Editing Skitarii (section)

===Skitarii Ranger===

[[File:SkitRangerArt.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Time to smoke out some bitches and blow....literally.]]

The Mechanicus' equivalent of the [[Eldar]] [[Eldar Ranger|Rangers]] but more [[Awesome]]. They are relentless hunter-killer infantry, and are known to hunt their prey across the galaxy for decades if need be.

Mindful of the harsh terrain of Mars, their legs have been removed from the knees down, replaced by cybernetic augmentations. This has made their stamina legendary, and they are known to hunt a foe until it exhausts itself<!--Like your ancestors might have. It's called Persistence Hunting-->. Skitarii Rangers themselves are split into the '''Skitarii Fresh-forged''' which are essentially the most recent additions to a Skitarii Ranger team. They differ to normal Skitarii as their remaining flesh is still raw from the surgery involved in bionic modification. There is also the '''Skitarii Specialists''' who are given the holy duty of carrying and maintaining the Skitarii kill team’s more unusual weaponry.

Their weapon of choice are [[Galvanic Rifle]]s, though others may be armed with [[Arc Rifle]]s, [[Transuranic Arquebus]]', or [[Plasma Caliver]]s. A Skitarii Rangers team is led by an Alpha, normally equipped with [[Radium Pistol]] or [[Arc Pistol]] as well as a [[Power sword|Power Sword]], [[Arc Weaponry#Taser Goad|Taser Goad]], or [[Arc Weaponry#Arc Maul|Arc Maul]]. They all wear [[Skitarii War Plate]]s for protection in combat.

Some Rangers control the guns on the Dunecrawler (they are the dude in the hatch).

On 9th Edition, the Rangers' 30" Galvanic Rifles have enough range to contribute to fights and the S4 needed to be a bother, which makes this squad great at garrisoning backfield objectives and ruins. While they put less volume of fire than Vanguard, their guns' better range, strength, and AP-1 on a 6+ to wound make them more effective against single-wound infantry than Rad carbines. All in all great value from the cheapest unit in your army. Unless you are sitting on backfield objectives (which our HS are normally doing) vanguard will often be better considering the difference is 1pt a model.