Revenax

The **Revenax**, **Revenax Cohort** or **Revenaxii** were heavily augmented cyborg shock troopers, created from the all but destroyed remnants of the Star Guardians legion in the wake of the First Solar War, and saw use in all major battles the legion was involved in from that day forward.

Seen as a perversion by many, even some within the Mechanicum itself, for changing the work of the Emperor, the Revenax nevertheless filled the gap that was created by a lack of empty dreadnought shells for the legion. Rising anew, bonded to their new Lorica Revenax rather than simply wearing their Power Armour, the Revenax became a feared sight on the battlefield, an enhanced Thallaxi body, controlled by the mind of some of the greatest warriors in mankinds history.

## History

In the wake of the Solar War, the wounded of the IVth legion far outripped the supply of dreadnought shells the legion had available, those who did not rank high enough to warrant entombing in the mighty sarcophagi all but being consigned to death. It was a fate the legion could not afford, already teetering on the edge of destruction, and with Shaaa himself incapacitated, it fell to Lord Commander Crikon Hanfer and Commander Sirvan Golz, the last two officers surviving within the legion, to find a solution, one eventually presented by the Mechanicus in exile.

Thallax troops were no stranger amongst the forces of the Imperium, produced in their thousands on Forge Worlds across the empire, notably in this case on the Forge World Graphina, sworn to the IVth legion, and having been spared much of the fighting as the Warmaster sped for Terra. Soon these shells were turned to a different purpose, the wounded of the IVth were quickly spirited away for reconstruction, ruined flesh discarded, leaving them as little more than brains, skulls and spinal columns. Placed within their new bodies, the IVth walked again, truly the robotic legion that many had always seen them as. Named the Revenax, they finally embodied the whispered name of the IVth legions elite 1st Division, rising from the dead as true Immortals.

The Revenax differed from the Mechanicus Thallax in many ways, stripping away the jetpacks common amongst their base models, instead boasting heavier armour and enhanced servo motors, allowing them to form a battle line akin to the Saturnalians of old, often taking to combat with Terminator or Thallax grade weaponry, advancing on the enemies of Imperium Secundus with merciless efficiency.

In time however a second variation of the Revenax suit was developed, designated as the Revenax Mk2, the idea coming from Khnum. Though he saw the Revenax as an affront to the Astartes and a legion skirting closer and closer to the Mechanicus over the Imperium, he also recognised the fact the IVth needed them to survive, suffering more than almost any other legion in opening of the war. Working alongside the Tech Marines of the IVth, Khnum pointed out that the IVth was still hamstringing itself, limiting its use of certain pieces of wargear of the Astartes simply in the name of tradition, rather than adapting to the need of the times. Without Shaaa to face down his brother, the IVth had little rebuttal to Khnum’s influence, the Mk2 being crafted along this line of thought. If the Mk1 is similar to a Thallaxi, the Mk2 is an Ursarax model leaping through the air on tongues of fire, carrying potent melee weapons from mighty lightning wreathed claws to thunder hammers and chain fists. They were the first of the IVth’s new aerial units, but they would not be the last, more units of the Star Guardians beginning to take to the skies, Shaaa’s age old traditions slowly slipping away, giving way to new ones, and a legion who were slowly becoming unrecognisable without the steady hand of their lord to guide them in these dark times.

## Mk1 Revenax

### Dedicated Transport

* Drop Pod
* Land Raider Proteus (If numbering 4 or less)

### Wargear

* **Lorica Revenax** - The Lorica Revenax, like the Lorica Thallax, is a type of Power Armour worn by the Revenax troops of the Star Guardians. Unlike standard Legiones Astartes armour, it was permanently surgically bonded to the body of the wearer. It uses mechanical armatures to replace the primary limbs, and a compact Plasma Reactor core to generate power for the Revenax's weaponry. The armour is fused directly to the spinal cord and nervous system of the wearer, which marks them out as a warrior of the Mechanicum and the new order of the Star Guardians, while simultaneously serving as a symbol of their eternal servitude to the Machine God. The Lorica Revenax often incorporates parts of the interned warriors power armour in its composition, boosting the defensive capabilities of such warriors even further. Of course, such extra armour does come at a price in other areas, the Mk1 suits lacking the jet packs of the Thallax, while the Mk2's lack the devastating Volkite Incinerator of the Ursarax.
* **Djinn-Sight** - Based upon the sensors within a Thallaxi's blank helmet, some Revenax, namely the Mk1 varient, are augmented with scores of sophisticated sensors to further augment their helmet auto-senses. In this way, a Revenax sees a battlefield as a roar of electromagnetic turmoil, blood heat and seismic percussion. In a Thallax, the brain of its occupant must be almost entirely lobotomised to stop the warrior within from being driven made, but for a Revenax, with the mind of an Astartes that has tasted death and returned again, they process this storm with ruthless efficiency.
* **Revenax Augments** - Like the Thallax, certain Revanaxi are further implanted with augmetic systems to better suit them to a particular mode of warfare. A Thallax Cohort may only possess a single Augment upgrade.
* **Combi-Bolter**
* **Chainaxe**
* **Frag and Krak Grenades**

#### Optional Wargear

* Melta Bombs
* Combi-Weapon (Any Type)

* Power weapon
* Power fist
* Chainfist
* Lightning claw
* Thunder Hammer
* Guardian Pattern Boarding Shield
* Lightning Gun
* Multi-laser
* Irad-Cleanser
* Multi-melta
* Photon thruster
* Heavy Flamer
* Reaper Autocannon
* Conversion Beamer
* Cyclone Missile Launcher

## Mk2 Revenax

### Wargear

* Lorica Revenax
* Jump Pack
* Pair of Lightning Claws
* Frag and Krak Grenades
* Revenax Augments

#### Optional Wargear

* Pair of Power fists
* Pair of Thunder hammers
* Watcher Pattern Stormshield
* Power Fist
* Thunder Hammer
* Power Weapon