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Many Guardians will serve as an infantry force, organized into squads known as Guardian Defender or Storm Squads. Others will instead form the crew for various heavy weapons and light vehicles, such as the [[Grav Platform]]s, [[Eldar Jetbike]]s and [[War Walker]]s{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|7}} – although more specialised vehicles and [[Titan]]s are piloted artisans and steersmen on paths dedicated to these war engines.{{Fn|5}}

[[file:Guardian.png|thumb|160px|right|[[Biel-Tan]] Guardian Defender{{Fn|8b}}]]

'''Guardian Defenders''' are the basic Guardian force, organised into squads of ten to twenty members armed with [[Shuriken Catapult]]s and occasionally [[Plasma Grenade]]s.{{Fn|9}} They may also be armed with [[Lasgun (Eldar)| Eldar Lasguns]] or a pair of [[Las Pistol (Eldar)| Eldar Laspistols]].{{Fn|1b}} Each squad will also include a [[Grav Platform]] manned by two of its Guardians and mounting a [[Bright Lance]], [[Eldar Missile Launcher]], [[Scatter Laser]], [[Shuriken Cannon]], or [[Star Cannon]].{{Fn|9}} These squads can be transported by a [[Wave Serpent]] if they do not exceed its capacity, and will sometimes be joined by a [[Warlock]] to lend them their aid.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|6b}}

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[[file:Storm Guardian.jpg|thumb|right|140px|[[Saim-Hann]] Storm Guardian{{Fn|8a}}]]

'''Storm Guardians''' are Eldar who were once members of an Aspect Shrine that specialised in close combat. Rarer than the more typical Guardian Defenders, they are also effective assault troops capable of assisting Aspect Warriors. Numbering ten to twenty members, they are armed with a potent combination of [[Shuriken Pistol]] and [[Close Combat Weapon]], as well as the options of [[Krak Grenade|Krak]] and [[Plasma Grenade]]s. Along with a [[Serpent's Scale Platform]] for support{{Fn|10}}, two of the Guardians in this squad can arm themselves with either [[Fusion Gun]]s or [[Eldar Flamer]]s. If small enough to fit within its transport bay these squads may ride into battle within a [[Wave Serpent]], and are sometimes accompanied by a [[Warlock]] to lend them their aid.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|6b}}

It is guardians who mount the weapons and pilot the [[Vyper]] Jetbikes, [[Wave Serpent]]s, and other [[Falcon]]-chasis [[Grav-Tank]]s in crews,{{Fn|5}} their pilots weaving skillfully through incoming fire to ferry troops to better positions, their weapons finding the perfect time to fire.{{Fn|13}} It is not uncommon for crews to be manned by blood relatives for the simple ease of forming the bond required to coordinate vehicles.{{Fn|6b}} As intuitive and effective as Eldar vehicles are, not all are operated by Guardians – it falls to specialisted paths of artisans and steersmen to handle the large [[Engines of Vaul]].{{Fn|5}}

[[file:Ulthwe Black Guardians.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Ulthwé]] Black Guardians{{Fn|11}}]]

'''Black Guardians''' are a special [[Ulthwé]] variation on the typical Guardians used by other Craftworlds. Because the [[Path of the Seer]] is the longest and most dangerous Eldar Path, and because Ulthwé relies especially on its Seers, this leaves little time for its denizens to tread the Warrior Path. To make up for this lack of Aspect Warriors, the Ulthwé Black Guardians are a professional standing army rather than a militia. They are more highly trained compared to standard Guardians, but are arranged in a similar manner, consisting of both Defender and Storm units, as well as crewing heavy weapons and light vehicles. Their uniforms are predominantly black, the Eldar colour of mourning, for the frequent attacks it has suffered passing close to the [[Eye of Terror]] leaves much to grieve.{{Fn|4}}