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Congrats on the new army! It's always a fun undertaking at this stage.

Your list seems solid but there are a few things that confused me:

Your command squad having a chimera seems at odds with their barrage lobbing support role - keep them hidden, use the Chimera with some infantry or vets instead!

You infantry seem solid enough, but have you considered using Heavy Weapons Teams instead of putting them in the infantry squads? That way your infantry can stay mobile (in Valkyries for example).

That's the main points I can think of, the other would be to consider using Creed (or a counts-as) instead of a normal commander, as he is brilliant (double range for orders is worth it alone)!

Either way, good luck with the army!

Well my rationale for the heavy weapons in the infantry is that:
A ) its slightly cheaper to spread them out between three squads than have them all on their own,
B ) Because they are multi-wound models a HW squad can be insta-gibbed by 3 S6+ wounds, rather than in the infantry squad which would lose 3 lasguns,
C ) 2 Extra KP, easily killable, and
D ) I plan on keeping a standing gun-line with the infantry until mid-late game and rush and drop them near an objective. Besides with all the templates Im throwing down, I dont want my squishy grunts in the way.

As for the command squad, the chimera acts as mobile cover. Keeps them immune from small arms and provides a better chance at survivng heavy fire. And if need be, they can pile out and hide behind it. And if really needed, they can hop out and another squad can steal it. And the only need I would have for Creed is to make a combined infantry squad or Leman Russ scout and outflank. I don't plan on strategizing with orders, but will use them when the need or opportunity presents itself, so his order range isnt that important to me.