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[[ImageFile: IG5EGunnery Sergeant Harker.jpg|right|180px|thumb|right|'''Gunnery Sergeant Harker.'''<sup>1a</sup>]]
'''[[Sergeant|Gunnery Sergeant ]] "Stonetooth" Harker''' is the a squad leader of a the [[Catachan Jungle Fighters]] II [[regiment]], known as the [["Catachan Devils]], named after the predators of their world. They are superior even amongst their own kind, able to navigate terrain and use to their advantage like no other. They have been sent on a variety of missions, from brutal demolitions and reconnaissance to subtler rescue missions and assassinations. Needless to say, they have accomplished all of them.<sup>1,2,3</sup>"
== History==All Catachans have a reputation for being tough, but Harker is perhaps the hardest of them all. While a rumour claiming he chews glass instead of tobacco might be false, he has certainly been known to place his hands into the fire and ignore it. He is also known to , and easily shrug off blade cuts or gun gunshot wounds. For Harker, regarding pain and bleeding as are concerns for weaker weedier soldiers. Sergeant Harker is a giant of a man, even by Catachan standards. His large frame covered with slabs of muscle and sinew. His strength is such that he carries his [[Heavy Bolter]], 'Payback', as easily as a normal man might carry a rifle, without even breaking a sweat.<sup>1,2,31a</sup> .
There is not a single aspect of war that Harker has not mastered, from rescue missions to assassination, from reconnassiance to demolitions. His squad members are exceptional even among their fellow Catachans, composed of the regiment's bravest veterans. Their particular mission is usually to conduct long-range penetration raids deep behind enemy lines, responsible for bearing the brunt of the enemy's response when battle is finally joined<sup>1a, 2, 3</sup>.
One famous example of his bravery was during a battle against [[Tyranid]]s on the twilight world of [[Jorn V]], where his squad was assaulted by a pack of [[Ravener]]s bursting from beneath the black ground. Within seconds, his ammunition loader was torn apart by monstrous claws while the rest of his squad were trying their best to stay alive. Without missing a beat, Harker leapt onto the back of the closest beast and crushed its neck between his monstrous biceps, despite the beast's frenzied efforts to buck him off. Harker then smoothly grabbed up Payback and shot down the rest of the pack, alien bodies bursting apart in a shower of ichor. Seeing that all his comrades were dead, he stalked off to find the rest of the company<sup>1a, 3</sup>.
== Miniature ==
[[Image: Harker.jpg|thumb|center|Gunnery Sergeant Harker.]]
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]
**a: p. 62
*<sup>2</sup>:[http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod40004a GW Website; Imperial Guard Gunnery Sergeant Harker] ''(accessed 2010.01.23)''
*<sup>3</sup>:[[White Dwarf]] 357 (AU/NZ), pg.68-69