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Hi,
long time lurker, first question in a while.

Back playing 40k with a mix of Guard, Cult Mech and Skitarii. The plan is to phase out the Guard as I buy new models.

The main problem I have had is the lack of transports or something fast to grab objectives.

I've seen in a few other posts people talking about adding in transports as allies.

Can you add in transports on their own?

I thought you would need tl add the troops as well. Sorry if I missed this in the rules but I just can't see how to add in drop pods without marine infantry.

Any help or suggestions on how to speed up this army is appreciated.

Thanks

Gazza

Most common approach is the Flesh Tearers taxi service formation from the Extermination campaign book. 1HQ and 1 Troop unlocks up to 6 Fast Slots for your transport needs.

Wellllll there is a way to take transports by themselves, with no allies, but then you are delving deep into the unbound lands and some people are still a little uppity about that. I played a thousand point list for a few months using unbound skitarii and Blood Angel transports and had a blast with it being not to cheesy or broken (they're Rhinos) so I can say maybe give it a try in friendly games.


But, if you don't wanna unbound there is a special blood angel detachment called the "Flesh tearers strike force" or something. It's in the Leviathan book and I believe there is a codex suppliment on the black library site now. Anyways the detachment is the following:

1 Blood angel HQ
1 Blood Angel troop choice
6 Blood Angel Fast attack choices

And the gist is that people bring this alongside skitarii to add drop pods to your list. Since the drop pods are fast attacks you can just pay the points for them without troops and put the skitarii inside. Bing Bang boom Skitarii in drop pods with a minimal space marine presence.

Hi,
thanks. Will have a look at that list.

Just wondered if I could do it without the Marines.

Gazza

Not without the Marines entirely, but you could easily take a unit of SM Scouts and model them like your Rangers.

Transports for skittari? here ya go!





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As previously said, Flesh Tearers is probably your best bet. However, if it were me I'd wait for the new codex. Rumor has it that Skitarii and Cult Mechanicus are going to be combined fairly soon. While I don't have high hopes, it's entirely possible that they'll get a transport kit.