Hekat Summoning – The Creation Routine
So you’re a fresh Therian commander and want to know what the deal with Hekat summoning is. This ability will cause much frustration for your opponents as you are potentially able to bring a new type * AFV onto the board each turn.
For the cost of 4 LP you may take a type * AFV model that is not currently a part of your army and place it next to the Company Commander where it will be able to activate on your next turn. Only the Company Commander can use this routine so it is not possible to spawn multiple Type * AFVs in a single turn.
The spawned Type * AFVs are not alphas so they do not have any access to routines themselves. if you want to be able to use the rush routine with them the Company Commander must be the one to do it. Similarly, these summoned Type * cannot repair themselves, instead relying on the Company Commander’s routines. Remember the Company Commander is the only one that can use routines on other units in the army.
Another thing to note. If you are going to be summoning type *’s, having Sigma Urash around is extremely useful. Sigma Urash is the only Therian capable of using fusion on 2 afvs of different units. This means having him around will let you fuse those 2 half dead Hekats into a Type ** AFV of your choice.
Why can’t Creation be used by an AFV overseer to create a new AFV in contact with it? I can’t find the rule that says it can only be used by a Commander…
This was an update to the rules, it was proving a bit overpowered to have any AFV officer (or any officer in a cypher list) able to create a Hekat. source. So now only the company commander can use the creation routine.
Note that with a recent ruling on the AT-43 forums, hekats can now be spawned as alpha overseers.