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Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - History: The Arcus Strike Tank was originally part of a program once initiated by the Primarch of the Ultramarines Legion, Roboute Guilliman, who sought to grant a Legion strike force access to highly specialised weapon systems without the need to employ numerous vehicles for each role.The Sicaran hull was chosen to mount the newly developed Arcus Launcher, which was capable of deploying with a wide range of warheads, each crafted to fulfil a distinct tactical niche during combat. The Arcus was intended to become the cornerstone of a new tactical doctrine the Master of Ultramar had begun to formulate, allowing small Legiones Astartes forces to operate without extensive support and in smaller numbers than during the Great Crusade.Despite production of the Arcus being limited to a few prototype vehicles at the onset of the Horus Heresy, and the doctrinal issues that kept it out of production on most major Forge Worlds, a number of Legion homeworlds produced small numbers of this variant. Of particular note is the inclusion of the Neutron-flux Warheads, a Terran development dating back to the years prior to Terra's alliance with Mars. This weapon saturates the silica stratum of the Cybernetica Cortex employed by Mechanicum Automata with xenon, causing terminal cascade failures in those systems. The continued production of these weapons is believed to be the cause of the Mechanicum's refusal to sanction the Arcus Pattern and its belief that the variant was heretical, and its inevitable downfall.
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - In the 41st Millennium: The Arcus Strike Tank, like the base Sicaran and its myriad variants are now a long-forgotten part of the Imperium's distant past. These vehicles are only found now deep within the relic chambers of those few Adeptus Astartes Chapters that are lucky enough to have them at all. Its Machine Spirit (artificial intelligence) slumbers fitfully in the relic chambers where it is kept, and when awoken appears haunted by the dire events of the Horus Heresy.The Sicaran Arcus is possessed of some of the most advanced and therefore ill-understood machine systems, and it is the subject of deep-rooted awe and superstition, even amongst the most venerable Masters of the Forge. Even when held in stasis, the Sicaran Arcus must be ministered to constantly by its overseers, never less than a score of servo-lectors combining their efforts to ensure the machine's continued rest, as should the Sicaran awake before being called, its Machine Spirit is prone to behave in an unpredictable manner.When the Arcus is used by the Space Marine Chapters that retain examples of this rare pattern in the 41st Millennium, it can be found racing forwards to saturate a target area with incendiary devices of a more commonplace provenance and using its renowned speed to escape unscathed, enabling them to clear otherwise redoubtable bunkers and fortresses with brutal efficiency.
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - Armament: The Arcus Strike Tank was one of the most advanced support platforms available to the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade, however without the support of the ancient Mechanicum to produce and repair the vehicle's Arcus Launchers they were eventually replaced with more common Rotary Missile Launchers.The original Arcus Launchers were capable of deploying a wide range of warheads, each crafted to fulfil a distinct tactical niche during combat. Without the Mechanicum's continued support it is assumed that very few, if any original Arcus Launchers still exist in the 41st Millennium, and that any Arcus Strike Tanks that are still usable are all armed with Rotary Missile Launchers.The Sicaran Arcus is also armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and two sponson-mounted weapons, which can be either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons. The vehicle can also be outfitted with a Pintle-mounted Weapon, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Extra Armour Plating, a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, Armoured Ceramite Plating, a Searchlight, or Smoke Launchers.
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank (31st Millennium Only)
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - Wargear: A standard Relic Sicaran Arcus is armed and equipped with:Twin-linked Rotary Missile LaunchersHeavy BolterSmoke LaunchersA Relic Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank may also be armed with the following sponson weapons:2 Heavy Bolters2 LascannonsA Relic Sicaran Arcus may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Storm BolterRelic Sicaran Arcus Strike Tanks may also have vehicle equipment such as:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - Horus Heresy Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Sicaran Battle Tanks of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapons loadout options than those still found during the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Sicaran Arcus is armed and equipped with:Twin-linked Arcus Launchers (31st Millennium)Heavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersExtra Armour PlatingA Legion Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank may also be armed with the following sets of sponson weapons, two weapons per set:Heavy BoltersLascannonsA Legion Sicaran Arcus may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked BolterCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherLegion Sicaran Arcus Strike Tanks may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeHunter-Killer Missile LauncherArmoured Ceramite PlatingAuxiliary Drive SystemA Legion Sicaran Arcus armed with an Arcus Launcher may also have a variety warheads such as:Arcus Warheads (Standard Loadout, Cluster-type Explosive Munitions)Skyspear Warheads (Anti-Air Munitions)Pyrax Warheads (High Explosive-type Munitions)Neutron-flux Warheads (Neutron radiation-type Munitions)
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Sicarian Arcus Strike TankVehicle Name:Sicarian Arcus Strike TankMain Armament:Turrent-mounted Arcus Launcher or Rotary Missile LauncherForge World of Origin:UnknownSecondary Armament:Hull-mounted Heavy Bolter, Sponson-mounted LascannonsKnown Patterns:UnknownTraverse:360 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:-8 to 8 degrees (Approx.)Powerplant:Uncodified Open Core Plasma IoniserMain Ammunition:UnknownWeight:65 Tonnes (Approx.)Secondary Ammunition:1400 rounds (Heavy Bolter), Unlimited cell (Lascannon)Length:8.2 metresArmour:Width:7 metresHeight:4.85 metres (Approx.)Superstructure:80 millimetresGround Clearance:0.32 metresHull:70 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:74 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Gun Mantlet:80 millimetresMax Speed Off-Road:58 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Vehicle Designation:UnknownTransport Capacity:NoneFiring Ports:NoneAccess Points:N/ATurret:80 millimetres (Approx.)
Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - Sources: Forge World Webstore - Legion Sicaran Arcus Strike TankForge World Webstore - Relic Sicaran Arcus Experimental Rules (PDF)Forge World Webstore - Legion Sicaran Arcus Experimental Rules (PDF)
Sicaran Battle Tank - Sicaran Battle Tank: The Sicaran Battle Tank was an Imperial main battle tank and one of the most advanced armoured vehicles used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.These powerful vehicles were exclusive to the armouries of the Legiones Astartes and were just in the process of being introduced as a standard vehicle of the Legions when the Horus Heresy broke out. This allowed the Warmaster Horus to ensure that many examples of the new tank found their way only into the armouries of those Space Marine Legions that would side with him before the outbreak of his rebellion against the Emperor of Mankind.In the 41st Millennium, many Adepts of the Machine God deny that the Sicaran is anything but a myth, an imagined or at best half-remembered phantom of an age long ago shrouded in blood and shadow. Others, especially more senior Techmarines, know that the Sicaran is real and once served the Legiones Astartes as they prosecuted the wars of the Great Crusade.
Sicaran Battle Tank - Armament: The primary armament of the Sicaran Battle Tank is a twin-linked set of the highly sophisticated Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannon. These weapons are akin to the much heavier calibre Accelerator Cannon mounted upon the super-heavy Fellblade tank. While the Accelerator Autocannons used by the Sicaran are smaller, they are superior in terms of firing speed and accuracy, and are capable of firing shells at far higher velocities than a standard Autocannon.This allows the Sicaran to engage swiftly moving enemy vehicles and pinpoint vulnerabilities in their armour with lethal precision. The Sicaran is also armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and two sponson-mounted weapons, which can be either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons. The vehicle can also be outfitted with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Extra Armour Plating, a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, armoured ceramite plating, a Searchlight, or Smoke Launchers.
Sicaran Battle Tank - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Sicaran Battle Tank (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Sicaran Battle Tank (31st Millennium Only)
Sicaran Battle Tank - Wargear: A Relic Sicaran Battle Tank is armed and equipped with the following:Twin-linked Accelerator AutocannonsHeavy BolterSmoke LaunchersA Relic Sicaran Battle Tank may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Storm BolterA Relic Sicaran Battle Tank may also be armed with the following sponson weapons:2 Heavy Bolters2 LascannonsRelic Sicaran Battle Tanks may also have vehicle equipment such as:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Sicaran Battle Tank - Horus Heresy Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Sicaran Battle Tanks of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapon loadout options than those still found during the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Sicaran Battle Tank is armed and equipped with:Twin-linked Herakles Pattern Accelerator AutocannonsHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersExtra Armour PlatingA Legion Sicaran Battle Tank may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked BolterCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherA Legion Sicaran Battle Tank may also be armed with the following sets of sponson weapons, two weapons per set:Heavy BoltersLascannonsLegion Sicaran Battle Tanks may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeHunter-Killer Missile LauncherArmoured Ceramite PlatingAuxiliary Drive System
Sicaran Battle Tank - Variants: The Sicaran Battle Tank, like many other Imperial vehicles, possessed many different variants. These include:Sicaran Venator - The Sicaran Venator is a heavy tank destroyer variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Sicaran Venator removes the standard Sicaran's turret and hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and replaces it with a hull-mounted Neutron Laser Cannon.Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank - The Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank is a ranged support variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Sicaran Arcus removes the standard Sicaran's turret-mounted weapons and replaces it with an Arcus Launcher, a type of Rotary Missile Launcher, similar to that of the Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius.Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - The Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank is an anti-infantry variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Sicaran Punisher removes the standard Sicaran's turret-mounted weapons and replaces them with a Punisher Rotary Cannon.Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - The Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer is a tank destroyer variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Sicaran Omega removes the standard Sicaran's turret-mounted weapons and replaces them with a twin-linked set of Omega Plasma Cannons. These weapons are easier to produce and maintain than the Neutron Laser Cannon found on the Sicaran Venator.Chaos Relic Sicaran Battle Tank - The Chaos Relic Sicaran Battle Tank represents those few examples of this bygone relic war engine still maintained by the Chaos Space Marines of the ancient Traitor Legions since the time of the Horus Heresy. Possessed of a darkly self-aware anima, the Chaos Sicaran is armed with the same weapons as those in the service of the Imperium, and while it is likely that alternative configurations once existed, all confirmed examples have been equipped with the fearsome Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannon. This weapon is kin to the large calibre ordnance carried on the equally rare Fellblade super-heavy tank, married to a high capacity, auto-loading ammunition feed and a tracking device capable of acquiring and locking onto even the fastest moving targets with fiendish accuracy. The tank's baleful Machine Spirit appears to relish hunting such targets as a predator stalks a terrified prey creature, and some have reported the Chaos Sicaran toying with its foe with obvious malice, employing the preternatural accuracy of its main weapon to selectively inflict cruel and debilitating wounds before eventually delivering the killing blow.
Sicaran Battle Tank - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Sicaran Battle TankVehicle Name:Sicaran Battle TankMain Armament:Turrent-mounted Twin Accelerator AutocannonsForge World of Origin:UnknownSecondary Armament:Hull-mounted Heavy Bolter, Sponson-mounted LascannonsKnown Patterns:UnknownTraverse:360 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:-8 to 8 degreesPowerplant:Uncodified Open Core Plasma IoniserMain Ammunition:140 RoundsWeight:65 TonnesSecondary Ammunition:1400 rounds (Heavy Bolter), Unlimited cell (Lascannon)Length:8.2 metresArmour:Width:7 metresHeight:4.85 metresSuperstructure:80 millimetresGround Clearance:0.32 metresHull:70 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:74 kilometres per hourGun Mantlet:80mmMax Speed Off-Road:58 kilometres per hourVehicle Designation:UnknownTransport Capacity:NoneFiring Ports:NoneAccess Points:N/ATurret:80 millimetres
Sicaran Battle Tank - Sources: Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes (8th Edition), pg. 13Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition) - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pp. 24, 78-81Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned by Andy Hoare with additional material by Alan Bligh & Neil Wylie, pp. 19, 37-39The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre by Alan Bligh, pg. 203The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 8, 24, 114, 116-117, 124-125, 168The Horus Heresy - Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 151The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 72, 103, 105, 115, 153-154The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 237The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List by Alan Bligh, pg. 73Forge World Webstore - Legion Sicaran Battle TankForge World Webstor - Legion Sicaran Venator
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer: The Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer, or simply the Sicaran Omega, is a variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Sicaran Battle Tank was an Imperial main battle tank and one of the most advanced armoured vehicles used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. Retrofitted to allow the Sicaran hull to carry more firepower, the Omega variant is a formidable tank hunter.The Omega utilises the speed provided by the Sicaran's engines to apply overwhelming short range firepower in battle, racing forwards to ambush and obliterate the lumbering siege tanks of enemy columns. The Sicaran Omega is not the only tank hunter variant of the Sicaran, as the Venator variant is also armed with anti-tank weaponry, though the Venator is much more suited to destroying enemy heavy armour and super-heavy vehicles.
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - 41st Millennium: The Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer, like the base Sicaran Battle Tank and its myriad variants are now a long-forgotten part of the Imperium's distant past. These vehicles are only now found deep within the relic chambers of those few Adeptus Astartes Chapters that are lucky enough to possess them at all. The tank's Machine Spirit (artificial intelligence) slumbers fitfully in its relic chamber and when awoken appears haunted by the dire events of the Horus Heresy.The Sicaran Omega possessed some of the most advanced and therefore ill-understood machine systems, and it is the subject of deep-rooted awe and superstition, even amongst the most venerable Masters of the Forge. Even when held in stasis, the Sicaran Omega must be ministered to constantly by its overseers, never less than a score of servo-lectors combining their efforts to ensure the machine's continued rest, as should the Sicaran Omega awake before being called, its Machine Spirit is prone to behave in an unpredictable manner.
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Armament: The Sicaran Omega is armed with a turret-mounted Omega Plasma Array. The Omega Plasma Array is a simplified, and sometimes considered crude, over-sized copy of the ancient Mechanicum's Plasma-fusil Weaponry, a stopgap and imperfect copy that was nonetheless capable of being produced by the lesser forges attached to many Space Marine Legion strongholds, allowing them to replace losses of more complex vehicles. These weapons relied on the brutal application of overwhelming force to reduce enemy armour to wrecks instead of the precise annihilation of more advanced weapons systems.The Omega Plasma Array is capable of focusing and projecting a highly pressurised stream of volatile and highly charged plasma, vaporising outer armour layers and literally burning through an enemy tank's defences. The weapon is capable of firing either as a volley of plasma bolts, or as a sustained burn which can quickly rip through multiple layers of armour plating, at the expense of potentially overheating the weapon.The highly charged plasma utilised by the Sicaran Omega is contained at pressures that are difficult to regulate for even the most skilled Techmarines, and even a slight miscalculation can lead to disaster. When such an engine suffers a catastrophic breach, the destruction wrought is far more terrible than for other vehicles of its class. The Sicaran Omega is also armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and two sponson-mounted weapons, which can be either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons. The vehicle can also be outfitted with a pintle-mounted weapon, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Extra Armour Plating, a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, Armoured Ceramite Plating, a Searchlight, or Smoke Launchers.
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer (31st Millennium Only)
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Wargear: A standard Relic Sicaran Omega is armed and equipped with:Omega Plasma ArrayHeavy BolterSmoke LaunchersA Relic Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer may also be armed with the following sponson weapons:2 Heavy Bolters2 LascannonsA Relic Sicaran Omega may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Storm BolterRelic Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyers may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Horus Heresy Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Sicaran Battle Tanks of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapon loadout options than those relics still found in the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Sicaran Omega is armed and equipped with:Omega Plasma ArrayHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersExtra Armour PlatingA Legion Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer may also be armed with the following sponson weapons:2 Heavy Bolters2 LascannonsA Legion Sicaran Omega may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked BolterCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherLegion Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyers may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeHunter-Killer Missile LauncherArmoured Ceramite PlatingAuxiliary Drive System
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Sicarian Omega Tank DestroyerVehicle Name:Sicarian Omega Tank DestroyerMain Armament:Turrent-mounted Omega Plasma ArrayForge World of Origin:UnknownSecondary Armament:Hull-mounted Heavy Bolter, Sponson-mounted LascannonsKnown Patterns:UnknownTraverse:360 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:-8 to 8 degrees (Approx.)Powerplant:Uncodified Open Core Plasma IoniserMain Ammunition:UnknownWeight:65 Tonnes (Approx.)Secondary Ammunition:1400 rounds (Heavy Bolter), Unlimited cell (Lascannon)Length:8.2 metresArmour:Width:7 metresHeight:4.85 metres (Approx.)Superstructure:80 millimetresGround Clearance:0.32 metresHull:70 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:74 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Gun Mantlet:80 millimetresMax Speed Off-Road:58 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Vehicle Designation:UnknownTransport Capacity:NoneFiring Ports:NoneAccess Points:N/ATurret:80 millimetres (Approx.)
Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book Nine: Crusade (Forge World Series), pg. 115Forge World Webstore - Legion Sicaran Omega Tank DestroyerForge World Webstore - Relic Sicaran Omega Experimental Rules (PDF)Forge World Webstore - Legion Sicaran Omega Experimental Rules (PDF)
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank: The Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank, or simply Sicaran Punisher, is a variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Sicaran Battle Tank was an Imperial main battle tank and one of the most advanced armoured vehicles used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. The Sicaran Punisher variant came to be used by the Space Marine Legions during the final days of the Great Crusade, along with several other Sicaran variants. The Punisher is an anti-infantry-focused assault tank, replacing the standard Sicaran's twin-linked set of the highly sophisticated Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannons with a massive Punisher Rotary Cannon.Originally found mounted on the now rare Cerberus Pattern main battle tanks once used by the Imperium, the Punisher had an established reputation as a deadly tool that excelled in the eradication of massed infantry or hordes of swarming xenos creatures, limited only by its relatively short range and an appetite for munitions. Married to the Sicaran chassis, the impressive speed of that vehicle effectively negated the short range of the weapon, and the complex feed assemblies developed as part of the various Terran-supplied Accelerator Cannon weapons ensured the Punisher saw widespread use among the Legions, though eventually it was employed against the very warriors it was intended to protect.The Sicaran Punisher, like the base Sicaran and its myriad variants are now a long forgotten part of the Imperium's distant past. These vehicles are only now found deep within the relic chambers of those few Adeptus Astartes Chapters that are lucky enough to have them at all. The Machine Spirit (artificial intelligence) of each tank slumbers fitfully in their relic chambers and when awoken appears haunted by the dire events of the Horus Heresy. The Sicaran Punisher is possessed of some of the most advanced and therefore ill-understood machine systems, and it is the subject of deep-rooted awe and superstition, even amongst the most venerable Masters of the Forge. Even when held in stasis, the Sicaran Punisher must be ministered to constantly by its overseers, never less than a score of servo-lectors combining their efforts to ensure the machine's continued rest, as should the Sicaran Punisher awake before being called, its Machine Spirit is prone to behave in an unpredictable manner.
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Armament: The Sicaran Punisher is an anti-massed infantry assault tank, replacing the standard Sicaran Battle Tank's twin-linked set of the highly sophisticated Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannons with a massive Punisher Rotary Cannon. The Rotary Cannon does not directly replace the base Sicaran's weapon system, instead the tank's entire turret is replaced with the domed turret commonly found on other Astartes vehicles such as the Deimos Predator and Fellblade. The Punisher Rotary Cannon is mounted to the side of the turret dome, with its complex feeding mechanisms and gyro-assisted recoil compensators taking up the remainder of the turret. The Sicaran Punisher is also armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and two sponson-mounted weapons, which can be either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons. The vehicle can also be outfitted with a Pintle-mounted Weapon, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Extra Armour Plating, a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, Armoured Ceramite Plating, a Searchlight, or Smoke Launchers.
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank (31st Millennium Only)
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Wargear: A Relic Sicaran Punisher is armed and equipped with:Punisher Rotary CannonHeavy BolterSmoke LaunchersA Relic Sicaran Punisher may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Storm BolterRelic Sicaran Punishers may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Horus Heresy Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Sicaran Punisher Tanks of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapon loadout options than those still found in the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Sicaran Punisher is armed and equipped with:Punisher Rotary CannonHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersExtra Armour PlatingA Legion Sicaran Punisher may take one of the following pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked BolterCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherLegion Sicaran Punishers may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeHunter-Killer Missile LauncherArmoured Ceramite PlatingAuxiliary Drive System
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Sicarian Punisher Assault TankVehicle Name:Sicaran Punisher Assault TankMain Armament:Turrent-mounted Punisher Rotary CannonForge World of Origin:UnknownSecondary Armament:Hull-mounted Heavy Bolter, Sponson-mounted LascannonsKnown Patterns:UnknownTraverse:360 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:-8 to 8 degreesPowerplant:Uncodified Open Core Plasma IoniserMain Ammunition:UnknownWeight:65 Tonnes (Approx.)Secondary Ammunition:1400 rounds (Heavy Bolter), Unlimited cell (Lascannon)Length:8.2 metresArmour:Width:7 metresHeight:4.85 metres (Approx.)Superstructure:80 millimetresGround Clearance:0.32 metresHull:70 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:74 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Gun Mantlet:80 millimetresMax Speed Off-Road:58 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Vehicle Designation:UnknownTransport Capacity:NoneFiring Ports:NoneAccess Points:N/ATurret:80 millimetres (Approx.)
Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank - Sources: Forge World Webstore - Legion Sicaran Punisher Assault TankForge World Webstore - Sicaran Punisher Experimental Rules (PDF) Imperial Armour - Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes (8th Edition), pg. 15
Sicaran Venator - Sicaran Venator: The Sicaran Venator is a variant of the Sicaran Battle Tank and was designed near the end of the Great Crusade, just before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium, as a purpose-built tank destroyer for the Space Marine Legions.The Sicaran Venator was highly valued by the Legiones Astartes for the combination of mobility and protection provided by the Sicaran Battle Tanks' chassis, and the potent firepower it could unleash in the form of its compact Neutron Laser Projector.The Neutron Laser Projector is a formidable anti-armour weapon whose particle beam is capable of penetrating any known armour. Current Imperial records do not indicate whether or not the Sicaran Venator, or even the standard Sicaran Battle Tank, is still in use by any of the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes or the Traitor Legions in the late 41st Millennium.
Sicaran Venator - History: The Sicaran Venator is a variant of the Sicaran battle tank which saw extensive use in the opening battles of the Horus Heresy. The Sicaran Venator replaced the turret-mounted Accelerator Cannon of the standard Sicaran with a powerful Neutron Beam Laser. When coupled with the Sicaran Venator's ferocious speed, the Sicaran Venator was an ideal tank hunter, slicing apart armoured hulls with casual ease and blasting internal compartments and crew with atomic fire.Conceived in the fires of war, the Sicaran Venator was the result of all the knowledge gleaned from the unnumbered battles of the Great Crusade. Its advanced Neutron Laser was specially designed to provide the Legiones Astartes with superior firepower, enabling it to destroy any and all xenos threats that might be encountered by the expanding armies of the nascent Imperium.At the time Horus began his rebellion on the black fields of Istvaan V, the Sicaran Venator had only just entered full production and only limited numbers had inducted into the various Legions. Despite the relative rarity of these vehicles, their combination of durability, speed and firepower ensured that they proved pivotal in a number of battles, surviving where lesser Predator or Vindicator tanks did not.
Sicaran Venator - Armament: The Sicaran Venator replaces the standard Sicaran Battle Tank's turret-mounted Accelerator Autocannons and hull-mounted Heavy Bolter with a hull-mounted Hadyxis Pattern Neutron Beam Laser. This weapon turns the Sicaran Venator into a formidable anti-armour vehicle that is capable of engaging nearly any target, as a Neutron Laser weapon's particle beam is capable of penetrating all known types of armour.The vehicle is also armed with a single pintle-mounted, remote-controlled Heavy Bolter to engage infantry that gets too close and two sponson-mounted weapons, which can be either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons. The Sicaran Venator can also be outfitted with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Extra Armour Plating, a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive system, Extra Armour Plating, a Searchlight, or Smoke Launchers.
Sicaran Venator - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Sicaran Venator Tank Destroyer (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Sicaran Venator Tank Destroyer (31st Millennium Only)
Sicaran Venator - Wargear: A Relic Sicaran Venator is armed and equipped with:Neutron Laser Cannon (Neutron Pulse Cannon)Heavy BolterSmoke LaunchersA Relic Sicaran Venator can also take one of the following additional pintle-mounted weapons:Storm BolterA Relic Sicaran Venator may also be armed with the following sponson weapons:2 Heavy Bolters2 LascannonsRelic Sicaran Venators may also have vehicle equipment such as:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Sicaran Venator - Horus Heresy Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Sicaran Venators of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapons loadout options than those still found during the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Sicaran Venator is armed and equipped with:Hadyxis Pattern Neutron Beam LaserHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersExtra Armour PlatingA Legion Sicaran Venator also take one of the following additional pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked BolterHeavy BolterCombi-WeaponHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherA Legion Sicaran Venator may also be armed with the following sets of sponson weapons, two weapons per set:Heavy BoltersLascannonsLegion Sicaran Venators may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeHunter-Killer Missile LauncherArmoured Ceramite PlatingAuxiliary Drive System
Sicaran Venator - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Sicaran VenatorVehicle Name:Sicaran VenatorMain Armament:Fixed Hull-mounted Neutron Beam LaserForge World of Origin:UnknownSecondary Armament:Two Sponson-mounted LascannonsKnown Patterns:UnknownTraverse:0 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:0 to 22 degreesPowerplant:Uncodified Open Core Plasma IoniserMain Ammunition:Unlimited from GeneratorWeight:approx. 65 TonnesSecondary Ammunition:Unlimited cellLength:approx. 8.2 metresArmour:Width:7 metresHeight:approx. 4.85 metresSuperstructure:80 millimetresGround Clearance:0.32 metresHull:70 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:74 kilometres per hourGun Mantlet:80 millimetresMax Speed Off-Road:58 kilometres per hourVehicle Designation:UnknownTransport Capacity:NoneFiring Ports:NoneAccess Points:N/ATurret:N/A
Sicaran Venator - Sources: Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes (8th Edition), pg. 14The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 21, 90, 157, 240The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 1, 53The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 52-53, 194, 248-249The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List by Alan Bligh, pg. 72Forge World - Legion Sicaran Venator
Sicarian Infiltrator - Sicarian Infiltrator: A Sicarian Infiltrator is a member of perhaps the most sinister of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Skitarii warrior clades, for their neurostatic bombardment robs their victims of their senses. When hunting, they emit a white noise that fills the visual, auditory and even olfactory spectrums with static, leaving their foes all but helpless before the killing begins.Tall and slender, Sicarian Infiltrators pick their way across the battlefield with the stilted grace of spearfisher birds. They were not always this way, however, for each Sicarian is far from whole -- not in spirit, nor in body.As with their Ruststalker brethren, every Sicarian Infiltrator was once a warrior of the Skitarii who, in the pursuance of the Cult Mechanicus' agenda, was blasted limb from limb, extensively burned or otherwise dismembered. During the data-harvest at a battle's end, if these fallen are judged still fit to serve the Omnissiah, they are not incinerated but instead taken back to the augmetic slabs.There they are given a new lease on life by the addition of slender but powerful metal limbs. Technically speaking, all the Magi Biologis need to create a Sicarian is a head, a torso and some limb stumps, though a detachment from emotion and a knack for inspiring fear is vital for the best results.With such awesome power at their command, it is tempting for Sicarian Infiltrators to employ their neurostatic off the battlefield, against uncooperative Imperial citizens. This escalation often leads to unnecessary complications, and Infiltrators must struggle to reconnect with their dwindling shreds of Humanity and discover less direct ways to achieve their aims.
Sicarian Infiltrator - Role: An Infiltrator can bypass enemy defences with ease, though this ability owes nothing to stealth, nor skill. Instead it hinges upon the potency and variety of the disruptive wavelengths they broadcast from their domed helms and jutting antennae.When the Infiltrators approach, their prey's every sensory apparatus is bombarded by overwhelming stimuli. Vox-casters howl with anguished feedback whilst vid-screens craze with fizzing static. Yet this crippling electromagnetic assault is even more effective upon natural senses than artificial ones.Ears ring with cruel tinnitus, eyes water and turn red, and the taste of burnt metal fills the mouth. It is all the Infiltrators' victims can do to remember how to breathe. As their prey clasps hands over bleeding ears and screws shut bloodshot eyes, the Sicarian Infiltrators simply walk into point-blank range and open fire.This sensory assault, though broad in spectrum, is calibrated precisely by the tech-priest sanctioning these macabre assassins. Those Skitarii sent to fight alongside the Infiltrators are given null codes that transmute the frequencies into harmless song; to them, the constant barrarge of neurostatic coming from each domed helmet is nothing more than a soft psalm to the Omnissiah's glory.For this reason Infitrators are seen as wise and holy heroes by their Skitarii brethren, talismans against data corruption that fight a selfless war on the front line. Only to the enemy is truth revealed. There is little virtue left inside these merciless prowlers, and what personality remains is interested only in death.
Sicarian Infiltrator - Notable Formations: Sicarian Killclade - The vile hissing that accompanies a Sicarian Killclade on the hunt gnaws at the mind. When the stomach-churning hum of transonic weaponry mingles with the mind numbing aura of an Infiltrator assault, its effect can be magnified, leaving those brave or foolish enough to stand their ground all but crippled. The sight of their foes reeling from their approach fills the Sicarians with righteous faith, readying them for the hyperaction imperatives their masters inload as they near the foe. At an unspoken command, the Sicarian Ruststalkers of the Killclade will burst from concealment like hunter-arachnids. Their Transonic Weapons flash azure as they plunge headlong into the foe with reckless haste, then gory red as the butchery begins. A Sicarian Killclade typically consists of three squads of Sicarian Ruststalkers accompanied by a single squad of Sicarian Infiltrators.
Sicarian Infiltrator - Unit Composition: 4-9 Sicarian Infiltrators1 Infiltrator Princeps
Sicarian Infiltrator - Wargear: As standard, all Sicarian Infiltrators are armed with:Sicarian Battle Armour - As agility is of paramount importance to the long-limbed killers of the Sicarian brotherhood, Sicarian Infiltrators go to war clad in Sicarian Battle Armour. This is made up of a multi-layered alloy that, though thin and flexible, provides admirable physical protection. This alloy, informally known as aegium, acts as a capacitor that harnesses the energy of incoming attacks and disperses it harmlessly across the wearers bionic frame.Stubcarbine - A Stubcarbine, though compact, has the stopping power of the Heavy Stubbers mounted on the tanks of the Astra Militarum. When a squad of Sicarians opens fire with these weapons, the air fills with a storm of solid shot that chews their victims to ruin.Power Sword - A Power Weapon is sheathed in the lethal haze of a disruptive energy field that eats through armour, flesh and bone with ease.All members of a Sicarian Infiltrator squad can choose to replace their Stubcarbine and Power Sword with:Flechette Blaster - A Flechette Blaster is a lightweight but lethal weapon, a favoured tool of Sicarian Infiltrators. It fires hundreds of tiny darts, each of which bears a dormant cerebral cell awakened in the gun's chamber. Where one dart hits home, it emits a bioelectric pulse that attracts others, resulting in a series of impacts that burrow through bone.Taser Goad - Powered by hyperdynamo capacitors, Taser Weapons store an incredible amount of potential energy. A solid impact will cause this energy to be discharged in a scorching blast, only to be harnessed once more by the electrothief prongs at the weapon's tip.Optional wargear that an Infiltrator Princeps can take include:Infoslave Skull - The dextrous skull-and-digit adjutants that accompany senior Skitarii record hard data at a prolific rate. To know their findings are recorded and reported back is a great boon to the Skitarii, who draw courage and strength from the fact their sacrifices will not be in vain.Relics of Mars - Relics of Mars are items of terrifying power that are sometimes bestowed upon a Skitarii Alpha or Sicarian Princeps by a senior tech-priest for them to field test.Special Issue Wargear - Elite Skitarii warriors have the right to bear special issue wargear into battle, which can include either a Conversion Field or Refractor Field, and Digital Weapons.
Sicarian Infiltrator - Sources: Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition), pp. 51, 79Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus - Skitarii (7th Edition), pp. 28, 32, 34-39, 60, 66Wrath & Glory: Forsaken System Player Guide (RPG), pg. 110
Sicarian Princeps - Sicarian Princeps: A Sicarian Princeps is an officer of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Skitarii cybernetic soldiery who commands squads of the Skitarii specialists known as Sicarian Ruststalkers and Sicarian Infiltrators.There are two kinds of Sicarian Princeps, Ruststalker Princeps and Infiltrator Princeps, and each has a different wargear loadout.
Sicarian Princeps - Ruststalker Princeps: As standard, Sicarian Ruststalkers are armed with:Sicarian Battle Armour - As agility is of paramount importance to the long-limbed killers of the Sicarian brotherhood, Sicarian Ruststalkers go to war clad in Sicarian Battle Armour. This is made up of a multi-layered alloy that, though thin and flexible, provides admirable physical protection. This alloy, informally known as aegium, acts as a capacitor that harnesses the energy of incoming attacks and disperses it harmlessly across the wearers bionic frame.Transonic Razor - A Transonic Razor emits a low, insistent buzz that makes stomachs turn and eyes vibrate in their sockets. When they strike armour, these weapons will adjust their hostile sonic field to match the armour's resonant frequency, quickly slicing right through itChordclaw - A Transonic Weapon in the form of a needle-fingered gauntlet capable of turning a man's muscle, bone and fat to jelly.Mindscrambler Grenades - Mindscrambler Grenades harbour the egg-sac of a Cthellan electrogenesis squid. When detonated, the resultant surge of bio-electricity causes heavy neural trauma in living creatures and artificial sentiences alike.All members of a Sicarian Ruststalker squad can choose to replace their Transonic Razor, Chordclaw, and Mindscrambler Grenades with:Twin Transonic Blades - Stiletto-swift weapons wielded in pairs, Transonic Blades are a form of Transonic Weapon that augments the user's own strength to devastating effect.Optional wargear that a Ruststalker Princeps can take include:Chordclaw - A Chordclaw can be taken if the Ruststalker Princeps chooses to wield twin Transonic Blades.Prehensile Dataspike - Usually mounted on a tail-like Mechadendrite, the dataspikes favoured by the agents of the Adeptus Mechanicus can stab into the cortex of enemy machines and steal their secrets within a couple of heartbeats.Relics of Mars - Relics of Mars are items of terrifying power that are sometimes bestowed upon a Skitarii Alpha or Sicarian Princeps by a senior Tech-Priest for them to field test.Special Issue Wargear - Elite Skitarii warriors have the right to bear special issue wargear into battle, which can include either a Conversion Field or Refractor Field, and Digital Weapons.
Sicarian Princeps - Infiltrator Princeps: As standard, all Sicarian Infiltrators are armed with:Sicarian Battle Armour - As agility is of paramount importance to the long-limbed killers of the Sicarian brotherhood, Sicarian Infiltrators go to war clad in Sicarian Battle Armour. This is made up of a multi-layered alloy that, though thin and flexible, provides admirable physical protection. This alloy, informally known as aegium, acts as a capacitor that harnesses the energy of incoming attacks and disperses it harmlessly across the wearers bionic frame.Stubcarbine - A Stubcarbine, though compact, has the stopping power of the Heavy Stubbers mounted on the tanks of the Astra Militarum. When a squad of Sicarians opens fire with these weapons, the air fills with a storm of solid shot that chews their victims to ruin.Power Sword - A Power Weapon is sheathed in the lethal haze of a disruptive energy field that eats through armour, flesh and bone with ease.All members of a Sicarian Infiltrator squad can choose to replace their Stubcarbine and Power Sword with:Flechette Blaster - A Flechette Blaster is a lightweight but lethal weapon, a favoured tool of Sicarian Infiltrators. It fires hundreds of tiny darts, each of which bears a dormant cerebral cell awakened in the gun's chamber. Where one dart hits home, it emits a bioelectric pulse that attracts others, resulting in a series of impacts that burrow through bone.Taser Goad - Powered by hyperdynamo capacitors, Taser Weapons store an incredible amount of potential energy. A solid impact will cause this energy to be discharged in a scorching blast, only to be harnessed once more by the electrothief prongs at the weapon's tip.Optional wargear that an Infiltrator Princeps can take include:Infoslave Skull - The dextrous skull-and-digit adjutants that accompany senior Skitarii record hard data at a prolific rate. To know their findings are recorded and reported back is a great boon to the Skitarii, who draw courage and strength from the fact their sacrifices will not be in vain.Relics of Mars - Relics of Mars are items of terrifying power that are sometimes bestowed upon a Skitarii Alpha or Sicarian Princeps by a senior Tech-priest for them to field test.Special Issue Wargear - Elite Skitarii warriors have the right to bear special issue wargear into battle, which can include either a Conversion Field or Refractor Field, and Digital Weapons.
Sicarian Ruststalker - Sicarian Ruststalker: A Sicarian Ruststalker is one of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Skitarii Legions' stick-thin cybernetic assassins driven to a bitter murderlust by the mutilations of their former lives.Most Sicarians are constructed from the mortally wounded bodies of fallen Skitarii. It is a traumatic and painful transformation that unravels the recipient's psychological stability. Ruststalkers are often chosen from those who recovered worst -- lost and desperate souls, grateful for sanction to unleash their violent rage in service of the Machine God.Known colloquially as "shivs" to the soldiers of the Astra Militarum due to the shivering, blurring appearance of their Transonic Weapons, Ruststalkers can dart across a battlefield with daunting speed and fight with a frantic energy.One who witnesses a pack of these metal-limbed killers attack might initially see their blows rain from Carapace Armour or layered ceramite with transonic shrieks.A few heartbeats later, their enemies suddenly seem to disintegrate -- hacked limb from limb in showers of blood as the keening blades of the Ruststalkers locate the armour's resonant frequency and their wielders howl in triumph.
Sicarian Ruststalker - Role: Sicarian Ruststalkers were originally devised as cybernetic assassins, sent into the Red Planet's wastes to hunt down feral servitors and other undesirables excommunicated from the Cult Mechanicus. They proved so effective at their task they were repurposed and militarised into groups known as "killclades."Since that day Ruststalker manufacturing has spread to every Forge World and the troops have fought on the front line of the Cult Mechanicus' many wars.The Ruststalkers of the Skitarii Legions fall upon their foes in a slashing, stabbing frenzy. Their transonic blades blur as they dart and cut like the weapons of gladiatorial knife-fighters, the deadly resonances they transmit bypassing armour as if it offered no more resistance than a hologram.The weapons of the Ruststalkers are sinister examples of the Adeptus Mechanicus' mastery over the laws of physics; they emanate a strong, sick hum that plays on the soul. When these horrible devices are put to use, their sonic field swoops across a variety of wavelengths until it finds the exact molecular frequency to simply pass through whatever armour their foes are wearing.The gory results, though they take a second or two to manifest, are considered by tech-priests to be well worth the wait. So lethal is this offshoot of sonic technology that the Tech-priests have refined it into many forms. These range from stiletto-swift razors to the much-feared Chordclaw, a needle-fingered gauntlet capable of turning a man's flesh to quivering mulch.