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Celestial Guard - Notable Campaigns: The Martyred Sons (416.M37) - Inquisitor Lord Antonius Coil of the Ordo Malleus discovered the current location of the nomadic Hell-Forge of Sarum while conducting an Exterminatus against the Warp-tainted Hive World of Goleonda IX, and moved to see it destroyed at last. Along with warship committed from Battlefleet Reductus and several Militarum Tempestus regiments, he mobilised the aid of three Space Marine Chapters, the Celestial Guard, the Sons of the Raven and the Brazen Claws, to strike deep into the perilous Golgotha Wastes against this nightmarish thorn in the Imperium's side. Within sight of the baleful world, the Imperial fleet was ambushed on all sides by the pale warships of the Warp Ghosts and Black Wings Chaos Space Marines and the horrific Daemon Engines of their Dark Mechanicum allies of Sarum. In the brutal seventeen-solar-hour void battle which followed, the Imperial fleet was encircled and slowly torn to pieces both from without and from within as Daemons ripped open passages into realspace deep onboard the stalwart vessels. Only the Chapter fleet of the Brazen Claws broke free from the trap without crippling losses, while the Human contingent of the Imperium's strike forces was annihilated to the last. The ravaged Celestial Guard Chapter would take nearly a standard century to rebuild from its grievous losses from its stores of gene-seed, swearing bitter vengeance against the Warp Ghosts. The fleet-based Sons of the Raven Chapter, not one of whom escaped the deadly trap, were declared martyred and the great Bell of Lost Souls in the Tower of Heroes of the Imperial Palace on Terra tolled to mourn their passing. Eighteen standard years later, a corrupted Warspite-class Battle Barge, believed once to have been the Seraphina Carricus of the Sons of the Raven Chapter, was encountered transporting a Warp Ghosts raiding force off Mezoa XV, the withered face of Jo'sun Hernezu, the martyred Chapter's last master, worn by its revenant captain.Siege of Erenon (997.M41) - The Celestial Guard defended its homeworld of Erenon from a siege by the Tyranid forces of Hive Fleet Leviathan.
Celestial Guard - Notable Celestial Guardians: Apothecary Borro - The Celestial Guard is a Chapter about which little is known, and it may be the case that Brother Borro represents the only one of his kin to have stood the Long Watch in the Jericho Reach or even anywhere. The annals of the Deathwatch record that Borro was engaged upon his first Vigil when the events of the defence of Watch Station Midael transpired, and was regarded as a competent warrior and a dedicated practitioner of the Apothecary's art. The watch station's spy net recorded the image of Borro retrieving a fallen brother's Progenoid Glands while fending off the attacks of no fewer than three Traitor Marines, and this scene is reproduced in numerous devotional works. The greatest is held in the tower of Watch Station Midael itself and takes the form of a tapestry ten metres wide and forty metres long, and which hangs from the central space of the tower's interior. Borro has become something of a totem to Space Marine Apothecaries serving in the Deathwatch of the Jericho Reach, and many invoke his name and his memory whilst preparing for a mission.
Celestial Guard - Chapter Colours: The Celestial Guard wears primarily white power armour which includes the helmet, power pack, shoulder plates, arms and legs. The secondary colour is azure, which includes the Aquila or Imperialis on the chest, the torso and groin area.The azure squad tactical specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder plate.A white High Gothic numeral centred on the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number.The colour of the helmet stripe indicates company number in accordance with the Codex Astartes -- i.e. white (1st Company), yellow (2nd Company), red (3rd Company), etc.
Celestial Guard - Chapter Badge: The Celestial Guard's Chapter badge consists of a pair of white, single-edged axes crossed over an azure shield, centred in a field of white.
Celestial Lions - Celestial Lions: The Celestial Lions is a Loyalist Successor Chapter of the stoic Imperial Fists, raised in the 38th Millennium during an unknown Founding, though some Imperial scholars suspect it may have been the 23rd Founding.Following the 25th Founding at sometime in the latter half of the 40th Millennium, the Celestial Lions became a part of a triumvirate of Space Marine Chapters which included the Emperor's Spears and the now-extinct Star Scorpions, as a part of the Adeptus Vaelarii, better known as the "Sentinels of the Veil." These three Chapters were charged with the sacred duty to stand sentinel over the scattered worlds of the sector of space known as Elara's Veil in a backwater region of the Ultima Segmentum.Since its inception, the Chapter has had a long and glorious history, stretching back over 4,000 Terran years, but events set in motion over five solar decades ago during a routine assault on the world of Khattar in 948.M41 nearly proved to be the Chapter's undoing in the wake of the Third War for Armageddon, from which less than a company of Celestial Lions emerged intact.Targeted by a faction of the Inquisition to serve as an example of what happened to an Adeptus Astartes Chapter that stood against them in Imperial politics, the Celestial Lions survived only due to the intervention of the Black Templars, fellow scions of their Primarch Rogal Dorn.The few surviving Celestial Lions returned to their homeworld of Elysium IX in Elara's Veil under the command of their new Chapter Master Ekene Dubaku to begin the painstaking process of rebuilding their Chapter's numbers back to full strength.Later, after the birth of the Great Rift in the Era Indomitus, the Chapter became involved alongside the Emperor's Spears with defending the Veil from an assault by a great Chaos warhost called the Exilarchy. The Exilarchy was under the command of a warband of Heretic Astartes called The Pure, who were the Chaos-corrupted remnants of the Star Scorpions Chapter that had once been a part of the Adeptus Vaelarii.
Celestial Lions - Chapter History: The Celestial Lions is a Successor Chapter raised from the genestock of the Imperial Fists' Primarch Rogal Dorn. It was created during an unnamed Founding of the latter years of the 38th Millennium.Over the next four Terran millennia, the Lions proved to be a resolute Chapter and true scions of Dorn, fiercely defending the realms of Mankind from the enemies of the Emperor.But the Lions' fierce pride and strict moral principles may have contributed to the path that led towards their near-destruction as a Chapter.
Celestial Lions - Choices: Grimaldus and his charge then departed the Celestial Lions' forward base and made for the Eternal Crusader. He went there to put an audacious plan into motion. The Chaplain knew he could not return to Hive Helsreach, for the Season of Fire played its tempestuous games around the city, harsh enough to kill sky traffic but not quite violent enough to interfere with Vox signals.Utilising the flagship's powerful communication array, he was able to amplify his transmitter's signal to send a message through. Making contact with the Imperial forces on the ground, he relayed a series of orders to one of the Astra Militarum officers present there. It took several more solar hours of coordinating Helsreach's defences from high orbit. Grimaldus knew a great many Guard officers were going to Vox skyward for confirmation in the hours to come.Time passed, as Grimaldus spoke with eighty-one Astra Militarum officers and eleven Naval captains. As his clearance was Rubicon-grade, no one dared to question his orders. Cyneric questioned the senior Chaplain's motives, and wondered if he hadn't exceeded his authority. But Grimaldus argued that the Lions' survival would be for the best and he was depleting Hive Helsreach's defences to march alongside the Lions back into the Mannheim Gap.The Reclusiarch explained that the city was vastly overdefended now, with entire battalions sitting idle and awaiting redeployment. It was an irritating truth; would that they had such a problem when the real war was being fought. The soldiers in Helsreach were actually bored. They did not do well with tedium, especially when left alone with nothing to do and no one to shoot.Cyneric felt that Grimaldus was playing on the people's regard for him. The Hero of Helsreach called them to war. Of course they would follow. But he was sure it was their war. The Reclusiarch argued that it was their world. And it was the only chance the Celestial Lions had, if they were to survive.The Lions' unseen enemies might well allow them to die in the glory they deserved. But their deaths served nothing but to ease the soreness of wounded pride. The Celestial Lions must not die on Armageddon and without help, the Chapter was doomed. Everything depended on just how fast Grimaldus' forces at Helsreach could break out from the storm, and redeploy halfway across the world.
Celestial Lions - New Beginnings: Reclusiarch Grimaldus bid his farewell to the newly-installed Chapter Master Ekene Dubaku of the Celestial Lions, escorted by his surviving few warriors onto the Black Templars Strike Cruiser Blade of the Seventh Son, with its course plotted for the distant world of Elysium IX. Dubaku now bore a bionic leg and a noticeable limp, his physiology not entirely adjusted to the augmetic replacement yet. The armour he wore was gold war-plate of an ancient Imperial Fists champion, granted as a gift from the Eternal Crusader's Halls of Memory. His cloak was that of Helbrecht's own Sword Brethren, red on black, elegantly cast over one shoulder.It was not known if this was the very same cloak Helbrecht had granted to Dubaku when he forced him to take the oath of lordship over his depleted Chapter. At his hip, bound by chains of black iron, was the flayed, polished skull of the Greenskin Warlord they had killed together. An honour indeed, to be named on a Chapter Master's prime trophy.The Black Templars Honour Guard comprised to bid him good journey consisted of the Reclusiarch, the newly promoted Chaplain Cyneric, and the High Marshal's household knights, clad in ceremonial colours. The Reclusiarch hoped most fervently, as time passed, that Chapter Master Dubaku's efforts in reconstructing the Celestial Lions and training the generation to follow him continued to go well. Grimaldus knew with grim satisfaction that they would most likely never meet again, as Dubaku was sworn to a life of defending what he could hold, and the Black Templars always sailed forth on the attack against the foes of the Emperor.
Celestial Lions - Era Indomitus: Following the opening of the Great Rift the Celestial Lion's homeworld of Elysium IX was invaded by the warband of Chaos Cultists and mutants known as the Exilarchy, which was led by the Heretic Astartes and former Star Scorpions known as The Pure. The warband emerged from the Warp following the rift's creation.Before Elysium IX was invaded, the Celestial Lions Chapter Master Ekene Dubaku prepared to evacuate its population. Dubaku knew it would be impossible to save the entire populace of the planet, but hoped that enough would survive to help both his Chapter and the spirit and culture of Elysium IX to live on.The current fate of the world's surviving population is unknown, but Dubaku drafted a message asking his allied Chapter Master, Arucatas of the Emperor's Spears, if they could be relocated to his Chapter's homeworld of Nemeton.In the midst of meeting with the Emperor's Spears' representatives about this plan aboard their starship Hex, Dubaku was decapitated by a Callidus Assassin who had been masquerading as a Chapter serf named Kartash Avik in service to the Mentors Space Marine Amadeus Kaias Incarius. The Assassin had been sent by the Inquisition to continue its vendetta against the Celestial Lions.
Celestial Lions - Chapter Organisation: The Lions are a hardened, veteran force fully able to embrace the concepts of the Codex Astartes. However, like their predecessors the Imperial Fists, the Chapter adheres to the precepts of the Codex in spirit, but deviates in several regards.All ranks of the Chapter are able to make tactical decisions and are encouraged to act on their own initiative. The Celestial Lions combine all arms in flexible balanced battle groups each of which can present an opponent with a diversity of threats, then press their attack so swiftly that the foe is overwhelmed before he can react.
Celestial Lions - Specialist Ranks: The Celestial Lions' order of battle contains several specialist formations and officer ranks not present in other Space Marine Chapters, though they largely resemble the standard Codex Astartes ranks in function if not title.Warleader (Captain) - Status designated by a black helmet.Deathspeaker (Chaplain)Spiritwalker (Librarian)Lifebinder (Apothecary)Pride Leader (Squad Sergeant)
Celestial Lions - Notable Celestial Lions: Chapter Master Ekene Dubaku (Assassinated) - Ekene Dubaku was a Pride Leader (Squad Sergeant) of the Celestial Lions who was one of the few non-commissioned officers to survive the massacre at Mannheim Gap. When the Lions returned to assault Warlord Thogfang's camp, it was Dubaku who finally slew the monstrous Ork and thus regained his Chapter's honour with the aid of Reclusiarch Grimaldus of the Black Templars. For his skill, bravery and proven leadership ability, Dubaku was selected by High Marshal Helbrecht of the Black Templars to become the new Chapter Master of the surviving Celestial Lions and to oversee the rebuilding of his Chapter on their homeworld of Elysium IX with some aid from the Black Templars. Dubaku was gifted a suit of relic Imperial Fists Legion Power Armour dating back to the time of the Great Crusade in the 30th Millennium by Helbrecht, which he proudly wore as a badge of his office. Ekene Dubaku was later decapitated by a Callidus Assassin sent by the Inquisition, who was concealed as a thrall to Amadeus Kaias Incarius, a Space Marine of the Mentors Chapter who had been sent to inspect the Imperial forces in Elara's Veil. Dubaku's death was the result of the Inquisition's continuing vendetta against the Chapter and desire to see it weakened and ultimately destroyed.Warleader Dukambe (KIA) - Dukambe was a Warleader (Captain) of the Celestial Lions.Warleader Vularakh (KIA) - Vularakh was a Warleader (Captain) of the Celestial Lions.Warleader Vakembei (KIA) - Vakembei was a Warleader (Captain) of the Celestial Lions, and the predecessor of Pride Leader Ekene Dubaku.Deathspeaker Julkhara (KIA) - Julkhara was the last surviving Deathspeaker (Chaplain) of the Mannheim Gap Massacre and the one who contacted Reclusiarch Grimaldus of the Black Templars so that the Imperium might know the truth behind the Chapter's betrayal and demise. Though he did not survive to see the arrival of Grimaldus, he may have saved his Chapter with his message.Spiritwalker Azadah (KIA) - Azadah was a Spiritwalker (Librarian) of the Celestial Lions. He was killed in the massacre at the Mannheim Gap.Lifebinder Kei-Tukh (KIA) - After the massacre at the Mannheim Gap, Kei-Tukh was the Chapter's last surviving Lifebinder (Apothecary) and the Celestial Lions' future was dependent on his biomedical skills. But after the massacre came the Inquisition's final insult. The Lions found him one morning, slumped against a Land Raider, shot through the eyepiece and robbed of his gene-seed.
Celestial Lions - Chapter Fleet: Serenkai (Battle Barge) - The Serenkai was a Celestial Lions Battle Barge that was boarded and overwhelmed while fighting the Orks in orbit of Armageddon.Lavi (Strike Cruiser) - The Lavi took four solar hours to die from structural haemorrhage when it collided with the wounded Flesh Tearers flagship Victus.Blade of the Seventh Son (Strike Cruiser) - The Blade of the Seventh Son was gifted to the Celestial Lions by Reclusiarch Grimaldus of the Black Templars. The Blade of the Seventh Son now serves as the flagship of the Celestial Lions. The vessel served with the Celestial Lions for over a Terran century. During the chase against the Venatrix Candidus, a Cruiser controlled by the Chaos warhost known as the Exilarchy, the Blade of the Seventh Son was used to ram the heretical warship controlled by The Pure, the Chaos Space Marines who had once been the Celestial Lions' comrades the Star Scorpions, members of the Adeptus Vaelarii.Kai'manah (Strike Cruiser) - Kai'manah is a Strike Cruiser that was thought by the Imperium to have been destroyed shortly before the Great Rift's creation. It was instead part of the Imperial forces defending the worlds of Elara's Veil from an invasion by the Exilarchy. In doing so, the Strike Cruiser recently suffered extensive damage, which required the Kai'manah to undergo repairs in Nemeton's orbital shipyards.Nubica (Unknown Class) - During the Third War for Armageddon, the Nubica was boarded by Orks and rather than allow it to be captured, its captain scuttled the ship.
Celestial Lions - Chapter Appearance: Leonine iconography is often incorporated as decoration upon the armour of the Celestial Lions.
Celestial Lions - Chapter Colours: The Celestial Lions Chapter's power armour is primarily gold with azure shoulder plates and helmet.A Warleader is designated by a black helmet.The white squad tactical specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder guard. A black High Gothic numeral centred on the squad specialty symbol indicates company number.
Celestial Lions - Chapter Badge: The Celestial Lions' Chapter badge is the profile of a white, roaring lion's head upon a field of azure. The lion's head is sometimes coloured gold for Astartes of the rank of Pride Leader and above.This symbol can also sometimes be surrounded by three four-pointed stars placed in a triangular pattern.
Celestial Orrery - Celestial Orrery: The Celestial Orrery is a device located at the heart of the Necron Oruscar Dynasty's crownworld of Thanatos and that projects a web of holograms and necrodermis that represents every star in the galaxy.Its representation of the galaxy is not just a model, because the Orrery is directly connected to the galaxy it represents in some unknown way. For instance, altering the Orrery's image will also physically change that same region of the galaxy in the same way.The Orrery can be used to predict the strategic flow of coming events, or even alter them outright.
Celestial Orrery - History: The Tomb World of Thanatos is a hollow planet, and hidden at its heart is one of the galaxy's greatest treasures -- the Celestial Orrery.Crafted by the artisans of the Oruscar Dynasty long before the onset of the War in Heaven, this web of hologram and living metal is beyond price for its artistic value alone.Yet the Celestial Orrery is far more than mere decorative finery. The tiny pinpricks of glowing light suspended within the impossibly intricate matrix record the positions of every star in the Milky Way Galaxy.Snuff out one of these lights and its physical counterpart will go supernova long Terran millennia before its destined time, bringing fiery oblivion to all nearby worlds.Such an act cannot be performed without consideration, however, as each star destroyed in this fashion upsets the fundamental forces of Creation, setting off a catastrophic chain reaction.Only with the further manipulation of the Celestial Orrery can these forces be returned to their proper balance, and this invariably taken many thousands of standard years of constant and precise micromanagement.With so much potential power at their fingertips, it is well that the Royal Court of Thanatos is not given to maniacal displays. Rather, they see themselves as gardeners of Creation and dispassionately use the Orrery in a precise and sparing manner, pruning the galaxy only out of need to prevent it from becoming wild and overgrown.Alas, this restraint is not something universally respected. Unending war rages across Thanatos' barren continents and in the skies above, as the legions and fleets of the Oruscar Dynasty strive to prevent the Celestial Orrery from falling into the incautious hands of aliens and other Necrons alike.
Celestial Shield - Celestial Shield: A Celestial Shield is a psychically-activated force field technology that is sometimes used by Craftworld Aeldari Guardians as an emergency personal defence shield. Once activated, the psychic shield allows the Guardian to deflect kinetic and directed energy attacks that would otherwise have slain or badly injured them at a key moment during the battle.
Celestial Swords - Celestial Swords: Celestial SwordsSpace MarineChapters38th MillenniumFoundingThe Celestial Swords hold the unique distinction of actually having been two separate Chapters founded with identical names and heraldries due to a mistake made by the Imperial bureaucracy. Almost nothing else is known about this Chapter in official Imperial records.
Celestial Swords - Chapter History: Over the millennia, some Space Marine Chapters have been annihilated, only for a new Chapter to be founded with the same name, heraldry and traditions of their forebears. On one occasion, two Chapters named the Celestial Swords were created with identical names and matching heraldry. Such is the bureaucracy of the Adeptus Administratum that the blunder was not realised until two standard centuries later, when both Chapters were wiped out simultaneously by Abaddon the Despoiler's 9th Black Crusade in 537.M38, and the bodies of nearly two-thousand Battle-Brothers were recovered in the Cicerine System.
Celestial Swords - Notable Campaigns: 9th Black Crusade (537.M38) - As part of a wider strategy to disable the Imperial Navy's naval fortress of Cancephalus, Abaddon the Despoiler led his 9th Black Crusade against the heaving population of nearby Antecanis. The seat of the world's Imperial Commander, Monarchive, was besieged by Abaddon's vanguard. By the time Imperial Guard regiments from Cancephalus arrived to reinforce the surviving defenders, Abaddon and his forces had already left the planet's surface. As a gesture of contempt, the Black Legion dropped a dozen Cyclonic warheads onto the ruins of Monarchive. The seventeen-year-long war that ensued eventually robbed both Antecanis and Cancephalus of their most precious resource -- manpower. Without the fleets of the naval fortress to stop him, Abaddon was able to ravage the sector at will, and his Sorcerers were free to conduct the rituals required to weaken the walls of reality in that region of space with impunity. Several Space Marine Chapters, including two Chapters known as the Celestial Swords, intervened in the ongoing conflict in an attempt to help bring peace back to the region. Unknown to the wider Imperium, these were two Chapters bearing identical names and heraldries founded at the same time that had been sent to fight in the same conflict! This mistake of the Imperial bureaucracy was only discovered when both Chapters were wiped out by Abaddon's forces and the bodies of nearly two-thousand Battle-Brothers were recovered in the Cicerine System.
Celestial Swords - Chapter Colours: The Celestial Swords' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Celestial Swords - Chapter Badge: The Celestial Swords' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Celestian Guard - Celestian Guard: Celestian GuardCodex AstartesSpace MarineChapterFoundingLycanthos Drift Campaign
Celestian Guard - Notable Campaigns: Lycanthos Drift Campaign (780.M41) - In the aftermath of the long-running and infamous Fourth Quadrant Rebellion, the Celestian Guard answered the general call to arms among the Astartes of the region and undertook the Lycanthos Drift Campaign in 780.M41, against one of the last major stronghold star systems of the revolt located to the galactic south of the Maelstrom Zone. At the gathering of Imperial forces Astral Claws Chapter Master Lufgt Huron was elected battle leader of a number of Astartes contingents by common consent of a mixed taskforce comprising companies from the Astral Claws, Celestian Guard, Fire Hawks and White Scars Chapters, backed by the Death Korps of Krieg and Cal-Sec Imperial Guard Regiments and the Titans of Legio Venator. Under Huron's inspired command the taskforce ruthlessly purged the heavily fortified system of Traitor and Chaos forces in under a year.
Celestian Guard - Chapter Colours: The Celestian Guard's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Celestian Guard - Chapter Badge: The Celestian Guard's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Cell-Kin - Cell-Kin: The Cell-Kin are a little-known intelligent alien race who attacked a company of the Subjugators Space Marine Chapter during a protracted campaign in the Technetium Belt, which occurred sometime in the 41st Millennium. The unique reproductive cycle of the species made their complete eradication very difficult to achieve.Several Astartes of the Subjugators' 3rd Company were infected by the insidious xenos, who breed by viral dissemination. Their DNA infects the body of the host, where it will literally reshape the host in its own image, that of a flabby and semi-amorphous humanoid, with eyes spread randomly around its head, this being the Cell-Kin's true form.Though the Space Marines' enhanced genetic make-up and immune systems proved largely resilient to this threat, 20 Battle-Brothers of the 3rd Company were lost in the early stages of the campaign as they were slowly mutated into new, hideous forms. The Chapter's Apothecaries identified the threat, but too late to save those Battle-Brothers already affected by the Cell-Kins' infection. The infected Brethren that survived the conflict escaped and are assumed to be at large in the galaxy to this day. There is little other information on this obscure xenos species.
Cell (Anthology Short Story) - Cell (Anthology Short Story): Cell is a short story published in the Gaunt's Ghosts series that was originally part of an anthology. Cell was published as part of the Sabbat Worlds anthology in October 2010, and was later re-published as a stand-alone e-book.
Cell (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: The armies of the Archenemy have taken the world of Reredos. Across the planet, cells of freedom fighters work to undermine the occupying forces and destabilise the regime to prepare the way for the inevitable Imperial relief force. Ayatani Perdu, a priest of Saint Sabbat, leads one resistance cell and finds that the taint of Chaos is everywhere. When anyone can be an enemy Traitor, who can he trust?
Cemetery World - Cemetery World: A Cemetery World, also called a Mortuary World, is a formal classification for an Imperial planet where large areas of the planet's surface have been given over to care for the remains of the honoured Imperial dead. They are administered by the Ecclesiarchy just like Shrine Worlds.Cemetery Worlds may mark the site of a massive battle, or they may be covered in gigantic mausoleums, each dedicated to a particular Imperial noble family. In contrast some rare Cemetery Worlds may be covered in fields of endless, modest burial plots containing the remains of the inhabitants of a nearby Hive World.
Cemetery World - Notable Cemetery Worlds: Planet NameSegmentumSectorSub-SectorSystemPopulationCertus-MinorSegmentum ObscurusUnknownPraga Sub-sectorUnknownUnknownCryptusSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorDrusus MarchesUnknownUnknownGranithorSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorGolgenna ReachUnknownUnknownMasuchi ParrUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownPilgrim's PauseSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorHazeroth AbyssUnknownUnknownPrester MyraSegmentum ObscurusCalixis SectorJosian ReachUnknownUnknown
Cenobyte Servitor - Cenobyte Servitor: A cenobyte servitor, also spelled "cenobite servitor" in some older sources, is a specialised cybernetic servitor that assists the Chaplains of the Black Templars Chapter in their holy duties.Marching in the shadow of the Chaplain, they are used for carrying relics into battle, intoning prayers of worship to the God-Emperor, and bolstering the faith of nearby battle-brothers.They often carry equipment, repair technology, and operate basic interfaces on Black Templars vessels and vehicles.They are considered a symbol of the Chapter's faith, as a Black Templars battle-brother can gain the service of such a servitor as a symbol of status and trust from his peers.It is known that the neophytes of the Black Templars who fail in their duty are often punished by being transformed into cenobyte servitors.
Cenobyte Servitor - Unit Composition: 3 Cenobyte Servitors
Cenobyte Servitor - Wargear: Close combat weapon (any type)
Cenobyte Servitor - Sources: Deathwatch: First Founding (RPG), pg. 107Psychic Awakening - Faith & Fury (8th Edition), pg. 47Games Workshop Website, Black Templars Concept Art (2005) (Defunct Page)
Censure (Audio Drama) - Censure (Audio Drama): Censure is the fifteenth audio drama for the Horus Heresy Series that was not originally released as part of an anthology or other release. Censure was published online in July 2013 by the Black Library as an audio CD. The audio drama was later republished in prose format as an e-book and as an enhanced audio book. The title was also published as part of the Legacies of Betrayal main series anthology novel.
Censure (Audio Drama) - Official Synopsis: In the depths of Calth's arcology network, the Underworld War has raged for years. Aeonid Thiel, previously an honoured Sergeant of the Ultramarines, once again finds himself in trouble pitted against the daemonic forces of the Word Bearers Legion. He has no choice but to venture back to the ravaged surface and brave the deadly solar flares that have scoured all life from this world. With a lowly Imperial Army trooper as his only companion, it falls to him to drive the maniacal Dark Apostle Kurtha Sedd and his warband from the overrun XIII Legion stronghold.
Centaur - Centaur: The Centaur is a small, armoured utility vehicle that is used in a wide variety of battlefield roles. The Centaur is a common sight both within the armies of the Astra Militarum and those Planetary Defence Forces with sufficient technological knowledge to build them. The Centaur can serve as an Imperial Guard Command Squad transport, a communications vehicle, and a supply vehicle, but is most commonly used as an artillery tow vehicle during prolonged sieges of fixed enemy emplacements.The vehicle has a normal crew complement of only two -- a driver and a gunner -- but can be crewed by just one in special circumstances. A Centaur can carry up to five passengers in its open-topped crew compartment. Its notoriously robust and powerful engine can run even on low-grade promethium or any type of fossil fuel.While the Centaur can be used for a large number of logistical purposes on the battlefield, it is most commonly deployed as an artillery tow vehicle. The Centaur's powerful V6-engine allows it to easily pull smaller artillery pieces such as the Heavy Mortar Cannon and the Quad Cannon, even over the broken landscape of an Imperial battlefield. While the Centaur can also tow the much heavier Earthshaker Cannon and Medusa Siege Gun on flat terrain, it lacks the power to fulfill this role on the battlefield.When not towing artillery pieces, the Centaur is counted amongst the fastest vehicles of the Astra Militarium. Reaching an impressive top speed of 70 kilometres per hour off-road, the Centaur can also be assigned to serve as a transport to a squad of Imperial Guard Grenadiers.In this configuration, the vehicle is usually modified by the addition of Extra Armour Plating to protect its crew and passengers from enemy fire. The Centaur is generally well appreciated by its crew, not the least because passengers in a Centaur can attach the heavy or special weapons they possess to a mount on the vehicle's front, adding their own firepower to that of the vehicle.
Centaur - Armament: The Centaur is armed with only a single Pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber, but can mount any heavy or special weapons its passengers are carrying. The vehicle can also be upgraded with Camouflage Netting, Extra Armour Plating, a Mine Sweeper, a Dozer Blade, rough terrain modifications, a Searchlight, track guards, and a Smoke Launcher.
Centaur - Known Regiments That Make Use of Centaurs: The Death Korps of Krieg - Used thousands of Centaurs during the Siege of Vraks and the Orphean War.
Centaur - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Centaur Utility TankVehicle Name:CentaurMain Armament:Heavy StubberForge World of Origin:VanaheimSecondary Armament:N/AKnown Patterns:I - XIVTraverse:160 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:-22 to 45 degreesPowerplant:Vulcanor 8 Twin Coupled Multi-FuelMain Ammunition:300 RoundsWeight:6.2 TonnesSecondary Ammunition:N/ALength:4.1 metresArmour:Width:3.0 metresHeight:2.3 metresSuperstructure:80 millimetresGround Clearance:0.4 metresHull:50 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:110 kilometres per hourGun Mantlet:N/AMax Speed Off-Road:70 kilometres per hourVehicle Designation:5657-436-0671-CN71Transport Capacity:5 SoldiersFiring Ports:N/AAccess Points:N/ATurret:N/A
Centaur - Sources: Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks - Part One, pp. 109-111Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part TwoImperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part ThreeImperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard (Second Edition), pp. 9, 75-79, 258, 267Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus, pg. 194Titanicus (Novel) by Dan Abnett
Centaur - Also See: Imperial Guard Vehicles
Centurio Ordinatus - Centurio Ordinatus: The Centurio Ordinatus is a section of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Divisio Militaris, the Mechanicus organisation responsible for the development, maintenance and operation of the mighty Ordinatus war machines. Every individual Ordinatus is a unique construction named after the Imperial world on which it was first employed or built.Each Ordinatus is a unique weapon unto itself, designed for a specific purpose or for a particular battle. This explains why the Ordinatii Tech-priests that operate these massive war machines of the Machine God are configured using special augmetics to aid their intended purpose.
Centurio Ordinatus - History: The Centurio Ordinatus is an ancient sub-branch of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Divisio Militaris, able to trace their history back to the Age of Strife before the birth of the Imperium of Man when Mars was an independent Human empire ruled by the Tech-priests of the Mechanicum. The Centurio Ordinatus is a highly specialised force, created to deal with siege works or the demands of a specific battle. The immense war engines of the Ordinatus were often created by the individual Forge Worlds to fulfill very particular roles.The Ordinatus classification held the most powerful and arcane mobile weapons platforms in the ancient Mechanicum's arsenal. They were city-burners and fortress-breakers without compare, and whether armed with magna-beam lance, matter-cyclone or rad-conflagrator, each was mounted on huge tracked reactor units for mobility and heavily shielded from attack, allowing them to traverse and survive on the most hellish battlefield. Each was a work of deadly artifice and ancient power.Much like the Titans whose firepower they often outstripped, the Ordinatus varied in scale and potency. From the truly colossal, unique and unreplicable relics of the Dark Age of Technology, the Ordinatus Primaris, such as the Mars and Endymion whose power was legendary, even compared to the god machines of the great Legio Titanicus, to the lesser but still gargantuan and deadly Ordinatus Minoris sub-classes. The Minoris were, at the height of the Great Crusade, within the reach of only the most potent Forge Worlds to construct, and only then in the most limited numbers.During the Horus Heresy when the galaxy was torn apart by strife and civil war, both Loyalist and Traitor forces of the Centurio Ordinatus unleashed all manner of forbidden and experimental weapons upon one another. Such were the gifts that the Renegade Forge World of Xana II offered; no less than three such terrifying weapons of the Ordinatus Ulator pattern, fully battle ready and armed with devastating sonic destructor weapons.These were Titan-killers, slaughterers of armies, each powerful enough to turn the tide of a battle at a stroke, and in potency far beyond any super-heavy tank and dwarfing the firepower of even the mighty Diamatine siege-guns that had fallen into the grasp of the Iron Warriors earlier in the Horus Heresy.
Centurio Ordinatus - Schism of Mars: During the Horus Heresy, Mars itself, homeworld of the ancient Mechanicum, was riven by civil war. This deadly internecine conflict erupted on Mars between the Loyalist factions of the Mechanicum and the Traitors of the Dark Mechanicum during the opening days of the galaxy-wide conflict and was known as the Schism of Mars.The Traitor Mechanicum armies, commanded by Magos Solomon Abbadon, turned against the Emperor and attempted to overthrow those Mechanicum elements not loyal to the traitorous Fabricator-General Kelbor-Hal. From his mountain citadel of Jericho, Abbadon sent forth his rebel forces to attack the forge-factories and installations of those who remained loyal to the Emperor.Inevitably, the Imperium retaliated and sent an Imperial expeditionary fleet commanded by the Imperial Fists Legion Champion and First Captain Sigismund, 4 companies of Imperial Fists and a large force of Imperial Army soldiers drawn from multiple regiments to secure the forges of Mars and to annihilate Magos Abbadon's traitorous minions and bring Imperial justice to the rebel lord.This proved impossible, though, since the fortress of Jericho was protected by an ancient alien device discovered during the Great Crusade. The Vortex field generator, thought to be an artefact of the enigmatic C'tan, rendered any attack from orbit impossible. Any ship which approached too close was torn apart or displaced into the Warp. Eventually, an Imperial army fought its way to the foothills of the mountains, a few kilometers from Jericho, where it discovered that the Vortex field did not cover the planet's surface.Castellum Jericho, as the citadel was known, boasted walls half a Terran mile thick, which soared into the clouds. The central bastion was constructed from the hardest metal alloys known to humanity and could withstand any amount of pounding by the Imperium's siegemasters. Another solution was needed, and the Loyalist Mechanicum provided the answer.The Ordinatus Mars utilised unique technology to produce a sound wave which resonated across the battlefield. When this sonic wall hit Castellum Jericho, the walls crumbled to dust as they shook themselves apart. The infamous Tower of Steel bent and crumpled like foil, filling the air with the tortured shriek of twisting metal. Thousands of Tech-Guard troops poured through the breach, and Solomon Abbadon was summarily executed for his treacherous crimes.
Centurio Ordinatus - Post-Heresy Centurio Ordinatus: Following the end of the Horus Heresy, many of these leviathan war engines were lost or simply forgotten. Some remained hidden, deep underground or in remote locations, while others remained hidden in secret armouries lost to the ages.Often the rediscovery of such potent engines of destruction results in conflict as opposing factions vie for control of these immensely powerful living icons of the Machine God which are revered as sacred by the Mechanicus. Those few examples of Ordinatus weapons that still exist are deployed only sparingly, and many of them date back to the Great Crusade and have been meticulously maintained for millennia.
Centurio Ordinatus - Centurio Ordinatus Today: These huge engines of destruction are not attached to any specific Titan Legion or Skitarii army. Instead, they fall under the direct control of a division of the Adeptus Mechanicus known as the Centurio Ordinatus. It is the Centurio Ordinatus that decides if these highly specialised machines are to be made available to Imperial military forces, since many of them are ancient indeed and require a large amount of preparation and maintenance to ready them for war.The Ordinatus are amongst the strangest machines to be constructed by the Adeptus Mechanicus. Almost all of them were originally designed and built for a particular battle or campaign, and some of them have never been powered up for conflict since their first and only use.Other Ordinatus have weapons and capabilities which see more general use, and demand for them is high. Only in the most important Imperial battles or campaigns are the Ordinatus sent to war, and even then only for pre-specified operations. Amongst the enemies of the Imperium, the names of the Ordinatus are spoken with reverent fear, their devastating capabilities displayed on thousands of battlefields since the Emperor's Ascension to the Golden Throne.The Cult Mechanicus reveres the Ordinatus as avatars of the Machine God, creations of such cunning and power they could never be improved upon or made outdated. Thus they have been carefully maintained, and when sent to war they are inscribed with sacred runes, anointed with the most precious oils and unguents, and blessed by the Lord of the Centurio Ordinatus. Their crews are the most highly trained of the Skitarii, warriors who fight with the zealous fanaticism of those who serve a living God.
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Centurion - Centurion: This article concerns the Space Marine infantry unit. For the Space Marine Legion rank, see Centurion (Space Marine Rank).A Centurion is a Space Marine who has been equipped with a powered exoskeleton worn over his normal suit of Power Armour known as a Centurion warsuit that allows him to serve a heavy ranged fire support or close support assault role between that of a normal Astartes and a Terminator. A Centurion warsuit enables a Space Marine to stride into battle with the firepower of a battle tank at his fingertips.Protected by thick ablative plates of ceramite, a Centurion warsuit renders its pilot immune to all but the most powerful of weapons. Named after the Space Marine Legion leaders of old, the Centurion warsuit design was unearthed in the aftermath of the Age of Apostasy in the 36th Millennium, and after sanction by the Adeptus Mechanicus, the suits found their way into the armouries of almost every Space Marine Chapter.
Centurion - Pilot Training: Centurion training requires an intense level of focus and determination, even for a Space Marine. A pilot undergoes numerous simulations, tactical recreations and bouts of endurance testing to ensure he is capable of controlling such a complex and powerful piece of wargear in violent situations.As per the decrees of the Codex Astartes, each Chapter is responsible for training its own battle-ready Space Marine force, and an important part of this regime includes vehicle training. Only once tanks and aircraft have been mastered is a Space Marine ready to try his hand at controlling a Centurion battlesuit, though some Chapters -- notably the Imperial Fists -- will single out potential warsuit pilots earlier than others.Part of the intense regime for a Devastator Centurion is hardening the Space Marine to the severe recoil of the weaponry. The warsuit permits a Space Marine to walk into battle armed with the firepower of a tank, and such powerful weaponry would crush a mere human. Recoil kicks hard on the chestpiece of his Power Armour, its blasts ricocheting around his nervous system and musculature and causing spasms in those unprepared.Battle-Brothers who train as Devastator Centurions tend to develop massively proportioned upper-body muscles, even for Space Marines. The most successful Devastator pilots possess phenomenal mental powers of concentration in order to prioritise targets whilst enduring these violent kick-backs.For Assault Centurion pilots, much of their readiness for full combat missions depends upon their handling of a Siege Drill and developing the mental will and strength to operate it. Whilst some Chapters are satisfied to prepare at length on their homeworlds, others prefer to see that the Siege Drills are put to more immediate and practical use in the crucible of war, hurling new inductees into the teeth of the foe with Siege Drills growling.Because Centurion warsuits are a highly specialised asset within a Chapter's armoury, the majority of Centurion pilots are selected from a Chapter's Devastator and Assault Squads -- though not from the ranks of the 1st Company. A Chapter's Veterans possess an exceptional level of battlefield experience, and their knowledge and combat flexibility means they are called upon to fight in a greater variety of circumstances, many of which would be unsuitable for deploying these bulky warsuits. Some Veterans would add bluntly that they find going to war in such slow-moving constructs undignifying.
Centurion - Role: Centurions are brutal yet ponderous specialists typically deployed as line breakers and besiegers -- where haste is less important than durability. Centurion warsuits do not interface with a Battle-Brother's Black Carapace; they are exoskeletons that enhance the already considerable might of Power Armour, making a Space Marine into a walking tank without being surgically implanted into the cybernetic chassis of a Dreadnought.Battle-Brothers learn to pilot Centurions as part of their vehicle training. Centurion pilots are not chosen from the ranks of a Chapter's elite 1st Company, but are hand-picked from the Chapter's Assault and Devastator brethren. The most frequent explanation for this is that a Centurion's role requires a Space Marine to be fully immersed in a particular style of war, whilst the bulky exosuits lack the degree of tactical flexibility that the Chapter's Veterans require.