Harakoni Warhawks
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The Harakoni Warhawks are an Imperial Guard Drop Regiment from the planet Harakon.
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Recruitment & Training
Skills learned by the Harakoni using grav-gliders for transport and to hunt Vapour wyrms on their native homeworld translates to a fearlessness of altitude and expertise at judging air currents, knowledge necessary for their role as drop troops.[1b]
Battle Style
The Harakoni are a highly-mobile force thanks to their use of grav-chutes to deploy from orbit wherever they are needed. They are notable for using Stormtroopers, Heavy Weapons Platoons and Special Weapons Squads.[1b] Besides Elysians, they are one of the rare troops that can land from the Valkyries using Grav-chute method of descending.[2]
Appearance & Uniform
The Harakoni wear black fatigues underneath tan Carapace Armour with rebreathers.[1b]
Weapons & Equipment
These units prefer to use Plasma Guns and Heavy Bolters, and make use of folding-stock lasguns.[1b]
Notable Regiments
- 31st Harakoni Warhawks "Helldivers" - Fought against the Tau on Medusa V.[1a]
- 73rd Harakoni Warhawks - Contained survivors of the 181st Elysian Drop Troops.[3a] Wiped out during their drop on the Ork held Magdelene IX.[3b]
- 998th Harakoni Warhawks - Saw combat against the Emperor's Children on Extremis Six.[6]
Notable Campaigns & Engagements
- The Fall of Medusa V[1a]
- Harakoni and Elysian regiments deployed to Antorro system after communications blackout amid sightnings of the Space Hulk Agony of the Damned in-system.[5]
- The invasion of Magdelene IX.[3b]
- War Zone Fenris - Cleared Svenngard's core islands from the initial daemonic invasion alongside elements of the Space Wolves, Iron Hands, and Ultramarines.[4]
- Extremis Six - 998th Harakoni Warhawks deployed alongside other Imperial Guard airborne regiments such as the 352nd Elysian Drop Troops, 142nd Etharic Seraphs, and Militarum Tempestus allies to Extremis Six to enact vengeance upon warbands of Emperor's Children and the Traitor Titan Legion Riotous Host for the murder of the planet's population. Lucius the Eternal was also sighted upon the planet, along with unconfirmed reports of the Daemon Primarch Fulgrim.[6]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy, pg. 241
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem
- 4: War Zone Fenris: Wrath of Magnus, pg. 40
- 5: Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), pg. 27
- 6: Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, pg. 84
