Silent Hunters: Kill Team — Dead Silence Brings Stealth Warfare to the 41st Millennium
The Quiet Before the Storm
Warhammer 40,000 has never been known for subtlety. Bolters roar, chainswords scream, and even the shadows seem to burn with fury. But in the latest Kill Team expansion — Dead Silence — Games Workshop flips that script.
Instead of explosive firefights in broad daylight, this expansion pulls players into the shadows of a dormant Necron tomb world. It’s a clash defined not by volume, but by who can remain unseen the longest. In Dead Silence, silence itself is a weapon — and breaking it could awaken enemies far worse than your rival kill team.
Lore & Setting: The Chalnath Expanse Heats Up
The story unfolds within the Chalnath Expanse, where the T’au are digging into Necron translocation tech. Their prize: the ability to harness near-instant movement across the stars. But these quiet expeditions haven’t gone unnoticed.
The Space Wolves — ever wary of alien trickery — dispatch their most unorthodox operatives, the Wolf Scouts, to intercept. Unlike the neophytes most Chapters use as scouts, the Wolves trust their loners and outcasts to stalk prey from the shadows. Veterans in camouflage cloaks, rune-etched blades at their sides, and plasma guns at the ready — they are the embodiment of patient violence.
The result? A battle fought with whispers, ambushes, and the ever-looming danger of a Necron tomb stirring awake.
The Factions in Dead Silence
🛰️ T’au Empire — Stealth Battlesuits
The T’au bring their XV25 Stealth Battlesuits into the fight. Small, nimble, and cloaked in stealth fields, they’re designed to get in, get data, and get out without a trace. These operatives carry advanced tech like:
Sensor arrays & jammers to scramble detection.
Signal beacons to disrupt enemy coordination.
Pulse weaponry for surgical strikes when silence finally breaks.
The T’au’s mission is simple: infiltrate the tomb, extract Necron tech, and vanish before the galaxy notices.
🐺 Space Wolves — Veteran Wolf Scouts
Space Wolves scouts are nothing like their Codex-compliant cousins. These are battle-scarred hunters, living half in the wilds, half in the warzone. Their kill teams feature:
Veteran sharpshooters with long-range gear.
Frost-rimmed blades and plasma weapons for brutal close encounters.
Rune Priest Skjalds, who call down storms of ice and lightning to mask movement or strike terror into the foe.
Their role? Stop the T’au from stealing secrets best left buried. And if that means silencing them permanently — so be it.
Campaign Play: The Ctesiphus Expeditions
What makes Dead Silence more than “just another box” is its campaign system — Ctesiphus Expeditions.
Players explore a hex-map representing the depths of the tomb world. Each move is a decision: push deeper, hold ground, or risk alerting the Necrons.
📜 Map Pads & Logs: The box includes tear-away map sheets and logs to track progress across multiple campaigns.
⚔️ Modes of Play: Competitive, co-op, or even solo play — perfect for when you can’t wrangle a group but still want narrative progression.
🎯 Territory Control: Each zone has unique rewards and risks. Choose carefully where you strike.
It’s not just a series of missions — it’s a full stealth narrative campaign, where choices linger from game to game.
Why This Expansion Matters
Fresh Gameplay — Stealth mechanics and “silence” as a tactical layer create a whole new style of Kill Team.
Narrative Depth — Every game feels like part of a larger infiltration story, not just a skirmish.
Painting Potential — From glowing stealth fields on T’au suits to wolf-pelt camo and rune-marked gear, both factions scream (quietly) for hobby creativity.
Flexible Modes — Whether you want to solo grind, co-op with a mate, or go head-to-head, the box supports it.
Hobby Angle: Models to Make You Drool
Let’s be honest — we’re also here for the plastic.
The Stealth Battlesuits are sleek, angular canvases for creative camo schemes, from urban greys to neon “Tron-style” stealth grids.
The Wolf Scouts ooze character — rugged heads, pelts, scars, and wargear that practically paints itself. Add in a Rune Priest and you’ve got one of the most atmospheric kill teams to date.
For collectors, this set is a dream pairing: Xenos tech vs Astartes savagery.
Final Thoughts
Kill Team: Dead Silence proves that not every battle in the 41st Millennium needs to be deafening. Sometimes, the most terrifying fight is the one you don’t hear until it’s too late.
Whether you’re a narrative junkie, a stealth-mechanics strategist, or just a hobbyist drooling over new models, this expansion has something to sink your teeth into.
👉 Will you side with the whispering shadows of the T’au… or the howling silence of the Wolves?
⚔️ So Much Warhammer will have Kill Team: Dead Silence available on release — keep an eye on our pre-orders page or drop us a DM if you want to lock in a box.
