Ratling exist in small close-knit communities in the Underhive. Being rather small and puny they have to rely on their cunning and wits to survive. Ratlings would almost certainly be doomed if they could not defend themselves. Being small they have no chance in close combat, so Ratlings have to hone their shooting skills, making them excellent marksmen. Some Ratlings in the Underhive are deserters from the Imperial Guard, and so they retain their favoured weapon, the Needle Sniper Rifle. Armed with this deadly weapon a Ratling can remain submerged in the shadows to deliver swift, poison induced death to their foes...