Skitarii

==Unique Equipment==
Aegis Anbaric Shock Blaster Pistol
Class: Exotic (Shock Blaster)
This unusual weapon is a rarity, even among the Magos
militant and the Skitarii, and is doubtless a product of
the legendary Aegis Fragment. Taking the shape of a
bulky, tubular pistol, when fired it discharges a blast of
electromagnetic force capable of completely overloading a
human’s nervous system or just as usefully disrupting the
control systems of a rogue servitor. These weapons are
configured to use standard laspistol power packs, though
because of their high-energy requirements, they get only a
relatively few shots from each pack.
Exotic, 20m, S/2/–, 1d10+2, E, PEN 4, Clip 7, Full, Shock, WT 3kg, Cost 650, Rare
D’laku Crusade-Pattern Hellgun
Class: Basic (Las)
Dating back to the Skitarii cohorts that joined in the Angevin
Crusade to conquer the Calixis Sector, this pattern of high-power,
rapid discharge lasweapon remains unchanged as the standard
armament of the elite Skitarii Secutor squads. As well as delivering
a larger charge, hellgun blasts are more focused than those of
a lasgun and capable of easily punching through light armour,
inflicting distinctive “through-and-through” burn wounds on
their victims. These matte-black weapons receive energy from a
power capacitor usually attached to the backpack of the Secutor’s
carapace armor, but can use standard lasgun power packs if
needed, although they will only get twelve shots from a pack
before exhausting it. The D’laku hellgun as an availability of Scarce
in the Lathe system and Very Rare on other Forge Worlds.
Basic, 100m, S/3/5, 1d10+3, E, PEN 4, Clip 40, RLD 2Full, WT 10kg, Cost 500, Scarce
Skitarii Vanaheim-Pattern Assault Shotgun
Class: Basic (SP)
A robust and tested design, this compact auto-loader
shotgun is the standard armament of the Skitarii-Provosts
who take the role of the enforcers found on other worlds.
Provost enforced law and order is as coldly and absolutely
maintained as their machine-minded masters could wish,
and any sign of disorder, be it the discovery of a petty
crime ring in the worker-habs or a full blown labor-helot
uprising, is brutally put down with uncompromising and
lethal weapons such as this.
The Vanahiem shotgun features an inbuilt red-dot laser
sight and a melee attachment in the shape of a retractable
saw-bladed bayonet as standard.
Basic, 40m, S/3/6, 1d10+4, I, PEN 0, Clip 15, Full, Scatter, WT 8kg, Cost 300, Average
The Tears of the Dragon
The Adeptus Mechanicus makes extensive use of artificial
psycho-viral infection to condition the minds of their servants
via the use of so-called meme-viruses. The Tears of the Dragon
is the name of one such rare and hazardous agent, used
most often on the elite Skitarii Centurions. Once infected,
the subject falls into a deathly fever, and is confronted with
pre-programmed visions and sense-recordings of the worst
horrors the Mechanicus have encountered in its long history.
Those that survive this meme-virus fever with their minds
intact have conquered fear and the frailties of human sanity.
After infection, the subject must succeed on a Difficult
(–10) Willpower Test or gain 1d10+10 Insanity Points. A
successful Test grants the character the Fearless talent but
permanently reduces his Fellowship by 1d10 points.
Cost 6,000, Very Rare
Cameleoline Combat Armour
Typically only used by the Lathes’ Secutor Skitarii and select
Ordo operatives, this armor combines the best traits of Light
carapace armor with the masking effects of cameleoline
technology. However, it only works against visual detection,
making it a poor choice for advanced stealth requirements.
The wearer gains the same effect as a cameleoline cloak,
+20 to Concealment Tests and counting as if one Range
bracket further away against ranged attacks if stationary.
Head, Body, Arms, Legs, AP 5, WT 17kg, Cost 1000, Very Rare