The Outriders are elite mounted skirmishers of the Empire, horsemen who carry finely crafted repeater handguns into battle and range ahead of the main army as scouts and raiders. Trained in the shooting clubs and gunnery schools of the great cities, they are drawn from the wealthier sons of the Empire of Man, for the intricate firearms they wield are costly weapons that demand both skill and coin to master.
In battle the Outriders use their speed to harry the enemy's flanks, loosing a storm of shot before wheeling away out of reach. Their repeater handguns can unleash volley after volley in swift succession, cutting down skirmishers, war beasts, and enemy scouts before they can close. This combination of mobility and firepower makes them ideal for screening the advance of slower infantry regiments.
Often riding alongside the pistol-armed Pistoliers from whose ranks many graduate, the Outriders embody the Empire's marriage of horsemanship and gunpowder ingenuity, a swift and deadly reconnaissance arm that few other nations of the Old World can match.