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Vinculus Crusade - Other Notes: Castellan Draco also first rose to prominence as part of Marshal Ludoldus' Sword Brethren during the bitter Vinculus Crusade, in which he stood his ground with help from other Sword Brethren against waves of blood cultists and other daemonic forms. He was badly wounded after the battle and his body was reconstructed with bionics. He was awarded the rank of Castellan and was given a relic suit of the Chapter's finest Power Armour for his valour. Draco was further recognised when he was presented with the former Inquisitor's blade as a mark of gratitude from the Ordo Hereticus.
Vindicare Temple - Vindicare Temple: The Vindicare Temple is one of the temples of the Officio Assassinorum. The motto of the temple in High Gothic is Exitus Acta Probat, "the Outcome Justifies the Deed."Vindicare operatives are the most skilled snipers and marksmen in the Imperium of Man and are usually directed to assassinate targets who are believed to have been possessed by daemonic entities or to have been corrupted by the Ruinous Powers of Chaos.
Vindicare Temple - History: Like the other temples of the Officio Assassinorum, the Vindicare Temple was originally the Vindicare Clade, created sometime during the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium at the behest of Malcador the Sigillite, the Regent of Terra, who was secretly the Grand Master of Assassins and Assassinorum's first Director Primus, known to the Vindicare Assassins only as "Sire Vindicare."The Vindicare Clade was established in a secret location on Terra at the direction of the Grand Master of Assassins and was tasked like all of the other Assassin Clades with killing those who opposed the formation of the Imperium of Man and the will of the Emperor of Mankind.During the Horus Heresy it provided members to the secret Execution Force that contained six Assassins from all six Clades of the Officio Assassinorum to try and eliminate the Warmaster Horus. This mission ultimately failed, much to Mankind's ill fortune.In one celebrated but ultimately classified engagement, a massed Asuryani assault in the Lammas Campaign was halted by a lone Vindicare Assassin hiding in a ruined tower. The Asuryani advance in the face of this tower was stalled by a hail of deadly sniper fire which slew Exarchs, Warlocks, and support weapon crews in quick succession.Eventually, the Craftworld Aeldari called in their scouts to clear the tower, but when they entered the ruin they found the Assassin long gone but the tower full of grenade-laden traps that offered yet more death.
Vindicare Temple - Operative Tactics: The most prominent feature of the Vindicare Temple of the Officio Assassinorum is that it trains its subjects to near-perfection in the art of marksmanship; they aim to kill the Emperor's worst enemies with a single bullet.In addition to the art of sniping, Vindicare Assassins are also trained in stealth and evasion techniques in order that they may get into the most advantageous position from which to take their shot and to successfully elude capture and disappear once their target is eliminated.The necessity for these skills is determined by the fact that a kill can only be made from the best position. Indeed, Vindicare Assassins have been known to occupy a position for solar days, or even weeks, before taking their shot.The Vindicare are often employed in eliminating individuals for the Imperium who are suspected of harboring daemonic entities. The hope is that they can eliminate the host before the Daemon is able to manifest itself on the material plane.Characters of great charisma, many false prophets and false messiahs among them, have fallen to the Vindicare's bullet, most commonly whilst they are preaching their false beliefs to their followers and spreading heresy against the Imperium.Upon this swift, brutal, and yet simple death, the erstwhile followers of such a Heretic soon become disheartened and afraid. Countless heresies against the Imperium have been prevented with a single, well-aimed shot where legions of men would have failed.
Vindicare Temple - Exitus Rifle and Pistol: The signature weapon of the Vindicare Temple, this rifle is amongst the finest examples of Imperial weaponsmithing. Hand-crafted by a magos-artisan of the Adeptus Mechanicus, each Exitus Rifle is part of a matched set—both pistol and rifle customised to the specifications of the individual Assassin.Perfectly-balanced, individually-crafted, an Exitus Rifle will never jam, never overheat, never fail or falter. The Exitus weapons contain sophisticated Machine Spirits that are sleek and murderous, an echo of the Assassin who wields the weapon, and in its owner's capable hands their rifle has sealed the demise of countless Heretics.The Exitus weapons utilise ammunition constructed from special heavy-gravity alloys to penetrate nearly all forms of known protection. With the phenomenal killing power to punch through ceramite plate, the Exitus Rifle can drop a Chaos Space Marine with a single well-placed shot. All Exitus weapons incorporate a silencer and a selector switch. The Exitus rifle has a built-in telescopic sight.Vindicare Assassins are also issued a high-powered weapon known as an Exitus Pistol for close-quarters work, if necessary. The Exitus Pistol is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, a weapon as elegant as it is deadly.Unlike the larger rifle, the Exitus Pistol is mainly considered a backup weapon for a Vindicare Assassin, primarily used in those rare circumstances where the Assassin is discovered, cornered, or in need of rapid-fire capability.Under those circumstances, the Exitus Pistol performs admirably, and more than a few Vindicare Assassins owe their lives to this weapon. An Exitus Pistol has the power to punch a grown man through an armaplas wall. The recoil from an Exitus Pistol is such that only a Vindicare's enhanced musculature allows them to fire the weapon one-handed.Of course a Vindicare has no problem doing so, their accuracy and rate of fire so great that they can empty the weapon's magazine, every shot a kill, before their victims' guns have even cleared their holsters. The Exitus Pistol has a built-in silencer and is among the highest quality weapons crafted by the artificers of the Imperium of Man.
Vindicare Temple - Exitus Ammunition: Vindicare Assassins carry a variety of specialist ammunition. All Exitus ammunition (including all special rounds) contain miniaturised Cogitator targeting-spirits (guidance computers) that make them nearly impossible to avoid.Exitus rounds can also be programmed to self-destruct. The rounds are disintegrated, consumed as if destroyed by a virus, and leave no trace behind.Vindicare Assassins are normally issued special ammunition when sent on an assignment. These unusual rounds are very rare, and each is extremely difficult and time-consuming to craft.Therefore, the Assassin is usually given a single round of each type. Occasionally, other special rounds (such as the Hyphosphus Incendiaries) are issued in their place. The ammunition described below may only be utilised by the Exitus Rifle and the Exitus Pistol:Shield-Breaker Round - A Shield-Breaker Round is used by Vindicare Assassins for bypassing a high-value target personal energy shielding, such as a Conversion Field. The round overloads personal force-fields, and similar barriers with massive bursts of energy. The Shield-Breaker is specially-treated with a psychically-charged imprint, and contains a complex circuit of anti-phase technology that is little understood even by the Tech-priests of the Mechanicus. The Shield-Breaker is employed against a variety of targets such as the protective Warp fields generated by a Tyranid Zoanthrope, an Eldar Warlock's Rune Armour and the psychic shields often employed by powerful psykers.Hellfire Round- The Hellfire Round has devastating effects on organic matter, specifically the Tyranids. The core and tip of the standard Exitus round are replaced with a vial of virulent mutagenic bio-acid toxins. Thousands of armour-piercing micro-needles inject the target with this acid upon impact and the needles pierce the victim's flesh, pumping the acid into the target, eating away flesh and metal alike with horrific speed.Turbo-penetrator Round - The Turbo-penetrator Round is a hypervelocity, Adamantine-jacketed bullet surrounding a special magno-sealed flux needle. The round uses a two-stage charge to punch a diamond-hard secondary round through the thickest armour. These special rounds are renowned for their ability to pierce nearly any armour, and the hypervelocity round wreaks havoc upon any target, often by the secondary effects of its phasing passage through the target's molecular structure.
Vindicare Temple - Vindicare Stealth Suit: This item of Vindicare wargear appears as a matte-black bodyglove, specially fitted for the individual Assassin. The Vindicare Temple has a long-standing pact with the Adeptus Mechanicus to craft these exquisite suits, each one combining Cameleoline-laced materials with a complex version of "synskin" to allow its wearer to blend in with his environment.This material bonds with the Assassin's body, enhancing his reflexes and protecting him from poisons, gases, and other hazards of the battlefield.Each suit is supple and silent, allowing the Assassin to move with perfect freedom whilst still retaining its protective and chameleon qualities.It should be noted that the wargear of a Vindicare Assassin is often gene-coded to that individual and no other, and that it would take a great deal of effort to adjust the gene-coding for another user.
Vindicare Temple - Vindicare Spy Mask: Issued to Imperial Assassins of the Vindicare Temple, this item's systems are incredibly advanced and sophisticated. It is said that the design for the Spy Mask is little-understood even by the Tech-priests of Mars.Internally moulded to the contours of a Vindicare operative's facial features, each spy mask interfaces directly with the operative's cerebellum via neural jacks located at each temple. Thus integrated, the spy mask's sensorium suite and predictive augurs exload data straight into the Vindicare's mind.Trajectories, atmospherics, thermal imaging, psychic spoor, all are superimposed directly onto an operative's field of vision. The mask allows the Vindicare to see through dense smoke, driving snow, and can even identify likely weak points in their victim's defences, based upon intel inloads and probability scripture.This avalanche of information would disorient even a Veteran Space Marine, but thanks to a Vindicare's mental augmetics, they can process it all with ease.The Spy Mask also contains cartridges of concentrated food and water for extended operations, and a multi-channel communications sensor (both vox and pict) for monitoring enemy communications.The mask includes a built-in auspex scanner and readout, advanced, high-quality magnoculars, a good-quality photo-visor (making the wearer immune to the blinding effects of Photon Flash Grenades), Pict-recorder, Re-breather for hostile environments, and Vox-caster.Like their stealth suit, a Vindicare Spy Mask is also gene-coded so that it can only be activated by a specific Assassin.
Vindicare Temple - Dawn of War: In the real-time strategy games for the PC Dawn of War - Winter Assault and Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, the Vindicare Assassin (simply called the Assassin in the game) is the Imperial Guard's only infiltrator unit, armed with a high-powered Sniper Rifle.Imperial Guard commanders can temporarily double the range and damage of the Vindicare's sniper rifle by ordering the unit to activate the rifle's Assassination Scope for a limited time (as prolonged use of the scope causes the rifle to overheat).
Vindicare Temple - Sources: Assassinorum Executioner Force: Rulebook (7th Edition), pp. 24-25Codex: Assassins (3rd Edition), pg. 4Codex: Assassins (2nd Edition), pp. 9-11Dark Heresy: Ascension (RPG), pp. 49, 139, 147-148, 155Dataslate: Officio Assassinorum, pg. 38Nemesis (Novel) by James SwallowSeventh Retribution (Novel) by Ben CounterGarro: Vow of Faith (Novella) by James SwallowWar Without End (Anthology), "Gunsight" by James SwallowAssassinorum: Executioner Force (Novel) by Joe ParrinoDivine Will (Short Story) by Andy Smillie
Vindicator - Vindicator: The Vindicator is an Imperial siege tank based on the Rhino chassis used by many Space Marine Chapters that boasts the most powerful weapon of its type in the Adeptus Astartes' standard armoury, the Demolisher Cannon. It is highly valued and can only be issued to company officers whose units have been tasked with a specific tactical requirement.Though short-ranged, the Vindicator's Demolisher Cannon is capable of destroying enemy armour and fortifications in a single shot. The vehicle is an essential part of any armoured spearhead that the Space Marines unleash. There is little that can stand before a Vindicator's pulverising fury. It is a rare Space Marine tank assault that does not employ a Vindicator in its vanguard.The Vindicator is usually deployed during battles that take place in cities or other dense terrain, such as jungles, where the Demolisher Cannon's lack of range does not affect its performance. Much like the Rhino and Predator tanks, the Vindicator is one of the oldest vehicle types still in use by the Imperium.Space Marine battle tanks are not permanently attached to any one company. Instead they form a vehicle pool, and individual tanks are available for deployment to Space Marine commanders as required.Upon its creation, a Space Marine battle tank is assigned a name that reflects its role as a protector of the Chapter's brethren. From that point onwards, the vehicle is as much a part of the Chapter as the Space Marines themselves, and over the years its many deeds and victories will be celebrated as greatly as the Chapter's flesh and blood heroes.
Vindicator - History: As with the Predator, the less-than-complete records of this vehicle's history state that it was first deployed during the Age of Technology. The reason for the Vindicator's design was the high casualties taken by many Human military forces during combat in dense forests and the concrete jungles of urban areas.Some document fragments found in the Librarius Omnis on Mars have indicated that a certain General Vindictus requested the design of a vehicle from the Forge World of Mars with a high calibre weapon that could shatter heavily protected targets with highly angled weapons fire, and at the same time was still mobile enough to keep up with advancing troops.The chassis of the Rhino was used as the foundation for the first Vindicators, with its front refitted with a high calibre weapon and reinforced with thicker armour plating. With this, the transport ability of the Rhino chassis is forfeited for ammunition stowage and a larger engine.These upgrades lowered the top speed of the vehicle, but were necessary for the large cannon to be fitted. More armour plating was added to the top hull to protect the tank from elevated attacks.The Vindicator's use was recommended by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman for Space Marine Chapters in the Codex Astartes. As such, all Codex-compliant Chapters make use of the vehicle when engaged in armoured assaults of particularly difficult targets.
Vindicator - Service Record: The hardy Vindicator is built almost exclusively for urban battles where enemies are concealed within reinforced positions, such as large buildings, sewers, etc. The Demolisher Cannon of the Vindicator is used to destroy strong points in the enemy troops' line, take away snipers and smash through thick walls for the Astartes to enter certain buildings.The Dozer Blade or Siege Shield, on the other hand, is used to bulldoze through smaller obstacles in the rough terrain. Gathered in large numbers, Vindicators can unleash massive amounts of damage to any building, if they do not end up demolishing it outright into rubble.The Vindicator carries a fairly large Demolisher Cannon, which launches rocket-assisted shells towards the target at high angles, producing ground-shattering strikes.
Vindicator - Construction: The Vindicator has a very adaptable chassis, compatible with most standard weapons and engines in other Space Marine vehicles. They are produced in Chapter Forges alongside Rhinos. The construction process of a Vindicator includes checking the omens and supplicating the vehicle's Machine Spirit to protect it from proving cranky on the battlefield.While the armour plating is being added, the Demolisher Cannon is blessed by Tech-priests. Each Vindicator takes a very long time to be converted from the Rhino chassis.They are the treasures of their Chapters, with each usually retaining a dozen in its Armoury.
Vindicator - Known Formations: The following is a list of known Adeptus Astartes formations that include the Vindicator:Hammer of Caliban - The Hammer of Caliban formation is a formation used by the Dark Angels Chapter and consists of one Techmarine, one Land Raider Phobos, Land Raider Crusader or Land Raider Redeemer and one Predator, Whirlwind or Vindicator tank squadron. Only the mightiest of foes are worthy of the death dealt by the Hammer of Caliban formation. Named for the beast-slaying weapons once wielded by the knights of The Order, this formation concentrates the fury of The Rock's Armoury into a single, mighty hammerblow. Comprising multiple squadrons of heavily armoured battle tanks under the auspices of the Chapter's finest Techmarines, the Hammer of Caliban is most often deployed when the enemy have multiple monstrous beasts or war engines in the field. Like the knights of their ancient homeworld, the tank-crews of the Hammer of Caliban ride their armoured steeds to war, charging down their massive prey and blasting them apart with the fire of their heavy weapons.
Vindicator - Armament: The Vindicator is armed with a hull-mounted, forwards-firing Demolisher Cannon. This large weapon fires massive, rocket-propelled high-explosive shells that are capable of inflicting great amounts of damage against enemy structures. Several Demolisher Cannon shells fired from this tank are usually more than enough to bring down most buildings.The Vindicator is often used during urban battles, or battles fought in dense terrain such as jungles and forests, so that the weapon's relatively short-range will not affect its performance. The Vindicator is not equipped with any other weapons, but can be equipped with a pintle-mounted Storm Bolter. Due to the size of the Demolisher Cannon and its automatic ammunition loader and storage magazine, there is only room for two crew members, meaning that with a pintle-mounted weapon equipped, either another crew member will be added or one of the existing crew will have to interrupt his previous duty to man the weapon.The Vindicator is usually equipped with an overly large and thick Dozer Blade known as a Siege Shield, which protects the tank from enemy fire and also allows it to push rubble and debris out of the way so other units can advance.The Vindicator can also be outfitted with several enhancements such as extra armour plating for more protection, a Dozer Blade if the Vindicator is not equipped with a Siege Shield already, a Searchlight, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, and Smoke Launchers.During the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, it was possible for the Vindicator to be armed with a Laser Destroyer Array instead of a Demolisher Cannon. The vehicle could also be equipped with an auxiliary drive system, armoured ceramite plating, and a Machine Spirit, along with a variety of pintle-mounted weapons, including Combi-Bolters or other Combi-weapons, a Havoc Missile Launcher, and either a single Heavy Flamer, or a Heavy Bolter.It is unknown if these are still viable weapon load-out options in the late 41st Millennium.
Vindicator - Unit Composition: 1-3 Vindicator Siege Tanks
Vindicator - Wargear: A standard Vindicator is armed and equipped with:Demolisher CannonSearchlightSmoke LaunchersA Vindicator may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Storm BolterVindicators may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Siege Shield or a Dozer BladeExtra Armour PlatingHunter-Killer Missile LauncherArmoured Ceramite Plating
Vindicator - Legion Deimos Pattern Vindicator: The Deimos Pattern is an early type of Vindicator used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, although many are still operational in the service of Space Marine Chapters in the 41st Millennium.A powerful assault tank, the Deimos Vindicator's principal armament is a heavy-calibre Demolisher Cannon capable of shattering fortifications and breaching the armour plates of tanks with equal ease.It is invaluable in urban warfare as it can blast and shunt its way through barricades and obstacles, enabling troops following behind free passage through streets that might have otherwise swiftly degenerated into kill zones.
Vindicator - Vindicator Laser Destroyer: Tearing through the armour plating of enemy vehicles, the Vindicator Laser Destroyer array was a potent weapon of destruction.First retrofitted into the heavily armoured Deimos Pattern Vindicator chassis during the dark days of the Horus Heresy, several Space Marine Legions took to fielding this variant as a mainline battle tank, proving itself on many occasions as an able tank hunter.After millennia of brutal warfare across the galaxy, it is still in favour within the Adeptus Astartes, the Vindicator Laser Destructor continuing to bring retribution to the enemies of Mankind.
Vindicator - Notable Users of the Vindicator: Adeptus Astartes - The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are the primary users of the Vindicator, and it is used by every known Chapter. The Space Marines use the Vindicator during urban, jungle, and heavy arboreal battles where its main weapon can destroy enemy infantry hiding in cover.Black Templars Chapter - The Black Templars used Vindicators during the Barbarus Incursion.Rampagers Chapter - The Rampagers used Vindicators during the defence of the planet Mackan against hostile forces.Raptors Chapter - The Raptors used Vindicators during the Taros Campaign against the T'au.Salamanders Chapter - The Salamanders used Vindicators during the Third War for Armageddon against the Orks, and also during the Badab War.Scythes of the Emperor Chapter - The Scythes of the Emperor used Vindicators during the Defence of Miral Prime against the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken.Space Wolves Chapter - The Space Wolves used Vindicators during the Magdelon Confrontation.Storm Giants Chapter - The Storm Giants used Vindicators during the Second Lastrati Punitive Campaign.Legiones Astartes - The Vindicator was used during the Great Crusade and later the Horus Heresy by all or most of the original 18 Space Marine Legions. It is known that the vehicle was deployed regualy by the Iron Warriors, Ultramarines, and Imperial Fists, the vehicle was also modified to be used as a main battle tank by Legions such as the Sons of Horus and the Iron Hands.Heretic Astartes - The Traitor Legions of Chaos Space Marines that defected to the service of Chaos during the Horus Heresy and Renegade Astartes newly arrived at their allegiance to the Ruinous Powers use the Vindicator in the same way as Loyalist Astartes; namely as a heavy support vehicle during urban and dense terrain battles.
Vindicator - Notable Engagements: The Siege of Vraks - The Dark Angels, Red Scorpions, and Angels of Absolution used Vindicators during the Siege of Vraks against the Traitor forces. The Chaos Space Marine warbands of the Berserkers of Skallathrax and the Skulltakers also used Vindicators against the Loyalist forces during the Siege of Vraks.The Badab War - The Exorcists Space Marine Chapter and several other Space Marine Chapters used Vindicators during the Badab War against the Secessionist forces of the Tyrant of Badab and his Renegade Astral Claws.
Vindicator - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Vindicator Siege TankVehicle Name:VindicatorMain Armament:Hull-mounted Demolisher CannonForge World of Origin:LuciusSecondary Armament:N/AKnown Patterns:II - XXVITraverse:2 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:0 to 45 degreesPowerplant:Quad Mark II Adaptable Thermic Combustor ReactorMain Ammunition:18 RoundsWeight:42 TonnesSecondary Ammunition:N/ALength:7.5 metresArmour:Width:4.5 metresHeight:3.6 metresSuperstructure:60 millimetresGround Clearance:0.44 metresHull:60 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:64 kilometres per hourGun Mantlet:55 millimetresMax Speed Off-Road:48 kilometres per hourVehicle Designation:0120-766-0833-VI054Transport Capacity:N/AFiring Ports:N/AAccess Points:N/ATurret:N/A
Vindicator - Also See: Imperial Vehicles
Vindicator - Sources: Codex Titanicus, pg. 23Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), pg. 14Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 38Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 80Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 100-101, 176Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), "Battle Tanks", "Vindicators"Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 88-89, 177Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pp. 84, 155Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pp. 43, 101Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 54-55, 103Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), pg. 41Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 35Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition), pg. 33Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition), pp.  39, 103Codex Adeptus Astartes - Dark Angels (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), "Battle Tanks", "Vindicators (Datasheet)", "The Hammer of Caliban (Formation)"Codex Adeptus Astartes - Dark Angels (8th Edition), pp. 58-59, 119Codex Heretic Astartes - Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 71, 146Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition), pg. 43Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), pg. 158Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pp. 67-76Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign, pg. 54Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks - Part One, pp. 64, 146Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two, pp. 82, 87, 128, 176-178Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three, pp. 59, 94Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One, pg. 62Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pp. 26, 158-164, 205The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal by Alan Bligh, pg. 221Forge World Webstore - Legion Deimos Pattern VindicatorForge World Webstor - Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer
Vindicators - Vindicators: VindicatorsSpace MarineChapterFoundingUltramarines
Vindicators - Chapter History: Little is known of the origins of this Successor Chapter of the Ultramarines, save that it was created at some time after the Second Founding. Together with the Crimson Consuls, the Nova Legion and the Marines Mordant, the Chapter shared the responsibility for guarding the rimward frontiers of the Maelstrom Zone -- as the doomed Maelstrom Warders had done with the coreward sectors before the Badab War.The Vindicators were destroyed alongside their fellow Chapters in a coordinated and harrowing assault launched by Alpha Legion warbands -- amongst them, the Redacted -- led by the Chaos Lord Quetzel Carthach, "the Angelbane."
Vindicators - Chapter Colours: The Vindicators' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Vindicators - Chapter Badge: The Vindicators' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Vindictor Flamer - Vindictor Flamer: A Vindictor Flamer, also called a Zealot's Vindictor, is a two-handed Imperial melee weapon that combines a chainsword with a flamer. It is a favorite weapon used by those preachers of the Adeptus Ministorum who go into battle against the enemies of the Emperor alongside the various military forces of the Imperium, including the Adepta Sororitas, the Astra Militarum, the Inquisition and various Rogue Traders.
Violators - Violators: The Violators are a warband of Chaos Space Marines that are dedicated to the Chaos God Slaanesh, the Prince of Pleasure.The mutated bodies of these warriors are treated as personal temples to the Prince of Chaos, whom it is said looks very favourably upon these Heretic Astartes. Because of this, warriors of the Violators almost never willingly remove their power armour, for they consider it to be sacrilegious. A Violators warrior will only do so in the presence of those whom they truly believe are worthy -- those who fully embody Slaanesh's ideals of pleasure and perfection. The Violators have also been known to reveal themselves before a worthy adversary before combat commences.Often the Violators' bodies are surgically altered so that their physical sensations are heightened unimaginably by changes made to their neural architecture. The Violators have also been known to use electrical pulses produced by implanted electrodes to further stimulate the parts of the brain that produce pleasure.
Violators - Notable Campaigns: Fall of Torvendis (Unknown Date.M41) - Four hundred Violators were stationed permanently on the Daemon World of Torvendis within the Eye of Terror under the banner of the Daemon Prince named Lady Charybdia. Led by Commander Demetrius, who was entombed in a Dreadnought, they fought in the defence of Charybdia Keep against the forces of their bitter rivals, the Blood God Khorne. The majority of the Violators stationed on this doomed world were either killed during the battle by the Khornate followers, their leader -- the Daemon Prince Ss'll Sh'Karr -- or the barbarian horde of Golgoth.13th Black Crusade (999.M41) - The 13th Black Crusade was a massive invasion of Imperial space by the Forces of Chaos led by the Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler against the Imperial Fortress World of Cadia and the surrounding sectors. This was the largest mobilisation of both Imperial and Chaos forces seen since the bygone days of the Horus Heresy. Most of the actions by the Violators during this Black Crusade took place within the Cadian Sector. During the war they repeatedly took new recruits for the warband from the worst Imperial prisons.Assault on Saint Josmane's Hope (999.M41) - The first of the inner worlds of the Cadian System to fall to the forces of Chaos during the 13th Black Crusade was the penal world of Saint Josmane's Hope, whose inmates threw their lot in with the Chaos invaders in the vain hope of being granted freedom. They were granted only eternal damnation, for their liberators turned out to be the Heretic Astartes of the Violators warband, the devoted servants of Slaanesh, the Prince of Pleasure. Brutal, close-quarters fighting erupted all across the continent-sized prison and many of the guards kept a last bullet for themselves rather than allow themselves to be taken by the frenzied inmates. Welcoming the Traitor forces as liberators, the inmates were to be horrifyingly disabused of this notion as those allowed to live through the "pleasures" inflicted upon them by the Slaaneshi Heretic Astartes were instead taken as slaves for the Chaos warfleet or conscripted into its armies of Traitoris Militarum. Following a solar week of disastrous events upon the penal world, Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed issued an order that the world of Saint Josmane's Hope was to be subjected to Exterminatus and destroyed utterly. Unable to launch the necessary orbital strike due to the formidable orbital defences of the Chaos fleet, a special team known as Strike Force Herald composed of Astartes from various Chapters and other Imperial operatives landed covertly on the planet's surface. Carrying out their clandestine mission, the Imperial strike team was able to successfully overload the generatorium grid of the planet's main prison complex. The resulting explosion pierced the world's crust, causing a meltdown to "sink" through the planet's outer crust and into its mantle, causing the world to tear itself apart. It is not known how many Chaos Space Marines of the Violators warband survived this conflagration.
Violators - Notable Violators: Commander Demetrius (KIA) - Demetrius was the Chaos Champion of Slaanesh who served as the commander of those Violators stationed on the Daemon World of Torvendis, under the patronage of the Slaaneshi Daemon Prince Lady Charybdia. Demetrius was entombed within the sarcophagus of a Chaos Dreadnought. At the centre of the Dreadnought's chest, where the cybernetic sarcophagus containing Demetrius' mortal remains was located, was a fleshy knot like an unopened flower, pale and dead but pulsing with the machine's heart. The sarcophagus could open to reveal Demetrius' shattered body, a scorched corpse with its arms and legs sheared off, the face rotten and drained. Fronds like the tendrils of some sea creature waved from his skin, which were his exposed and elongated nerve endings. These allowed him to feel the sensation of pain during his battles. Demetrius was killed in action by the Khornate Daemon Prince Sh'll Sh'Karr when the forces of the Blood God attacked Charybdia Keep on Torvendis.
Violators - Warband Colours: The Violators wear dark blue power armour with silver trim. Their armour and banners are adorned with various silver and pink symbols of Chaos and Slaanesh.
Violators - Warband Badge: The Violators' badge is a yellow lightning bolt crossed with a Slaaneshi curved dagger centred over a field of dark blue.
Vior'la - Vior'la: Vior'la is a planet and Sept of the T'au Empire, which was first conquered by the T'au during the First Sphere Expansion.Vior'la is well known among the T'au and their allies for the Fire Warriors drawn from the members of its population's Fire Caste, because they are more aggressive than any other in the T'au military.Vior'la was also the home of O'Shovah, known to the Imperium as Commander Farsight, before he abandoned the empire to found the Farsight Enclaves, T'au colonies that exist outside the authority of the T'au Empire and its ruling caste of Ethereals.
Viper-class Destroyer - Viper-class Destroyer: A Viper-class Destroyer is a variant Cobra-class Destroyer converted to carry Boarding Torpedoes. Some of these warships retained their torpedo armament, even after they were no longer needed. The Viper-class has been designated as a Missile Destroyer by the Imperial Navy and is usually organised into separate flotillas which are able to be brought to bear in massed torpedo attacks at critical moments during a battle.
Viper-class Destroyer - History: During the Gareox Prerogative, many Cobra-class Destroyers were converted to carry Boarding Torpedoes as part of the Young School's obsession with ordnance. Their main weapon battery was removed and extra torpedo launch batteries added. The experiment was not a success; Destroyers could not carry large enough crews to man the torpedoes properly and still fight the ship. Most of these Destroyers were gradually converted back to the Cobra-class' standard armament but a number still retain the torpedo armament, even though they no longer use boarding torpedoes. These warships are now designated as Missile Destroyers and are organised into separate flotillas within an Imperial Navy fleet. They make poor convoy Escorts but have been surprisingly successful as fleet support flotillas. Massed torpedo attacks at critical moments during a battle have often turned the tide for Imperial fleets. The 204th Grey Sharks Flotilla caught the Ork Kroozer Fow-Masha in a devastating cross-fire which blasted the pulse engines off the back of the Terror ship, leaving it a helpless cripple. The 193rd Flotilla is credited with finishing off the crippled Heretic Battleship Pustulence with salvos of torpedoes fired at near maximum range.
Viper-class Destroyer - Dimensions: Hull: EscortClass: - Viper-class Destroyer.Dimensions: - Approximately 1.5 kilometres long, 0.3 km abeam at fins.Mass: - Approximately 5.7 megatonnes.Crew: - Approximately 15,000 crew.Acceleration: 7.6 Gravities maximum sustainable acceleration.
Viper-class Destroyer - Notable Viper-class Destroyer Flotillas: 59th Rat Runners - A notable flotilla of Battlefleet Bakka of the Segmentum Tempestus that gave excellent service during the Macraggan War.76th Silver Spears - A notable flotilla of Battlefleet Bakka of the Segmentum Tempestus that performed admirably in many battles during the Macraggan War.
Viper-class Scout Sloop - Viper-class Scout Sloop: The Viper-class Sloop is a fast scout ship and the smallest Warp-capable vessel utilised by the Imperial Navy of Battlefleet Calixis.
Viper-class Scout Sloop - History: The Viper is the smallest Warp-capable vessel used by the Battlefleet Calixis. The Viper is a fast scout ship, with immensely powerful realspace plasma engines. It is used for short-term spy missions aimed at specific hostile regions: unlike, for example, a Dauntless-class Light Cruiser, which will conduct broad patrols over a wide area, the Viper charges into hostile territory at high speed. There it uses powerful Auspex andAugur scanners to collate as much information as possible, before retreating to a safe Warp jump point while usually pursued by enemy ships.Given its specialist role, the Viper is unsurprisingly limited in many ways. It is a tiny starship, with very restricted space for additional components. Furthermore, it is not heavily armed, as extensive weapon batteries would draw vital power from the sensor arrays and engines. They are rare vessels in the Calixis Sectorand are not ideal vessels for Rogue Traders, given their highly specialised nature. However, more enterprising and wealthy Rogue Trader dynasties will often employ a Viper as part of a larger fleet, leapfrogging ahead of the main force to rapidly establish the nature of each planetary system encountered.
Viper-class Scout Sloop - Dimensions: Hull: Raider.Class: Viper-class Scout Sloop.Dimensions: Approximately 0.95 kilometres long, 0.25 kilometres abeam at fins.Mass: Approximately 4.9 megatonnes.Crew: Approximately 7,500 crew.Acceleration: - 6 gravities max sustainable acceleration.
Viper Legion - Viper Legion: Viper LegionSpace MarineChaptersAstartes PraesesMythos Angelica MortisEye of TerrorSegmentum ObscurusForces of ChaosFoundingImperial
Viper Legion - Notable Campaigns: The Bifrost Uprising (Unknown Date.M41) - When Chaos-led insurgents succeeded in corrupting several regiments of Bifrost Huscarls, the Viper Legion deployed in limited numbers to Bifrost. To maximise its effectiveness, the Viper Legion placed some of its members at the head of smaller detachments of PDF and Astra Militarum regiments. The Viper Legion would be reinforced by the Minotaurs Chapter, whose intervention would ultimately lead to the Bifrost Incident. Having been awarded brevet command of a detachment of Loyalist Huscarls during the extermination of the Traitor 2-19th Regiment, Sergeant Augustine encountered a blood-covered and damaged Dreadnought he mistook for an engine dedicated to the Ruinous Powers. Opening fire on what he believed was the enemy, his target proved in fact to be Hecaton Aiakos, a Dreadnought of the Minotaurs Chapter. Thus provoked, Aiakos charged and massacred 37 Huscarls, a Leman Russ Tank and Augustine himself before being ordered to stop.
Viper Legion - Notable Viper Legionaries: Sergeant Augustine (KIA) - The ill-fated Sergeant Augustine was killed by the Minotaurs Dreadnought Hecaton Aiakos during the Bifrost Uprising.
Viper Legion - Chapter Colours: The Viper Legion's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Viper Legion - Chapter Badge: The Viper Legion's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Virtues of the Sons (Short Story) - Virtues of the Sons (Short Story): Virtues of the Sons is a short story published in the Horus Heresy Series. Virtues of the Sons was originally published simultaneously as a part of the anthology novella Death and Defiance and as a stand-alone E-Book. It was later released as an audiobook (MP3) along with its prequel Sins of the Father. It is now also included in the War Without End anthology novel.
Virtues of the Sons (Short Story) - Synopsis: Nassir Amit, the "Flesh Tearer", a Captain of the Blood Angels, duels the vicious gladiator Khârn, and Azkaellon of the Sanguinary Guard faces Lucius, the Emperor's Children swordsman, as Sanguinius' chosen sons explore the twin aspects of their nature.
Virus Bomb - Virus Bomb: A virus bomb is a potent Imperial biological weapon and weapon of mass destruction, commonly used to carry out Exterminatus actions during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy periods of the late 30th and early 31st Millennia, most memorably during the Isstvan III Atrocity.They were largely replaced in Imperial arsenals by the more potent Cyclonic Torpedoes by the time of the 41st Millennium, but have still been deployed in recent memory, such as upon the Stalinvast Hive World in 273.M41 following a Genestealer infestation.
Virus Bomb - Effect: Virus bombs deploy a hideous, genetically-engineered pathogen called the "Life-eater virus" intended to exterminate all forms of life in an inhabited planet's biosphere.The pathogen, once released in aerosol form from the virus bombs, is extraordinarily virulent, capable of infecting every living thing, including flora, fauna and even bacteria and fungi on an entire world in only solar minutes if 100% orbital dispersal is achieved. The pathogen can penetrate even sealed environment suits, including power armour.The virus is designed to violently lyse the living cells of any species, essentially causing infected organisms to "melt" into a contaminated soup of organic matter. Entire forests and other plant matter can be reduced to this sludge in a short period of time, and individual animals die excruciating deaths as their bodies rapidly decay around them.The incredibly rapid breakdown of organic matter results in the steady release of great volumes of highly flammable natural gas, much of it composed of methane. Eventually, as the contamination spreads across the surface of the world, a single spark, a single lightning strike, or an intentional incendiary event, will cause this gas to ignite, sweeping the planet with an apocalyptic, global firestorm.This intense heat will scour the world's surface back to bare rock as well as eradicate most of the remaining oxygen in the planet's atmosphere if it was habitable by Terran life.In some cases, the lifeless Dead Worlds that are all that remain of planets that have suffered a virus-bombing still prove valuable to the Adeptus Mechanicus after their violent death. These planets may be transformed into Mining Worlds or even prepared for a new round of terraforming to make them habitable for Imperial colonists once more.
Virus Bomb - Second War for Armageddon: During the Second War for Armageddon in 941.M41, Armageddon's planetary governor, the Overlord Herman von Strab, maintained a secret stash of ancient virus bombs that had originally been collected millennia before when his family had first led the colonisation of the Hive World.Once unleashed on the invading Greenskins they took a terrible toll, but their extreme age had degraded the stocks of Life-eater pathogen within, and so the death rate among the Orks was nowhere near total.Even worse, like many biological and chemical weapons, the shifting winds caused some of the pathogen to infect many members of the Astra Militarum regiments leading the Imperial defence, ultimately leading to as many deaths among the defenders of Armageddon as among their foes.
Virus Bomb - Inquisitor Mikhail Dinalt: On an undesignated frigid Feral World in the Segmentum Tempestus in 958.M41, Inquisitor Mikhail Dinalt of the Ordo Malleus ordered the planet to be virus-bombed from orbit.Two Terran years earlier, a member of his Inquisitorial entourage had become stranded on the planet after "falling from the sky", and was being worshipped as a goddess by the primitive natives.Dinalt judged the local tribes to be engaged in heresy and carried out an Exterminatus action upon the world using virus bombs.
Visions of Heresy - War, Darkness, Treachery and Death (Omnibus) - Visions of Heresy - War, Darkness, Treachery and Death (Omnibus): Visions of Heresy is the sixth release in a series of artbooks in The Horus Heresy series, and was first released in a limited-edition format, and later as a general release hardback. Visions of Heresy is a re-release of the original The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions. This new book contains all the original contents of Collected Visions but with the addition of new artwork by Neil Roberts, and more background information written by Alan Merrett. The book's entire layout now mirrors the look of the Horus Heresy Black Books released by Forge World.Visions of Heresy contains all of the same content as the Collected Visions Omnibus including the four original books in the Visions series, Visions of War, Visions of Darkness, Visions of Treachery, and Visions of Death. These books contain both original artwork as well as images derived from the Horus Heresy Card Game.The volumes also collect edited, previously published Horus Heresy-related magazine articles, and select rulebook information; in addition, original annotations, information, and short stories. The text, along with the art, greatly expanded the background material available at the time on the Horus Heresy. The series outlines the entire Heresy, while providing additional background on it and the wider Warhammer 40,000 universe. The omnibus also contains an exclusive short story, The Kaban Project, which was later reprinted as a stand-alone e-book. At the time of its release, Visions of Heresy contains canon Horus Heresy information up to book 27, The Unremembered Empire.
Visions of Heresy - War, Darkness, Treachery and Death (Omnibus) - Synopsis: From the ashes of the Great Crusade, treachery was born. Always first among the superhuman Primarchs, the newly dubbed Warmaster Horus Lupercal turned his back upon the Emperor and embraced the dark powers of Chaos. With fully half the military might of the fledgling Imperium at his command, he set his sights upon the throne of Terra and waged a war which would divide the galaxy forever...Visions of war, visions of darkness, of treachery and death –- all of this and more is contained within this heretical volume. Iconic depictions of the Space Marine Legions and the heroes that commanded them are presented alongside artwork from renowned artists Neil Roberts, as well as brand new historical notes on the Warhammer 40,000 universe by Alan Merrett. Witness the end of an era and the beginning of something far darker, as the Heresy continues to unfold.
Visions of Heresy - War, Darkness, Treachery and Death (Omnibus) - Contents: Visions of Heresy contains the following:The Horus Heresy: Collected VisionsVisions of WarVisions of DarknessVisions of TreacheryVisions of DeathThe Kaban Project
Vistenza Vyatt - Vistenza Vyatt: Vistenza Vyatt, formally Vistenza Janus Vyatt ab Aram af Koronus, is an Imperial noble and vassal of House von Valancius who serves as the planetary governor and Imperial Commander of the Agri-world of Janus of the von Valancius Protectorate in the Koronus Expanse of the Segmentum Obscurus.She was appointed to her position by Lord Captain Theodora von Valancius but came from an old Imperial noble family that had long served the von Valancius dynasty.