Sagittarum Guard Squad

A Sagittarum Guard Squad was a less-common formation utilised by the Legio Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind, during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the 30th and 31st Millennia. Serving as a part of the Tharanatoi, specialists who deployed as heavy shock troops, the Sagittarum Guard utilised vastly potent portable firepower, whose weapons included those few dark relics known as Adrathic Weapons - disintegration beams of phenomenal destructive potential, long gathered to the Emperor's household and entrusted to no other. It is unknown if this particular formation is still deployed by the Adeptus Custodes of the 41st Millennium.

Role
Though less common within the ranks of the Legio Custodes than their peers, those warriors who comprised the Sagittarum Guard Sodalities nevertheless fulfilled a number of vital roles within the Custodian's order of battle. Their art of war, in contrast to the rest of the Custodian Guard, was focussed on the slaying of the foe primarily at distance and upon the devastating application of firepower on the battlefield.

In addition to this, the Sagittarum had entered legend as the hawk-sighted sentries of the Terran walls, charged with vigilance over the external borders of the Imperial Palace in ready anticipation of attack. Through decades of duty, their ability to recall movement patterns, faces and speech even years after the original incident was honed even more so than that of their peers, and as such their enhanced ability to analyse crowds for anticipated response grew in import upon the battlefields of the Great Crusade.

The oversight cultivated on the walls of the Imperial Palace served to ensure that their presence among the detachments of the Emperor's guard was tailored to precisely excise the greatest threats of the enemy assault, annihilating it in the actinic fire of weapons the likes of which had not been seen in such concentration since the dreaded Dark Age of Technology.

Unit Composition

 * 3-10 Sagittarum Guard

Wargear

 * Custodes Armour
 * Adrastus Bolt Caliver
 * Misericordia
 * Refractor Field
 * Plasma Grenades

Optional Wargear
The entire Sagittarum Guard may be equipped with any of the following options:
 * Melta Bombs
 * Arae-Shrikes
 * Teleportation Transponders

One member of the Sagittarum Guard Squad may exchange their Adrastus Bolt Caliver for the following:
 * Adrathic Destructor
 * Misericordia

Designated Transport
A [[Coronus Grav-Carrier] may be chosen as a designated transport for a Sagittarum Guard Squad if they number six Custodians or less.