The 18 Legions of Space Marines are far from the only combatants embroiled in the galaxy-wide civil war of the Horus Heresy. The cohorts of the Solar Auxilia picked sides in this conflict almost from the start – these elite Imperial Army divisions sallied forth with Expeditionary Fleets during the Great Crusade, earning a reputation for discipline and valour.
Though an Auxiliary may lack the sheer superhuman punch of a Space Marine, their strict training regimen and fine armaments make them a threat on any battlefield – and what’s more, they number in the hundreds of thousands. They also bring lots and lots (and lots) of big guns and tanks, worthy of representation in the mass battles of Legions Imperialis.
Fortunately, the Solar Auxilia Support box provides an arsenal of heavy weapons to field alongside your Solar Auxilia Tercios.
Just like the Legiones Astartes Support box last week, this kit is packed with firepower. While the elite Astartes get just four Rapier batteries in their Support box, the Solar Auxilia bring a whopping 12 to the field.
Four are outfitted with quad launchers, another four with laser destroyers, and four more with mole mortars – ingenious inventions whose explosive munitions burrow under the ground. Each also comes with the option to add a tiny additional Solar Auxiliary on foot on their base, as support crew.
There are a judicious 12 Tarantulas, split equally between lascannon batteries and hyperios air-defence missile launchers. These emplacements keep fragile infantry lines safe from vehicle columns and aerial bombardment.
Also hiding up the extremely well-embroidered sleeves of the Solar Auxilia is the Cyclops demolition vehicle. These expendable, unmanned tanks are filled with a variety of extremely powerful explosive charges, and controlled remotely by Solar Auxilia operators who detonate them from the safety of the trenches. Now that’s just good honest Imperial warfare.
All together that comes to 28 miniatures in one box.* They’ll give you a range of support options perfect for filling in the gaps left in between the infantry, walkers, and tanks of the Solar Auxilia armies in Legions Imperialis.
Release Update
While we had initially hoped to release Legions Imperialis in August, the release date will now be a little later in the year. Don’t worry – you’ll be commanding a tiny legion of troops to victory very soon.
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* The box actually contains 40 miniatures in total, but several of them combine to make 28 game pieces – which are known as miniatures in the Legions Imperialis rules. So one base of five infantry miniatures counts as a single model for rules purposes.