Coming Soon!: 

 A new Starglaive: 1st Edition book is arriving soon!: 

Treatise: Warrior-Monks  is a in-depth and fascinating guide on the lives, training, history and more of the elite Warrior-monks of the Khan, known as the Celestarri. This incredible guide-book also contains updated rules for table-top play, a host of new units and new special abilities for commanders to use in-game! 

And now, in a radical departure from the original rulesbook (Starglaive: 1st edition),  Treatise: Warrior-Monks will feature entirely hand-drawn art from artists from around the world! Including pieces by famed illustrator (and the former head illustrator for Green Lantern,  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Robocop) Nick Gnazzo! 

Scheduled for release June 21st 2026! It will be available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble booksellers! 

 Excerpts from Treatise: Warrior-Monks: 

Walking Shrines:

Benjamin S. Kaiye : This legendary Warrior-Monk of the Draconic Order of Tepesh gave his life for his Temple Abbot during the battle at the Castle of Korom.

Holding the bridge leading to the off-world Gates, he single-handedly held off over 600 Guardsmen and countless traitor Warrior-Monks and rogue Eldarai separatists while the remainder of the Temple’s forces made good their tactical retreat.

Unable to cross the bridge as long as the hulking Warrior-Monk remained, the forces of the enemy found themselves at a standstill until it was decided to gather up what ammunition was left and kill the mighty Warrior-Monk with a volley of whatever was at hand. And so, with an overwhelming barrage of PRAG rounds, G.A.Y. discharges and Rifled-Slugs the great Monk was slain. But even in death he remained upright, his weapon held high above his head as though ready to come crashing down upon the nearest foe.

Only after tipping over the lifeless giant with their spears did they realize their foe was gone. And so the vile forces of the enemy left his body behind as they hurled themselves towards the remaining Aether-Gates.

But his story did not end there, Vlad le Dracul was all too keenly aware of his retainers sacrifice. Dispatching a team of Monks and Elite Death-Jumpers (Fallschirmjager) the great hero’s body was recovered and it was discovered that a tiny spark of life remained in the ruined form of that once great Monk. After much contemplation, the decision was made to place the hero’s remains within a Walking Shrine. And so the Great Shrine of Ben-Kaiye was created.

The Shrine remains on Dracul’s homeworld of Sylvania. It has been beseeched for aid on only a handful of occasions and each time has slaughtered those who would oppose the Khan with a fury that would inevitably become a thing of myth.

Rules Clarifications:

Psy-Priests Clarification: May be brought as units by both Galactic Guard and Warrior-Monks factions. They now also are classified as “Psychic” units for the purposes of being affected by the Psyhunter rule(that is to say, they now have the Psychic tag).

Walking Shrines/Walking Tombs: Melee: 2+ Save, 9 HP, wounded by all non anti-armor weapons on a 5+, wounded by anti-armor weapons (Lasercannon, Vibrodish, Drones, Star Plasma and Electrofists) on a 4+. 5 attacks melee, 2+ to hit, 6 damage. 12 inch base movement

Ranged: Same stats except instead of 5 melee attacks, only 1 melee attack, 3 damage but 2 Laser-Cannon attacks

Special rule: Armored Hulk: A Walking Shrine/Tomb may move through a group of infantry units as if they weren’t there but may not end it’s move in a group of enemy units.

A player may have no more than 3 Walking Shrines/Tombs on the battle-field at any one time.

24 pts.