Editing Callidus (section)

==Overview==
Where [[Vindicare]] Assassins are used when you want to end a conflict with a single shot and a minimum of fuss, and [[Eversor]] is where you go if a fuss ''[[Rip and Tear|(as well as the hearts and guts of the enemy)]]'' is all you care about. By contrast; the Callidus Assassins are masters of infiltration and disguise, used for sowing panic and uncertainty. They use their target's movements, habits, connections and defenses against them, eventually getting them to lower their guard and leave themselves vulnerable for a kill strike. For this reason they are most often employed to take out the leadership of secretive cults or other heretical organisations where the leaders may not be so visible as to present an easily identifiable target that can be taken out with a more direct approach, and where it may take years of deep cover study before the task is completed.

To this end they are trained in language, voice manipulation, suggestive conditioning, and psychological warfare, all the better to get the target to do what they want. Because their role involves infiltration, more-so than any other temple they are likely to have to resort to improvised means to get the job done and are trained in practically every form of weapon known to the Imperium. They are also trained in ''"innumerable"'' martial art forms, making them some of the finest close combatants the Imperium has to offer. Because of their training they're probably the most socially-capable of the assassins who actually appear on the tabletop. However, that doesn't necessarily make them "normal," since getting "lost in character" is sometimes an issue.

To aid their mission, they train heavily with a drug called Polymorphine (''polymorph''-ine, not poly-''morphine''). The drug restructures their bodies, reshaping bones, rearranging nerve endings and altering tissues, allowing them to perfectly impersonate a chosen individual. It can take years of practice before a Callidus Assassin achieves mastery of the process which, for some reason, works on women better than on men (hey at least it works for both sexes unlike [[Space Marines|Geneseed]]). A single injection of polymorphine will allow a trained user to change their form until they receive a second injection. With the drug alone they can impersonate any human body with ease and can go from role to role while they pursue their target, working their way up the chain of command until the leaders reveal themselves. More recent fluff has shown that the majority of Callidus who survive at least a decade have a chemical addiction to the substance, to the extent of requiring it in order to maintain a constant form and not going all UNNAMABLE BEAST on their own bodies.

If a Callidus Assassin wishes to impersonate a non-human, they must undergo surgical enhancements: placing flex-cartilage and modified synskin into their bodies that allows them to completely reshape their bodies to resemble xenos of practically any variety; including [[Genestealer Hybrids]]. The drawbacks of those surgeries is that Callidus Assassins assigned to a particular xenoform will have difficulty adapting to a different species without undergoing further augmentation. Another difficulty is in impersonating heavily augmented individuals like Tech Priests. In this case, a Callidus will often have to be implanted with the same kind of augmentations as the target, or kill the original and have their augmentations installed onto them, using Polymorphine to enhance the healing process. Not surprisingly, most Callidus prefer not to do this as the process takes a long time to achieve and heal from (something not readily available in the field) and takes even longer to recover from after a mission is completed.

When it comes to killing things, these [[Bodyglove|sexy catsuit]] ladies carry a [[Neural Shredder]] to make people go [[Derp]] without causing too much obvious suspicions (I.e. gunfire) and a [[C'tan Phase Weapons#C'tan Phase Blade|C'tan Phase Blade]] for shanking enemies through armour or walls without using too much strength.