Adeptus Astartes Infantry unit only. When this unit is selected to make an advance/fall-back move, that advance/fall-back move does not prevent this unit from being eligible to start an action.
Fist of the God-Emperor
Purge and Sanctify
Each time a friendly CRUSADER SQUAD unit makes a surge move, instead of selecting a surge target, you can select the closest objective to that unit. When that unit makes that surge move, each model in that unit must end that surge move as close as possible to that objective instead.
Restrictions: Your army can include Black Templars units, but it cannot include any Adeptus Astartes units drawn from any other Chapter.
Enhancements
CRUSADER SQUAD unit only. This unit can re-roll Advance rolls.
Stratagems
That CRUSADER SQUAD unit.
Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an enemy unit targets a friendly CRUSADER SQUAD unit.
Attacks that target your unit with a S greater than your unit’s T have -1 to wound rolls.
That CRUSADER SQUAD unit.
The Fight phase, when a friendly CRUSADER SQUAD unit is selected to fight.
Your unit’s melee attacks:
- Have [LETHAL HITS].
- Or: Have [SUSTAINED HITS 1].
One friendly Crusader Squad unit.
Your Command phase.
Select one combat doctrine. That combat doctrine is active for your unit until the start of your next Command phase.

