The dark lance is a fearsome anti-armour weapon wielded by the Drukhari, the sadistic raiders of the dark city, and one of the deadliest such arms in the galaxy for its size. It fires a beam of darklight, an exotic energy drawn from realms of anti-matter and shadow, which pierces even the thickest armour with contemptuous ease. A single shot can gut a battle tank or blow apart a war machine, punching a smoking hole clean through hull and crew alike.
Sleek and cruelly ornamented in the fashion of its makers, the dark lance embodies the Drukhari love of refined, murderous technology. It is light enough to be carried by infantry or mounted on their swift, skimming vehicles, granting these lightning-fast reavers the means to cripple armoured foes before vanishing back into the darkness. Where slower armies must haul heavy guns into position, the Drukhari strike with such weapons and are gone before retaliation can fall.
Darklight technology is a hallmark of the Aeldari kindreds, but it is the Drukhari who wield it with particular relish, hunting the strong and the armoured for the sheer pleasure of the kill. The dark lance's silent, night-black beam is a signature of their raids, leaving shattered tanks and slaughtered crews as the only trace of an enemy already long departed.