Editing Squat (section)

==2022: Squats are back on the menu==
[[File:We_Back_Motherfuckers!.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Y'all bitches miss me yet?]]
{{topquote|What? You thought we were joking?|Confirmation trailer}}
{{topquote|HOLY SHIT THEY ARE ACTUALLY BACK!|Everybody's reaction when they saw the news}}
{{topquote|So uhhhh... what happens now?|Duncan upon breaking the clock like a wazzock}}
{{topquote|/TG/ GETS SHIT DONE!!|Some dipshit Australian Necron main}}

It has been done.

Through the act of some unseen, indescribably powerful force, it has finally been done.

The [[Meme]] was finally broken. The Squats were....unsquatted....in Necromunda only, but still. We did the unthinkable, we brought a race that has been decommissioned for over 20 goddamned years back into tabletop gaming. Mother of Christ' titties [[Lulz|we actually got back Spess Dorfs before Plastic Sisters.]]

The first new Squat in decades was called Grendl Grendlsen. His lore mentioned that his mercenary unit was wiped out, leading him to become a bounty hunter in the underhive. Roughly a year after his release ''another'' new Squat model was announced, an ammo-jack hanger-on named Ragnir Gunnstein.

So far they are only playable for Necromunda, with them serving a variety of roles. But the chances of having an actual Squat Codex for 8th Edition is still iffy, with the Squats being confined to specialist games being most likely. But so far we are quite content with them returning. Shit man, GeeDubs have seriously been pulling the moves lately.

And so, finally, after 20 years of waiting...

'''SQUATS LIVE'''

There's also a persistent rumour that they'll come back as a <strike>Astra Militarum</strike> <strike>Imperial Guard</strike> Endless horde of bodies 'theme' alongside plastic [[Attilan Rough Riders]], [[Death Korps of Krieg]] and [[Tallarn Desert Raiders]]. Yeah right. Additionally, some very easy to miss fluff in the rear of the core Rulebook for 8th Edition actually refers to Squats as a species of abhuman.

'''AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH:'''

Following the release of the final book Psychic Awakening: Pariah some eagle-eyed folks noted a plot hook in it involving an Adeptus Mechanicus ship in the periphery of the Galactic Core getting their ship caught in a weaponized gravitational field. As the person making the vox transmission tries to make sense of what's going on he notices the gravitational field is emanating from a nearby ship bearing the markings of what's supposed to be an extinct race "the Squa...."
[[File:Leak Squats.png|275px|thumb|right|Leak confirming that Squats are in the works.]]

So it looks like there is at least one ship's worth of the stunty abhumans out there alive and kicking and they are pissed! Whether this is to tease a full-blown Squat army reveal remains to be seen.

'''WAIT A SEC!'''

With the release of ''plastic'' [[Death Korps of Krieg|Kriegers]] and the Forgeworld Squats now in fond memory, it's looking to be good news for our bearded booze boys. Combine that with the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUvOQq5rRo leaked release schedule], well, we might be getting ourselves even more Squats!

Correction: [https://youtu.be/9x-iR9CTzRI| shit's confirmed officially] <s>could also be a prank since it's April 1st</s> 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFgZzYEr-8 It's not.] They have been reintroduced as the [[Leagues of Votann]] with a [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/04/22/the-leagues-of-votann-are-coming-but-what-actually-is-a-votann/ better] [[Votann|preservation]] of DAOT Humanity’s technology (like the until recently forgotten human version of anti-grav tech which the league uses for their Hernkyn Pioneer hover-trikes) and an uneasy relationship with the Imperium of Man and their superstitious cousins (with the Mechanicus likely considering some of the stunties’ tech to be heretekal) but fight alongside them due to both having more pressing concerns from mutual enemies seeking to kill them both. [[Ynnari|That logic sounds kinda familiar…]]

The Votann themselves are ultra-cogitators containing generations worth of inherited wisdom and knowledge, from military theory to philosophy and even a handful of STCs. Like the Ancestor Gods of Fantasy, the kin venerate them as sacred objects and rely on their guidance to maintain their society. The catch? The Votann were never meant to run for millennia nonstop and it's starting to show from their declining performance. More worryingly, some are starting to show signs of developing personalities, which would definitely make the AdMech throw a fit if the nature of the Votann wasn't such a carefully kept secret from outsiders.

Deleted leaks (that kinda hold up) and [https://spikeybits.com/2021/10/rumors-40k-squats-finding-their-way-back.html Rumors] from Bolter and Chainsword suggested that we'd be getting something similar to what they did for the Sisters: a limited-run box with an HQ, troops and an elite choice in <strike>Exo Egg-</strike>armor, plus the codex. This news was later confirmed via Warcom which gave a release date of September 24, 2022 for the box. [[Living Ancestor|Veterans who remember the OG Epic models]] and [[Neckbeard|beardlings]] alike should appreciate the fact that the League is getting a codex before [[Daemons of Chaos|some]] [[World Eaters|other]] [[Imperial Guard|guys]] even got a release date.

This just in, more Necromundan Squats incoming. They call themselves the [[Ironhead Squat Prospectors]], and they look great. Rough Riders back too, 2 out of 3 there.