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[[File:IG5ERatling.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A '''Ratling''' sniper lies in wait.{{Fn|1}}]]
'''Ratlings''' (''Homo Sapiens Minimus''){{Fn|2}}, known also as '''Runtlings''', '''Stunties'''{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4}} and '''Maggots'''{{Fn|3}} but among themselves as '''Halflings''',{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4}} are small and hedonistically jovial [[abhuman]]s who commonly work aboard spacecraft as cabin crew and runarounds, benefitting from their low stature.{{Fn|4}} They rarely find employment in the [[Imperial Guard]] due to their physical weakness and less than ideal temperament{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4}}, but their expertise in marksmanship, low weight, and short height (which lends them a stealthy quality) make ratlings well suited to the role of [[sniper]].{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|1}} Ratlings are typically snipers in the [[Militarum Auxilla]], which often attached specialist units to Guardsmen regiments.{{citethis}}
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