Shadow Squad

Remnants of the old H company, this squad consists of some of the toughest Infantrymen the MI has to offer. Prior to H company being re-founded for the Sleipner offensive, their last conflict was against Orks on the agri-world of Adnam's World. Here they, along with other units of the MI and Imperial guard, were being assaulted day and night by the greenskin horde who were intent of maintaining their hold on the world. The orks were relentless and were responsible for the total annihilation of many Imperial Guard regiments and companies, with guardsmen being slaughtered by frenzied orks or put into slavery to work the mines and quarries of the orks. Yet, by luck, skill or the Emperor's divine intervention, a group of MI remained at large and spent the next three years harassing the ork lines. Using self-taught guerilla warfare tactics and unorthodox methods, they learnt to survive- repairing, salvaging and maintaining their weapons and equipment; surviving off the land; improvising where necessary. They would strike from nowhere to slay ork scouting parties and then fade away without word of their presence reaching the ears of the Ork warlords. One day they would free captives in one area and retreat to the forests with them then a day or so later, they would appear far away to destroy supply dumps.
They were so effective they had Orks believing that there was something hidden in the shadows that was killing the boyz and some even started sporting light packs to stop shadows from forming around them. Of course, this made them even more visible to the guardsmen. The survivors called themselves Shadow squad in response to the enemy's belief and utilised psychological warfare to the maximum, going as far as simply scaring the orks by shooting out lights with bullets as opposed to the more visible las-bolts before killing all but a handful so they would go tell others "the Shadowz" are here and coming for the rest of the boys.
After holding out long enough for reinforcements to be sent, they were extracted and after a brief award ceremony they were assigned to the Roughnecks and began advanced training in xeno-warfare from the Inquisition so the Imperium can use the unit as a blackened blade that can pierce the heart of any xenos races within the Sleipner sector then disappear only to strike again...

History

Awards & Decorations

Disbandment

Following a long and illustrious career which has seen them apply their skills countless times, frequently being the difference between victory and defeat, as a reward for their service Shadow Squad were disbanded and reassigned to various training camps across the Kuati Confederation and Novo Sanctus after a personal recommendation from Lt-Col Tarquin Valdez who felt that, not only could future recruits and soldiers learn an immense amount of skills form these veterans, but the unit itself deserved to be withdrawn from the frontline so they can live out the rest of their career knowing they had done their part for the Imperium and pass the torch to the future commando units.

DISBANDED/DISSOLVED

Dissolution Date

12/12SCM

Type

Military, Army Squad

Ruling Organization

Golovko's Gladiators

Leader Title

Sergeant - Astra Militarum

Location

Novo Sanctus

Related Species

• Human

Related Ethnicities

• Kuati