Editing Imperial Guard Scout Squad (section)

==Overview==
Almost every regiment in the Imperial Guard has amongst its ranks men and women blessed with a nigh-preternatural empathy with the environment. Perhaps they were hunters before the regiment was founded and spent much of their lives alone in the wilderness. Perhaps they were rangers, responsible for guarding their master’s lands against intruders. Maybe they were something far darker such as bounty hunters or even slavers, and learned to master the land and its ways to their own fell ends. Blessed as they are with keen eyes and an innate sense for the lie of the land, the scout is capable of finding a path through terrain others may have written off as impenetrable. He/she can direct his/her comrades as to which flora and fauna might be safe to eat and which can be turned into a weapon.

Most importantly, the scout can use all of their skills to detect enemy ambushes, taking his cue from anything from an abnormal silence in the environment to an alien scent carried faintly on the breeze. Accomplished scouts can direct their commanders to counter such tactics, launching a counter-ambush from an entirely unanticipated quarter.

Due to their role, Scouts often prefer the smaller and easier to handle [[Lascarbine]] rather than the standard-issue flashlight. They may wear cameleoline to better hide themselves against enemy scouts, and are armed with [[Basic Close Combat Weapons#Combat Knife|combat knives]] for a silent kill. Some more primitive regiments like the [[Kanak Skull Takers]] may opt for more primitive but still equally silent ranged weapons like a [[Bow]], a [[Handbow]], a [[Crossbow (40k)|Crossbow]] or even a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Sling|Sling]] as their weapon of choice. Their low tech level and resource maintenance plus their near-silent nature proves to be handier when behind enemy lines. The most notorious of these Scouts are anyone coming from the [[Catachan Jungle Fighters]] [[Deathworld|thanks to their environment.]] Instead of the dinky-little knives, these Rambo impersonators log around several flavours of close-combat death, including the blackened but venomous [[Basic Close Combat Weapons#Night Reaper|Night Reaper]], to the standard-issue [[Basic Close Combat Weapons#Catachan Fang|Catachan Fang]] and finally, the "I can't believe it's not a short sword!" [[Basic Close Combat Weapons#Devil's Claw|Devil's Claw]].

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