Vindicare
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Vindicare assassins are one of the varieties of assassin fielded by the Officio Assassinorum in the Warhammer 40k universe. They are superlative snipers capable of making accurate shots from ridiculous distances, selected for their natural talent and further honed by extensive training and indoctrination by the Vindicare Temple. The primary weapon of the Vindicare is the infamous Exitus sniper rifle. In addition to the "ordinary" solid slug projectiles it can fire, an assortment of special round types are available for the weapon, allowing the Vindicare to engage different types of target effectively. The motto of the Temple is "Exitus Acta Probat: The Outcome Justifies the Deed." They also are some of the most lurvely looking, because of their bad-ass visors.
/tg/'s most well-known Vindicare is LIIVI of Love Can Bloom fame, an agent sent to Kronus who turned rogue and deserted the Imperium when he fell in love with the Eldar farseer Taldeer.
Vindacare Training
Vindacare Assassins are either orphans or have been abandoned as young children, The Officio Assassinorum takes them and since no one cares about them they are trained in the arts infiltration, sniping, and escape/evasion tactics, they are brutally punished if they fuck up and are ordered to avoid all human contact, except for their handlers. Grimdark indeed.
Vindicare Weapons
As mentioned before the primary weapon is the Exitus Sniper Rifle (think of a 50. call sniper rifle and x10 that) this weapon allows the Vindicare to kill targets from a long, long, long, long, long, loooong WAY'S AWAY The Vindicare's secondary weapon is the Exitus Pistol, is only a scaled back version of the big ass rifle the operative carries.
A close approximation of a routine Vindicare kill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJPnENRRfag&NR=1#t=5
Vindicare Fashions
Vindicare Assassins are some of the most sexiest beasts out their, with a tight latex suit, glorifying their abdominal power. They also are known to wear LOEVLY masks, which are much more smexy-er than the other assassins.
Vindicares on the table
Vindicare snipers are one of the most powerful single models in the game (as with all assassins). All Assassins come with an impressive statline: WS 8 BS 8 S 4 T 4 W 2 I 7 A 4 Ld 10. Assassins are also equipped with a special second skin that give a 6+ feel on pain, and their incredible reflexes gives them a 4+ invulnerable save. The Assassins differ through their equipment, the Vindicare is armed with the fearsome Exitus Rifle and pistol. Exitus Rifle: Range:36" str:X AP:1 Type:Heavy 1, Sniper
Exitus Pistol: Range:12" str:X AP:1 Type:Pistol, sniper
Obviously this mean with standard rounds both weapons always wound on a 4+, however, Vindicares are not equipped with stock ammo. They have access to special rounds which incur special bonuses, these rounds can be used any amount of times and with both rifle and pistol.
Hellfire rounds: Wound on a 2+, instead of a 4+
Shieldbreaker rounds: Wound on a 4+, ignores invulnerable saves given through equipment (it will negate a storm shields 3+ save, but not the invulnerable save daemons naturally possess). Through the magic of mathematics we know that these are only better than hellfires if the invulnerable save the target possesses is 4+ or less. If it's 5+ or 6+ you have a better chance of causing a wound with hellfires.
Turbo-penetrator rounds (commonly referred to as "sex toy" rounds): Against vehicles these roll 4d6 for amour penetration, plus the 3 strength that sniper weapons have against vehicles, meaning this sniper can fairly easily one shot land raiders (YES, LAND RAIDERS!!!). Against non-vehicles, these cause 2 wounds on a 4+. Using these rounds against models with 3 or more wounds is just a waste unless you just want to soften them up for some charging allies. Against models with two wounds this round is a gamble, you can either almost certainly kill them in two (with hellfires) or have a 1/2 chance of killing them in one (with Turbo-penetrator rounds).
On top of all this, YOU can choose which models in the enemy unit takes the wounds (just like telion), so you can pick off heavy weapons etc. that pose a threat to your army.
Vindicare snipers are excellent support units, they can pick off the most threatening enemy weapons (including vehicles), ensuring the rest of your army can bring the pain a lot more efficiently. They also have the 'infiltrate' special rile, so they appear wherever you want on the table ready to kill, and they have the 'stealth' special rule, if possible include a techmarine ('reinforce' special rule) in your army, meaning he gets a 2+ cover save in the ruin he deploys in. Ensuring even the heaviest weaponry can't shift him. Just make sure to pick off any nearby flamers (pretty easy with hellfire rounds), and this sniper will be a constant pain for your opponent. Make no mistake though, his statline ensures he can take on small units in close combat, but he isn't an Eversor, and he doesn't have a power weapon, a concentrated assault will finish him off, so know when to cut your losses and retreat him.
