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The '''Needle Pistol''' is a handheld [[Needler|Needle Weapon]].{{Fn|1}}
This weapon is highly favoured by assassins, because this weapon is flashless, silent and concealable. They are thus often used for assassination, doping, kidnapping and other secretive work.{{Fn|1}} Outside of criminal groups they are used by the [[Inquisition]]{{Fn|3}}, [[Officio Assassinorum]]{{Fn|7}}, [[Alpha Legion]]{{Fn|8}}, and are also favored by the [[Genestealer Primus|Primi]] of [[Genestealer Cults]].{{Fn|2}}
==Known Patterns==
*[[Executioner pistol]]: [[Combi-Weapon]] used by [[Eversor Assassin]]s of the [[Officio Assassinorum]].{{Fn|7}}
*[[The Drakaina|Drakaina]]: Relic [[Alpha Legion]] weapon.{{Fn|8}}
*'''Belasco Galvain Needle:''' A product of the [[Belasco Deathworks]] of the [[Noble House]] [[Belasco]] on [[Malfi]], this pattern is infamous for being the murder weapon used to assassinate [[Cardinal]] [[Tyndale]] as well as a dozen other deacons and priests on the planet Gallowglass. This has lead to the house being denounced from the Cathedral pulpit as "sinful deathmongers", an accusation the noble house has decidedly not refuted. Galvain Needlers are capable of being modified to use a hidden rig worn on a user's forearm and fired by means of a palm trigger, allowing it to function as a concealed weapon
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Genestealer Cults (8th Edition)]], pg. 105
*{{Endn|7}}: [[War Zone Damocles: Mont'ka]], pg. 178
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest]], pg. 227
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[[Category:Weapons (Imperium)]]
[[Category:Weapons (Inquisition)]]
[[Category:Weapons (Genestealer Cults)]]
[[Category:Weapons (Chaos Space Marines)]]
