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===Zsc-boteh===
This xenos race is a paradox, large, swift, quadrupedal and viciously brutal, sporting sharp claws and a mouth full of spiked teeth, yet they are xenophobic to a degree that even the Imperium would find excessive, and seem to instinctively fear even breathing the same air as another sentient species.

The race is known for its rows of infrared sensitive spots running along the body from head to tail, giving the Zsc-boteh 360 degree awareness of their surroundings, and the two tendrils, much like the ancient Terran anglerfish, that extend from the head and serve as psychic foci. The Zsc-boteh use these feelers as Warp-radar, sensing hostile presences even through walls in a limited radius.

Heat is known as "painlight" to these xenos, for their infrared sensors are exposed and easily damaged by infrared radiation, and they have developed many brilliant infrared laser technologies for waging war against each other. The best of these guns are a prized commodity among Rogue Traders, easily outclassing all but the most advanced meltaguns available.

Unfortunately, the Zsc-boteh are a nomadic people, never remaining on one planet for very long in case outsiders learn their location, and their warren-hives are deadly, unlit (because they use IR and Warp-sense to see, not visible light) mazes within which the monsters control the flow of battle.

Nevertheless, a small handful of examples of their weaponry have been seen in high ranking Imperial hands, and rumor has it that Rogue Trader Pavel has managed to build peaceful trade relations, though none can say how he gained these paranoid xenos' trust.

All that is known is that the Zsc-boteh's original homeworld was in the Halo Stars, and whatever they still flee and fear must surely have originated there...