Xenophase Blade

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Xenophase Blades are a type of weapon used by the Deathwatch.^[1]

Overview

These weapons are ancient and barely understood artefacts. Xenos in origin, they ripple with a molecular realignment field that allows it to cleave through force fields and metaphysical wards easily. Speaking of the origins of these weapons is forbidden within the Deathwatch under penalty of excruciation.^[1]

Images

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  Xenophase Blade as depicted in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.^[3]

Trivia

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Notes

• It should be noted that whereas the 7th Edition Deathwatch codex states that the Xenophase Blade is of unknown origin, Duncan Rhodes, a miniature painter and web presenter for Games Workshop's Warhammer TV, says in a product review that this weapon is "a Necron weapon that they [the Deathwatch] turned back against the Aliens". This claim is not backed up by other official sources.^[2]

See also

• C'tan phase weapon
• Deathwatch Armoury

Sources

• 1: Codex: Deathwatch (7th Edition) — Armoury of the Deathwatch
• 2: Warhammer TV: Deathwatch - Building a Kill Team (published 22.08.2016), 00h:07m:25s (last accessed 27 January 2020)
• 3: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Refinement and Redemption