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Given that the designer's commentary said GW envisioned three ways to take assassins; Execution Force, Auxiliary Detachment, or Special Operative Strat and no mention of a regular vanguard is this still a thing? Not that I play imperium but the thought of facing 3 vindicares in a 2000 pt game seems ridiculous...

Execution Force *is* the name of the rule allowing a Vanguard with no HQs...

The "Execution Force" is a vanguard detachment. The only exception is that they get to CP is they don't have one of each assassin.

ah, yes - I meant a non-execution force vanguard detachment: given that assassins have no HQ, the only vanguard they can take is the one with the Execution Force? And can't take duplicates?

I'm just trying not to be gotcha'd as I'm playing in a local tourney this weekend

The execution force is the name of any vanguard detachment of assassins. You only get 1 CP if you take one of each, but you can still take a detachment of 3 Eversors as an execution force if you want, you just don't get the CP for it.

You can absolutely take 3 of the same Assassin in the Execution force, but you get 0 CP.
If, however, you take 1 of each, you get 1 CP as normal.

got it, thanks!