I think that we may see something more along the lines of abhuman PCs rather than Xeno. I know people are clamoring to play a xeno but I personally have my doubts about seeing it. Mind you I am not against it. I would however like to see official rules on PC ogryn, ratlings, and (striken from record).

Hmmm Maybe you could have a ship manned by some of the remnants of a certain short, stocky, bearded group of abhumans. They were pretty savvy with tech.

I guess my mind on this matter is you should let them change characters. However bring the character in with less experience and review their new character. Feel free to veto any idea that doesn't mesh well with the current party. ie "I want to make a Null so I can totally screw over the psyker" Options for getting rid of the old character. 1 Reassignment always works and allows the player to have a 'active' back up character. 2 Character abandons duties and goes rogue, take the character sheet and use him later as a villian. 3 Have the character be suspected by his/her Inquisitor and execute them. Bringing in the new character i would be sure that they have less equipment than the main party. I'm a big fan of make them earn it rather than having a new character having the 'right' to pick their gear.

I am hoping that they have the 'alternate rank' system for RT like they do for DH. These do allow for the characters to diversify even more. Does anybody know if RT is going to have a Tech Priest type career available as a PC?