Everyone loves Space Marine Lieutenants, even Tyranids! Admittedly, they like to EAT them, often as an amuse-bouche before moving on to a Captain (if they're eating a la carte) or a selection of Intercessors, Hellblasters, and Terminators (if they’re visiting the buffet).
But this new Lieutenant will stick in the Hive Mind’s throat.
If you thought that Sly Marbo was the Imperium’s only one-man army, think again. These new Lieutenants are expert assassins and skilled intelligence gatherers – they blend into the jungle (or desert, tundra, or wherever else they’re fighting), and get behind the lines and inside their enemy’s minds. In fact, they’re so efficient by the time the main Space Marines force arrives, the Lieutenants often have their feet up with a cup of tea, the war having been already won.
As you can see, the new design takes several cues from the existing Reiver Lieutenant and Phobos Lieutenant. As a veteran operative fighting a desperate guerilla war on frontier worlds, he’s had to make do and mend with his gear – yes, that is Tyranid chitin used as a makeshift replacement shoulder pad.*
In order to save ammunition for his combi-weapon, he’s become even more of an expert with his paired combat blades – check out that ichor dripping from one, implying another critical hit against a vile xenos. He takes his cues from classic Tyranid Hunters, including trophies, a three-clawed facial scar, and a combi-flamer – the preferred weapon of a certain Chaplain Cassius.
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* This will be the latest fashion trend on Macragge as soon as Roboute Guilliman hears about it.
