Effrit Stealth Squad

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Alpha Legion

The Effrit Stealth Squad was an unofficial title that covered several different elite formations within the Alpha Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.^[1]

This included the Headhunter infiltration unit and the Effrit Disruption Cadre.^[2] The primary mission of most involved seeking out enemy command and control during battle, but they also specialized in sabotage, subterfuge, and deep reconnaissance.^[1]

Sigma Squad, a notoriously secretive Effrit unit, was said to have been led personally by Omegon as part of the Tenebrae Mission.^[1]

Images

Effrit Disruption Cadre ^[2b]

Trivia

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• Efreet were a type of death-spirit in Arab mythology.

Sources

• 1: The Serpent Beneath (Novella),^[Help]
• 2: Warhammer Community: Horus Heresy Exemplary Battles – Scorch the Heads of the Hydra With Faith and Flame (Posted on 22/11/2022) - The Battle of Nyrcon City: Visions in the Flames PDF, (Last accessed on 19/03/2023)
  • 2a: pgs. 6-7
  • 2b: pg. 10