coley Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Afternoon fellow sisters, I have a question regarding allies. I would like to take a flyer with my sisters but the only way I can do that is to take allies. Which marine chapter would suit the fluff best? Or is there a better fluffy ally that I've missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asianavatar Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 If you want to go the forgeworld route, the avenger strike fighter is not a bad way to go. Its for SOB so you don't need to take allies and it provides some decent long range firepower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coley Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Cool, I did look at forge world but they only had the a couple of tanks, do we know where the rules are for the strike fighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacinda Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 By fluff, the closest ally would be Imperial Guard. While the Sisters of Battle have worked with various Space Marine chapters, there will always be tension because of the differences in opinion about the Emperor's divinity. Find a chapter or a successor that agrees with his godhood and that's you chapter. And don't forget, there is nothing stopping you from creating your own chapter just to ally with your SoB army -- they will still have to follow the allied rules for the codex used, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coley Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 I did think Guard would have been the best fluff wise and I do have a Guard army already, but it does seem that everyone is using Guard as allies and the reason I moved to SoB was because I like being different and using different armies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewm9 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I did think Guard would have been the best fluff wise and I do have a Guard army already, but it does seem that everyone is using Guard as allies and the reason I moved to SoB was because I like being different and using different armies. The reason for that is becuase only IG are Battle Brothers with the Sisters. Without being Battle brothers, the benefit of Allies is of limited impact. IG plug the holes of the Sisters army better than Space Marines in any case. The SM psykers for instance can't buff or join any Sisters unit. The aformentioned Avenger Strike Fighter has the benefit of being a Sisters army choice so no allies are needed to take one. It just eats up a Heavy slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Fox Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I have a roundabout suggestion, but stay with me here... First, in your Sisters list take either Jacobus, or Kyrinov, or a generic Confessor. Model them up to look like whatever you want and call them an "Inquisitor" :lol: Jacobus even has stubborn, he just has a little bit worse armor (though he does come with a Rosarius so it works out). Take a retinue (Battle Conclave). Now.. you have an "Inquisitor" working with your Sororitas, who are listed in fluff as helping out the Ordo Hereticus and Inquisition from time to time. Now, other forces that help out the Inquisition would be the Grey Knights (obviously), or a few standard Space Marine Chapters (the Red Hunters and Exorcists come to mind quickly, but you could have others as well). This gives you a Sisters of Battle army with one allied detachment of Space Marines, and by taking a Confessor and doing a bit of fluff and modelling "counts as" you simply have a very religious Inquisitor, who can call up the Space Marine forces as allies. Wham, bam, fluffy force without breaking rules :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Cool, I did look at forge world but they only had the a couple of tanks, do we know where the rules are for the strike fighter? Amusingly, no-one answered this question. The rules for the Avenger are in Imperial Armour Aeronautica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asianavatar Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Damn, Furyou Miko beat me to it. Apparently I don't check threads often enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coley Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Cool, thanks everyone for all the replies. I'll see if I can find the Imperial Armour book, just out of interest, i heard that the Aquila lander is a sisters vehicle, is there any substance behind this claim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacinda Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Yes, that is true. It is (I think) a Fast Attack option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yep, Aquila is a Fast Attack choice for Sisters, or a Dedicated Transport for an Inquisitor. It carries seven models and may be armed with a single Heavy Bolter, Multilaser or Autocannon. It's also slightly more expensive than a Night Scythe, whilst being significantly weaker (although it looks just as awesome, if not moreso... and I like the Night Scythe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewm9 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yep, Aquila is a Fast Attack choice for Sisters, or a Dedicated Transport for an Inquisitor. It carries seven models and may be armed with a single Heavy Bolter, Multilaser or Autocannon. It's also slightly more expensive than a Night Scythe, whilst being significantly weaker (although it looks just as awesome, if not moreso... and I like the Night Scythe). The Aquila is a joke really. If it was a dedicated transport choice then it might be useful, but as a fast attack choice there are much better choices to be taking like Dominion squads. The other transport flyer, the Arvus, is also worthless. The only published flyer worth anything to us as part of our force org IMO is the Avenger. When we use Guard as allies there are quite a few decent choices. My personal favorite is the Vulture if we are talking Forgeworld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Personally, my suggestion would be to convert an Aquila into a counts-as Vulture or Thunderbolt. I love the Valkyrie airframe, but the Aquila needs more love too! More variants! Maybe... one that has a role on the battlefield? Hmm, I'll get back to you on that one. *toddles off to Homebrew for a while* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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