>>5242115They are iirc implied to be the beat all end all of energy weapons, able to turn even demons into nothing but a retinal after image. They had the special "instant death" rule which was something along the lines of any unsaved wounds on a model causes the model to die. if interpreted into fluff might be something like Fallout style critical energy kills where even if you zap em in the arm their whole body goes up in glorious subatomic light.
So he just wanted his guys to have the very best guns in the Galaxy and nobody else.
