Astartes Chapter: Iron Hands

A year in the making. This mod adds a new faction to Gladius, providing an immersive experience purging xenos and heretics from Gladius as the Iron Hands chapter of Adeptus Astartes.

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• UPDATE 2022-07-18 ++ Patch Harmonization++
  Updated to be consistent with latest developer patch.
  Change Log for details.
  *Please note, old games may not be compatible with this update*.
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The Sons of Ferrus Manus. The Iron Tenth. Hailing from frigid Medusa. Among the Space Marine Chapters, few are as relentless or ruthless as the Iron Hands. Where others see gene-crafted physical perfection, the Iron Hands see weakness of the flesh. Augmenting their bodies with cybernetics and making heavy use of tanks because one can trust only in Iron. The ultimate fate for an Iron Hand brother is entombment within the mighty sarcophagus of a Dreadnought – an eternity of war and servitude for the Emperor of Man without weakness or remorse, for THE FLESH IS WEAK!

From a humble boltgun to the walls of your fortress-monastery – play this army in the chapter’s colors and heraldry of the Iron Hands, including dozens of custom icons, descriptions, and lore texts.

Iron Captain – clad in ancient Terminator armour, advanced bionics and wielding the mighty Teeth of Mars this indomitable champion commands your forces with iron resolve.

Iron Father – trained on Mars, members the Iron Council, these warriors oversee the Chapter’s spiritual health and guide the Battle-Brothers in their journey from a being defined by the biological weakness of the flesh to a warrior forged of rage and iron.

Venerable Dreadnought – due to the reverence for the mechanical amongst Iron Hands, their greatest heroes and commanders known the honour of ascending to Dreadnought sarcophagus.

Lieutenant – Lieutenants act as the right hands of their Captains by providing flexibility and helping to direct their battle-brothers in engagements.

Chief Apothecary – Chief Apothecaries are the most senior surgeons and battle medics available to Space Marine Chapters. This demi-hero provides powerful healing and a protective aura to nearby troops.

Predator Destructor – an anti-infantry battle tank.

Predator Annihilator – an anti-armoir battle tank.

Sternguard Space Marines – a unit of veterans equipped with incinerating combi-melta guns.

Vanguard Space Marines – a unit of veterans equipped with jump packs and mighty relic blades.

Assault Terminators – a unit in terminator armor wielding shredding lighting claws.

Baneblade – a behemoth tank awakened from the Brotherhood’s Iron Vault.

Helfather Termiantors – extensively cyberized infantry warriors that are difficult to shift.

“Only when by the power of our hate we have truly shed the prison of our flesh, shall we be judged worthy to stand at the side of the returned Primarch. Every foe I slay, every stone I cast down, makes my hatred purer, and the day Ferrus Manus is restored to us a day closer.” –Iron Father Klaanu Johar

Enhance your infantry with bionic augmentations. As your units level up they gain access to more cybernetic upgrades that can be unlocked through research.

Calculated Fury – The Iron Hands advance machine-like into battle. They are without mercy, and wage war with cold logic and calculated fury.

Mercy Is Weakness – Logic dictates that, once a foe has been marked for destruction, the Iron Hands must not relent until the target is annihilated.

Overwhelming Force – The Iron Hands combat doctrine is overwhelming force and mass firepower. The Chapter deploys tanks and dreadnoughts in such numbers as to utterly crush the Imperium’s foes.

Relentless Advance – The Iron Hands ranks advance like automata, never speeding up nor slowing down. They grind down any who stand in their way; into dust beneath steel tread.

Combat Doctrines – Space Marines can adapt with Tactical, Assault and Devastator doctrines to crush their foes.

Space Marines are the elite shock troops of the imperium, the very point of the Emperor’s mighty blade. Their purpose is unshakable. Few in the galaxy can withstand their mighty charge. Their gun-lines are the stuff of legends and if an objective must be held they will sacrifice everything to keep it from the enemies of mankind. These are some of the new traits you will find in this mod:

And They Shall Know No Fear – Space Marine units suffer -33% less morale loss.

Shock Assault – a melee unit that starts it’s turn a hex distance from the enemy gains +0.5 attacks that turn, Dreadnaughts and Heroes gain +1 attack. Replaces Hammer of Wrath.

Duty Eternal – Having tasted death before, the pilot of each Dreadnought is determined to do his duty before his end finally comes.

MethodicalFirepower – Iron Hand devastators can move and fire their heavy weapons, or obtain additional accuracy by standing still.

This mechanic makes Infantry Units take up a specific amount of cargo space in transports to be more in line with lore specifications.

Your Tactical and Assault combat units can be combined to from squads of 10. While two Devastator units will form a squad of 5.

Your infantry units can summon transports with the right research.

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Use this add-on Iron Hands :: GLADIUS+ Add-on to scale your units with GLADIUS+.

Use this add-on Iron Hands :: TMV Add-on to make Iron Hands compatible with Too Many Voices mod.

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