Editing Warhammer 40,000/9th Edition Tactics/Space Marines (section)

=====Elites=====

*'''Chapter Ancient:''' <Ultramarine>-exclusive Chapter Ancient. Costs the same as making your own Chapter Ancient, provided you bought him a power sword (which you never would), and the benefit in exchange for locking to a power sword is 1 better Ld (which is useless) and 1 better Sv (which is not).  This version also ''can't'' be made slotless via company vets.
*'''Chapter Champion:''' <Ultramarine>-exclusive Chapter Champion. Costs the same as making your own, plus 5 points ''and'' you give up the stock model's 5++ and bolt pistol.  Instead, you get re-rolling melee hit rolls against characters (which is the same as re-rolling 1s since he's WS2+, and is a 7/6 multiplier on his melee output when it comes up) and an additional attack he can always make in melee at SU AP-2 D1, making him overall better offensively but worse defensively than a stock Chapter Champion, for his points.  This version also ''can't'' be made slotless via company vets.
*'''Honour Guard:''' The non-legends version has more restrictive wargear, so you can think of this unit as Company Vets only worse; compared to Company Vets with the same Bolter and Power Axe, it's 50 points for 4 attacks (6 on the charge) and 2+ save, as opposed to 46 points for 5 attacks (7 on the charge) and a 3+ save, but also Company Vets can take a Lightning Claw instead for the same cost and perform ''much'' better, and the bolter arm can carry a storm bolter or storm shield, making them either more efficient at ranged murder or durability.  There's really no comparison - plus, company vets play much nicer with your precious elites slots.
*'''Tyrannic War Veterans:''' Sternguard Veterans, with a unit size of 4-10 and no weapon options, BUT re-rolls failed hit and wound rolls against Tyranid targets, ''and'' is ''cheaper'' than actual Sternguard - you should always pick these guys over Sternguard if all you wanted was the stock weaponry. 
*'''Victrix Honour Guard:''' Prototype Bladeguard Veterans.  No pistols, and maximum unit size 2 (but both members are A4).  Compared to Bladeguard, these guys are WS2+ (so it's like not having to buy a Bladeguard Ancient at all) and Sv3+++, with the crippling downside of only having regular power swords; where they'll hit for 2*4*5/6 = 6 2/3 damage for 70 points (base, not including Shock Assault), unsupported MSU Bladeguard Vets who don't get to shoot their pistols still hit for 10*4/6*2 = 13 1/3 damage for 105 points, i.e. 2x as hard for 1.5x the cost, and that's before you consider their pistols or an ancient.  However, unlike Bladeguard, these guys are bodyguards (like company vets) ''and'' can heroically intervene, so thanks to their 2+/3+++, they're better viewed as being better-than-company vets for the intended job of company vets, albeit with suboptimal melee weapons and a crippling inability to ride most transports; also, unlike company vets, these guys only don't take up a slot with Calgar, ''and'' they don't enable a slotless ancient, apothecary, or champion.