Editing
Spyrer
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
[[File:Spyrer models 1.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Look like the new batch of X-Men, don't they?]] A twisted take on the "billionaire superhero" trope, '''Spyrers''' (or '''Spyre Hunters''') are a subsect of high nobility from some [[hive world]]s in the [[Imperium]], especially in [[Necromunda]], which is also the game where the term comes from. They go down to the underhive armed with fancy super gadgets to hunt down poor people for fun. ==Overview== Within the industrial underhives of a hive city, the poor people are forming gangs to fight for the scraps of the scarce resources. Sometimes the rich people, the upper nobility, send "gangs" for a different purpose. Spyrer groups are hardly more than silver spoon sucking spoiled brats of the noble houses, sent to the Underhive to undertake a vow that has been impressed upon them by a sponsor '''Patriarch''' or '''Matriarch''', either to survive on their own or to get a designated number of kills. They are to be sent down and will come back with their task done or not at all. [[grimdark|Or they just felt like working off some stress.]] In other words, they're either the [[Grimdark]] version of the bored rich kid who's out to callously cause mischief no matter who it hurts; or they're on a [[Grimdark]] rite of passage by surviving or killing people in the dangerous, rundown Underhive, which is infested by gangs, mutants, monsters, and sometimes other eldritch bizzarro weird shit. In the Imperium, where everything is fucked up, and especially in Necromunda, where things are ''really'' fucked up, this makes a certain amount of sense. If they come back having survived, and even killed a few people, this proves that the youth in question is resourceful and ruthless enough to do well in Hive politics, or at least not be a sitting duck for assassins. On most other Imperial worlds, most of these kids would end up debauchees and wannabe socialites, maybe inheriting a part of their family's interests or saddled into a political marriage, or they might buy a commissioned rank in the Imperial Guard or Navy. Some of them might even be good at what they do. But in Necromunda, you're going to be good, or you won't live to see adulthood. ''Hardcore.'' As a last note, sometimes Spyrers actually like going on a hunting trip in the wilderness of the Underhive, so they'll end up coming back as a hobby, or sponsor other gangs as a Matriarch or Patriarch. Also, we know about the logical gap of the survival rate of weeding out the weak in your kids. Necromunda nobles must either have ''lots'' of kids, or toughen them up with a steady diet of diesel fuel and broken glass, that or their hunting rigs are just that OP. The answer - all of the above. ==Equipment== Even though becoming a Spyrer is supposed to be a genuine test of ability and the will to survive, rich kids ''still'' get all the nice stuff. Each Spyrer is given a unique '''[[Hunting Rig]]''' which is a ''serious'' piece of hardware that outstrips most of the stuff in most Imperial institutions, unless you're a mid-to-high ranking [[Adeptus Mechanicus|robot]], a [[Space Marine|biologically enhanced killing machine]], a [[Inquisition|state sanctioned asshole]], or a [[Officio Assassinorum|state sanctioned asshole with a hit list]]. Hunting Rigs act as a suit of armour with built-in weaponry and cybernetic enhancements and have several variants such as the [[Orrus Hunting Rig|Orrus]], [[Jakara Hunting Rig|Jakara]], [[Malcadon Hunting Rig|Malcadon]], [[Yeld Hunting Rig|Yeld]], [[Patriarch Hunting Rig|Patriarch]] and the [[Matriarch Hunting Rig|Matriarch]]. If you want to know more info on these things and their variants, just go to the [[Power Armour]] page. Overall, Spyrers carry a bunch of advance weapons and shit outside of their Iron Man-levels of a Hunting Rig. This includes [[Bolt Launcher]]s, [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Monomolecular Sword|Monomolecular Sword]]s, [[Web Spinner|Web Spinnerets]], razor-edged wings that fly, [[Laser Gauntlet]]s, [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Mechadendrite|Mechadendrite]]s and a motherfucking [[Chain Weapon#Chainscythe|Chainscythe]]. ==Gallery== <gallery> Spyrer models 2.jpg Spyrer models 3.jpg Spyrer models 4.jpg Spyrer models 5.jpg Spyrer models 6.jpg Spyrer ad.jpg </gallery> [[Category:Necromunda]] [[category:Skirmish-Level Wargames]] [[category:Wargames]] [[category:Warhammer 40,000]] {|align=center border=2 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 |- !colspan=1| Original Necromundan Houses!! Extended Necromundan Houses!! Other Necromundan Factions |- valign=top | {{House Escher}} {{House Goliath}} {{House Orlock}} | {{House Cawdor}} {{House Delaque}} {{House Van Saar}} | {{Ironhead Squat Prospectors}} {{Palanite Enforcers}} |}
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to 2d4chan may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
2d4chan:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Templates used on this page:
Template:House Cawdor
(
edit
)
Template:House Delaque
(
edit
)
Template:House Escher
(
edit
)
Template:House Goliath
(
edit
)
Template:House Orlock
(
edit
)
Template:House Van Saar
(
edit
)
Template:Ironhead Squat Prospectors
(
edit
)
Template:Palanite Enforcers
(
edit
)
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
English
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Special pages
Page information