![]() ![]() A soldier of the Mechanicus may have a punchcard skullslot and leather bellows for lungs, whilst at the same time housing quantum bioware in his brain. ![]() One who looked for consistency in Skitarii augmentations would be sorely disappointed. Even the brains of these warriors are grotesque hybrids of grey matter and twisting neurocircuitry. In imitation of the ancestor cohorts that first ground their limbs to stumps upon the dunes of Mars, the Skitarii cut off their lower legs and replace them with prostheses of inviolate alloy. Ceramic valves and adamantium sockets stud hard knots of translucent muscle. Without exception the Skitarii have pallid bodies of puckered flesh and sutured cybernetics. It is then that their true transformation begins. Regardless of origin, all find a fanatical faith in the Omnissiah soon after their inception. Some are vat-grown or cloned, whilst others are repurposed from mind-wiped convicts or warriors handed over as punishment for failure or desertion. The stink of electrocuted corpses is never far behind.Īs with so much of the Cult Mechanicus' business, the truths of the Skitarii's creation are kept a close secret. Once the designated target is in their crosshairs, the air fills with the thump and crackle of Galvanic Weaponry, even as the Skitarii continue their restless advance. They do this not by Drop Pod strikes launched from above, nor by sudden teleportation into the midst of the enemy, but by stalking their quarry over the course of solar weeks or even months until it can run no more. Skitarii Rangers are the unstoppable cyborgs of the Skitarii Legions that do not rest until the bloody deed is done, for they are driven ever onward by the imperative to locate their foes and ensure their destruction. ![]() " Fear the iron fist, for its grip is death."Ī Skitarii Ranger of Mars armed with a Galvanic RifleĪ Skitarii Ranger of the Adeptus Mechanicus is a hunter of sentient creatures in the same way that tech-priests are hunters of knowledge - the enemies of the Omnissiah in particular. ![]()
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