Agents of the Imperium

How Agents of the Imperium play

Agents of the Imperium is less a conventional army than a collection of specialists — Inquisitors, assassins, Voidsmen, Sisters of Battle detachments and the Imperium's other odd corners. Fielded as a standalone force it is a genuinely unusual, character-heavy army; fielded as allies it is the way almost every other Imperium player accesses assassins and Inquisitorial support.

The specialists do things no line unit does: precision character removal, psychic interference, and access to units that attach to squads they have no business attaching to. Played on its own the army leans on that unpredictability, because it does not have the raw statlines to trade evenly.

Building a Agents of the Imperium army list

Most players will meet this faction as an ally rather than a primary. Any IMPERIUM army that is not itself Agents of the Imperium can include Agents units, and the allowance is split into three separate category budgets — Retinue, Character and Requisitioned — each scaling with battle size. At Strike Force that is two Retinue, two Characters and one Requisitioned: up to five allied units.

As a primary faction, build around what the specialists cannot do. The army needs bodies to hold ground, and those have to be deliberately included.

Agents of the Imperium FAQ

Which armies can take Agents of the Imperium as allies?

Any army whose Faction is IMPERIUM, except Agents of the Imperium itself. The Assigned Agents rule governs how many, split across Retinue, Character and Requisitioned categories by battle size.

How many Agents units can I ally in at 2,000 points?

At Strike Force: two Retinue units, two Characters and one Requisitioned unit. These are three separate budgets, not a shared total.

Can Agents of the Imperium be played as a standalone army?

Yes, though it is an unusual and character-heavy force that needs deliberate work to cover objective holding. Most players encounter it as an allied detachment instead.