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Just for fun (because obviously they'll never be a faction), what kind of rules would a Thyrrus army have?

The Thyrrus are squid-like aliens who view life as a performance, and whose battlefield tactics aim to be spectacular rather than effective. They seem to have little or no sense of self-preservation. As a result, they'd be a high-risk, high-reward army with a high chance of hurting themselves.

- I imagine their vehicles would blow up a lot when destroyed (Deadly Demise on a 4+). They could also have anti-vehicle weapons that make the enemy's Deadly Demise trigger on a 5+ (like the new Exorcist tank).

- Maybe something related to Tank Shock, such as Tank Shock costing 0 CP (still limited to once per phase), because ramming enemies looks awesome.

- There could be an enhancement giving a character the Precision rule in melee combat, effectively always being under the effects of the Epic Challenge stratagem.

- I see the Thyrrus primarily as a melee army, but whose few ranged weapons tend to be quite powerful and often have Blast and/or Hazardous.

- Being squid-like and caring nothing for their lives, they would have very little in the way of saves.

- Their focus on spectacle might, in many cases, translate into forcing the enemy to take Battleshock tests. On the other hand, they would have no scouts or infiltrators, because hiding from the enemy runs counter to their philosophy of war.

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a quick glance at lexicanum shows them using plasma, which could be some sort of direction to take them in. i disagree with the melee focus insofar as it could be mixed, but like you say, give everything hazardous. maybe a special rule to do with plasma weapons having a chance to take out enemy models as well as the bearer?

oh, and i think the weird designs of these guys lends really well to some bizarre vehicle concepts. a lot of interesting possibilities there

I still have the xenology book in which I first saw them!
If I remember right they worship slaneesh from what I remember reading in the book, (can't confirm at work ATM) so I imagine they would have combat stims maybe making them volatile causing them to explode on failed saves like a walking plasma gun on overcharge. give they are non humanoid xenos they could really lend to insane vehicles.
I imagine they would have sonic and explosive weaponry on top of plasma. since spectacle is their thing I see them as more of a shootee army with artillery of colorful toxins and gasses
lots of debuffs, cohesion and battle shock tests due to being bombarded with what these things consider spectacular