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The '''Invisibles''' were the elite bodyguard unit of the ruler of the planet that came to be known as [[Sixty-Three-Nineteen]].
Their name is was derived from an application of force field technology that gives gave them their main tactical advantage. They possess possessed a passive application of said technology that allows allowed them to bend light around themselves, making themselves practically invisible, even to [[Space Marine]] helmet sensors. However, the effect fails failed slightly when the user movesmoved, and careful scanning using high-contrast viewing tools can was able to reveal heat-haze type blemishes in the air. Their weaponry is was also derived from field technology, projected as invisible beams of mutilating force that are capable of penetrating [[Power Armourpower armour]]. They make weapons made a distinctive banging noise when discharged. For hand-to-hand combat they use used long-bladed lances. Tall, highly physically fit men, they wore ornate silver powered armour and red silk mantles. They somewhat reminded [[Luna Wolves]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Garviel Loken]] of the [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian Guard]].<sup>1a</sup>
The Invisibles are were chiefly notorious for enacting the murder of Captain [[Hastur Sejanus]] and all his [[Command Squad|glory squad]]. They were defeated by the Luna Wolves and ordered to be decimated.<sup>1b</sup>
Their technology was noted to have been earmarked for reverse-engineering by the [[Mechanicum]].<sup>1c</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]]
**<sup>1a</sup>:Part One, Chapter Two, p.32-4**<sup>1b</sup>:Part One, Chapter One, p.17**<sup>1c</sup>:Part One, Chapter Six, p.117
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