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==Specialist Squads==

===Stalker Squads===

Stalker squads specialise in reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering and were consummate masters of stealth, infiltration and sabotage deep behind enemy lines. 
Often remaining quiet when enemies were in sight, and reporting there location, direction, number, and armament to command so that other forces could be assigned to destroy them, allowing the Stalker squads to remain undetected, and continue providing up to date battlefield intelligence, as well as utilising their snipers and explosive charges to take out strategic and tactical objectives.

Stalker squads were also usually responsible for many of the guerrilla operations undertaken by the Children, using their skills of infiltration and sabotage to great effect behind enemy lines, working in conjunction with a Political Operations Officer to distribute propaganda, and win the local hearts and minds, while crushing the resolve and morale of their enemies with their constant hit-and-run attacks; always striking their target and disappearing before a retaliation could be organised.

The origins of the Stalker squads come from the Iron Rangers Heliwyr squads, who would use stealth and infiltration to get deep into enemy territory and help guide allied forces and harass enemy supply lines. 
Where other legions reconnaissance squads were used in a purely observational role, the Heliwyr and Stalker squads turned the humble scout into a fearsome formation, capable of wreaking great havoc.
The Iron Rangers often cooperated in operations with the Children early in their legions history, the two legions sharing an affinity for similar types of warfare, and thus the normally guarded Iron Rangers shared their experience and skills, the Children offering their own in return. 

These squads also spread to the other legions, although most were toned down from their incredibly clandestine beginnings, although still retaining the core concept of a guerrilla and reconnaissance role; it was from these formations that the later Adeptus Astartes Scout Marines were created after the Second Founding in the early 31st Millennium.

===Headhunter Squads===

The Headhunter squad was a new formation, created by Thirteenth to fill the role of rapidly disabling enemy command chains and eliminating persons of interest. They were comprised of legionaries chosen mostly for being the best assault marksmen and close quarters fighters in the Legion, but also for their quick thinking and personal agility; often the window of opportunity to make the "kill-shot" is mere moments, and thus fast and accurate reactions were highly prized.

Using the chaos of battle as a distraction, a Headhunter Squads primary role was to seek, identify and execute designated enemy targets. 
Commanders, officers, medics, demagogues, champions - whomever the target was, they were marked, and would be dead before the smoke of battle had cleared. 

The Children of Armok Legion were the first to form this squad configuration. It's deadly effectiveness earning it as much acclaim as it gained detractors for being dishonourable. Despite many legions resisting, its effectiveness made it popular, and many legions adopted it for their own use. 

Special ammunition and weapons were often deployed by the Headhunter Squads, to ensure a target was eliminated effectively and efficiently.

Headhunter Squads in the Children are also usually the best at Urban fighting in the legion, their quick reactions, and high precision giving them the edge in the cramped battlefield conditions of urban fighting, where enemy fire can come from difficult and oblique angles.
This predisposition for quick reactions and the emphasis on speed needed to function, meant that Headhunter Squads in the 13th would sometimes operate in scout armour, to allow them better range of movement.

===Counter Tactic Units===

Utilising the custom Koln pattern LandSpeeders (similar to the Landspeeder Storm) and Schwarzefalken-Pattern Stormtalon ground attack aircaft, which were customised and outfitted for transporting troops. 
The Counter Tactic Units, or CTU's, undertake sudden assaults and raids on unsuspecting foes, often far behind enemy lines, or in the flanks and rear of assaulting enemy forces, before their assault has made contact with the bulk of the allied forces.
Utilising the mobility offered by their transport vehicles, the CTU's strike the enemy hard and fast, hitting strategic or tactical targets quickly, then seizing and holding the ground, or remounting their transports to hit their next target.

Their targets are often designated by Stalker Squads, Insidiators, and Kokolny agents, giving the CTU's up to date intelligence to base their attacks on.
They are the most cavalier of all the Children of Armok, and tend to focus less on espionage and subterfuge, in favour of rapidly removing and enemies ability to operate effectively.
In environments unsuited to fliers, the CTU's utilise vehicles, often favouring bikes and rhino's, dismounting to do their assigned mission before remounting and riding off.
On rare occasions they will deploy from drop pods, but this tends to be a one-use attack, and so is only used as a last resort, with the CTU switching over to a regular combat role once the ground has been secured.