Sagittarum Guard
The Sagittarum Guards are the Golden Gods' equivalent of the Space Marine Tactical Squad. They are the Dakka version of the Custodian Guard's Choppy version and are thus played differently. They are armed with the Adrastus bolt calivers which is like a Heavy Bolter making love with a Necron Gauss cannon - which sounds cheesy, except for the fact that their performance on the tabletop is surprisingly underwhelming, especially when compared to basic Custodes armed with Adrathic Destructors. You basically pay the same points for putting out 3 Heavy Bolter shots as opposed to 3 or more Force Sword attacks at S6, and you'll probably need to buy them Misericordias as well so they aren't as bad in melee. Having ranged troops can be beneficial in a pure Custodes list if you need something to hold the backline, but it's easier to take allies for this purpose.
Though less common within the ranks of the Legio Custodes than their peers, these golden lubes of anal penetration who comprise the Sagittarum Guard Sodalities nevertheless fulfill a number of vital roles within the Legio's order of battle. As you may already know, their art of war is focused more on slaying the foe and filling them up with holes and atomic rounds at a distance and upon the devastating application of firepower on the battlefield.
In addition to this, the Sagittarum have entered legend as the hawk-sighted sentries of the Terran walls, charged with vigilance over the external border of the Imperial Palace in ready anticipation of smacking some fool. Through decades of duty, their ability to recall movement patterns, faces and speech even years after the original incident was honed even more so than that of their peers, and as such their enhanced ability to analyst crowds for anticipated response grew in import upon the battlefields of the Great Crusade.
The oversight cultivated on the walls of the Imperial palace served to ensure that their presence among the detachments of the Emperor's guard was tailored to precisely excise the greatest threat of the enemy assault, annihilating it in the actinic fire of weapons the likes of which had not been seen in such concentration since the Dark Age of Technology.
Forces of the Adeptus Custodes | ||||||
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Command: | Companions/Hetaeron - Shield-Captain - Blade Champion | |||||
Troops: | Allarus Custodians - Aquilon Terminator - Custodian Guard Custodian Warden - Sagittarum Guard - Sentinel Guard Vexilus Praetor - Venatari - Warder | |||||
Walkers: | Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought - Telemon Heavy Dreadnought Venerable Contemptor Dreadnought | |||||
Transports: | Coronus Grav Carrier - Grav-Rhino Rhino - Venerable Land Raider | |||||
Vehicles: | Caladius Grav-Tank - Dawneagle Jetbike Gyrfalcon Pattern Jetbike - Pallas Grav-Attack | |||||
Flyers: | Ares Gunship - Orion Gunship - Stormbird | |||||
Titans: | Warlord-Sinister Pattern Battle Psi-Titan | |||||
Spacecraft: | Drop Pod | |||||
Auxiliaries: | Sisters of Silence - Solar Auxilia |