108,311
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
no edit summary
==Characteristics==
The Rangdan were described as possessing "[[Slaugth]] murder-minds", suggesting they may have been a slave species to the Slaugth species.{{Fn|2}} Indeed, the Slaugth have been seen following the wake of the Rangdan, harvesting the dead and any survivors they come across.{{Fn|5}} The Rangdan were feared for their mimicry abilities, and their ships had a brutal appearance of spines and flails which dragged behind the vessels like metallic tentacles, giving them the appearance of jellyfish.{{Fn|3}} Their elite warriors were said to be the match for a Space Marine in combat, wielding weaponry perhaps even superior to the Imperium and protected by personal energy shielding. Their preferred tactic was to use vast legions of slave armies and send them against the foe, exhausting them until selecting the right moment and place to strike. Their campaigns were conducted by ''Warmasters'' while their slave-controlling elite were known as ''Overlords''.{{Fn|4a}}
Their warships fired radioactive electromagnetic blasts known as ''Shadow Blasters'' for the ominous shadow they left behind of their victims.{{Fn|4a}} They were capable of creating vast artificial war-moons manned by millions of slaves who were controlled via neural collars.{{Fn|4}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine]] pg.89-91
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg.120-122
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Alpharius: Head of the Hydra (Novel)]] - ''Xenos Extremis''
[[Category:Minor Alien Species and Factions]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]