The Solar Auxilia Support Box will be the third offering for Legions Imperialis, jam-packed with firepower and support batteries!
If you’ve patiently waited for Epic Warhammer 40k to return, it’s being rebranded in the Horus Heresy era as Legions Imperialis. While we’ve seen plenty of the miniatures in the starter box, GW revealed the third box you’ll be able to score for the new game.
The new box comes with 28 miniatures, which are all basically heavy support fire! It’s interesting to see the style of boxes GW will release after the big starter, and we expect a troop-focused box after this one. Let’s take a closer look.
The Solar Auxilia Support Box Brings Epic Firepower to Legions Imperialis!
The latest on the Solar Auxilia Support Box comes from Warhammer Community.
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.
When you’re facing down such giant vehicles of war, you need all the fire support you can get! This box brings it in spades with 28 minis.
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.
All three of these weapons look pretty cool and have a wide range of options; however, it looks like they will suffer from the same thing as 40k. You can’t just arm everything with one weapon; they will only give you enough options for four of each.
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.
If you’re playing against someone with a bunch of AI models, you’ll definitely need the air defense!
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.
Last but not least, you have some r/c tanks to run up and destroy the enemy with all the explosives!
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
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