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The '''Sun Killers''' were the [[Emperor's Children]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s veteran [[Heavy Support Squad]]s, during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]], that were exclusively armed with heavy [[Energy Weapon]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
==Description==
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[[Image:SKSymbol.jpg|thumb|right|Symbol of the Sun-Killers{{Fn|3}}]]
The '''Sun Killers''' were the [[Emperor's Children]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s veteran [[Heavy Support Squad]]s, during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]], that were exclusively armed with heavy [[Energy Weapon]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
==Description==
[[Image:Sunkillers.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sun Killer Squad{{Fn|1}}]]
Arrogance is suspected to be the reason behind their eschewing indiscriminate primitive projectile weapons, in favor of more elegant and precise energy weapons. The Sun Killers used these to great effect in war, operated far ahead of their [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s battle lines, in pursuit of an enemy's largest bioforms or war machines. In doing so, they ensured that they and they alone destroyed such targets, with exacting precision and defined kill shots. In the rare instances that the [[Emperor's Children]] opted to make a strategic departure from the field, it fell to the Sun Killers to provide covering fire for their [[Battle Brothers]]. They were not compelled to do so by oath or duty, however, but out of boastful pride.{{Fn|1b}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Exemplary Battles of the Age of Darkness: The Battle for Kalium Gate]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 4
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 6
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