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In terms of equipment, Clade Vanus are known to possess cogitator gauntlets that projected hololithic panes that floated in the air for them to access data.{{Fn|2d}} They could also send small swarms of organic-metal netfly automata that can tap into opti-cables and parse through the rich data which they fed back to the operative. Each of these netflies was by itself a relatively unsophisticated piece of technology but, en masse, their networking skills allowed the information they transfered to be condensed into a coherent picture of what occured in the immediate surroundings of the Vanus Assassin. This allowed them to generate maps of nearby structures, traffic and place monitoring beads throughout any given zone. This the netflies accomplished by boring into the deep sub-web of imaging coils in the area.{{Fn|2e}} When entering into a information system, Clade Vanus assassins are able to unleash data phages and blackouts designed to subvert the enemy.{{Fn|2g}}
==Equipment==Operatives of the Clade did not have obvious weapons and tended to be armed with devices such as an [[Auspectre]], [[Sympatic Dataspike]]s, and [[Noospheric Interloper]]. Other equipment included a electropulse projector built into their cogitator gauntlet as well as made use of their menagerie such as [[psyber eagleseagle]]s, eyerats and netfly swarms.{{Fn|2f}} Additionally, they made use of [[Imperial bionics]] such as mechadendrites that served as potent interface tools with other pieces of technology with the information present being projected by hololithic displays.{{Fn|2h}} According to [[Fon Tariel]], the dictates and method of operation of the Clade were summed up as: 'the cleanest kill is one that another performs in your stead with no knowledge of your incitement.'{{Fn|2x}} Some believed that the operatives of this Clade were incapable of following assassin instincts in the field and this is the reason why the Officio Assassinorum kept them at their scrying stations.{{Fn|2j}}
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