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Raven Guard: rules coverage (2026-10-02)

From reports/tiers/2026-10-02-raven-guard-coverage.md , rendered when the site is built.

T-541, the first batch of T-542 (Jordan, 2 Oct, before sleeping: "add all special rules to units, all detachment rules, at the very least"). Made by node tools/coverage.js --faction "Imperium - Adeptus Astartes - Raven Guard" from docs/data/unitfx.json, leaderfx.json, detfx.json and armyfx.json; each ability read on Wahapedia's 11th-edition pages and written in our own words. A report: the calculator reads the dice effects (units' own behind flags.json's "unitfx"); nothing here changes a published score or letter.

Statuses. Modelled: the dice effect is all of it. Partly: some of it is dice, the rest noted. Noted: nothing for the dice; where it would be, can't yet says what the engine lacks. Unread: not in our data yet. An effect that starts off in the calculator (a damaged bracket, a rare condition) is marked so; the player switches it on.

Totals

CountModelledPartlyNotedUnread
Datasheets (non-Legends)2 of 2 read0020
Datasheets (Legends)0 of 0 read0000
Datasheet abilities60060
Detachment rules11000
Enhancements40040
Army rules (armyfx.json)00000

A datasheet counts as modelled when every ability on it is dice, partly when some are, noted when none are.

What's here. The Raven Guard's own 2 datasheets in BSData's catalogue at our commit (Aethon Shaan, Kayvaan Shrike), read against Wahapedia's 11th-edition Space Marines page on 2 Oct, and their detachment, Shadowmark Talon (in BSData's Space Marines list, named with --dets). The shared Space Marine datasheets and Oath of Moment come with the Space Marines' report.

Decided alone. BSData's names are kept where Wahapedia's differ: Shrike's "Trifold Path of Shadow" is Wahapedia's Shadowmaster (only shooters within 12" may target his unit), and is noted, because who may target a unit isn't in the maths. Aethon Shaan's "Chapter Master of the Raven Guard" and Shrike's "Inspiring Commander" are in BSData only. Masters of Shadow (cover against shooters more than 12" away) keeps its existing effect and is modelled.

What the army needs next. Range-limited targeting (Shrike), and arrival worth for re-deploying units (Echo of the Ravenspire, Hunter's Instincts).

Vocabulary gaps, by how many units need each

What the engine would need to model the rest, from each rule's can't yet and kind; a unit counts once per gap.

GapUnitsWhich
Stealth read from the datasheet as cover (core ability)2Aethon Shaan, Kayvaan Shrike
Movement: reactive moves, charge after advancing or falling back, an enemy unit slowed1Aethon Shaan
Command points gained, saved or cost to the enemy1Aethon Shaan
Arrival and re-arrival (reserves, tunnels, redeploys, Rapid Ingress)1Kayvaan Shrike

Datasheets

UnitStatusAbilitiesModelledPartlyNoted
Aethon Shaannoted3003
Kayvaan Shrikenoted3003

Every ability

UnitAbilityStatusKindWhat it does (our words)Can't yet
Aethon ShaanMaster of Shadowsnotedmovere-rolled charges at a picked enemy within 12"
Aethon ShaanBlackwing MantlenotedcpRapid Ingress or Heroic Intervention for 1 CP lesscommand points aren't in the dice
Aethon ShaanChapter Master of the Raven GuardnotedlistBSData lists it; Wahapedia's 11e sheet has no such ability
Kayvaan ShrikeTrifold Path of Shadownotedlistwhile it leads, only shooters within 12" may target the unit (Wahapedia: Shadowmaster)who may target a unit isn't in the maths
Kayvaan ShrikeEcho of the Ravenspirenotedarrivalback into reserve after the enemy's turn
Kayvaan ShrikeInspiring CommandernotedlistBSData lists it; Wahapedia's 11e sheet has no such ability

Leaders: what they give the unit they lead (leaderfx.json)

CharacterEffects
Kayvaan ShrikeShadowmaster: limits who can shoot the unit: not in the maths; Echo of the Ravenspire: movement only

Core abilities on the datasheets that touch the dice

Core abilityUnitsThe engine reads itWhich
Stealth2no: the cover chip is set by hand (a gap: read it from the datasheet)Aethon Shaan, Kayvaan Shrike
Lone Operative2targeting only, not the diceAethon Shaan, Kayvaan Shrike
Deep Strike2the tier test's arrival modesAethon Shaan, Kayvaan Shrike

Detachments

DetachmentDPRuleStatusKindWhat it does (our words)Can't yet
Shadowmark Talon2Masters of ShadowmodelledCover vs distant shooting

Enhancements (upgrades for one character; never in the calculator or the letters yet)

DetachmentEnhancementPtsWhoStatusKindWhat it does (our words)Can't yet
Shadowmark TalonBlackwing Shroud25ADEPTUS ASTARTES INFANTRY modelnotedarrivalInfiltrators for its unit
Shadowmark TalonCoronal Susurrant30PHOBOS modelnotedcponce a turn, an enemy Stratagem within 12" costs 1 CP morecommand points aren't in the dice
Shadowmark TalonUmbral Raptor15ADEPTUS ASTARTES modelnotedStealth and Lone Operative for the bearerthe bearer's own Stealth, not the unit's
Shadowmark TalonHunter's Instincts25ADEPTUS ASTARTES modelnotedarrivalits unit arrives from reserve a round early

Stratagems (names only; their dice are a later card)

DetachmentStratagems
Shadowmark TalonArmour Of Contempt, Lay Low The Tyrants, Feint And Thrust, Stunning Fusillade, Raptorial Vigilance, Into Darkness

Army rules (armyfx.json)

RuleWhat it does (our words)