Veteran Voidmaster     115 points

  Anax, as his parents and classmates called him, is the first-son of a prominent Astra Militarum family. As a strapping young man of 6’ 6” he was a natural athlete. His father was Fleet Admiral Nitch and he followed him by graduating at the top of his class from the Progerium. Immediately given a Commissar posting, Nitch served with honor and distinction as a Naval liaison for many years. Then, on a mission of military support for the Inquisition, an Interrogator Chaplain was overcome by a Daemonic possession. From his warp-peril, the dying Inquisitor reached-out to Anaximander’s mind - whom he had identified as a repressed psyker!
  Nitch collapsed from the psychic overload - but in the Chaplain’s death throes the Daemon was banished. The Grey Knight Paladins took Nitch to the Inquisition, and he began indoctrination as an Inquisitor-Interrogator. But his life had taught him to reject such ‘warp powers’. Before his tutelage was finished, his family’s powerful influence requisitioned Anax back to the Fleet for Security-Ops duties. For decades he worked and traveled with various fleets in the galaxy’s far-flung fringes, and distinguished himself as a respected Special Operations Regimental Commander. Over 100 years old now, he has served House Vhane for near 50 of that - and is their most able Head-of-Security and Mission Specialist.

  WS    BS    S     T     W     I      A       Ld     Sv
    6       5      4     4       3      5    3(4)    10     4+/5+

Unit Composition/Unit Type: 1 Unique; 

Infantry (Independent Character): HQ

Wargear:

 * STF uniform with internal Adamantium Chestplate

 * Auramite Combat shield with Digital Weapon

 * Master-crafted Hot-shot Laspistol with Overcharge

 * Artificer ‘Shotgun’ with Special Ammo

 * Magna grenades

Special Rules:  

• Bio-enhancements and Cybernetic upgrades
• Starstrider Voidsman Leader: Zealot
• Bionic Arm/Bionics
• Cold Steel and Courage

Bio-synthetic Arm: Vhane has replaced Nitsch’s crude bionics with relic-tech bio-synthetic parts and organs: 

  Anax long ago lost his arm, shoulder, eye, ear and part of his skull in battle. His heart, kidney, knees and hips were upgraded, and neural control circuitry in his brain maximizes his abilities. Vhane’s Tech-Magi have given him superior (and lifelike) android parts. He gets Fleet, 5+ Feel No Pain and 5+ Invulnerable Save. Multi-wound attacks do only 1 wound to him. When Anax first loses his last wound, roll a D6 and leave his model (no longer subject to attacks). On 5+ he returns on the next turn with 1 wound (but loses his Arm, Shield and Fleet).

Armoured Uniform: Nitsch wears a stylish uniform of fine STC Ballistic cloth with underlying Adamantium chest plate, leg-guards, vambraces and heavy pauldron: 

  Anaximander’s layered high-tech protection provides a single 4+ Armour Save vs attacks up to 4 AP, and re-rolls Saves versus AP 5-or-more. The suit also seals.

Adamantium Power-Buckler: Nitsch appears to wear an ornamental forearm bracer, but it is really a super-alloy Shield Projector and power conduit for his arm:

  This potent mini-shield boosts Armour/Invulnerability to 3+/4+ in melee only, and up-charges his pistol.

  The buckler’s Digital Weapon re-rolls one wound.

Bio-Enhancements: Anax had near-perfect abilities as a star-athlete, and has bio-enhancements to his organs, bones and musculature. In a century of alien warzones, injuries and advanced medicine, Nitch has peak traits, and Rejuvenat therapy has maintained him at his prime.

  Anax’s ocular, auditory and neural implants grant Night Vision, Sniper, and he re-rolls Blind tests. Enemy Cover is -2, and he has Skyfire and Interceptor. Com-links grant all Starstriders his Leadership with re-rolls.

  Once turn per game his DNI adds +1 to every die roll.

Cold Steel and Courage: Allies within 12” (including Anax) gain Rage and Counter-attack. Troops use his Leadership and get two Orders per turn at 12”.

  His arm does Strength+2 to wound with Armourbane.

Shotgun and Hot-shot Lasgun: Nitsch’s favorite guns give him a variety of effective options against enemies:

  The Commander’s skill and strength treats his artificer shotgun as a Pistol. His bionics allows him to move, run,  (before or after shooting), fire all guns, and still charge. The shotgun fires a variety of loads chosen each phase. His 3 special rounds each shoot once as Ordnance 1*:

Weapon        Range    S    AP     Type: Master-craft

Hot-shot 18”     4     3 Pistol 2

 Collimated  24”     4     3 Pistol 1

 -Upcharged        12”     6     2       Ordnance 1

Shaped charge 24”     5     2 Pistol 2, re-roll pen.

Promethium  Torrent 2”  5     4 Pistol 1, No cover

Razor-burst 24”     4     4 P. 2, 3” Blast, Shred

 *Melta 30”     8     1       Armourbane

 *Hellfire 30”     3     2       Poison 2+, D3 wounds

 *Flux 30”     5     2       Negate Invulnerability

Bionic Arm  -      +2     2       Armourbane

Repressed Psi: Anax has Dominate (Telepathy, Charge 1, 3+ to activate). Repression causes -1 to Leadership to harness charges, but grants +1 to Deny the Witch tests. 

  Anax selects one enemy unit within 24”. It must pass a Leadership test if it wishes to: move, use a psi-power, shoot, run or charge. Each failed test forfeits that action