units purchased dedicated transports in this army must begin the game transported within them.