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Hi all

Need some help with a picking between two lists for a raven-guard successor chapter (stealthy, master artisans). I am only playing what I have built and painted, which is reflected in the units available below. It is for a 1,000 point game. The mission is Incursion: divide and conquer (page 289 of the 9th ed rule book).

As both lists share a common core, it is probably easier to highlight the differences and then ask what you all think might work best for that mission.

Option 1: Patrol detachment with the core units listed below and 3 troop choices

1. 6 man infiltrator squad
2. 5 man veteran intercessor squad (sergeant with chain sword)
3. 5 man tactical squad, 1 with missile launcher, sergeant with chain sword

Option 2: spear head detachment with the core units listed below and 2 troop choices, 1 additional heavy unit to the above

1. 5 man infiltrator squad
2. 5 man scout squad (3 with sniper rifles, sergeant with sniper rifle/chain sword, 1 with missile launcher)
3. 3 man eradicator squad

Units both lists have in common

+ HQ [6 PL, -1CP, 115pts] +
• Captain [6 PL, -1CP, 115pts]: Bolt pistol, Chainsword, Combi-plasma [10pts], Digital Weapons, Feigned Flight, Frag & Krak grenades, Jump Pack [1 PL, 25pts], Stratagem: Master of the Trifold Path [-1CP], The Imperium's Sword, Warlord

+ Fast Attack [6 PL, 150pts] +

Inceptor Squad [6 PL, 150pts]: Plasma Exterminator x2 [30pts]
• 2x Inceptor [80pts]
• Inceptor Sergeant [40pts]: Master-Crafted Weapon

+ Heavy Support +

Devastator Squad [8 PL, 130pts]: Armorium Cherub [5pts]
• Space Marine Sergeant [25pts]: Bolt pistol, Chainsword, Combi-plasma [10pts], Frag & Krak grenades
• 4 x Space Marine w/Heavy Weapon [25pts]: Bolt pistol, Frag & Krak grenades, Grav-cannon and grav-amp [10pts]
Whirlwind [7 PL, 143pts]: Hunter-killer missile [5pts], Storm bolter [3pts], Whirlwind vengeance launcher [10pts]

+ Dedicated Transport [6 PL, 128pts] +
• Razorback [6 PL, 128pts]: Hunter-killer missile [5pts], Storm bolter [3pts], Twin lascannon [40pts]

So what would you run and why? Would you run the 3-troops choice option for obsec/board control, or would you run the eradicators instead?
Thanks for helping a fellow sneaky dude out