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The Watch Apothecary carries a healer's kit, not a heavy one. He may take a special-issue boltgun, a bolt pistol and a chainsword, but his real tools are the narthecium and reductor that keep an irreplaceable veteran on his feet. He draws the full special-issue ammunition catalogue and frag and krak grenades. No special or heavy weapons — his work is mending the team, not adding another gun to it.

The Black Shield's rack leans hard into the duel. He may carry both pistols, bolt and special-issue basics, and the melee that suits a wildcard — chainsword, power sword, lightning claws, the Xenophase blade, or the relic Thief of Secrets. He may wear Power or Terminator plate, take the Xenophase field, and draws the full ammunition catalogue. No heavy weapons: he is a blade thrown at a single hard target, not a gun line.

The Watch Captain equips as the leader of the strike, not a gunner. He may take any pistol, basic and close-combat weapon up to the guardian spear, and the Leader-only Ordo Xenos relics — the Thief of Secrets and the Bolt of Artemis. He may wear any mark to the 2+ Terminator plate, carry a storm shield or iron halo, and draws the full special-issue catalogue. He takes no heavy weapons; he leads the hunt from the front.

The Centurion's armament is fixed to the warsuit. Its twin heavy weapons — heavy bolter or multi-melta — and its siege fist are fitted to the chassis, not chosen from the shared racks. It is a rarely-fielded, off-identity body: a slow platform for a team that prefers to strike and vanish, brought only when a monster must be shot apart.

The Watch Dreadnought's armament is walker-scoped. A hull weapon — heavy bolter or multi-melta — and the Dreadnought fist are part of the sarcophagus chassis, not purchased from the shared racks. The interred hunter is roused for the largest prey, and it carries what the war-machine was built with.

The Watch Librarian keeps a psyker's narrow rack. He may take a bolt or plasma pistol and a Force weapon, and wear up to Terminator plate — nothing more. No other basics, specials or heavies reach his hands; his true weapon is the warp turned against the alien mind, and the sidearm is only a sidearm.

The bike is not wargear he buys. It is the chassis — always fielded, carrying the Bike Veteran nine inches a move. His rack is built for the run: a special-issue or plain boltgun with full ammunition access, a bolt pistol, a chainsword or power sword. No heavy weapons. The bike is made to run the prey down, and it was never meant to anchor a firing line.

The Redemptor's armament is walker-scoped and prohibitive. Its macro plasma incinerator, hull weapon and crushing fist are part of the super-heavy chassis, not bought from the shared racks. It is the fortune-gated answer to the biggest prey the campaign turns up — expensive, rarely seen, and decisive when it is.

The Watch Techmarine carries an artificer's kit. He may take a boltgun and bolt pistol, the melta or grav gun his forge-craft favours against armour, and a power fist for the servo-arm's grip, alongside a signum and servo-skull. He draws the special-issue catalogue and grenades. No heavy weapons: his craft is the armoury and the walkers, not the firing line.

The line Veteran is named for his special-issue boltgun, and his rack is built around it, with bolt and storm-bolter basics racked beside it. Beyond that: a bolt pistol, a chainsword or power sword, Power plate, full ammunition access. No heavy weapons. The Watch keeps few, and it is the Special-Weapon Veteran who carries them.

The heavy Veteran carries the guns the Watch brings against a monster: the Deathwatch frag cannon, a melta or plasma special, and the infernus heavy bolter that is the team's anti-monster piece. He wears Power or Gravis plate for the weight of it, takes a chainsword and grenades, and draws the full ammunition catalogue.

The Terminator Veteran fights in included 2+ plate and equips as the anvil of the strike. He carries a storm bolter with full ammunition access, a combi-melta special, and a fist, chainfist, thunder hammer or lightning claws. Slow and unyielding, he is the weight the teleportarium drops into the enemy's heart.

The Vanguard Veteran keeps a close-kill rack. He takes a bolt basic only, and the melee that ends a duel — the Xenophase blade, a power sword, or lightning claws — with the Xenophase field for the ward, Power plate, and full ammunition access. He is the melee finisher of the team, not a gun; his kit reaches the prey and kills it.