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== Armed Forces ==

The Sauristoni Ghostchasers are an army of the Imperium of Man revered for their tracking and scouting abilities. Skilled in baiting in the enemy with sniper fire and then taking the cameoline covers off from their heavy bolters and lascannons within the undergrowth in order to eliminate their enemies within carefully-planned killzones, the Ghostchasers have carved a name for themselves out of causing a large impact with a small amount of men.

They mobilise only with light vehicles, preferring to stay on the move with Chimeras and Scout Sentinels. They also have light cavalry forces riding a fast and agile dinosaur-like creature from their home planet which are used for lightning raids, scouting, setting up traps, and luring enemies into ambushes.

The bog-standard Guardsman wears a flak vest, accented by tribal decoration and tanned reptilian hides. Many also employ the use of cameoline cloaks for protection from enemy sight while in cover. Their veterans are often easily picked out from amongst the average soldiers by the white skull face-paint that they wear, as well as the scarring which they proudly display.

Their name comes from one particular incident in which the 2nd Sauristoni were serving alongside the 25th Praetorian Guard. Both regiments were engaged in fighting orks in a drawn-out campaign on the planet Ferrigal when the Sauristoni commander (one Colonel Kingston) deduced that the orks were far too unimaginative to be destroying their emplacements so deep into their lines, an act which was causing many long delays along the front. 

The Praetorians ignored his suspicions, accusing him of "chasing ghosts", as well as being a superstitious tribal savage. Acting purely out of a hunch (and knowing full well the consequences if he was wrong), he ordered his troops to search for certain signs and markers in the nearby forested areas, just as his father had taught him as a young hunter. Readily enough, the signs of Eldar activity were discovered, and the saboteurs were tracked and caught completely unaware. Interrogation revealed that they were merely hours away from hitting their next intended target -  the forward command centre.

The men took on the title of "Ghostchasers" as an honorary title from this point forward, both to boast their superior tracking skill and also to mock those who had doubted them. 

They are prized amongst the Inquisitorial retinues of the Ordo Xenos for their knowledge on Eldar habits, often being selected as guides in forays onto planets with reported Eldar presence.

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