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==The Genestealer Threat==

One threat that the Ordo Xenos takes particularly seriously in comparison to the overt threats of Ork WAAAGH! or Tyranid Hive Fleets is the presence in the Imperium of [[Genestealer]] Hybrids which, in their most base form is practically indistinguishable from your typical hive-dwelling Imperial citizen. This ''infiltration'' bio-form - differing from that of the Lictor Xenos and other Tyranid organisms used for stealth - is the focus of intense scrutiny of the Ordo Xenos, and they have spent much time on the detection and eradication of these Genestealer Cults wherever they appear. Multiple Inquisitors throughout the fluff and lore have had tie-ins with Genestealer Cults, and the presence of a cell on a world can be enough to have a cynical Inquisitor reaching for the Exterminatus button just on the off chance there could be a hybrid standing '''behind you''', or your third cousin's new wife/husband might have sharp fangs and an "off" look about him/her.

[[Monstergirls|That cute girl/handsome guy with the easy smile you saw who winked at you]] on the way back from the slump? The one that gets your heart racing, imagining about [[/d/|settling down and making lots of babies like some inbred redneck cutie breeder]]? Don't worry, it's definitely not pheromones...It's just that, underneath that fabricator jumpsuit might lie a third arm ending not with fingers but with talons capable of ripping through even the ceramite powered armor of the Emperor's Finest. Though you're probably more useful to them as [[Rape|another host/stud with which to grow the brood, whatever your gender is]], just don't piss her off. Hybrids are not stupid, either. They ''know'' it's easier to evade detection by infecting you rather than leaving your mutilated corpse for the Adeptus Arbites to find and are capable of [[Just as planned]]-tier shenanigans in taking over a world. Couple this with the fact that later generations of hybrids are fully capable of using human weaponry and even display some of the same powers that [[Psykers]] would. Essentially this means that Genestealer Cults are perhaps far more insidious even than the threat of the Hive Fleets themselves, and often the presence of a Cult would precipitate (and is intended to cause) the arrival of said Hive Fleets owing to the psychic impression luring them in.

Perhaps the most infamous example of this occurred on the planet of Ghosar Quintus, in the Ultima Segmentum. A mining world of relatively low output, the planet was ruled by a nevertheless powerful Dynasty that had fallen under the corruption of a Genestealer Cult that spanned ''the entire planet'', with its population numbering fifteen million souls. To put this in context a certain other Xenos-stomping bad-ass mother thought that a colony of some 500 workers was worthy of [[Exterminatus|blasting off and nuking the site from orbit]] once it became apparent that a Xenos infestation was present. Worse still was that Ghosar Quintus had been corrupted for untold years, potentially sending out ships with Genestealer hosts throughout the sector. All of this only came to light when a [[Deathwatch]] kill-team was sent to investigate the disappearance of Inquisitor Chaegryn, proving that these Genestealer Cults are even capable of temporarily foiling the attentions of the Inquisition.

And if your entire thing in life is rooting out the enemies of mankind and getting a secret kick out of it, the mere existence of a creature capable of foiling your every move must be absolutely maddening. To the point of the rage of a thousand white hot blinding suns of fury. ''NOTHING'' gets an Ordo Xenos inquisitor moving faster than the word "Genestealer". Except maybe that strange chittering sound your adjutant just made '''behind you'''.