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==Ratlings in the Imperial Guard==
 
==Ratlings in the Imperial Guard==
 
Although Ratlings make generally poor warriors, the [[Imperium]] still has a use for them, and they are often recruited into the Imperial Guard as snipers, the one battlefield role in which they excel.  In this role they operate independently of the rest of the Imperial Guard force, and are equipped with [[sniper rifle]]s and [[flak armour]].{{Fn|1}}
 
Although Ratlings make generally poor warriors, the [[Imperium]] still has a use for them, and they are often recruited into the Imperial Guard as snipers, the one battlefield role in which they excel.  In this role they operate independently of the rest of the Imperial Guard force, and are equipped with [[sniper rifle]]s and [[flak armour]].{{Fn|1}}
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Ratlings are also well known for their culinary abilities and often serve as cooks off the battlefield. Some Ratlings take advantage of their position as company cooks to acquire extra supplies to sate their voracious appetites. Others extend these benefits to their foster regiments for a price, their kitchens serving as fronts for their illegal activities. Their abilities as fences, thieves and black marketeers find them acceptance from the men they serve alongside, as they offer a wide range of goods, from extra rations, to drugs and alcohol, and even non-standard issue weapons common amongst veteran soldiers.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}}
  
 
==Ratlings of note==
 
==Ratlings of note==
 
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==Images==
 
==Images==

Revision as of 14:04, 10 June 2017

Ratling Sniper

Ratlings (Homo sapiens minimus) are small abhumans, which are recruited into the Imperial Guard as Snipers.

Overview

Ratlings are the smallest type of abhuman, their ancestors having become stunted by thousands of years of inbreeding on worlds with naturally soporific climates and abundant harvests.[2]

Ratlings are short and squat, although not strong. They are idle, hedonistic, gregarious, over-friendly and sexually promiscuous. Their lives are spent eating until sick, drinking copious amounts of intoxicating liquids, and procreating uncontrollably. These small, loud, hungry and lecherous creatures are called Runtlings, Stunties, Halflings, Maggots and Ratlings, among other things.[2]

A Ratling sniper lies in wait.[3]

Ratling home worlds

Ratling home worlds are self-sufficient and agricultural, and the hedonistic and unambitious nature of Ratlings means that these worlds do not progress beyond a medieval level of civilisation.

Known Ratling home worlds include Ornsworld and Sigma-Agrius.

Ratlings in the Imperial Guard

Although Ratlings make generally poor warriors, the Imperium still has a use for them, and they are often recruited into the Imperial Guard as snipers, the one battlefield role in which they excel. In this role they operate independently of the rest of the Imperial Guard force, and are equipped with sniper rifles and flak armour.[1]

Ratlings are also well known for their culinary abilities and often serve as cooks off the battlefield. Some Ratlings take advantage of their position as company cooks to acquire extra supplies to sate their voracious appetites. Others extend these benefits to their foster regiments for a price, their kitchens serving as fronts for their illegal activities. Their abilities as fences, thieves and black marketeers find them acceptance from the men they serve alongside, as they offer a wide range of goods, from extra rations, to drugs and alcohol, and even non-standard issue weapons common amongst veteran soldiers.[1][3]

Ratlings of note

Images

Ratling Snipers (5th edition) - valued both for their stealth and accuracy, but little else

Sources


Imperial Guard Infantry
Command Company Command SquadPlatoon Command SquadScion Command SquadTank CommanderRegimental AdvisorsCommissarPrimaris PsykerTech-priest EnginseerPriest
Specialists Master of OrdnanceBreacherScoutMedicVox-OperatorWeapons SpecialistSharpshooterOperator
Troops Infantry SquadHeavy Weapons SquadSpecial Weapons SquadArmoured Fist SquadVeteran SquadScions SquadCanidsPenal Legion TroopersOgryn SquadRatling SquadPsyker Battle SquadRough Rider SquadField Ordnance BatteryJump TrooperH-Grade Combat Servitor