Sicarian Ruststalkers

A Sicarian Ruststalker is one of the Adeptus Mechanicus‘ Skitarii Legions’ stick-thin cybernetic assassins driven to a bitter murderlust by the mutilations of their former lives. Most Sicarians are constructed from the mortally wounded bodies of fallen Skitarii. It is a traumatic and painful transformation that unravels the recipient’s psychological stability. Ruststalkers are often chosen from those who recovered worst — lost and desperate souls, grateful for sanction to unleash their violent rage in service of the Machine God. Known colloquially as “shivs” to the soldiers of the Astra Militarum due to the shivering, blurring appearance of their Transonic Weapons, Ruststalkers can dart across a battlefield with daunting speed and fight with a frantic energy.