Editing Genestealer Hybrids (section)

==Acolyte Hybrids==
[[File:99120117003_GenestealerAcolyteHybrids01.jpg|250px|right|thumb|What's worse than a normal Genestealer? A Genestealer with a fucking cement saw that can cut through tanks.]]

''Not to be confused with [[Acolyte]] which is a rank in the [[Inquisition]]''

Acolyte Hybrids are Genestealer Hybrids spawned from the first to second generation, thus they looked more like the Genestealers than the host-parents. During a Genestealer uprising, Acolytes specializes in close quarters combat, mixing their already dangerous physique with that of added Imperial weaponry and industrial equipment. When the time comes to throw off the torn robes they use to disguise their foulness, the Acolyte Hybrids crawl up to the surface and into the sunlight, their grotesque faces twisted in subhuman glee. They display a bizarre blend of the species from which they hail – the speed of a Purestrain Genestealer twinned with human cunning is a potent combination. These hybrids fire off volleys of pistol fire, before descending on the enemy in a riot of claws, close combat weapons and screamed praise to their masters.

Those Acolytes closest to the Patriarch form his inner coven - forming a cold intelligence which helps temper their [[RIP AND TEAR|less-than-human]] [[Rape|behaviors]] and makes them powerful agents of the cult in the process. Having assimilated an echo of their parent’s brain during gestation, they are able to use complex machinery and weaponry; some even carry industrial tools to battle, wreaking devastation upon the flesh of those who stand before them.

The most intelligent and capable of the Acolyte Hybrids will be entrusted with a sacred duty: the bearing of the cult’s colors into battle. These creatures are known as '''Acolyte Iconwards'''.

Acolyte Hybrids are armed with close range weapons, thus they are equipped with [[autopistol]]s, close combat weapons, [[Grenades & Explosives#Blasting Charges|blasting charges]] and [[Tyranid Bio-Weapons#Rending Claws|rending claws]] as well as [[Hand Flamer|hand flamers]], a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Heavy Rock Saw|heavy rock saw]], a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Heavy Rock Drill|heavy rock drill]] (with backpack) and a [[Miscellaneous Weapons#Heavy Rock Cutter|heavy rock cutter]] to [[RIP AND TEAR|rip apart]] tanks and armoured vehicles of the defenders. Acolyte Leaders can be armed with a [[Tyranid Bio-Weapons#Bonesword|bonesword]] and a [[Tyranid Bio-Weapons#Lashwhip|lashwhip.]]