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Hello I'm new here. Not shore if this is the right place to put this topic or not.

While I've been a reader of 40k fiction for many years I've never actually played the game and I've recently decided to change that. I was going to go for an Ordo Xenos army but changed my mind after seeing the Ordo Astartes in the Inquisition Codex.

I just want a bit of advice on creating an Ordo Astartes Inquisitor. I should point out my concept will be fluff based rather the competitive play

I was thinking of basing him on the Ordo Hereticus character rules with only one alteration. Rather then the Witch Hunter warlord trait he has Astartes Hunter which gives him and his unit Preferred Enemy against Space Marines. Would that be allowed in the game or is it the kind of thing only specific groups would permit?

What would be the best loadout for an Astartes Hunter? As I said I'm building him around the Ordo Hereticus rules (unless anyone has a better idea). Which weapons and gear from their selection would best suit his role?

As he's a purest his entourage dosent include Jokaero Weaponsmiths or Deamonhosts

As an extra, some fluff.

Inquisitor Adolphus Strigoi is one of the few mortal men who can inspire something like fear in a Space Marine and not just because he belongs to the Ordo Astartes. Its the fact that he has personal eliminated a number of chapters with without hesitation and with brutal efficacy that make him feared.

He primarily concerns himself with any chapters that for whatever reason are conceded suspicious. Chapters who's history the Imperium has little or no data on, Chapters who do not adhere to the Gene-Seed tithe or are believed to manipulate screening results, Chapters who display mutation or unorthodox behaviour, Chapters who were resonantly discovered or as is often the case chapters who display several of these factors. While this is hardly unusual for an Ordo Astartes Inquisitor, what sets Adolphus apart is how he conducts his work. Unlike the majority of his Ordo, who primarily function in secret, Adolphus makes no attempts to hides his role or his deeds. He will not try to gather information on a chapter surreptitiously rather he will turn up to a chapters fortress monastery without announcement to perform an immediate investigation. He dosen't care about a chapters rules or culture and any attempt at resistance or impediment will be used against them in his final judgement.

Despite his reputation, Adolphus doesn't not hate or distrust Space Marines, on the contrary he has the utmost respect for them. However he has seen first hand what can happen when Space Marines fall from grace, for as a child his world was ravaged by a fallen chapter but was also saved by another. He never begins his investigation of a chapter believing they are traitors or corrupt, he is only interested in the facts of the matter. If he turns up damning information or is prevented from performing his investigation he will want an explanation, if he is not satisfied by this then his final judgement concludes that the chapter is corrupted and it must be destroyed.

When this decision is reached Adolphus will begin the complete annihilation of the chapter regardless of passed deeds of heroism and greatness. In his eyes if a chapter is corrupt then every aspect of it is tainted. Every building, ship, vehicle, relic, book, weapon or set of power armour belonging to the chapter will be destroyed to remove the taint. Every Space Marine from the lowliest Initiate to the Chapter Master himself will be marked for execution. The chapters home world and/or planets they regularly recruit from will undergo exterminatus. All that the chapter was will be purged. The only thing that will remain to show the chapter ever existed will be a single ceramite shoulder guard bearing the chapters icon. This Adolphus will take back to his flag ship, "The Omniscience Minos", to be branded with the symbol of the Ordo Astartes and placed on "The Wall of Traitors".

Adolphus 's force consist primarily of his own personal Imperial Guard garrison (special trained and equipped to combat Astartes) as well as a Preceptory of the Order of the Broken Chain (Sisters of Battle who specialise in Astarte purges)

I can't find any current mention of this "Ordo Astartes." Are you sure they are of the current lore?

They are mentioned on page 18 of the Codex: Inquisition (6th Edition).

EDIT: Also page 8 of the Champions of Fenris - A Codex: Space Wolves Supplement

Never heard of them but they apparently do exists. And it seems that you can read more about them in the champions of fernis book
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ordo_Astartes

 oldzoggy wrote:
Never heard of them

EDIT: They aren't well known or used but I really like the concept and wanted to use it if I could.

Are they a subsect of the Ordo Hereticus? It seems they would work well with the Minotaurs...

Its never stated that it is but given that its role is still dealing with the "enemy within" its very likely they are a subsect of Hereticus.

Minotaurs would be a very good choice for an Ordo Astartes army. I didn't go with them because I didn't like the idea of Space Marines policing Space Marines but some other people would likely feel differently and use them.

The Minotaurs aren't really a policing unit as much as they are the attack dog of the Inquisition, at least from my perspective.

Your right, they are attack dog of the Inquisition but they are being used as a weapon by the ones doing the policing. I view it as the difference between other Inquisition factions. Some Ordo Xenos Inquisitors will use alien weapons while others are so purest they wont even learn an alien language. In the same vain some Ordo Astartes Inquisitors see nothing wrong with using Space Marines to do their dirty work while others will feel that it is their duty to deal with Space Marines with other imperial forces and that using Astartes renders the entire role of the Ordo Astartes pointless.

Also Minotaurs are more of a attack dog of the High Lords of Terra rather than the Inquisition.

But IIRC there is a weapon called a Hellrifle which is 36 inch AP3 (I forget the other stats) which would serve well as a trademark weapon.

 Quickjager wrote:
Also Minotaurs are more of a attack dog of the High Lords of Terra rather than the Inquisition.

But IIRC there is a weapon called a Hellrifle which is 36 inch AP3 (I forget the other stats) which would serve well as a trademark weapon.

While that would make a great weapon unfortunately Ordo Hereticus Inquisitors cannot equip it only Ordo Malleus ones according to the current rules. Ordo Malleus hog a lot of the better equipment.

Was thinking of taking a Thunder Hammer. It's unwieldy but when it hits, it hits hard and would come in handy against dreadnoughts. If he gets that close that is.

If you wanted to represent them on the tabletop, I'd run an Inquisitor with some Tempestus Scions. I wouldn't recommend a Thunderhammer on a lowly Inquisitor as he only hits at S6 without Hammer hand.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
If you wanted to represent them on the tabletop, I'd run an Inquisitor with some Tempestus Scions. I wouldn't recommend a Thunderhammer on a lowly Inquisitor as he only hits at S6 without Hammer hand.

Oh I plan on haveing Tempestus Scions, an Inquisitor going up against rouge astartes would be a fool not to have them among his forces.

The only other good option would be a force sword which would be mean making my Inquisitor a psyker. If thats the case then I'll out fit him with a plasma pistol and set him up with the Telepathy, Telekinesis or Divination discipline, which ever would be better suited to astartes combat.