Editing Codex - Drop Troops (section)

==Introduction to Codex: Drop Troops==

Codex: Drop Troops is a fan-devoted labour of love at 180 fully-illustrated pages replete with custom lore, artwork, model galleries and rules. The Codex is a standalone, independent document set apart from [[Warhammer 40,000/Tactics/Imperial Guard (9E)|Codex: Astra Militarum]] and focusses on the Airborne regiments of the [[Imperial Guard]] and their [[Imperial Navy]] aircraft.

In both the lore and the game, Drop Regiments are comprised of typiccally elite light infantry who specialise in dropping (often in great numbers) behind enemy lines to capture strategic locations and disrupt the enemy. Often drop assaults are made in concert with ground forces who will then attempt to break through and reinforce them. Drop Regiments generally can't take heavy equipment such as tanks, so they rely on superior air power for fire support, but as a result are quite brittle and will often found themselves surrounded by superior enemy numbers. As a result Drop Infantry are typically better trained and have higher morale and discipline. Well, [[Hell Harlots|some of them]]...

Following the Horus Heresy, [[Roboute Guilliman|Rowboat Gorillaman]] decreed that the Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy should be split up, so that if a Commander turn [[Heretic|Traitor]] no one man could field such combined power. This extends not just to capital ships in space, but right down to any airborne aircraft such as [[Valkyrie|Valkyries]] and [[Marauder Bomber|Marauders]]. This is, obviously, a bit of an issue since your drop boys and the Valk pilot might want to be discussing where the fuck they're going first. As a result, the aircraft are still nominally part of the Imperial Navy, but often get seconded long-term to Drop Regiments and establish a close working relationship with them. However, this does sometimes provoke the [[HERESY|ire]] of more [[Puritan|puritanical]] members of the [[Inquisition|Holy Ordos]].

The upshot though is that a Codex: Drop Troops force gets [[AWESOME|a lot more]] out of their aircraft than standard Imperial Guard detachments. The Codex also covers much more than just the [[Elysian Drop Troops|Elysians]], but also the [[Harakoni Warhawks]], [[Phantine Skyborne]], [[Hell Harlots]], [[Solomon Lok|D-99]] and rules to create your own.