TEXT: THE
  IMPERIAL INFANTRYMAN’S
  UPLIFTING PRIMER
  368/Publis Custodes Imperialum/579
  DAMOCLES
  GULF EDITION
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  THE IMPERIAL INFANTRYMAN’S UPLIFTING PRIMER
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  Section 20
  UNARMED COMBAT
  If you lose your weapon or it malfunctions you may have to resort to unarmed combat.
  (Note: losing your weapon or allowing it to malfunction is punishable by two months
  starvation diet and hard labour, or death.) Outlined here are some broad principles of
  unarmed combat.
  ATTACK FIRST, ATTACK HARD, KEEP ATTACKING.
  Balance: Stay upright and maintain
  balance. Adopt a triangular base with
  diagonally placed feet and squared
  hips.
  Keep
  shoulders
  level
  and
  straight. Confront your foe with the
  aspect of greatest resistance, sup-
  ported on your back foot. Use short
  steps within guard position. Remem-
  ber: if you fall, you will probably be
  defeated.
  Watch
  your
  opponent
  intently. Target weak spots (the eyes
  are vulnerable targets for most life
  forms; locating them is sometimes the
  hard part).
  Reach: Judge the reach of your oppo-
  nent. What distance is required for
  him to strike you? If your reach is
  longer, keep him at a distance by
  rocking back, back-stepping or hold-
  ing out your fist. If your opponent is
  bigger than you, get in close. Use your
  speed to rob him of his advantage.
  Guard: Protect your head with fore-
  arms and raised fists. Watch your
  opponent from behind this barrier.
  When he drops his guard, strike hard!
  Remember the trapping techniques
  you learnt in basic training. Use your
  opponent’s
  weight
  against
  him.
  Unbalance him with blows to the
  lower portion of the body.
  Punching properly is your greatest
  weapon. Join the regimental boxing
  team to learn valuable fighting
  techniques. Grip something small
  (some lug nuts or solid ammunition)
  in your fist to make it harder. Do not
  signal your punch; surprise is a key
  element.
  Watch
  out
  for
  your
  Carry the Emperor’s will as your torch, with it destroy the shadows.
  Adopt the correct combat stance
  Use a superior reach to
  your advantage
  Bare knuckles are a
  formidable weapon
  
  potentially intelligent species.
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  Section 3
  THE DAMOCLES GULF AND THE EASTERN FRINGES
  The Emperor’s Light is cast throughout the galaxy. You benefit from basking in His
  luminescence, and thus you are a wholesome and obedient servant. (Note: Watch your
  comrades closely. If any of them show signs of corruption or impurity, do not hesitate
  to report them to a commissar. Rest assured. You are being watched!)
  But what of those unfortunates who live far from His light, where the vigorous
  clamor of the Imperium is but a distant hum and the chastening visitations of the
  Inquisitors naught but a fading memory? They become surly, willful and insular, like
  children left in the wild.
  And there are wolves in the wild.
  Where creation ends and the galaxy tapers off into the terrifying nothingness, uncer-
  tainty and the unknown begins. Everything is dark and shadows breed despair and
  fear. For centuries the far flung colonies and outposts on the Damocles Gulf have gath-
  ered dust, looking increasingly inward to avoid seeing the black sky above staring back
  at them like the empty socket in a dead man’s skull.
  Half-dead planets orbit pale suns. Humans exist without faith or belief. They have
  shrugged off the comforting cloak of faith, leaving themselves naked and vulnerable to
  alien predation.
  Your duty is to drive the xenos invader howling back into the oblivion he
  came from.
  Chapter 2
  THE TAU
  Being a close examination of the tau’s mentality, physical and physiological weaknesses
  and how to exploit them (updated version).
  Success is measured in blood; yours or your enemy's.
  Section 1
  THE TAU AND THEIR INVIDIOUS WAYS
  The Adeptus Mechanicus vessel Land’s Vision made first contact with the tau’s primitive
  forebears when they still lived in caves in 789.M35. While our proud ancestor’s were ply-
  ing the deeps of space, cataloguing all the lesser races, the tau were still throwing mud at
  each other! You have nothing to fear from such pitiful specimens.
  All you need to know is where they are.
  Thereisnosuchthingasanhonestalienbreed,butthetau
  are more dishonourable than any other. Most of the aliens
  cowedbytheImperialGuardareobviousandpredictablein
  their methods and we have learnt how to take advantage of
  their weaknesses: orks are stupid, brittle boned and feeble;
  eldararecowardly,cynicalandsportarchaicandineffective
  weaponry;tyranidsaremindless,halfblindandconfusedby
  sudden movements. (See the section starting on page 65 for
  more details of these loathsome creatures.)
  The tau are little
  better than beasts
  
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