That gives you 20 points, which lets you get targeting arrays on your piranhas. I would suggest a BSF on at least one hammerhead, maybe both. If you are expecting horde armies, flechettes on a piranha or devilfish could be a smart move.

Your two bodyguards are identical, which is not ideal for wound allocation purposes. With the weapons load-out there is not much you can do (other than give both gun drones to one suit). I am not a big fan of burst cannons on suits, however, and certainly not a fan of twin-linking them, so that is where I would look for efficiencies.

And I'll see if I can fit in targeting arrays. It would make a huge difference. I'm still in the tweaking stage on this list, so the final list will probably have a few small (but vital) changes.

Looking forward to seeing how your army does at the tourny. Lots of photos?

Rathstar

Your suggestions aren't bad ones at all, though, and putting targeting arrays on the Piranhas would definitely be worth the points. In fact, replacing the SMS with Burst Cannons on the one Railhead would free up enough points to put TAs on both of them. Definitely something to consider (although I do love SMSes…)

“Having the hard-wired multi-trackers means I can maximize the fire coming out of my HQ unit” – that's true, but my point is, Is it a cost effective increase in firepower ?

Your bodyguards (excluding the drones, which could easily be moved to the shas'el) cost 72 pts each. A plasma/burst/multi elite slot crisis suit would cost 58 pts. Is it worth 28 pts to get 1.5 extra Str5 hits a turn out of the 2 bodyguard (if you're within 18″ range) ? I just think that's alot for the effect it has. Alternatives for the 28 pts could be:
1) Upgrading one of the plasma/missile suits to a team leader with 2 gun drones to aid their survivability (25 pts)
2) Upgrading one of the plasma/missile suits to a team leader with a targeting array (hard-wiring the multi-tracker), plus give targeting arrays to both pihranas (25 pts)

However it's only a minor tweak to the list, it's not that big a deal, and you should take to the tournament whatever you've found works for you.

Rathstar

You do bring up a good point about running the Piranhas as a squadron. I'm torn; I like being able to split one off to go for another target if necessary, but at the same time there are a lot of benefits from going with a squadron. I'll have to think on that one a bit.

Thanks for the well wishes!

I'm looking forward to see how your army list performs in the tournament. It's more mechanised than the list I usual use, so I'd be interested in how a different type of army list performs.

Your list looks pretty well optimised however your bodyguard looks odd, you paying alot of points to be able to reroll the burst cannon shots. With the 3rd elite slot freed up, why not make them an elite choice (NB: You'd have to give the drones to the shas'el) The shas'el can still join them, but also leave when the going get tough, or ignore them and join another squad if they would benefit from his drone protection more.

A radical idea is that for 30 pts more than the bodyguard you could have 3 plasma/burst suits. Your list is quite optimed so it's hard to see where to get the pts, but my idea would be: Strip both hammerheads to the base Railgun, Burst, Multi & D.Pod, which saves 20 pts. You could combine the pihrana into a squadron and lose the d.pod from one saving 5 pts (and 2 kill points). That leaves only 5 pts for you to find.

Good luck with the tournament.

Rathstar

Your suggestions aren't bad ones at all, though, and putting targeting arrays on the Piranhas would definitely be worth the points. In fact, replacing the SMS with Burst Cannons on the one Railhead would free up enough points to put TAs on both of them. Definitely something to consider (although I do love SMSes…)