Editing Veteran Squad (section)

==Sternguard Veterans==
[[File:BloodAngelsSternguardVeterans.png|200px|thumb|right|Blood Angels|thumb|Blood Angels Sternguard]]
The Sternguard are [[Tactical Squad|Tactical Marines]] cranked up to 11. They are the masters of the [[Bolter]] in all of its forms (In fluff, in the Crunch they have the exact same Ballistic Skill): from their [[Bolter#Special_Issue_Boltgun|Special Issue Boltguns]] to the [[Storm Bolter]] to various kinds of [[Combi-weapon]]s all the way up to the [[Heavy Bolter]]. They are also trained in the use of heavy & support weapons used by Tactical Marines: [[Flamers]], the [[Plasma Gun]]s, [[Meltagun]]s, [[Grav-gun]]s, [[Missile Launcher]]s, [[Lascannons]], [[Grav-Cannon]]s, [[Multi-Melta]]s and [[Plasma Cannon]]s. They are also one of the few squads entrusted with [[Heavy Flamer]]s.

Aside from the standard issue Bolt round the Sternguard Veterans are equipped with a number of different and specialized [[Bolt|Bolter rounds]]:
* Dragonfire Bolts are designed to explode into a superheated gas to tell any form of cover the enemy is in to go fuck itself.
* Hellfire Bolts replace the projectile's explosive payload with mutagenic acid, designed to combat the Tyranids and all sorts of big non-vehicle targets.
* Kraken Pattern Penetrator Bolts are improved rounds with a better range and penetration.
* Vengeance Bolts are more or less miniature plasma grenades that violently explode upon impact, but are a danger to the user as well. These were designed to combat the [[Chaos Space Marines]].

Post 8th edition. Specialized Bolter rounds are now exclusive to the Deathwatch. Being replaced with Special Issue Boltguns that fire rounds with the [[What|range of Kraken rounds and the damage of Vengeance Bolts.]] Which isn't as overpowered as it sounds. However it does make the options with a reach under 30" a huge waste on Sternguard Veterans. Making Heavy Weapons the preferred loadout.

In the Horus Heresy games there are Seekers Squads instead. Who are Sternguard in all but name and even have their own special ammo. The obvious predecessor before the creation of the Codex Astartes.

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