Editing Atalan Jackal

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Atalan Jackals is any name given to a [[Genestealer Hybrids]] that is capable of driving and going fast. They specialize in riding rapid-assault bikes and quads to battle, dealing devastating hit-and-run tactics. They act as the eyes and ears of [[Genestealer Cult]] forces, and may be led by a [[Jackal Alphus]].

These outriders are swift and skilled at evading enemy fire as they speed around the battlefield. The Wolfquads also offer the Jackal packs some handy fire support with a heavy weapon mount.

==Why they are named Atalan AKA What is up with Genestealer Cultists and their fixation on the Atalan Brand!?==

They are so named the Atalan because [[Derp|they ride a variety of rugged Atalan-class exploratory machines,]] of which the most common are [[Bike Squad#Genestealer Cults|Dirtcycles]] and four-wheeled [[Wolfquad|Wolfquads.]] [[Herp|Don't ask us ''why'' the Genestealer Cults like to choose the Atalan model over anything else, let alone the fact that there is high possibility that every Genestealer Cult from across the galaxy also like this particular brand of Imperial vehicles.]] 

Odds are that it's another STC template, which means every planet that's not a Feral World has some of the things lying around for use. Or maybe, ''just maybe,'' it could be that the Atalan brand is the Toyota of 40k with the Genestealer Cults being the equivalent of every single Muslim terrorist organization. Don't ask us why groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS love Toyota vehicles just as much as the Genestealers with their Atalans, your guess is as good as mine.

Following the Codex release, turns out it's just another STC template.

==Tabletop==

Being the 'biker' units of the Genestealer Cults, the Atalan Jackals have a movement of 14" and can be setup “Underground” during deployment which makes them ridiculously mobile in a already mobile army. They are also surprisingly quite sturdy and tough for a 'fast-attack unit', as they have the toughness of 4 with 2 wounds each (oh and the Wolfquad has 4 wounds). And just to increase that survivability a little bit more they also have Skilled Outriders ability, which subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target this unit in the Shooting Phase.




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