No Legion loved the volatile majesty of plasma as the First did, and the Legion Tactical Support Squad was where that devotion took the field. Armed as one with plasma guns — or with rotor cannon, volkite, and flamer when the tactical situation demanded — these squads delivered a concentrated deluge of specialist fire that could gut a heavier formation in moments. The Dark Angels drilled such squads to the edge of ritual, each marine trusting his overcharging weapon the way a Calibanite knight once trusted his blade, willing to risk the plasma coil's wrath for the certainty of a slain foe. Advancing from Rhino or drop-pod at the chosen instant, they scoured the path for the Order's heavier brethren. To the hooded warriors of the First Legion, mastery of so temperamental a weapon was simply another proof of their disciplined supremacy.
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