Editing Bolter (section)

===Sororitas Boltgun===
[[image:SisterSuperiorBolter.png|250px|right|thumb|Soriritas Boltgun]]

Designed specifically for the Adepta Sororitas, and also blessed by the Canonesses of the Orders, these venerated weapons are presented to an Adepta Sororitas upon becoming a Battle Sister. The Godwyn-De'az Pattern Bolter is the standard-issue Boltgun of the Sisters of Battle, and it is pretty much the only one. The Sisterhood considers the venerated Godwyn-De'az bolt weapons heirlooms; each one carefully maintained by highly specialized servitors and trusted servants. It is the first and foremost of the Sororitas brand of holy trinity which consists of these Bolters, their Flamers, and their Meltas. This pattern of Bolter has great significance to the Adepta Sororitas, not only as a powerful weapon against the enemies of mankind, but also as a symbol of the Emperor’s judgement and of the sisters personal connection to her faith. These Bolters operate on the same principles as the Astartes Boltguns on a noticeably smaller scale in order to fit the non-superhuman physique of the Sisters, though it is still rather impossible to use in any effective manner without the increased strength given by their Power Armour.

A distinct feature of the Sororitas Bolter is the manner it mounts its scope which, unlike its Astartes counterpart, is a rather common sight possibly due to the fact that wearing helmets is not as common among the Sisters of Battle. While Space Marines attach their scopes directly above their Bolters like pretty much everybody else, the Sisters of Battle attach theirs diagonally. Other than style to differentiate from conventional Bolters, there really isn't any visible technical reason to mount it like that. Back at the real world, we have very specific reasons to why we mount scopes diagonally instead of the usual above on some guns. There are cases where the scope will get in the way of the firing mechanism. It can be blocking the ejection port, the loading port, or maybe even the bolt handle that turns pretty high. There are two solutions to mounting a scope on such a gun, usually a rifle in size. We can either mount the scope further along the barrel, or we can just adjust by installing the scope diagonally to the side instead. Either the case, the scope doesn't get in the way anymore, and the gun owner is happy. For the simple Bolter, however, there is no such thing happening around that upper area that the scope can be mounted on. This may suggest that the Godwyn-De'az might actually supposed to have something on top to warrant the scope being mounted on the side like that. Perhaps the Tech-priests were successful in removing that unnecessary part (''for the Sisters'') out, but the Machine Spirit got fidgety when they tried to move the scope up.

The Sororitas Boltguns have the same stat line because tabletop's crunch does not actually differentiate between human-grade and Astartes-grade Boltguns, though the Godwyn-De'az can probably be considered a really, really good pattern for a human-sized Bolter.
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SisterBolter2.jpg|<center>Close-up View</center>
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SisterSergeantBolter2.jpg|<center>Alternate View</center>
File:DeazBolter.PNG|<center>A Sororitas in the new WH40K edition trailer, brandishing a De'az-pattern Bolter</center>
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