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Agents of the Vanus Clade are known as infocytes and also made use of predictive engines in order to base their calculations on all available data as well as prognostic simulations in order to determine the success rate of the operations.{{Fn|2a}} The infocytes are essentially human computing engines that are far different from mindless automata such as [[servitor]]s as their skills were unparalleled in matters of strategy and tactics. Their presence cemented their Clade's role as being the intelligence-gathering arm of the Officio Assassinorum and it has been said that they have never been known to make an error in judgement though some considered this disinformation. Despite this being the case, the Clade is well known for the creation and dissemination of propaganda which is noted as being its greatest strength. Infocytes are said to hold the same relationship with raw information as an addict had with their chosen vice in the sense that they are enraptured by the idea of new data as well as what they could do to not only gather it but know it as well.{{Fn|2b}} They along with cryptocrats take part in operations through telepresent means that are conducted from their sanctum or from an Officio Assassinorum sponsored starship with them physically deployed in the field a rare occurence.{{Fn|2d}} Ultimately, the Vanus Clade watched everyone with their data-stacks being filled with information on all the other Clades which was the means they maintained their position by way of blackmail.{{Fn|2i}}
While most Vanus operatives (dubbed ''Infocytes'') do not deploy directly to the field to physically kill their targets, there exists a designation '''Unbound Infocyte'''. These relatively rare agents both designate and terminate their target, shunning away from the more indirect approaches of their Temples standard practices. Like the assassins of other Temples, they are equipped with [[Synskin]] and a variety of exotic weapons.{{Fn|3a}} 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 transferred 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==
**{{Endn|2k}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 249
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Tallarn: Ironclad (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: Seekers - Chapter 1
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Dataslate: Officio Assassinorum (Background Book)]], ''Hidden Blades''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Assassinorum: Execution Force (Novel)]], Epilogue
