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'''Atalan Jackals''' are a type of [[Genestealer Hybrid]] that ride rapid-assault [[bike]]s and quads to battle.
Jackals act as the eyes and ears of the Genestealer Cults. They ride a variety of rugged Atalan==Overview==Riding [[Munitorum]]-class exploratory machines, of which the most common are built [[dirtcycleDirtcycle]]s and four-wheeled or [[Wolfquad]]s, Atalan Jackals roar across the wastelands and dart through subterranean tunnels. These outriders are swift They have the uncanny abilit yto pick out the best positions from which to launch in a killing strike, using their vehicles to leap over obstacles and skilled at evading enemy fire onto roofs or gantries. They hunt as a pack, each psychically linked to the others to such an extent that they can speed around down a disused tunnel at five abreast and never so much clip one another's vehicle. In battle, this mental link makes them all the more formidable, for they fight as one.{{Fn|2}} Like many of the battlefieldGenestealer Cult's activities, Atalan Jackals operate under a shield of legitimacy. The Wolfquads also offer Under the Jackal packs some handy fire support guise of scouts using industrial machinery to search out new seams and quarries, Jackals scout for their Cult and track out new territory with little notice. Even so, cultists always cover their tracks and Jackals live a heavy weapon mountnomadic lifestyle that sees them only return to their brood lairs when they have something of importance to report.{{Fn|12}} In battle, Atalan Jackals are serpent-fast, jinking left and right through enemy fire without pause. They ride in close to lash out with crowbars, electro-hatchets, and improvised weapons made deadlier through their momentum. Enemy officers who dismiss them as light cavalry soon learn the error of their ways, as the Jackals carry hidden mining charges that they lob into their ranks.
The leader of a Jackal pack is known as the [[Jackal Alphus]].{{Fn|1}}
