Digger

"FOR KARL! ROCK AND STONE BROTHERS!"

Diggers are the greenhorn Juves of Necromunda's Ironhead Squat Prospector parties.

Overview

Diggers represent the youngest members of the Mining Clan who tag along with their Charter Master's crew, hoping to one day rise to the rank of Drill-Kyn and earn a share of the spoils. Even though most Diggers are into their forties or fifties, they represent the youngest of their kind and are thus not trusted with anything more complex than maintaining an engine or casting a Bolter round. For this reason Diggers are eager to prove themselves, usually through the creation of strange inventions or unorthodox tactics.

As the newest members of the team, they are equipped with relatively 'cheap and easy to maintain' equipment for the Squats. Cheap in quotations as most Necromundans would view these as expensive noggins. This includes a lighter and less protective Imperial Mesh Armour and weapons that are usually considered as sidearms such as Ironhead Autopistols, Ironhead Stub Guns, Ironhead Bolt Pistols, and Hand Flamers, although they all duel-wield them to compensate. They also carry a belt of explosives including Blasting Charges, Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, and Smoke Grenades.

Crunch

On Necromunda, Diggers aren't particularly that great when it comes to Juves. Although their strong toughness may seem appealing, their severely lacking in the firepower department as they are only equipped with pistols rather than lugging around twin-linked machineguns of all types. At the very least they can be used to plug in the gaps of any spare credits, but by this point, it is just better to use Drill-Kyns. Their primary skill is Shooting, whilst their secondary is Brawn and Combat.