Badmoon Snipaz

40K3 conversion by Tom and Erik Setzer; Based on 40K2 background and rules by Mike Freeman

If you look at the various Codexes that have been released, mostly everyone can have some sort infiltrator. Most of them are a sniper based troop, armed with needle sniper rifles(anybody who doesn't have them makes up for it in some way, ie Tyranids-Lictor) Anywho, I was thinking it would be cool to have a Ork troop type, and the first word I thought of was "Snipaz" . This was a problem in the waiting, as an y good-minded Ork wouldn't be caught dead with a needle sniper rifle(them's pansy weapons). What would they use? I came up with what I think is a pretty neat alternative, a sniper gun which Orks would actually use.

Orks use teeth for currency, and since Bad Moons teeth grow the fastest, they tend to be the richest of the Orks. This wealth is often displayed through yellow clothing and expensive weaponry. One of these weapons may be perhaps the most ingenious Orky inverstion ever divised, the Magno-rifle. It is essentially a stripped down needle sniper rifle, which uses technology similar to many Ork support weapons, and fires a small electro- magnetic burst It makes enough noise to please the Orks, as it grumbles as it is charged up and makes a sastifying blast when it is fired. It is also actually more effective against heavily armoured targets. Against lightly armed targets,the electro-pulse does the damage, as with other troops. But, if the pulse shoots a Terminator or a troop type with large, bulky armour, the pulse travels through the metal and jams the armour, melding it into an immovible trap! Although, the pulse is rather weak, and Orks being the bad shots they are, rarely hit the right spot, so most of the time they just bounce of the armour harmlessly. But other times they work magnificently, freezing a Terminator Squad right in front of a Evil Sun bike mob, and the only thing they can do is blink.