4/5 stars. Very reasonable overall.
Background.
The Contekar were the noble born sons of Nostramo. Corrupt, and showing utter contempt for the Imperial Citizenship, their main concern was with their own standing and haughty status within the legion. Indeed, only the Night Haunter or the First Captain could freely command them, everyone else had to be worthy of their butchery (by, e.g., being of similar noble bloodlines). More than this, they were often sent to change the commander of lesser Night Lord detachments that were deemed unworthy.
Strengths.
WS=5 and T=5 terminators in tartaros armour with three attacks and two wounds.
They come as standard with chainblades which grants S+1 , breaching and shredding. Functionally this is identical to chain glaives, but look cooler. They also have volkite cavitors which give you deflagrate at short range and S=6 which is very nice for softening up targets.
There are only two upgrades to consider here: the Escaton Power Claw (which is worth the points), and upgrading the cavitors to heavy flamers which is tempting to be very honest. Even though you reduce the strength to S=5, the possibility of inflicting panic cannot be overlooked due to the core rules of the Night Lords. So take at least one - preferably much more.
Weaknesses.
Vanguard (3) and Fear (1) is good, but the inherent deep strike is what you are paying the points cost for. Indeed, Night Lords are one of the few legions to have superb access to Deep Strike and you should take advantage of this.
Builds.
5 Contekar, 3 Heavy Flamer, 1 Escaton Power Claw (235 points).
This ties to the resin sold by Warhammer/Forge World and is exceptionally viable.
10 Contekar, 6 Heavy Flamer, 1 Escaton Power Claw (435 points).
Moving up to 10 members, the points cost is less steep, and in all honesty, you could readily take it up to 15 members (635 points).
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