Craftworld Alaitoc

Alaitoc
Translation	Unknown
Location	Ultima Segmentum
Specialty	Rangers, Pathfinders
Hero	Illic Nightspear
Enemy	Necrons, Imperium
Colours	Blue and yellow

Craftworld Alaitoc also known as The Starstriders -- the most George Michael of aliases -- is the most puritanical, overtly racist and obnoxious of all the Eldar Craftworlds; potentially even rivalling this prick with their sheer arrogance. Primarily made up of outcasts with sniper rifles and a disparate selection of pirates, the forces of the Alaitoc can most accurately be described as shady as fuck, choosing to spend most of their time chilling in the webway, waiting for shit to go down, or holding casual meetings with everyone's favourite circus freaks. Mostly, the forces of the Alaitoc like to observe from afar, casually mocking Ahriman as he knocks frantically on the door of the Black Library, sobbing like a girl in the rain waiting to be let in. Because the forces of the Alaitoc are made up of grumpy loners, with ideologies rooted firmly within the past with no scope for change, they hate the idea of spending their time floating around a big hunk of space-metal. Consequently, this means that few Eldar actually live aboard the Alaitoc craftworld. Most choose to leave to follow the path of an outcast -- where eventually, they become pathfinders. On occasion, they are recalled to the craftworld in times of need, but most of their time is spent causing havoc and general jackassery upon passing merchant vessels, transport and anything Necron.

They used to be mostly know for fighting the Imperium, but became arch enemies of the Necrons because GW needed an Eldar force who "remembers" and hunted the 'crons and since everyone and there dog fights the Imperium. A better choice would have been Saim-Hann, they have most of the Eldar's ancient traditions so it would've made more sense for them to the the Craftworld that remembers. Even the colors red and white are a perfect contrast to the black and green most Necrons favor.

The main focus of the books "Path of the Eldar" by Gav Thorpe in which they get their asses handed to them by a small Imperuim fleet and one company of space marines, despite having time to perpair and THREE Phoenix Lords including Maugan Ra you know the one who defeated a Tyranid Invasion Swarm by himself. To be fair, fighting Tyranids and fighting Space Marines is very different. Not to mention that the book says that the Imperial Guardsmen take down the Craftworld's titans, clearing the way for Imperial Titans to have fun unopposed. Given the correct weapons (such as Trebor I made heavy vanquisher cannons which are, basically, anti-Titan guns), the Guard could in deed accomplish such an objective (though, most of them died doing it). The Craftworld's farseers told their people that they had forseen Alaitoc's victory. The conclusion? The Imperium discovered they had been tricked by the Dark Eldar and decided to go kill the ones responsible instead of Alaitoc. Some victory. It also hinted at a possible source of the Eldar species's butthurt. One of the farseers was shocked to find that Imperial ships have void shields. If they are so sheltered then that might explain some of their arrogance. And also makes no sense at all as Alaitoc is the go too craftworld of fighting the Imperuim and Gav didn't hint to there current Necron job. Maybe they became complacent because they fight the Imperium so much but the fights are usually on their own terms and far away from the Craftworld, eventually (over the course of ten thousand years) turning Alaitoc into a glass cannon.

The Craftworld of Fail

Alaitoc is the source of a good 90% of Eldar getting their ass kicked and failing. Really, how are they still alive?

Some examples of their fails are: