Ghost-Warrior

This article is about the Eldar troops; for the generic use of "Ghost Warrior", see Wraith Construct.

"No barrier, no enemy will thwart my purpose. This night I bring him the dream of death!"

– Lord-Phoenix Dreamspinner, Ghost-Warrior of Iyanden Craft World^[1b]

Eldar Portal

Ghost-Warriors (front), do battle beside a Spirit-Warrior.^[1b]

Eldar Ghost-Warriors,^[1b] also known as Eldar Battle Drones,^[1a] are smaller Wraith Constructs integrated with Infinity Circuits which perform assassination, infiltration, and sabotage.^[1b] Their bodies are made of Stelhene, a plastic compound invisible to most sensors that makes a Ghost-Warrior nearly impossible to see by any means other than naked eye-sight.^[1b]

Ghost-Warriors are modified for the mission they undertake, such that there are hundreds of different types, and all Ghost-Warrior heads are outfitted to serve as tertiary weapon mounts.^[1b] Two typical examples are:

• Executioner class - Coated with additional Cameleoline. Armed with a Chainfist, a Powerglove and a face-mounted Flamer^[1b]
• Assassin Class - Also coated with Cameleoline. Sports two Powergloves and a face-mounted Shuriken Catapult, as well as a Teleport Homer.^[1b]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• Ghost-Warriors were first introduced along with Spirit-Warriors and the Infinity Circuit in White Dwarf 101 (UK) as an alternative to the Eldar-piloted Dreadnoughts introduced an issue earlier in White Dwarf 100 (UK), all but replacing the piloted Dreadnought in concept. This would be codified by Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), which described a Dreadnought powered by a Spirit Stone implanted within the shell of a machine.^[2] The codex would include a smaller sized unit, the durable Wraithguard,^[2] but no stealthy analogue for the Ghost-Warrior would appear, and none has reappeared since.
• The word "Ghost Warrior" would itself be reused in Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition) to describe the Wraith Construct-lead armies of Craftworld Iyanden,^[3] and by Codex: Eldar (6th Edition) generalized to refer to all Wraith Constructs.^[4]

Images

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  Ghost-Warrior miniatures, advertised as Eldar Battle-Drones^[1b]

Sources

• 1: White Dwarf 101 (UK):
  • 1a: pg. 2
  • 1b: pgs. 52-53
• 2: Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pg. 21
• 3: Codex: Craftworld Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 4
• 4: Codex: Eldar (6th Edition), pg. 29