Battlefleet Gothic Magazine #15 [extracts].pdf

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CHAOS SPACE MARINE FLEETS

By Pete Haines

With Abaddon’s 13th Black Crusade unfolding across the entire Warhammer 40,000

universe in the shape of the Eye of Terror worldwide campaign, we present these rules

for a Black Crusade Fleet list, representing the forces Abaddon has unleashed on those

sectors surrounding the Eye of Terror. Bring on the Chaos Space Marines...

Through his warp eye, Captain Vassenna saw

the frigate rock as his heavy plasma batteries

hammered into it, shattering its shields and

cutting through its armour. From his crypt

Vassenna was mind-linked to all his ship’s

systems, even though his withered body lay in

its sarcophagus he still found joy in slaughter.

His ampliﬁed laughter echoed around his

ship, chilling the souls of the long lines of

slaves labouring beneath the lashes of

Vassenna’s Black Legion overseers. The

Darkside was a Carnage class cruiser,

unbelievably ancient but still a sleek hunting

shark with superior speed, range and weight

of ﬁre than any Imperial ship of the same

displacement.

“Keep ﬁring, yes ALL weapons! I want those

destroyers dead before they can release their

torpedoes”.

On the gun decks, Vassenna’s crew, renegades,

corsairs and freebooters all, redoubled their

efforts, urged on by their Captain’s words and

the watchful attention of the Chaos Space

Marines.

Vassenna watched the bright explosions, the

incoming Cobras were easy targets once

locked into their attack runs. The Darkside’s

Captain felt the waves of energy from their

destruction and exulted in it. His warp eye

opened, matter faded, and his gaze pierced the

real universe studying the tides of the

empyrean, judging his moment.

“Warp engines, NOW”.

The Darkside’s hull shrieked as its warp

engines tore a bloody wound from reality and

slid into the vibrant, pulsing, unreality of the

warp that lay beneath and drifted onward

carried on a tide of mortal dreams.

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Long ago, when the Emperor of Mankind led

his Space Marine Legions across the stars in

what was to become known as the Great

Crusade, Primarchs captained his armies. Each

Primarch commanded not only a Legion of

Space Marines but also vast ﬂeets of warships

and innumerable armies of Guardsmen. The

military might at the disposal of each of them

was immense. Then came the Horus Heresy

and fully half the Primarchs rebelled against

the Emperor. The history of the Heresy is well-

known, it was a dark and terrible time in which

civil war almost destroyed the Imperium. In its

aftermath, it was clear to the High Lords that

too much power had been at the disposal of

the traitor Primarchs. The Codex Astartes of

Roboute Guilliman was the main reform. The

huge Space Marine Legions were broken down

into Chapters of a thousand warriors and

equipped with specialist barges and strike

cruisers. The fleet was reorganised into

battlefleets dispersed between the major

worlds of each Segmentum. The Imperial

Guard was reorganised to more clearly deﬁne

who could authorise the formation and

deployment of additional regiments. The

measures were successful insofar that although

there have been rebellions since the Heresy

they have always lacked the capacity to tear the

Imperium apart as Horus almost did.

The defeated Traitor Marines were never a part

of these reforms however. When the

Ultramarines were spawning numerous

successor Chapters, the Black Legion, the

World Eaters and all the others were

establishing territories in the Eye of Terror

using all the forces they had managed to

salvage from the defeat on Terra. To this day

Chaos ﬂeets are subordinate to the Lords of

the Chaos Space Marine Legions.

Chaos Space Marines in Battleﬂeet Gothic

From the perspective of Battleﬂeet Gothic, this

means that the Chaos Space Marine Legions

have never needed to build specialist

battlebarges and strike cruisers. To them any

capital ship with the capacity to launch

Dreadclaws or boarding torpedoes is

potentially a Battlebarge and any fast cruiser

might be used to move small forces around.

Chaos Space Marines are relatively rare

however and a great many Chaos ﬂeets will be

made up of renegade captains and their ships

with not a Traitor Marine in sight. The degree

of fealty rogue captains extend to their Chaos

Marine masters is variable and some pirate

fleets that ostensibly serve Chaos have

probably never seen a Chaos Space Marine so

it is perfectly OK to use a Chaos ﬂeet without

including members of the Traitor Legions.

The existing list in the Battlefleet Gothic

rulebook covers Abaddon’s ﬂeets in the Gothic

Sector War. This war was primarily fought in

space and Abaddon had no need to gather the

Lords of the Traitor Legions around him. This

list represents a Black Crusade ﬂeet where the

object is to transport Chaos Space Marines to

conquer and destroy Imperial worlds.

“What is a Space Marine without a ship to

carry him? He is an insigniﬁcant insect

crawling in the mud of a single world. But

what is a Space Marine with a ﬂeet to

carry him? He is death from above, a

harbinger of the gods who walks the stars

seeking battle.”

Gorsameth, Lord-Captain,

Night Lords Legion, M.35

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ABADDON’S 13th BLACK CRUSADE

Chaos Space Marine Fleet List

FLEET COMMANDER

0-1 Chaos Warmaster

Yo u can only include a Chaos Warmaster in

your ﬂeet if it includes any Capital ships. He

must be assigned to the most expensive ship

and improves its rolled Leadership by 2, to a

maximum of 9.

Chaos Warmaster (Ld +2) . . . . . . . 100 pts

Chaos Warmasters get one re-roll. In addition

they may be given a single Mark of Chaos as

shown opposite.

The Warmaster may be given an extra re-roll at

a cost of +25 points.

Abaddon

You may include Abaddon the Despoiler as the

Wa r m a ster in any Chaos ﬂeet worth more than

1,000 points.

Abaddon (Ld 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 pts

Abaddon receives one re-roll per turn, in

addition see his special rules as stated in this

magazine.

Mark of Slaanesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . +25 pts

The ship is full of the sensation-craving

followers of Slaanesh and their siren cries

extend into the minds of the crews of nearby

enemy ships. Enemy ships within 15cm suffer

-2 to their Leadership value.

Mark of Khorne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +20 pts

Crewed by the homicidal followers of Khorne,

the ship is extremely dangerous in boarding

actions. It doubles its value in boarding

actions.

Mark of Tzeentch . . . . . . . . . . . . . +25 pts

The Captain can call upon the power of

precognition as well as formidable magiks to

control his vessel. This ship has an extra re-roll.

Mark of Nurgle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +35 pts

The vessel is rank with putrescence and the

many plagues of the Lord of Decay. It gains 1

Damage point and may not be boarded.

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Chaos Lords

Any Capital ship, apart from that of the

Wa rmaster, may be captained by a Chaos

Lord. If so, then add 1 to the Leadership rolled

for the ship at the start of the game, subject to

a maximum of 9.

Chaos Lord (Ld +1) . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 pts

A Lord may be given a re-roll (which he can use

for his own ship or squadron only) at +25

points. A ship commanded by a Lord may be

given a single Mark of Chaos from the list 8.

DAEMONSHIPS

Any number of capital ships in your ﬂeet may

be upgraded to a Daemonship at the

additional points cost shown, based upon the

type of vessel chosen.

Battleship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +50 pts

Grand Cruiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +30 pts

Heavy Cruiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +25 pts

Cruiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +20 pts

A Daemonship may not be commanded by a

Warmaster or a Chaos Lord even if it is the

largest ship in the ﬂeet. This is an exception to

the normal rule. A Daemonship may not have a

Chaos Space Marine crew. Any number of

capital ships can be upgraded to Daemonships

subject to these limitations.

Any Daemonship may have a single Mark of

Chaos with the same effects and cost in points

as described in the list 8.

CAPITAL SHIPS

0-1 Planet Killer

A ﬂeet of 1,000 points or more may include the

Planet Killer. If you include the Planet Killer,

Abaddon must be present, though he does not

have to be aboard the Planet Killer.

Planet Killer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 pts

Battleships

Yo u may include up to one battleship in your

ﬂeet for every three cruisers or heavy cruisers.

Despoiler class battleship . . . . . . . . . . 400 pts

Desolator class battleship . . . . . . . . . . 300 pts

Grand Cruisers

Yo u m a y include up to one grand cruiser in

your ﬂeet for every three cruisers or heavy

cruisers.

Repulsive class grand cruiser . . . . . . . . 230 pts

Vengeance class grand cruiser . . . . . . . 230 pts

Retaliator class grand cruiser . . . . . . . . 295 pts

Executor class grand cruiser . . . . . . . . 210 pts

Heavy Cruisers

Yo u may include up to one heavy cruiser in

your ﬂeet for every two cruisers.

Chaos Styx class heavy cruiser . . . . . . . 290 pts

Chaos Hades class heavy cruiser . . . . . 200 pts

Chaos Acheron class heavy cruiser. . . . 190 pts

0-12 Cruisers

Chaos Devastation class cruiser . . . . . . 190 pts

Chaos Murder class cruiser . . . . . . . . . 170 pts

Chaos Carnage class cruiser . . . . . . . . 180 pts

Chaos Slaughter class cruiser . . . . . . . 165 pts

ESCORTS

Yo u can include any number of escorts in your

ﬂeet.

Chaos Idolator class raider . . . . . . . . . . 45 pts

Chaos Inﬁdel class raider . . . . . . . . . . . 40 pts

Chaos Iconoclast class destroyer . . . . . . 30 pts

These vessels may not contain a Chaos

Warmaster, a Chaos Lord or have a Chaos Space

Marine crew, neither can they be given Marks.

You should feel free to paint and model them

to be consistent with the rest of your ﬂeet, it

will not have any game effect however.

ORDNANCE

Ships with launch bays can have a mixture of

Swiftdeath ﬁghters, Doomﬁre bombers and

Dreadclaw assault craft. Ships with torpedo

tubes are armed with normal and boarding

torpedoes.

A ship with a Chaos Space Marine crew may be

equipped with Thunderhawk gunships but if

so it may only carry Thunderhawks and may

not launch Swiftdeaths, Doomfires and

Dreadclaws. Furthermore, the launch capacity

of the ship’s bays is halved (round down). This

is because the launch bays have to be

substantially rebuilt to deal with the larger

Thunderhawks.

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CAPITAL SHIP SPECIAL RULES

Chaos Lords. Any Capital ship, apart from that

of the Warmaster, may be captained by a Chaos

Lord at +25 points. If so, then add +1 to the

Leadership rolled for the ship at the start of the

game, subject to a maximum of 9. A Lord may

be given a re-roll (which he can use for his own

ship or squadron only) at +25 points. A ship

commanded by a Lord may be given a single

Mark of Chaos from the list above.

Chaos Space Marines . Any Capital ship can be

designated as having a Chaos Space Marine

crew at +35 points. The ship will be subject to

the Chaos Space Marine special rules. If the

ship contains the Warmaster or a Lord then you

can assume that he is also a Chaos Space

Marine.

Marks of Chaos. A ship with a Chaos Space

Marine crew may have a Mark of Chaos, even if

a Warmaster or Lord does not captain it.

However, there are some restrictions on exactly

which mark it can have based on the Chaos

Space Marine Legion that controls it. Even if a

Warmaster or Lord captains a ship, if it has a

Chaos Space Marine crew the choice of Mark of

Chaos is limited as well. The options are shown

in the table below.

Example: A ﬂeet Warmaster’s ship has a Death

GuardChaos Space Marine crew. His ship has

the Mark of Nurgle. His ﬂeet contains six other

cruisers, three ships have Chaos Space Marine

crew and one of these also has a Chaos Lord.

The two Chaos Space Marine ships without

Lords must be crewed by the Death Guard and

must therefore have the Mark of Nurgle. The

ship containing the Lord can be Death Guard

as well but doesn’t have to be as it could

represent an allied force from another Legion.

Because the ﬂeet contains members of the

Death Guard, the Lord’s ship may not be

crewed by the Thousand Sons but may be

represented any other Legions. Let’s assume it

is the Emperor’s Children and therefore has

the Mark of Slaanesh.

When organising these ships into squadrons,

the Warmaster and Lord’s ships may not be in

the same squadron and each must command

any squadron they do join. The Chaos Lord’s

squadron may not contain any ships with a

Mark other than that of Slaanesh, and the

Wa rmaster’s squadron may not include any

ships with a Mark other than that of Nurgle.

CHAOS SPACE MARINE

SPECIAL RULES

Leadership. A vessel with a Chaos Space

Marine crew will have +1 Leadership (in

addition to any other bonuses due to there

being a Chaos Warmaster or Chaos Lord on

board). Furthermore, the maximum

Leadership of the vessel is increased to 10.

Boarding and hit-and-run. The superior

ﬁghting skills of the Chaos Space Marines are

most apparent in boarding actions. A ship with

a Chaos Space Marine crew adds +2 to its roll

when performing boarding actions, and enemy

conducting hit-and-run attacks against them

subtract one from their hit-and-run result. Hit-

and-run attacks launched by boarding

torpedoes, Dreadclaws, Thunderhawks or

teleportation originating from such a ship add

+1 to their result.

Planetary Assault. Ships with Chaos Space

Marine crews in a planetary assault mission

score 2 Assault points for every turn they spend

landing troops.

Te r minator Teleport Assault. For an extra 10

points, Battleships and Grand Cruisers with

Chaos Space Marine Warmasters, Lords or

crews may roll two dice when conducting hit

and run teleport attacks and select which one

they wish to count. They will add +1 as

normal. This represents them unleashing their

Chosen Terminators in a teleport assault.

Owning Legion Marks

World Eaters Must have Mark of

Khorne only

Emperor’s Must have Mark of

Children Slaanesh only

Death Guard Must have Mark of

Nurgle only

Thousand Sons Must have Mark of

Tzeentch only

Black Legion

May have any one Mark

Others

May not have any Mark

Legion Fleets. If the Warmaster’s ship has a

Chaos Space Marine crew, then all other ships

in the ﬂeet that have Chaos Space Marine crew

must be of the same Legion, unless a Chaos

Lord captains them.

Rivalry. Members of the Emperor’s Children

and the World Eaters cannot be combined in

the same ﬂeet. Similarly, members of the Death

Guard and Thousand Sons may not be

combined in the same ﬂeet.

Capital ship Squadrons. If Capital ships are

grouped as Squadrons, then each Squadron

may only contain a single Warmaster or Lord

and that ship must lead the squadron. Similarly,

a squadron may not include ships with

different Marks of Chaos.

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