Editing Needler (section)

==Imperium==
===Needle Pistol=== 
[[File:Needle_Pistol.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Needle Pistol]]
The Needle Pistol is the most commonly employed form of Needler. Small and elegantly crafted for concealment, they are sophisticated and elegant handguns whose operation is silent, invisible and deadly. The finest examples use a combination of a flash-less laser to pierce flesh, followed by an impellor-shot of virulent poisons delivered instantaneously into the open wound. This combination can lay low the roughest foe with ruthless efficiency.

It is a common weapon amongst the Imperial Assassins of the Officio Assassinorum, particularly for the [[Eversor]] Assassins.

On tabletop, this is one of the many sidearms you could equip on your [[Inquisitor]]. In 9E, they wound everything except vehicles on a 2+. No AP to speak of. Probably best to pass. Pretty cheap, though. Alternatively, with their cost and the wounding on a 2+ this might be the only (albeit niche) pistol pick for [[acolyte]]s; Monsters have average saves. Still, it will struggle to outperform your other options, since it has the lowest possible rate of fire, AP, and damage.

===Belasco Galvian Needler===
[[File:Belasco_Galvian_Needler.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Belasco Galvian Needler]]
A known Needler variant of dubious provenance, the Belasco Galvian Needler was created by the Belasco Deathworks, the manufactora of the powerful House of Belasco on the Hive World of Malfi located in the Calixis Sector. This advanced and elegant Needle Pistol unlike other conventional Needlers is designed for close-range work.

The pistol also has the dubious distinction of being the weapon used for the infamous murder of Cardinal Tyndale and a dozen other deacons and priests of the Ecclesiarchy at the famed "sorrowful matins" massacre on Gallowglass, the deliberate infection of the lauded High Lady Alatia of House Krin with Mori immedicabalis, and numerous other high profile killings over the years.

This has lead to the House of Belasco being denounced from the Ministorum cathedral pulpit as "sinful deathmongers" on several occasions, a claim the Belasco family have not deigned to refute. For an additional 300 Thrones (the primary Imperial currency in use in the Calixis Sector and many others), a modified Galvian Needler can be bought that is fitted on a special hidden rig and worn on the user’s forearm, fired by means of a special palm trigger.

Not to be confused with, despite the similar spellings, Glavian Needlers which are made on Glavia and are also apparently very high quality too.

===Needle Sniper Rifle===
[[File:NeedlerRifle.png|200px|right|thumb|Needle Sniper Rifle]]
This Needler is a rifle-sized weapon that has the highest accuracy of any Needler weapon. It is also the largest and most expensive of the Needler family. The Needle Sniper Rifle offers much greater range and armor-piercing qaulities then their smaller brethren (Although it is still poor and not recommended when other Sniper weapons is more suited for armor and tank-busting capabilities such as the [[Transuranic Arquebus]]).

It is used by [[Space Marine Scouts]] and [[Ratlings|Ratling Snipers]] of the [[Imperial Guard]]. For some reason, they are even used by [[Eldar Ranger|Eldar Rangers]], although it is of their own design.

Despite this, their only rules are in [[Necromunda]] and they are used mainly by House Escher. It’s a mid-range threat capable of bypassing wounds. It’s highly accurate at short range, but its single shot and scarce ammo make its usefulness questionable. It could be useful for picking out a multi-wound character, but anyone worth their salt will screen their heavy hitters. It makes more sense to go high-Strength and Damage. That being said, 35 credits for a potential leader-sniper is not bad. If you take one, grab a Chem-Synth.

===Mark IX Sniper Rifle===
[[File:Ultra_Pattern_Sniper_Rifle_IX_DWRB.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Mark IX Sniper Rifle]]
The big cheese of the Needler family. The Mark IX Sniper Rifle is a heavy Needler sniper rifle used by the [[Deathwatch]] chapter of the Space Marines for long-range anti-personnel and anti-materiel work.

At just over two metres in length and weighing at a ridiculous fifty kilograms (Seriously there are machine guns that weigh less then that) which begs the question on what type of material this thing is made out of, the Mark IX allows a Deathwatch sharpshooter to engage targets with incredible accuracy at very long ranges.

A highly-respected and revered weapon, it is often selected as the weapon of choice for Space Marine snipers in many Deathwatch [[Kill Team|Kill-Teams.]]

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