Editing Bolter (section)

===Storm Bolter===
{{topquote|How do we get so many bullets in 'em? Like this. Plus, we fire the WHOLE bullet. That's 65% more bullet per bullet.|Archmagos Cavius Johanson}}
[[image:Standard Stormbolter.png|250px|thumb|right|Storm Bolter]]
Sometimes, [[Dakka|fire rate]] accounts for a lot. ''[[Dakka|<span style='color:green;font-size:100%'>("Yer zoggin' right it does, 'umie!")</span>]]''

In recognition to this, many units make use of a double-barreled Bolter that can spray out considerably more bolts out to maximum range, effectively making for a more dangerous weapon capable of ladling out more explosive-filled armor-piercing goodness. This is most commonly seen used by high-ranking officers who can afford better than just Bolt Pistols and Space Marines in [[Terminator|Terminator Armour]]. It has separate magazine wells, one for each of the barrels; usually these will hold either a Duplus X Magazine (''which is 2 sickle/straight mags strapped together''), or a single box magazine which connects to both wells at the same time. For arm-mounted Storm Bolters such as those typically possessed by named characters and everybody in the [[Grey Knights]], the wells are on the side of the weapon. For conventional Storm Bolters, the wells are normally and boringly attached by the bottom.

Chaos Space Marines lack access to the Storm Bolters because they are one of the few rare things in the Imperium that are new over the past ten millennia; that is, the weapon was invented/rediscovered some time after they lost Horus and fled to the [[Warp]]. However, the role of Storm Bolters has already been filled by something they already have, something that was replaced by the Imperium with these Storm Bolters. This older weapon is called the '''Combi-Bolter''', sometimes called a Tandem or Twin-Linked Bolter, which was used around the time of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. It is basically two normal Bolters hooked together and linked to the same trigger mechanism. On the tabletop this offered both an advantage and a drawback (while in the lore Storm Bolters are outright superior); at maximum range, Storm Bolters fire two shots, whereas the Combi-Bolter fires out one; but the Combi-Bolter is twin-linked and rapid fires, making it the better weapon at shorter range, but then they were given the same profile in 8th edition. Chaos Terminators can even assault after using Combi-Bolters due to being Relentless. Combi-Bolters are mostly used by Chaos Terminators and Commanders, the latter of which are known for [[rage|raging hard]] at the fact that Chaos doesn't get better ranged weapon options for its commanders, unless you are a Tzeentchian Commander or a Sorcerer (''or Emperor forbid, '''both'''''). In which case, you shouldn't care either way. The Imperium still has and uses Combi-bolters, however they're reserved for the Cataphractii Terminators, not for any actual lore reason, because those guys were made for Horus Heresy and when they brought them into 40k GW was too lazy to give them Storm Bolters as an option. As of 8th, the stats for Combi-Bolters are now identical to that of Storm Bolters.

In Fantasy Flight Games' Warhammer 40k RPGs such as ''Deathwatch'', the Storm Bolter has a similar rate of automatic fire to a Bolter, except that each shot is in fact the discharge of both barrels, and every hit counts as ''two'' hits from a tightly grouped pair of rounds, representing the synchronized firing mechanism involved in the two internally-intimate Boltguns. The Combi-Bolter, on the other hand, can gain a bonus to hit or score a single additional hit in a burst, representing the fact that the two component barrels are neither tightly-connected nor are they firing in timed synchronization, and so spraying the bolt rounds provides a greater chance to hit with at least ''some'' of the shots, but with less likelihood of hitting with ''all'' the shots.
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StormBolterCommissarYarrick.jpg|<center>''[[Commissar Yarrick|Sebastian Yarrick]]'s''</center>
StormBolterSisterOfBattle.jpg|<center>Sister of Battle</center>
StormBolterCataphractii.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center><center>(''Cataphractii Terminator'')</center>
StormBolterTartaros.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center><center>(''Tartaros Terminator'')</center>
StormBolterIndomitus.jpg|<center>Present Era</center><center>(''Indomitus Terminator'')</center>
StormBolterDarkAngelsCompanyVeteran.jpg|<center>Dark Angels</center><center>(''Company Veteran'')</center>
StormBolterSpaceWolves.jpg|<center>Space Wolves</center>
StormBolterWolfGuardTerminator.jpg|<center>Wolf Guard</center>
StormBolterWolfGuardTerminatorVariant.jpg|<center>Wolf Guard 2</center>
LibrarianStormBolter.png|<center>Librarian</center>
StormBolterChaplain.jpg|<center>Chaplain</center>
StormBolterCommander.jpg|<center>Commander</center>
StormBolterBATerminatorCaptain.jpg|<center>Blood Angels</center>
StormBolterDeathwingSergeant.jpg|<center>Deathwing</center>
StormBolterDeathwatchTerminator.jpg|<center>Deathwatch</center>
StormBolterBelial.jpg|<center>''[[Belial]]'s''</center>
SammaelStormBolter.jpg|<center>''[[Sammael]]'s''</center>
StormBolterLoganGrimnar.jpg|<center>''[[Logan Grimnar]]'s''</center>
StormBolterPedroKantorDorn'sArrow.jpg|<center>''[[Pedro Kantor]]'s''</center><center>(''Dorn's Arrow'')</center>
StormBolterGKStrikeSquad.jpg|<center>Grey Knights</center><center>Strike Squad</center>
StormBolterGKTerminator.jpg|<center>Grey Knights</center><center>Terminator Squad</center>
StormBolterGreyKnightCaptain.jpg|<center>Grey Knights Captain</center>
StormBolterArvannStern.jpg|<center>''[[Arvann Stern]]'s''</center>
StormBolterAldrikVoldus.jpg|<center>''Aldrik Voldus's''</center>
StormBolterCastellanCrowe.jpg|<center>''[[Castellan Crowe|Garran Crowe]]'s''</center>
StormBolterKaldorDraigo.jpg|<center>''[[Kaldor Draigo]]'s''</center>
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====''Urion's Doom''====
[[image:UltramarinesStormBolterDeathwatch.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''Urion's Doom'' (''Placeholder'')]]
Despite the edgy name, this weapon is not a Chaos-tainted Storm Bolter.

Urion was an honored member of the [[Ultramarines]] 1st Company, unfortunately at the jolly time around the invasion of Ultramar by Hive Fleet Behemoth. He was stationed at the Northern Polar Fortress during the defense of Macragge. Now, this is where the "Doom" part fits in already. Though there were survivors over the southern side, the assault on the Polar Fortress over Macragge's north pole was led by none other than the Swarmlord itself. Over there, Urion fought on the outer wall until it was overrun, his Storm Bolter reaping a heavy toll among the Tyranid horde. He defended the silo doors until they were breached, mowing down countless more bio-organisms. He battled in the catacombs as the surviving defenders fell back deeper and deeper. He fired burst after burst, each one finding its mark, until at last his ammunition was spent, and he charged into hand-to-hand combat and was finally overcome. Since the entire 1st Company of the time made their last stand in the lower Penitorium of the fortress, Urion probably either ran out of ammo at the last stand, or CQC-ed all the way to the last stand. Urion’s Storm Bolter was gifted to the Deathwatch, as a secret mark of respect and pledge of assistance. Somehow, people shoot better with it when the targets are Tyranids.

As you can see already, the Tyranids didn't pick the Storm Bolter and shoot Orion with it. It's another way around, definitely the other way around.
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====''Vengeance of Ultramar''====
[[image:BlueStormBolter.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''Vengeance of Ultramar'' (''Placeholder'')]]
By the time of the Terran Crusade, since ole' Roboute finally got up and all, his boys thought it a perfect occasion to whip out some of the finest wargear seen in ten thousand years from the vaults of Ultramar.

For the case of this particular Storm Bolter, it might not even be that old. Last used during the Tyrannic wars, probably the first two since the third one is still ongoing, this ancient Storm Bolter here houses a Machine Spirit that allows for a dramatically increased rate of fire. Yes, this Storm Bolter likes the Dakka. Furthermore, though the ''Vengeance of Ultramar'' loads and fires standard-issue bolts, the matter-reactive substance of each round is altered within the hallowed firing chamber to become bio-reactive, causing living material to explode into vaporous clouds upon contact. This is a unique instance for the Bolter. Normally, when you want your bolts to do something other than exploding, you use special issue bolts which are exclusive to the Deathwatch as of the current edition. The ''Vengeance of Ultramar'' by itself, however, alters the normal bolts so that they do something else. This capability opens up the possibility for Bolters to provide special effects by themselves. For example, an "Inferno Bolter" (''not the ones used by Rubricae, mind you'') would turn bolts into literal fireballs (''which is probably what the Tzeentchian Inferno Bolter does'' but through Warp nonsense rather than specially built firing chambers). A "Kraken Bolter" would make the bolt much more penetrative somehow with Science. And, in a way, this ''Vengeance of Ultramar'' is a souped-up "Hellfire Storm Bolter".

So, the ''Vengeance of Ultramar'' is likely a one-of-a-kind modification tailor-made to fight Tyranids, but will work wonders on other fleshy enemies as well.
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====''Frostfury''====
[[File:SpaceWolvesStormBolterCyan.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Frostfury'' (''Placeholder'')]]
Due to their sole access to [[Helfrost_Weaponry|Reverse Flamers]], the [[Space Wolves]] decided at some point that beams alone are too boring.

Over the millennia of campaigning and fighting for the Imperium of Man, the vaults of the Fang have become filled with rare and potent weapons. The Storm Bolter known as ''Frostmodr'' in Fenrisian, or ''Frostfury'' in Low Gothic, is just such an example – an elaborately decorated weapon crafted long ago by the skilled hands of an unremembered Tech-Adept. Re-chambered to fire bolt rounds tipped with Helfrost warheads, it is the only known example of such a weapon, the secrets of its creation unsurprisingly lost. In battle, the glittering rounds impart their freezing payload as they explode deep in the flesh of their victims. Few enemies can survive both the destructive force of a detonating bolt shell and the frigid blast of the shattering glimmerfrost crystal, not to mention that the bolts come in pair at a time because this is a Storm Bolter. Do note that unlike the previous Storm Bolter, the ''Frostfury'' does not "make" regular bolts into Helfrost bolts. You've got to ask the Space Wolves for the required ammunition since the crystals what make Helfrost work in the first place is local to only the planet of Fenris. And unless you have this Storm Bolter with you, your regular, uninsulated Storm Bolter will probably freeze itself along with you as well from firing a couple of Helfrost-tipped bolts.

Bolters can fire rockets that turn people (or what's left of them) into ice, and the Space Wolves have the only one that can do it.
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====''Foe-smiter''====
[[image:DarkAngelsStormBolter.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''Foe-smiter'' (''Placeholder'')]]
The ''Foe-smiter'' is incredibly decent for a ten thousand years old Storm Bolter, which is certainly odd since there shouldn't be any Storm Bolter in the first place.

This ornate Storm Bolter was wrought by Fedorovich the Great, one of the greatest Martian weaponsmiths of the era of the Great Crusade. Fedorovich forged many of the master-crafted weapons still prized by the Imperium today. The existence of this Tech-priest raises a question to whether he is in fact the inventor of the Storm Bolter, or perhaps a major contributor to its design, which would make this ''Foe-smiter'' here a Storm Bolter "prototype." Of course, Fedorovich might be eccentric for a weaponsmiths like Alaric the Mad in Warhammer Fantasy, and he moved on to something like Runefangs or the [[Nemesis Crown]]; you know, the Great Crusade made demand for weapons pretty high, and good ole' Fedorovich had to keep up with that. Even by comparison to those other weapons, however, ''Foe-smiter'' has always been considered special, probably because the thing was a Storm Bolter in an age where Space Marines soldered two Bolters together in order to make a double rocket launcher. Perhaps any Combi-Bolter that had been streamlined to handle firing out two bolts at a time in an improved manner were effectively Storm Bolters, but since back then they didn't figure out how to make it for cheap, the design remained as unstandardized, special Combi-Bolters until the end of the Horus Heresy and when the Storm Bolter manufacturing data got sent out, Foe-smiter got recognized as the prototype and formally changed designation from Artificer Combi-Bolter to Storm Bolter.

''Foe-smiter'' was fittingly presented with honor to the first Grand Master of the Deathwing – the [[Terminator]] branch of the Dark Angels – and continues to lay low the enemies of the Chapter to this day.

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====''Fury of Deimos''====
[[image:FuryOfDeimosPlaceholder.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''Fury of Deimos'' (''Placeholder'')]]
Because virtually every Grey Knight out there has a Storm Bolter, it wouldn't be too suprising to find slightly better ones on some of their wrists.

And by better, we don't mean anything special. The ''Fury of Deimos'' is simply a really good Storm Bolter without any gimmick to stand apart from the other good quality stuff. Now, this Deimos isn't somebody like Kratos's younger brother. See, when the Grey Knights were forming up, they figured that a personal Forge World right next to Mars would do the trick of keeping supplies in check. When the moon of Deimos was gifted to Titan by the Adeptus Mechanicus, it carried with it a ship loaded with some of the finest weapons the Imperium has ever created. Among them was the Storm Bolter ''Fury of Deimos'', a weapon crafted by the first Fabricator General. Now, this is a very big thing. Storm Bolters are known to have been created after the Horus Heresy, which explains why Chaos Space Marines are mostly stuck with Combi-Bolters. A "first" Fabricator General would be a very, very old Tech-priest leading the Mechanicum around the time of the Unification Wars – you know, since the Martians were also engaged in its own World Domination campaign at the time. The ''Fury of Deimos'' might be a "prototype" made by that Fabricator General, but he/she didn't bother to start a mass production model, leaving the ''Fury of Deimos'' as a one-of-a-kind, Storm Bolter-ish Bolt Weapon.

Superior in range, accuracy, rate of fire and reliability to a normal Storm Bolter, the ''Fury of Deimos'' is a relic whose secrets have long been forgotten just like many other things of the Imperium of Man.
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