Guardsmen offer Astra Militarum kill teams overwhelming numerical superiority, enabling them to pin down or eliminate enemy fighters with massed salvos of lasgun fire as they advance to consolidate their position on any critical locations.

The best soldiers that the Astra Militarum have to offer, Tempestus Scions are elite operatives tasked with undertaking the very toughest missions. Covert warfare is everything that the Tempestus Scions were born for.

Astra Militarum kill teams that require some heavier fire support will look to recruit from Special Weapon Squads. These weapons experts are trained in the use of specialist wargear such as flamers and sniper rifles.

Symbols of Imperial authority and grim-faced arbiters of disciplinary retribution. They are also fearsome warriors of no small skill and experience.

Hard-bitten heroes, skilled combatants and pragmatic strategists, these officers lead their troops through the blood and thunder of the front lines.

Reaching this rank through their battlefield record alone, a Tempestor Prime is the embodiment of courage and discipline under fire.

A veritable one-man army. Once given his orders, he silently vanishes, reappearing to wreak havoc on his enemies before fading back into the jungle.

What they lack in smarts they make up for in physicality. Their rippers guns are extremely rugged as they often end up used as improvised clubs.

The most obstinate Ogryns are clad in custom-made armour and given crude assault weaponry that capitalises on their stature and resilience.