"Naval security took them apart. The elite of Battlefleet Scarus, armed with matt-black hell-guns and iron discipline, they conquered and purged the great house room by room."
- —Naval Security Troopers, battling the traitorous forces of House Graw
Naval Security Troopers, also known as Naval Security Armsmen, are the elite of the Imperial Navy's infantry forces.
Role[]
As mutinies are not unknown, Naval Security battalions are a familiar sight on the decks of all naval starships, their black visors and shotguns constantly reminding the crew that obedience is their duty to the Emperor.
During boarding missions and for low-profile personnel movement, the Imperial Navy will deploy a spacecraft known as a pinnace. Pinnaces are unarmed, deep-hulled spacecraft, capable of making an airtight space dock.
Normally a pinnace is accompanied by a detail of Naval Security Armsmen dressed in grey and black body armour with their fleet symbol on their chest and gold braid edging their epaulettes.
They have form-moulded ceramite helmets plus rebreathers, and are commonly armed with compact, short-frame Autoguns, not powerful enough to pierce a starship's hull, but easily powerful enough to kill.
The troops of Naval Security are famed for their vigorous training and natural skill, second only to that displayed by the Imperium's Tempestus Scions.
Sources[]
- Warhammer: Dark Heresy - Core Rulebook, pg. 261
- Xenos (Novel) by Dan Abnett, Ch. 7