Beschreibung
Skitarii Ranger
A ranger of the Skitarii of the Adeptus Mechanicus is a hunter of sentient Creatures, just as tech-priests are hunters of knowledge – especially the enemies of the Omnissiah. Skitarii Rangers are the unstoppable cyborgs of the Skitarii Legions who do not rest until the deed of blood is done, for they are driven ever onward by the need to seek out their enemies and ensure their destruction.
They do this not by drop-pod strikes fired from above or by sudden teleportation into the midst of the enemy, but by tracking their prey over the course of solar weeks or even months until they can run no more. Once the designated target is in their crosshairs, the air fills with the pop and crackle of galvanic weapons, even as the Skitarii continue their restless advance. The stench of electrocuted corpses is never far behind.
To fight the foot soldiers of The Cult Mechanicus is to kill or be killed, for the Skitarii Rangers never give up as they hunt their enemies, and their endurance is legendary.
In the lean and hungry days of mankind’s hominid ancestors, a hunter would kill far larger prey by pursuing them to exhaustion. Skitarii rangers hunt the far reaches of the galaxy on this principle – once dispatched, the rangers will slowly but relentlessly go after their prey.
At first, their victims, from bands of Pirates to xenos war hosts, can slip out of the net of Skitarii gunfire easily enough. If they escape far enough, solar months will pass, even standard years – long enough for the horror of the first engagement to be all but forgotten.
Meanwhile, the Skitarii Rangers march in silent, unstoppable lockstep through trenches and ruins, their noose tightening a little with each passing night. Just as their prey thinks itself safe, a constellation of blue will-o‘-the-wisps appears on the horizon.
