SQUAT GANG
Though the Imperium disapproves of abhuman,
or mutant races living in the hive cities of their
empire,a few do slip past the rings of security
and take up residence in the hive, and on the
planet and in the hive cities of Necromunda.
These aliens arrive here legally, and illegally, for
many reasons and many purposes. It is easy for
an abhuman to disappear from a trader=s
vessel, docked in one of the many on planet
spaceports on Necromunda. Staying invisible is
more difficult. The abhuman is obvious in the
xenophobic society that is the hive. It is much
easier to stay invisible in the Outlands, where
survival is more important than ethinic purity, and
is possible in the hives itself, but only with the
patronage of a ruling house.
Representitives of the Squat Strongholds trade
with the Imperium on a regular basis. The Squat
race is one that is seen in the spaceports of
many Imperium planets and Squat brotherhoods
have fought many battles along side of Imperial
Guard units to repell alien invasions. The
Squats prefer their own kind to normal humans
and are not seen moving freely and scoializing
within the hive cities. Colonies of Squats would
never be establihed within Necromunda, anyway
because of the xenophobic ways of the
Inquistion and the Redemption. Yet, inspite of
the best efforts to purge the hives of all mutants,
small gangs of Squats still exist in the hive, but
mainly in the recesses of the Outlands.
Squats found in the Necromunda game
exist at the leisure of two houses. House Van
Saar- the most technological of all of the houses-
covets the technical skill of the Squat race.
Members of the Engineer=s Guild may be found
A Squat gang starts with three territories, one
of which is auotomatically a Workshop, under the
patronage of a Necromunda House. The Gang
itself is not the actual engineering team itself, but
is the muscle that guards the Workshop.
New scenarios for Squat Gangs will be
the subject of another article, at another time.
I have to thank Ed Etkin of the Gates of Fenris
website and Jervis and Andy=s Rants and Raves
for this latest revision. I have had the conversion
written for a couple of months, but this preamble
came about after reading about conversion of
the Warhammer 40K races into Necromunda. I
hope that this introduction will be logically sound,
and add an alternative storyline to the game, and
the proper justification to introduce the Squat
race there.
advising or labouring as indentured servants in
the factories of the Van Saar. House Escher has
also given asylum to Squat refugees over the
years. Now at first, this doesnot seem logical,
considering the contempt that this house has for
males, in general, and the pitiful genetic state of
their own males. When viewed more carefully,
the Squat race and the Eschers are perfectly
counterbalanced. The technical and ferocity of
the Squats are matched by the grace and deadly
beauty of the gangers of the only female house.
A grudging respect is held between the two. The
successes of the Squat race make the
weaknesses of their own males even more
loathesome. Thus, Squat agents may be seen
from time to time improving the technological
abilities of House Escher. (I feel I should
confess here that Escher babes looks great
riding on the back of my Guild Engineer bike
squads. Ya can=t have bikers without biker
babes!)
Individual Squat Engineers, or
reprsentatives from the the other Sqaut trade
guilds, are seldom seen as part of a house gang.
Rather, a gang would be seen escorting a small
entourage of Squats from place to place. Squats
do exist in the Outlands, in specific cases. There
are Squat Prospectors exploring the wastes for
gems or ore. These are freelancers and not
under any house protection. A Squat gang will
be based out of a workshop, most likely, perhaps
heavily involved in some ground-breaking
research, or just patching house machinery as
fast as it breaks down.
Our gaming group likes the Squat gang rules,
mostly because it is different, and we get to
make >short= jokes.
These are the changes that would be necessary
to adapt Squats into Necromunda. Squat Gangs
follow all regular Necromunda rules, otherwise.
GANG LEADER
Cost to recruit: 135 credits
M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 5 4 3 4 1 3 1 10
Weapons: Hand to hand, Pistol, Basic, Special,
Heavy Weapons, and Grenades.
Squat gangs may only have two Heavy
Weapons per gang, though any ganger may use
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them. This includes a Heavy Weapon used by JUVES
the gang leader. Cost to recruit: 40 credits

GANGERS M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Cost to recruit: 80 credits 3 3 234 121 8

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 4 334 121 9
Weapons: Hand to hand, Pistol, Basic, Special,
Heavy Weapons, and Grenades.
Squat gangs may only have two Heavy
Weapons per gang, though any ganger may use
them.
SPECIAL RULES
Resilent. Miner are remarkably resilent to injury
by poison- by ingestion or the inhaling of gases.
If a Squat goes out of action due to poison, roll
twice on the Serious Injuries Table and the
player chooses which result will apply.

Encumberance. A Squat is used to moving great

loads or heavy equipment. To represent this, all
Squats are considered to have the Heavy Skill. CHARACTERISTIC INCREASE
In addition, Squats do not have a penalty for
fighting in hand to hand combat while carrying a M WS BS S T W I A Ld
heavy weapon. maximum value 3 7 6 4 5 3 5 3 10
Squats can wear carapace armour with out any
Initiative penalty. SKILL TABLES
SQUATS Ag Cmbt Fer Musc Sht Stl Tech
Juves do have the Heavy Skill but are not issued Juves - - x - - - x
heavy (or special) weapons. When a Juve Gangers - - X x - - - x
recieves the Special Skill, the Heavy Skill is Leaders - x x x x - x
gained, as well, and the Juve may be issued
heavy weapons. TERRITORY TABLE

Nerves of Steel. All Squats have the Nerves of Territory

Steel skill. Reroll if this comes up on the skill Income
chart. 11-15 Wastes 0
16 Chem Pit 2d6
21-25 Slag 15
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT 26 Mineral Outcrop
d6x10
Squat gangs may purchase Flak Armour at a 31-33 Tramp Freighter
cost of 15 points per model during initial creation, d6x5
but not at any other time, except as the rules A Squat Trader lands in an improvised

SQUAT SKILL TABLES

House Agility Combat Ferocity Muscle Shooting Stealth Techno
Cawdor - Y Y - - - -
Delaque - - - - Y Y -
Escher Y Y - - - - -
Goliath - - Y Y - - -
Orlock - - Y - Y - -
Van Saar - - - - Y - Y

allow. This represents the fact that Squats are spaceport nearby, picking up goods and
not native to the hive worlds and have brought delivering supplies. Roll a d6; on a >6= a young
some of their own gear with them. Squat Flak Squat jumps ship and joins your gang.
Armour does not fit anyone else but Squats.
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34-36 Mine Workings 56 Power Cable Tap
d6x10 Special
41-42 Tunnels 15 Roll a d6. On a roll of 1-4 it provides 5
43-44 Old Ruins 5 credits= worth of energy. A roll of 5 provides
45-46 Rad Zone d6x5 credits= of energy. A roll of 6 provides
0/2d6 d6x10 credits= worth of energy.
51-55 Old Ruins 5
61 Commlink Hack ganger does not have to work this territory to
Special receive the income; any additional gangers
Your gang has managed hack into a fiber helping out receive the extra credit bonus.
optics line and can monitor the hive=s computer
traffic to a limited extent. Roll a d6. On a roll of A Squat Gang that has the choice of
1, you get no usable information. Worse, there is capturing a territory, will automatically take a
a chance that the tap may have been Workshop, and it will function as a Squat
discovered. Roll another d6; if you roll another Workshop.
1, you barely have time to shut down the tap
before the authorities raid your territory. Cross The loss of a Workshop is a disaterous
this territory off of your list. for a gang. The Arbites have raided the place
and have arrested your contacts, and the Squat
On a roll of 2-5 you hear a good Rumour Engineers that were operating it. The Squat
and may use it according to the Rumour result gang in now officially outlawed, and suffer all
on the Outlaw Trade Table. On a roll of 6 your penalties for that status. The acquistion of
gang gets some information that they can sell additional Workshops can guarantee the gang a
for d6x10 credits. safe place to hole up, in case of future troubles.

62 Slag Heap 15 The gang uses the regular income table

63 Guilder Contact
d6x5
A local Guilder is impressed enough with
your techno abilities to risk dealing with aliens.
He will only offer d6x5 credits to you because of
the risk of discovery. Every time your gang
works this territory, roll a d6. On a >1=, the
authorities are watching him, and you receive no
income from this territory this trip.
64 Spore Cave
d6x10
65 Archotech Hoard
2d6x10
66 Favour from Patron
Choose
The Workshop gives the gang an income
of d6x10 as a base. Every ganger that stays to
work it adds another d6 to the roll. For example,
a Workshop with two gangers assisting would
have an income of d6x10 plus 2d6. Note that a
Squat Gangs are considered to be
Outlaw gangs but do not suffer the penalties for
starvation, like other Outlaw gangs. Any House
gangs caught hanging around with mutants...
well, you know the drill.
out of the Source Book to figure the gang=s
income. With the loss of their last Workshop, the
gang uses the Outlaw Territory Table for it=s
single hidey hole, and follows the appropriate
rules.
An interesting variant for Squat gangs
would be to allow them to become hired guns for
any Van Saar or Escher gang. The hire rate
would be the ganger=s rating divided by 10,
rounding up. This would give dispossed leaders
and disbanded gangs a reason to stick around.
Another variation would be to allow the
Squat gang to hire human juves on in addition to
Squat juves. Again, this would be limited to
House Van Saar-of course- and House Escher.
The recruit would have the same profile as a
human juve, but use the Squat table for
advancement.
GW Archive service.
M WS BS S T W I A Ld
4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 7

I recommend the adventurer, pirate,

guildmaster, or biker Squat figures to represent
your gang. These may be ordered through the
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HAND-TO-HAND WEAPONS GRENADES AND AMMO
Sword 10 creds Bolt 25 creds
Chainsword 25 creds Dum-Dums 5 creds
Club/Maul/Bludgeon 10 creds
Chain or Flail 10 creds BRAT EXPERIENCE
Additional Knife 5 creds Exp. Title
Massive Weapon 15 creds 0-5 Brat (Start Level)
PISTOLS 6-10 Brat
Stub Gun 10 creds 11-15 Brat
Autopistol 15 creds 16-20 Brat
Laspistol 15 creds 21-30 Brat Warrior
Bolt Pistol 20 creds 31-40 Brat Warrior
Hand Flamer 20 creds 41-50 Brat Warrior
Plasma Pistol 25 creds 51-60 Brat Warrior
BASIC WEAPONS 61-80 Brat Champion
Autogun 20 creds 81-100 Brat Champion
Shotgun 20 creds 101-120 Brat Champion
Lasgun 25 creds 121-140 Brat Champion
Bolter 35 creds 141-160 Brat Champion
161-180 Brat Champion
SPECIAL WEAPONS
181-200 Brat Champion
Flamer 40 creds
201-240 Brat Hero
Plasma Gun 70 creds
241-280 Brat Hero
Melta Gun 95 creds
281-320 Brat Hero
Grenade Launcher 130 creds
321-360 Brat Hero
Frag grenades 30 creds
361-400 Brat Hero
Krak grenades 50 creds
401+ Mighty Brat
Missile Launcher 185 creds
1=starting level for Hybrids
Frag missiles 35 creds
2=starting level for Brood
Krak missiles 115 creds
Brothers
Heavy Stubber 120 creds 3=starting level for Purestrains
Heavy Bolter 180 creds and Magus
Heavy Plasma Gun 285 creds *=new generation on 4+
Autocannon 300 creds
Lascannon 400 creds

GRENADES AND AMMO

Frags 30 creds
Krak 50 creds
Hotshot 5 creds
Manstopper 5 creds
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BRAT ADVANCE TABLE
2D6 Result
2 New skill (any table)
3-4 New skill
5 Characteristic increase
roll again
1-3 +1 Strength
4-6 +1 Attacks
6 Characteristic increase
roll again
1-3 +1 Weapon skill
4-6 +1 Ballistic skill
7 Characteristic increase
roll again
1-3 +1 Initiative
4-6 +1 Leadership
8 Characteristic increase
roll again
1-3 +1 Weapon skill
4-6 +1 Ballistic skill
9 Characteristic increase
roll again
1-3 +1 Wounds
4-6 +1 Toughness
10-1 New skill
1
12 New skill (any table)
MAXIMUM CHARACTERISTICS
M WS BS S T W I A Ld
4 6 6 4 4 3 6 3 9