Veteran
From Exterminatus Manual
Veteran Marine (Vet)
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Overview
Experienced 'Veteran' marines are often put in charge of combat squads of tactical marines. Over the decades of service they give to the chapter they earn the right to use more exotic equipment, often favouring more close combat weaponry and a leadership role. These 'Veterans' make up the second Imperial class, adding more equipment and speed to the Tactical class.
Veterans can be recognised by their white laurel markings on their helmets and skull motif knee pads.
Weapons
The main battle weapon of Exterminatus Veteran marines is of a deadly combination of a Chainsword and Inferno Pistol. Like Tactical marines they are also armed with Boltguns and a larger stash of Grenades.
Tactics
The Inferno Pistol doesn't have much of a range and chugs through it's fuel like nobodies business, but you can fry just about anything dumb enough to get close, be it hoards or monstrous hulks. The Chainsword can pack as big a wallop in close combat as anything else out there. Veterans are faster than other marines, use this to scout ahead of your team mates.
40K vs Exterminatus
In the tabletop game Veterans often have special abilities and are formed into their own squads, where as ours are more like squad leaders. Actually calling them squad leaders would undoubtedly have led players using this class as an excuse to boss about their team mates, which can be unpleasant for the other players, hence the less formal Veteran name.
In the 40k universe Inferno Pistols are incredibly rare and certainly wouldn't be toted around by mere squad leaders. Please visit the Inferno Pistol article to find out more about this Exterminatus quirk.
