Codex:
Fighting Tigers of Veda (pg 6)
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Fighting Tiger Elites
Exceptional Tactical, Devastator,
or Scout squad leaders may be promoted out of their units to serve in Sternguard
Veteran Squads. Sternguard who continue to distinguish themselves may be
promoted to Terminator Squads. Those Terminators who excel will be promoted
to the ranks of the tanadars, if they live,
or may, if they are struck down, gain the ultimate honor of becoming a
Tiger Eternal, a Fighting Tiger Dreadnought.
Tigers of Indra:
Tactical Terminators see
"Terminator Squad" in Codex: Space Marines
All Tactical
Terminators are male. Chosen from the best Veteran Fighting Tigers, these
Space Marines continue to dedicate themselves to Indra, captain of the
gods. By tradition, Tactical Terminators deploy in 5-strong squads.
 
Left: Fighting
Tiger Tactical Terminator. Right: Assault Terminator
Tigers of Indra:
Assault Terminators see
"Terminator Assault Squad" in Codex: Space Marines
All Assault
Terminators are female. Chosen from the best Veteran Fighting Tigers, these
Space Marines continue to dedicate themselves to Indra, captain of the
gods. By tradition, Assault Terminators deploy in 5-strong squads and always
use lightning claws.
Tigers
of Indra: Sternguard Veteran Fighting Tigers
see
"Steernguard Veteran Squad" in Codex: Space Marines
Chosen from
the best Tigers of Rudra, Kali,
and
Agni, these Space Marines
still honor their former deity but dedicate themselves anew to Indra, captain
of the gods. Sternguard squads may be integrated by jatis and sex. Exceptional
members of these squads may become Terminators.
These squads
tend to be smaller in size, with usually no more than five members. Fighting
Tiger Sternguard Veteran units use many special weapons and storm bolters,
but rarely (if every) heavy weapons, relying on mobility instead of blistering
firepower.
Gray
Tigers: Harijan see
"Sternguard Veteran Squad" in Codex: Space Marines
Fighting Tigers are bound by sacred
vows and millennia of Vedic tradition.While some small infractions are
to be expected and tolerated (particularly during the early part of a Fighting
Tiger's service), serious or deliberate violations may result in exile
from the Chapter. These disgraced Tigers are deemed harijan,or
"untouchable."
 The
harijan are sent to live alone as best they can on Veda, but before they
go, they are supplied with a suit of gray armor (hence the name), a weapon,
and a small amount of ammunition. If they ever expect to redeem themselves,
they must make up for what they have done (or failed to do) through heroic
deeds (see the story The Gray Tiger).
A Fighting Tiger's training in religion
and philosophy is strict, and in a century, perhaps only two or three would
become harijan. Thus, no more than a handful of Gray Tigers exist at any
one time. Nevertheless, sometimes they are drawn together by mystic visions
and fight as a unit against the foulest enemies of Veda.
Because of their determination to
make amends, Gray Tigers are treated as Space Marine Veterans, but the
squad size need not number 5 or 10, as Fighting Tiger squads do. While
a unit of Gray Tigers may appear on the same battlefield as the Fighting
Tigers, they do not fight along side them. Fighting Tiger characters may
never join a Gray Tiger unit, nor may the Gray Tiger unit use Fighting
Tiger transports, including Land Raiders and Land Raider variants.
Gray Tigers are rare, so you may
use a maximum of one Gray Tiger unit in any Fighting Tiger force, regardless
of how many detachments are deployed.
Tigers Eternal
see
"Venerable Dreadnought," "Dreadnought," and "Ironclad Dreadnought" in Codex:
Space Marines
Since their
disastrous losses against the Warband
Bloodcomet, the Fighting Tigers of Veda have many Tigers Eternal
to aid them in battle. Indeed, their Founder and first Chapter Master,
Maharaja Shiva Nagordarika, was nearly killed by a Bloodthirster and lives
on to this day in Dreadnought form, reborn as Shiva
the Destroyer.
 
Left: Tiger
Eternal
Surya Ashoka. Right:
Tiger Eternal Shiva the Destroyer
Tigers of Tvashtri
see
"Techmarine" in Codex: Space Marines
Fighting Tiger
Techmarines are known as Tigers of Tvashtri, the Vedic god of artifice.
They maintain the Chapter's arms, armor, and vehicles. Similarly to Fighting
Tiger Chaplains, Librarians, and Apothecaries, Tigers of Tvashtri wear
the typical tiger stripes, with only the Techmarine's badge (and his standard-issue
servo-arm) to distinguish him from other Fighting Tigers.
Above:
Tiger of Tvashtri, or Techmarine
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Related Pages
Tactics:
Fighting Tiger Elites
Gallery:
Fighting Tiger Elites
Gallery:
Gray Tigers
Shiva
the Destroyer
Fighting
Tiger HQ
Fighting
Tiger Elites
Fighting
Tiger Troops
Fighting
Tiger Fast Attack
Fighting
Tiger Heavy Support
Current
Fighting Tiger Organization
Glossary
and Pronunciation Guide
Codex Main
Page and Table of Contents
Last updated December
2008
Codex:
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