http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/14.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Hello,

I wanted to field a Farsight Cadre since I saw it back in the good old times, where Farsight had those hard restrictions. But due to a low Crisis Body count I couldn't.

Now, with the new Start Collecting Tau Box I could get my Habds on 6 new Crisis. And now I'm burning to field them.

But the decisions I had to make where hard. I wanted many suits. Due to the bonding knife tax, I want no light Infantry like Firewarriors or Pathfinders. But taking the the retaliation cadre didn't fit in my list, because I needed two auxiliaries and I hadn't enough points.

I have a total of:

12 Crisis
3 Riptides
6 Stealthsuits
1 Ghostkeel
1 Stormsurge
3 Hazards
Lots of infantry and Tanks
Lots of drones

Here is my list for you:

+++ Dawn Blade Contingent (2000pts) +++

++ Tau Empire: Codex (2015) (Tau Dawn Blade Contingent) (2000pts) ++

+ (No Category) +

Farsight Enclaves

+ Core (Dawn Blade) (835pts) +

Retaliation Cadre (835pts)
····Commander [2x MV4 Shield Drone]
········XV8 Commander Crisis Suit [2x Fusion Blaster, Puretide Engram Neurochip, Stimulant Injector, Talisman of Arthas Moloch, XV8-02 Crisis 'Iridium' Battlesuit]
····XV104 Riptide Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Riptide Shas'vre [Early Warning Override, Ion Accelerator, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle]
····XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Fusion Blaster]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Fusion Blaster]
····XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
····XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
····XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, 3x MV8 Missile Drone]
········Broadside [Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
········Broadside Shas'vre [Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

+ Auxiliary (Dawn Blade) (1165pts) +

Drone-Net VX1-0 (224pts)
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]
····Drones [4x MV7 Marker Drone]

Firebase Support Cadre (377pts)
····XV104 Riptide Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Riptide Shas'vre [Early Warning Override, Heavy Burst Cannon, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle]
····XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, MV8 Missile Drone]
········Broadside [Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
····XV88 Broadside Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, MV8 Missile Drone]
········Broadside [Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

Rapid Insertion Force (564pts)
····XV104 Riptide Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Riptide Shas'vre [Ion Accelerator, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle]
····XV25 Stealth Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual, Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon, Stealth Shas'ui with Burst Cannon]
········Stealth Shas'ui with Fusion Blaster [Fusion Blaster]
····XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
····XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Plasma Rifle]
····XV8 Crisis Battlesuits [Bonding Knife Ritual]
········Crisis Shas'ui [2x Flamer]

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The plan is to bring a lot of crisis via deep strike. But I don't know if I should put the most Crisis in the retaliation cadre or the rapid insertion force. The rapid insertion force has the better bonus (twin linked) but I must deploy them in 6 inch to the Stealthsuits. The retaliation cadre gives me (only) +1 BS but I can deploy where I want. I tend to the last.

With lots of plasma and S7 fire I hope I can strike where I want and delete the target that I want. I think Grey Knights and other Elite army's should be no problem.

The plan I want to achieve is a hard hitting list with only Elite choices. Can you experienced FSE players help me? Where does this list lacks?

Can I risk it and deploy both, the retaliation cadre AND the rapid insertion force in reserve? This would give me a devastating blow on turn 2 but with a lot risky deep strike rolls.

I'm really unsure about this list. At the end I want a hard list both, me and my opponent enjoy to play with/against.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/684876/8542704.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/684876/8542704.page GMT Personally Rapid Insertion Force's bonus is rather disappointing as Twin link is not such a great boost when you are already going to deploy half of your army at turn 2 and when you have no modifier to improve your deep strike roll;
Also there is high chance that you will be wiped out of table at turn 1 since there is meager amount of forces on board
(sure riptide and Broadsides are tough, but you've got to expect a lot of Grav Centurion Droppods or WK if you are going to be taking 3 Riptides)
I would rather go for my method below, by reinforcing Retaliation Cadre and getting a CAD detachment for OBSEC Units.
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