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[[Image:ExecForce.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Operation Deathblow Execution Force]]
The '''Execution Force''' is a special military unit dispatched by the [[Officio Assassinorum]] of the [[Imperium]].

==Overview==
Individual [[Assassin]]s of the Imperium were a deadly weapon deployed as a scalpel against enemies of [[Human|Mankind]] and are often deployed on the highest authority of the Imperium. However, there are occasions when it was decided that a single assassin was not enough to accomplish this goal. At such times, the [[High Lords of Terra]] have often dispatched an Execution Force - a number of assassins that work in concert with one another to defeat their foes.{{Fn|1}}

These assassin divisions are only deployed in the most urgent of threats as deploying even a single assassin was committing a scarce and valuable resource. This was because of the assassinorum temples only recruited a small number of individuals each year. To deploy an Execution Force was a gamble as their loss would seriously weaken the Officio Assassinorum who might takes years to replenish the assassins that may potentially be lost on their mission.{{Fn|1}}

This means that the deployment of an Execution Force was a rare order and only done so when an entire sector's future may hang in the balance.{{Fn|1}}

The first known Execution Force was formed to assassinate the traitor [[Primarch]] [[Horus Lupercal]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] of [[M31]]. While the mission resulted in failure and the death of all members, the Execution Force did manage to eliminate a [[Spear (Assassin)|counter-assassin]] tasked by [[Erebus]] of the [[Word Bearers]] with eliminating the [[Emperor]].{{Fn|2}}

==Known Execution Forces==
*First '''Execution Force''' (Target: [[Horus Lupercal]], [[Primarch]] of the [[Sons of Horus]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]])
**"[[The Garantine]]" - Nihilator, [[Clade Eversor]]{{Fn|2a}}
**[[Iota]] — Protiphage, [[Clade Culexus]]{{Fn|2a}}
**[[Eristede Kell]] — Assassin-at-Marque, [[Clade Vindicare]]{{Fn|2a}}
**[[Koyne]] — Shade, [[Clade Callidus]]{{Fn|2a}}
**[[Jenniker Solam]] — Secluse, [[Clade Venenum]]{{Fn|2a}}
**[[Fon Tariel]] — Infocyte, [[Clade Vanus]]{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Operation Deathblow''' (Target: [[Severin Drask]], [[Chaos Sorcerer|Sorcerer Lord]] of the [[Crimson Slaughter]])
**[[Kurei Adamta]] — [[Clade Vanus]]{{fn|4}}
**[[Noctus Kord]] — [[Clade Culexus]]{{Fn|3}}
**[[Klara Rhasc]] — [[Clade Callidus]]{{Fn|3}}
**[[Sylas Torq]] — [[Clade Eversor]]{{Fn|3}}
**[[Viktor Zhau]] — [[Clade Vindicare]]{{Fn|3}}
*'''Execution Force Retaliation'''{{Fn|5}}, also known as '''Execution Force Regnum Tribunal'''{{Fn|6}} (Target: [[Argento Corian]], [[Chaos Lord|Sorcerer Lord]] of the [[Shriven (Warband)|Shriven]])
**[[Fioros Loth‎]] - [[Clade Culexus]]{{Fn|5}}
**[[Zara Nox‎]] - [[Clade Callidus]]{{Fn|5}}
**[[Artiom Wendyl‎]] - [[Clade Eversor]]{{Fn|5}}
**[[Moritan Callen‎]] - [[Clade Vindicare]]{{Fn|5}}
*'''Execution Force Kingmaker''' (Target: [[Lucien Yavarius-Khau]], secessionist [[High King|High Monarch]] of the [[Knight World]] [[Dominion (Knight World)|Dominion]]
**[[Absolom Raithe]] - Commander, [[Clade Vindicare]]{{Fn|7}}
**[[Sycorax (Callidus Assassin)|Sycorax]] - [[Clade Callidus]]{{Fn|7}}
**[[Avaaris Koln]] - [[Clade Vanus]]{{Fn|7}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=&catId=cat60016a&categoryId=900006&aId=3400020&amp;_requestid=1435292 Imperial Guard Apocalypse Datasheet] - Officio Assassinorum Execution Force.pdf
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Nemesis (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]], Dramatis Personae
**{{Endn|2a}}: Dramatis Personae
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Assassinorum: Execution Force (Game)]] Rulebook, pgs. 24–31
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Assassinorum: Execution Force (Novel)]], Epilogue
*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/04/27/psychic-awakening-retaliation/ Warhammer Community: Psychic Awakening: Retaliation (Posted on 27/04/2020)] (Last accessed on 27 April 2020)
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Psychic Awakening: War of the Spider]], pg. 7 - War Zone Cadia: Admidst the Ruins
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Assassinorum: Kingmaker (Novel)]], Chapter 8

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