Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Thousand Sons (section)

====Forge World====

*'''Chaos Rapier Carrier:'''  This baby is the absolute business - it has several weapons options, but the only ones you need to care about are the quad heavy bolter, which is exactly what it sounds like: you get 4 heavy bolters (and a regular bolter, which doesn't matter) for the low low cost of 85 points, and the laser destroyer for 35 points more (120 total).  That's 21.25 points per heavy bolter, which is the most efficient dakka you can field, period. You can also replace the quad heavy bolters with a graviton cannon (36" Heavy D6 S8 AP-3 2D Blast, which increases the damage to 3 vs units with sv3+) for no additional cost, or for an additional 35pts you can take a laser destroyer (36" Heavy 3 S10 AP-4 D3+3) or also for 35pts a Quad Launcher (Shatter shell for 24" Heavy 4 S8 AP-3 Damage 3 OR Thunderfire shells for 60" Heavy 4D3 frags that has Blast and ignore LoS).
**The Graviton Cannon is worse against all possible targets than the Quad Heavy Bolter, and the Quad Launcher is worse ''per point'' against all possible targets than the Quad Heavy Bolter.  Never take them.
**The Laser Destroyer is better than the QHB against the targets you'd expect - generally speaking, targets with W5+ and the toughness and/or saves to notice how hard it hits.  The QHB is better against TEQ, MEQ, and GEQ.  Since the targets you'll have the most trouble killing are the hard ones - all of your troops can massacre hordes with reasonable ease - the laser destroyer might be your best bet.
**A QHB or LD Rapier Carrier is your most efficient murder machine available.
*'''Chaos Sicaran (Martial Legacy):'''
**'''Battle Tank:''' Spend 1 CP for something ''worse'' than a triple-ectoplasma Forgefiend; 165 points for 48" Heavy 6 S7 AP-2 D3 would be bad even if you didn't have to spend a CP on it.  Hard pass.
**'''Punisher:''' 36" Heavy 18 S6 AP-1 D1 is a horde-killer, and 155 points isn't ''bad'', but you just don't need more anti-chaff dakka in a TSons army, especially for a 1 CP price tag.
**'''Venator:''' The Sicaran Laser Cannon on this thing is 48" Heavy 3 S12 AP-3 D1d6, and if the shooter remained stationary, its D goes up to straight 6 - all for 170 points and 1 CP.  On the move, this can't possibly compete with a Vindicator Laser Destroyer, which doesn't even have to pay a CP to exist, and being forced to Remain Stationary all the time is just too steep a cost for something that can't ignore LOS.  Skip this.
*'''Chaos Whirlwind Scorpius (Martial Legacy):'''Chaos finally gets a Whirlwind! The Scorpius Multi-Launcher is going to do work at 48" Heavy 3d3 S6 AP-2 D2, Blast, Ignores LOS. Can also get a combi-bolter, but you aren't going to do that since you want it hiding all game and shooting - at 170 points it costs too much for just its output, and instead you want to abuse its incredible ''defensive'' value letting it hide in a corner, immune to being shot back at.