Psy -automata
(Rule)Description: Models with the Psy-automata Sub - type that are not within 6" of a friendly model with the Psyker Sub-type and both the Legiones Astartes (Thousand Sons) and Independent Character special rules are subject to the Programmed Behaviour provision:
- During both the controlling player s Shooting phase and the Charge sub- phase, a Psy -automata unit must attempt a Shooting Attack and /or Charge if there is an enemy unit within range, and must target the closest enemy unit possible that is within its line of sight and is a valid target for a Shooting Attack or Charge. If two or more targets are equally close then the controlling player chooses which will be the target of a Shooting Attack or Charge.
• A model with the Psy -automata Sub- type may fire all weapons they are equipped with in each Shooting Attack they make, including as part of a Reaction where eligible ( this rule on its own does not allow' Automata units to make Reactions).
• Models with the Psy-automata Sub- type may fire Heavy and Ordnance weapons and count as Stationary even if they moved in the preceding Movement phase, and may declare Charges as normal regardless of any Shooting Attacks made in the same turn.
• Models with the Psy -automata Sub-type may fire Heavy and Ordnance weapons and count as Stationary even if they moved in the preceding Movement phase, and may declare charges as normal regardless of any Shooting Attacks made in the same turn.
• Models with the Psy -automata Sub -type ignore any penalties to their Initiative Characteristic when Charging into or through Difficult Terrain or Dangerous Terrain.
• When using a Psychic Weapon to make a Shooting Attack from within 12" of a Castellax-Achea model, a model with the Psyker Sub- type and with the Legiones Astartes (Thousand Sons) special rule may use the Castellax- Achea model as the origin point of the attack, drawing line of sight and range from it rather than themselves.