Craftworld Alaitoc is one of the major Eldar craftworlds, and it’s the one you think of when someone says Rangers. Its people are strict, its warriors are snipers, and its longest running fight is against the Necrons.
What makes Alaitoc different
Alaitoc is a highly ordered craftworld. That sounds like a good thing until you realise how many of its Eldar can’t stand it, and leave to walk the Path of the Outcast. Those exiles become Rangers, and they stay loyal to Alaitoc even while roaming the galaxy alone.
No other craftworld produces or fields as many Rangers. Alaitoc is also the only one known to field Pathfinders, the elite snipers among Rangers. When the craftworld needs them, it recalls them home to fight.
- Main colours: blue and yellow
- Favoured units: Rangers and Pathfinders
- Reputation: puritanical, unusually strict
- Also produces an unusually high number of Exarchs
The Starstriders and the corsair connection
Alaitoc’s Rangers are called the Starstriders. They don’t live on the craftworld, they travel, and they come back only now and then.
Because so many Alaitoc Eldar become Outcasts, the craftworld has strong ties to Eldar Corsairs across the galaxy. That cuts both ways. The Inquisition has captured plenty of these Outcasts and tortured Eldar secrets out of them, which keeps Alaitoc and the Imperium in a near constant state of war.
The war against the Necrons
Alaitoc’s Seer Council read the rise of Imotekh the Stormlord as the fulfilment of the Prophecy of Doom Arising, from the Book of Mournful Night. That started a vicious war with the Necrons that hasn’t stopped since.
The craftworld once held a crystalline map of every Tomb World in the galaxy. Only fragments survive now, but Alaitoc still uses them alongside its network of Outcasts and Exodites to plan strikes. Even after the Great Rift opened and Chaos surged, Alaitoc kept insisting the Necrons were the real threat. Its Farseer Ylocu Shaie sang of a sea of dead stars tied to a geometric disaster, and when empyric anomalies appeared near known Tomb Worlds, the Seer Council mobilised its Rangers.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | Southern Segmentum Obscurus |
| Main enemy | Necrons (also the Imperium) |
| Signature units | Rangers, Pathfinders |
| Ranger name | Starstriders |
Trouble in the Pariah Nexus
The Pariah Nexus has been rough on Alaitoc. The Necron Contra-Empyric Pylons there disrupt psycho-reactive gear and even Soul Stones, leaving Eldar in a fugue-like malaise or pushing them into worse states.
Alaitoc pulled most of its forces back and switched to precision strikes instead of open battle. It’s a craftworld that wins by picking its moments, not by holding ground.
Key facts
- Alaitoc is an Eldar craftworld in the southern Segmentum Obscurus.
- It’s famous for Rangers, called Starstriders, and is the only craftworld to field Pathfinders.
- Its culture is puritanical, so many of its Eldar become Outcasts instead.
- It’s been at war with the Necrons since the rise of Imotekh the Stormlord.
- It holds fragments of a crystalline map of every Tomb World in the galaxy.
- Its colours are blue and yellow.
FAQ
What is Craftworld Alaitoc known for?
Rangers. Alaitoc fields and produces more of them than any other craftworld, and it’s the only one that fields Pathfinders. Its strict culture pushes many Eldar onto the Path of the Outcast.
Who is Alaitoc’s main enemy?
The Necrons. Alaitoc’s Seer Council saw Imotekh the Stormlord’s rise as a prophecy fulfilled, and the two have been at war ever since. Alaitoc is also in a constant state of war with the Imperium.
What are Alaitoc’s colours?
Blue and yellow.