Sniper Drone Team - Sniper Drones: Sniper Drones are a type of T'au Drone (small, disc-shaped, semi-sentient machine) employed extensively alongside T'au units in a sniper support role during combat.Sniper Drones consist of an advanced processor unit, which individually has only a basic intelligence (approximately equal to that of a small animal such as a pterasquirrel), and moves about by way of a compact anti-gravitic generator and a much modified variant of the T'au Jetpack. This allows the Sniper Drone to hover over the ground and skim over most obstacles.Sniper Drones are modified from standard T'au Drones, for they carry a Longshot Pulse Rifle as their main armament, and are equipped with additional stabilising fins as well as their own mini-stealth field generators. A Longshot Pulse Rifle is a lethal variant of a standard Pulse Rifle that can send its plasma pulse over an even greater distance than normal.A well-placed shot is capable of taking out any target, and there are many accounts of Sniper Drone Teams single-handedly throwing enemy forces into disarray with their ability to rain down sniper fire from long range. With these powerful ranged weapons, Sniper Drones can pin down enemy units with extremely accurate sniper fire, allowing other T'au units to move in for the kill.Sniper Drones have also been equipped with Targeting Arrays, which enhance their basic Drone targeting capacities to make them more accurate, and a Target Lock which allows them to fire upon numerous different targets simultaneously and effectively.Sniper Drones will always stay within close proximity to their T'au Fire Warrior controller, and can act as a form of robotic bodyguard if necessary by getting in the way of incoming enemy fire or close-combat opponents during the course of a battle.A Drone Controller is an electronic device that can be used by the T'au to further enhance their control over their robotic companions. A Drone Controller acts as a hub of digital communications between the drone's operator and any drones that are nearby the user.It serves as an advanced interface between the operator and the artificial intelligence (AI) combat programs of the drones, and is often used to direct the drones' firepower far more efficiently and with a level of accuracy far greater than would otherwise be possible on the battlefield.This system is especially effective in Sniper Drone teams, as Sniper Drones can fire with near perfect precision using the data of the Firesight Marksman's targeting support platform.Thanks to their anti-gravitic jets, Sniper Drones can move forwards, momentarily steady themselves, shoot at their quarry, and then move back behind cover on the battlefield, making them very hard to target with ranged weapons.This particular technique was used to perfection in the battles against Hive Fleet Gorgon on Ke'lshan, when the threat of fire from massed banks of Sniper Drones caused even the largest Tyranid monstrosities to cease their headlong charges and instead attempt to move through cover.The Fire Caste combat doctrine, as laid down in the Code of Fire, instructs all warriors to fight closely together, with each member of a team doing his utmost to protect not just his comrades, but also any nearby teams in his Hunter Cadre. Using overlapping fields of fire, even Drones are able to provide mutual support on the battlefield in the case of enemy assaults.