![]() ![]() It stands out because it keeps the reader interested with battle scenes. ![]() but not for depth of story or interesting characters (that seems to be something quite out of the question as far as Mars goes). In a sense, Skitarius does, indeed, stand above other works featuring the cog boys. Having found most things related to the Mechanicus to be quite tedious, the thought that something stood out above those got me a little bit excited. The Skitarii, for whom the engagement never ended, close in again and again until the deed is done.I picked Skitarius up as it was recommended to me by a friend who claimed it was better than your average outing of the Mechanicus. Just when their quarry assumes itself safe, a constellation of blue will-o-the-wisps appears on the horizon.Īlmost imperceptibly, it grows closer and closer - and then darkness lights up with blazing gunfire. If they flee far enough solar months will pass, even standard years - long enough that the terror of the initial engagement is all but forgotten.Īll the while the Skitarii Rangers march in silent, unstoppable lockstep through trenches and ruins, their noose closing a little tighter with every night. It is this principle by which the Skitarii Rangers hunt the reaches of the galaxy - once the Rangers have been despatched, they will home in on their quarry at a slow but relentless pace.Īt first their victims, ranging from pirate warbands to xenos warhosts, slip the net of Skitarii gunfire easily enough. In the lean and hungry days of Mankind's hominid ancestry, a hunter would kill far larger prey by tracking it to the point of exhaustion. Skitarii RangersTo fight the foot soldiers of the Cult Mechanicus is to kill or be killed, for the Skitarii Rangers never give up when hunting down their foes, and their stamina is legendary. ![]()
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