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Stalker Hybrids (Heavy Support, Power Rating 3)
Genestealer Cults find root in the filth and woe that engulfs the vast majority of the Imperium's population, but their branches reach far higher. The constricting vines of the cult's influence creep into every level of society, from the opulent halls of a merchant-guild to the grand orbital palace of an Imperial Governor. Stalker Hybrids are late-generation cultists tasked with infiltrating these circles of power, using minor psychic mutations of hypnosis and illusion to secure additional resources and authority for the cult. When the uprising begins, these eerily charming saboteurs arm themselves with hidden caches of exotic weapons - and turn them on their former hosts.

4-9 Stalker Hybrids: M 6", WS 4+, BS 3+, S3, T3, W1, A1, Ld 7, Sv 5+
1 Stalker Leader: M 6", WS4+, BS3+, S3, T3, W1, A2, Ld 8, Sv 5+

If this unit contains between 6 and 10 models, it has Power Rating 5. Every model is equipped with: 2 autopistols; cultist knife; frag grenades; krak grenades.

New Wargear

Digi-Weapon: Range 6"; Type Pistol 1; Strength 0; AP 0; Damage 0; Abilities: If this weapon hits, the target suffers 1 mortal wound and the attack sequence ends.

Grav-gun: Range 18"; Type Rapid Fire 1; Strength 5; AP-1; Damage 1; Abilities: Each time an attack made with this weapon is allocated to a model with a Save characteristic of 3+ or better, that attack has a Damage characteristic of 2.

Krak grenades: Range 6"; Type Grenade 1; Strength 6; AP-1; Damage 2; Abilities: -

Needler long rifle: Range 36"; Type Heavy 1; Strength 1; AP 0; Damage 2; Abilities: Each time an attack is made with this weapon against a unit (excluding VEHICLE and TITANIC units), that attack always wounds on an unmodified wound roll of 2+ .Each time an attack is made with this weapon, an unmodified wound roll of 6 inflicts 1 mortal wound on the target in addition to any normal damage.

Wargear Options

Any number of models can each have 1 autopistol replaced with 1 of the following; 1 hand flamer; 1 needle pistol; 1 web pistol.

Up to 4 Stalker Hybrids can each be equipped with 1 of the following; 1 demolition charge; 1 grav-gun; 1 needler long rifle; 1 webber.

The Stalker Leader can have 1 autopistol replaced with 1 digi-weapon.

Abilities

Cult Ambush: See Codex: Genestealer Cults.

Unquestioning Loyalty: See Codex: Genestealer Cults.

Infiltrators: When you set up this unit from ambush, you can first move its ambush marker to anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from the enemy deployment zone and any enemy models.

Eyes in the Dark: Each time you select a target for a weapon a model in this unit is making an attack with, you can ignore the Look Out, Sir rule, as well as any friendly models within Engagement Range of the target.

Keywords

Faction: TYRANIDS, GENESTEALER CULTS, <CULT>

Keywords: INFANTRY, STALKER HYBRIDS

Points Costs

Stalker Hybrid: 8 points

Stalker Leader: 8 points

Autopistol: 0 points

Cultist knife: 0 points

Frag grenades: 0 points

Krak grenades: 0 points

Web pistol: 0 points

Demolition charge: 10 points

Digi-Weapon: 10 points

Flechette pistol: 2 points

Grav-gun: 5 points

Hand flamer: 3 points

Needler long rifle: 5 points

Webber: 5 points

New Stratagem: Exotic Armouries (1 Command Point)

Stalker Hybrids infiltrate the wealthiest and most highborn echelons of Imperial society, acquiring powerful contacts and unusual weaponry for the cult's uprising.
Use this Stratagem in your Shooting phase, after a STALKER HYBRIDS unit from your army hits an enemy unit (excluding VEHICLES, MONSTERS, and TITANIC units) with a ranged attack. Until the start of your next turn, that enemy unit cannot fire Overwatch or Set to Defend, and:

Corrosion Bombs: If the hit was scored with a Grenade weapon, models in that unit are considered to have half the number of wounds remaining for the purposes of determining their characteristics.

Graviton Pulse: If the hit was scored with a grav-gun, each time a model in the selected unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from that attack's hit roll.

Tangle-Chem: If the hit was scored with a webber or web pistol, that enemy unit cannot Advance or Fall Back.

Vile Toxins: If the hit was scored with a needler long-rifle or flechette pistol, that unit is not eligible to fight in the Fight phase until after all eligible units have done so.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
A bit like my previous take on Redemptionists for Adepta Sororitas using the Cawdor box, the Stalker Hybrids are a way to use the marvellously creepy Delaque gang box in Genestealer Cults. I actually started by looking at Orlock, since they're already miners, but... outside of Cyber-Mastiffs (who don't really fit) and Wreckers, they were pretty well-represented as Neophytes. The only new stuff they'd have brought to the table would have been Neophytes with access to Servo-Claws, Harpoon Launchers, and pistols/cultist knives or double pistols. Not really worth a new entry.

These guys, on the other hand, have their own little niche; in lore terms, they're creepy, mildly psychic advisors and assassins for the cult. In game terms, they're infiltrating, ranged support/harassment support units. All their guns (bar the sniper rifle) have terrible range, but they can be deployed with a better version of Concealed Positions, and can ignore Look Out, Sir! to murder a CHARACTER with a volley of pistol shots. They can also use their psychic connection to ignore friendlies in Engagement Range, sneaking up and firing into combat with whatever you've got tied up, before you give it the coup de grace in the Fight phase.

Their Stratagem is an altered version of the Reiver Shock Grenades; it requires a hit, but works out to the range of their guns (i.e. 6" for grenades, 12" for pistols, 18" for grav-guns, 36" for sniper rifles) instead of just 6". However, the secondary effect relies on landing a hit with a special weapon; a grav-gun (18") will get you the Reiver's -1 to hit, while the (otherwise pretty weak) webbers will let you screw with enemy movement, preventing an Advance or a Fall Back (and Stalkers can fire into combat, remember). Snipers are arguably the weakest, since they come with the longest range, and just force the enemy to fight last.