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Deimos Vindicator - Deimos Vindicator: The Deimos Vindicator, sometimes called the Deimos Pattern Vindicator, is an early pattern of the Imperial Vindicator siege tank that was used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and later during the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. The Deimos Vindicator, like the now common Mars Pattern Vindicator, is a Rhino variant that features improved armour, particularly on the vehicle's front and sides, and a hull-mounted forward-firing Demolisher Cannon.The Deimos Vindicator is a variant of the Deimos Rhino, which was much more common during those ancient days than at present, although many Deimos Vindicators are still operational in the service of Space Marine Chapters in the late 41st Millennium. The Deimos Vindicator, like the Mars Pattern Vindicator, is used as an assault and siege tank, usually during urban combat where its main weapon's short range is most useful.The Deimos Vindicator is effective at destroying enemy barricades and other obstacles during urban conflict and is usually found directly supporting infantry squads, as its heavy armour and low hull profile increases its survivability, offering the supporting infantry the equivalent of a mobile strong-point. The Deimos Vindicator can also be used as an assault tank, spearheading attacks on enemy fortifications and strong-points by relentlessly closing in on the enemy and unleashing the power of its main weapons.
Deimos Vindicator - Armament: The Deimos Vindicator is armed with a hull-mounted, forward-firing Demolisher Cannon that unleashes massive, rocket-propelled high-explosive shells that are capable of inflicting great amounts of damage against enemy structures, vehicles, and groups of tightly-packed enemy infantry. The Deimos Pattern Vindicator, unlike the Mars Pattern Vindicator, can have its Demolisher Cannon replaced with a Laser Destroyer Array, turning the vehicle into a tank hunter similar to the Sabre Tank Hunter. The Deimos Vindicator is also armed with a remote-controlled pintle-mounted Combi-Bolter, or a Storm Bolter.The vehicle can take an additional Combi-Bolter or other Combi-Weapon, a Heavy Flamer, a Heavy Bolter, or a Havoc Missile Launcher as a manually-controlled pintle weapon. The Deimos Vindicator can be outfitted with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, Extra Armour Plating, Armoured Ceramite Plating, a Machine Spirit, a Searchlight, or Smoke Launchers to improve its effectiveness on the battlefield.
Deimos Vindicator - Unit Composition: 1-3 Deimos Vindicator Siege Tanks (31st Millennium Only)
Deimos Vindicator - Wargear: A standard Legion Deimos Vindicator is armed and equipped with:Demolisher CannonTwin-linked Bolters (Combi-Bolter)SearchlightSmoke LaunchersA Legion Deimos Vindicator may replace its hull-mounted Demolisher Cannon with one of the following weapons:Laser Destroyer Array (This addition upgrades the Deimos Vindicator into a Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer)A Legion Deimos Vindicator may take one of the following additional pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked Bolters (Combi-Bolter)Combi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherLegion Deimos Vindicators may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeMine PloughExtra Armour PlatingArmoured Ceramite PlatingHunter-Killer Missile LauncherAuxiliary Drive SystemMachine Spirit (Artificial Intelligence)When in a squadron of three, one Legion Deimos Vindicator can be upgraded to the following:Squadron Command Tank
Deimos Vindicator - Variants: Chaos Deimos Vindicator Siege Tank - The Vindicator is an assault tank that has served largely unaltered since the Great Crusade with both Loyalist and Traitor Space Marines. Its particular service history with the Forces of Chaos goes back to its prominent role in the battles of the Horus Heresy, where its power was brought to devastating effect not least by the Traitor Legions in the Siege of the Imperial Palace during the cataclysmic Battle of Terra, where hundreds of Vindicators were used as the armoured spearhead of attacks to battle through line after line of bitterly contested defences. Since that Age of Darkness, the Vindicator has been used in countless battles by numerous factions within the Chaos Space Marines. It has seen particular service amongst the Iron Warriors Traitor Legion, whose penchant for siege warfare and a tactical doctrine of brutal direct assaults is well served by the Vindicator. Also, given the numbers of newly constructed Vindicators fielded in the armies of the 13th Black Crusade, it seems likely that either the Iron Warriors or some other faction possesses the required machine lore to mass-produce these war engines.
Deimos Vindicator - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The Adeptus Mechanicus has not made the technical specifications of the Deimos Vindicator publicly available at this time.
Deimos Vindicator - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 221, 225The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 100-101The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 53, 123, 159, 186, 241The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List pg. 69Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost & The Damned by Andy Hoare with additional material by Alan Bligh & Neil Wylie, pp. 34-36Forge World - Legion Deimos Pattern Vindicator
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer: The Deimos Vindicator Tank Destroyer, also known as the Vindicator Laser Destroyer, was a variant of the standard Legiones Astartes Deimos Vindicator, an early pattern of Vindicator siege tank that was used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.Instead of the usual heavy-calibre Demolisher Cannon, this specialised variant instead utilised the powerful Laser Destroyer Array. This powerful weapon was an ancient variant of Lascannon technology, as the multi-barrelled Laser Destroyer fires a burst of short pulses microseconds apart, which have been designed to bore through the most resilient armour.
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - History: The first Vindicator Tank Destroyers were believed to have been created during the Great Crusade; however, they became much more common during the dark days of the Horus Heresy, and several Legions even took to fielding this variant as a mainline battle tank, proving itself on many occasions as an able tank hunter.After millennia of brutal warfare across the galaxy, some examples of the Deimos Vindicator Tank Destroyer can still be found within the armouries of various Space Marine Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. As with most ancient vehicles from the Imperium's dark and distant past, the Vindicator Laser Destroyer continues to bring retribution to the enemies of Mankind, but only in the most dire of circumstances, where the risk of its destruction out-weighs the possible consequences.
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Armament: The Deimos Pattern Vindicator Laser Destroyer is armed with a Laser Destroyer Array in place of the standard Demolisher Cannon. The Laser Destroyer Array is a powerful reactor-charged anti-armour Laser Weapon that uses multiple laser generators to fire blasts of coherent energy near-simultaneously, all focused on a single point.The effect of this weapon is the capability to disintegrate even the densest armour plate in a series of overwhelmingly powerful impacts that hit just micro-seconds apart, allowing the weapon to vaporise an enemy tank in a single blazing volley. The vehicle's troop hold, which was converted to hold the massive Demolisher Shells used by the Demolisher Cannon, now holds the Laser Destroyer's Power Capacitor.The Power Capacitor is a bulky reactor-charged power capacitor whose energy stores can be used to greatly increase the Laser Destroyer's rate of fire. Stability is required for this overcharged firing, however, and it is possible for the capacitor to overload the vehicle's energy grid with disastrous consequences.During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Deimos Vindicator Destroyer was capable of being outfitted with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, an Auxiliary Drive System, Extra Armour Plating, Armoured Ceramite Plating, an artificially-intelligent Machine Spirit, a Searchlight, and Smoke Launchers.The vehicle could be armed with a Pintle-mounted Combi-Bolter, a twin-linked Bolter, a Combi-Weapon, a Heavy Bolter, a Heavy Flamer, a Multi-Melta, or a Havoc Missile Launcher.The Deimos Vindicator Tank Destroyer could also serve as a Squadron Command Tank. In the 41st Millennium a Deimos Vindicator Tank Destroyer can be outfitted with a Siege Shield or Dozer Blade and a Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter.
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Deimos Vindcator Laser Destroyer (41st Millennium Only)1-3 Legion Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyers (31st Millennium Only)
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Wargear: A Relic Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer is armed and equipped with:Laser Destroyer Array (Laser Volley Cannon)Storm BolterSmoke LaunchersRelic Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyers may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Horus Heresy Era Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyers of the Legiones Astartes featured different load-out options than those still found during the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer is armed and equipped with:Laser Destroyer ArrayTwin-linked Bolters (Combi-Bolter)SearchlightSmoke LaunchersA Legion Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer may take one of the following additional pintle-mounted weapons:Twin-linked Bolters (Combi-Bolter)Combi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherLegion Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyers may also have a variety of vehicle equipment such as:Dozer BladeMine PloughExtra Armour PlatingArmoured Ceramite PlatingHunter-Killer Missile LauncherAuxiliary Drive SystemMachine Spirit (Artificial Intelligence)When in a squadron of three, one Legion Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer can be upgraded to the following:Squadron Command Tank
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The Adeptus Mechanicus has not made the technical specifications of the Deimos Vindicator Tank Destroyer publicly available at this time.
Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer - Sources: Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes (8th Edition), pg. 8The Horus Heresy: Book One - Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 221The Horus Heresy: Book Six - Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 53, 123, 186, 241The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 198The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Crusade Army List (Forge World Series), pg. 57The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List (Forge World Series), pg. 69Forge World Webstore - Deimos Vindicator Laser DestroyerForge World Webstore - Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer Rules
Deimos Whirlwind - Deimos Whirlwind: The Deimos Whirlwind, officially the Deimos Pattern Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher Tank, also known as the Deimos Pattern Whirlwind, is a variant pattern of the Whirlwind artillery vehicle that is used by the Adeptus Astartes. The Deimos Whirlwind differs from the more common Mars Pattern Whirlwind in that it is based upon the Standard Template Construct (STC) Deimos Rhino Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) chassis.The Deimos Whirlwind plays the role of artillery support, providing support fire against enemy formations from the relative safety of geographical cover, such as behind hills, forests or other line-of-sight obstructions. It is intended to be used primarily for softening up a heavily-fortified static position or other well-defended target prior to the start of a major Space Marine assault. The Deimos Whirlwind, like most vehicles based on the Deimos Rhino Pattern chassis that was commonly used during the Great Crusade, is considered a relic amongst the present day Space Marine forces. Like any vehicle from that long-lost era, the Deimos Whirlwind is only deployed in the most dire of circumstances.
Deimos Whirlwind - History: The Deimos Pattern Whirlwind was first used by the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium, where the term "Whirlwind" was used to describe a range of vehicle-mounted multiple missile launcher systems, many of which had just been recovered during the Great Crusade's march across the galaxy. Many of these launcher systems, such as the Scorpius Multi-Launcher, were still undergoing front-line trials with various units before the fires of the Horus Heresy swept across the Imperium. The Deimos Whirlwind was deployed in large numbers alongside other artillery units used by the Space Marine Legions, most notably the Legion Medusa and Legion Basilisk. The Whirlwind has the advantage over these heavier vehicles of being built upon the lighter and more mobile Deimos Rhino chassis. This also made the vehicle easier to repair and support. After the outbreak of the Horus Heresy and the Great Scouring, the Deimos Whirlwind, along with the Mars Pattern Whirlwind, would eventually become the main mobile artillery units employed by the newly-founded Space Marine Chapters.
Deimos Whirlwind - Armament: The Deimos Whirlwind is equipped with a dorsal-mounted Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher that is placed on a rotating turret atop the vehicle that is capable of firing a number of different types of missile ordinance. The Whirlwind, like all other Deimos Rhino variants, can also be outfitted with Dozer Blades, Extra Armour Plating, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, improved communications equipment, a Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter, a Searchlight, and Smoke Launchers. During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia, the Deimos Whirlwind was capable of being outfitted with weapons and technologies no longer known or used by the Imperium in the late 41st Millennium, such as twin-linked Bolters, Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolters, and an auxiliary drive system. The Whirlwind was also able to replace its standard missiles for Hyperios Air-Defence Missiles in order to engage enemy aircraft. During these ancient times a Whirlwind could also be used as a command vehicle for Legion artillery formations.
Deimos Whirlwind - Ammunition: The Whirlwind Missile Launcher is capable of firing multiple types of missiles, including:Vengeance Missiles - Vengeance Missiles represent the standard high-explosive missile warhead used by the Astartes.Castellan Missiles - Castellan Missiles are tipped with a special warhead that can be set to explode at specific times and altitudes to scatter small, mine-like bomblets across a designated target area. Castellan Missiles can establish makeshift mine fields quickly and without exposing Imperial forces to unnecessary dangers while laying mines.Incendiary Castellan Missiles - An Incendiary Castellan Missile's warhead had been further modified to scatter burning Promethium over a designated target area rather than bomblets. These horrific weapons are used to burn lightly-armoured enemy infantry and light vehicle formations to death.Hyperios Air-Defence Missiles - The Deimos Whirlwind is capable of firing Hyperios Anti-Air Missiles that are guided to strike enemy aircraft. The Deimos Whirlwind Hyperios uses similar missiles, although the anti-air weapons used by the Deimos Whirlwind Hyperios are much more effective at the anti-aircraft role. Whirlwinds armed with Hyperios Anti-Air Missiles are rarely deployed on the battlefield, due to the existence of the aforementioned more effective alternatives.
Deimos Whirlwind - Variants: The following are all known Deimos Whirlwind variants:Deimos Whirlwind Hyperios - Much like the more common Mars Pattern Whirlwind, the Deimos Whirlwind can be armed with the Hyperios Multiple Missile Launcher. This is perhaps the rarest of the Whirlwind variants, as it requires an ancient Deimos Whirlwind to be armed with a more modern, and untrusted, weapon system.Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - The Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius is a rare variant of the ancient Deimos Pattern Whirlwind that was widely used by the Space Marine Legions during the Emperor's Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. The Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius mounts a specialised anti-infantry rocket launcher, known as the Scorpius Multi-Launcher, in place of the vehicle's original Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher.
Deimos Whirlwind - Unit Composition: 1-3 Deimos Whirlwind, Legion Medusa or Legion Basilisk tanks (31st Millennium Only)
Deimos Whirlwind - Wargear: A standard Deimos Whirlwind is armed and equipped with:Whirlwind Multiple Missile LauncherHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersThe Deimos Whirlwind's Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher may also have a variety of warheads such as:Vengeance Missiles (Standard Loadout, High-Explosive)Castellan Missiles (Standard Loadout, Cluster-type Explosives)Hyperios Air-Defence Missiles (Optional, Anti-Air Missiles)The Deimos Whirlwind can be armed with the following pintle-mounted weaponry:Twin-linked BoltersCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherAny Deimos Whirlwind could be outfitted with the following vehicle equipment:Hunter-Killer Missile LauncherDozer BladeAuxiliary Drive SystemExtra Armour PlatingWhen in a squadron of three, one Legion Artillery Tank can be upgraded to the following:Squadron Command Tank
Deimos Whirlwind - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The technical specifications of this vehicle have not been publicly released by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Deimos Whirlwind - Sources: The Horus Heresy: Book One - Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 220The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Crusade Army List, pg. 80The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List, pp. 68, 80The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions (Artbook), pp. 161, 342The Horus Heresy: Visions of Heresy (Artbook), pg. 199
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius: The Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius, also known as the Whirlwind Scorpius, is a rare variant of the ancient Deimos Pattern Whirlwind that was widely used by the Space Marine Legions during the Emperor's Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.The Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius mounts a specialised anti-infantry rocket launcher, known as the Scorpius Multi-Launcher, in place of the vehicle's original Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher.This weapon system is believed to have only been used with the Deimos Pattern Whirlwind. There are still some Space Marine Chapters that retain the precious knowledge required to manufacture this relic vehicle, and for them, the Whirlwind Scorpius still remains a potent weapon of war.The Whirlwind Scorpius is also available in small numbers to the Chaos Space Marine Traitor Legions and warbands that trace their lineage back to the time of the Heresy.
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Armament: The Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius is similar in every way to the standard Deimos Pattern Whirlwind, with the exception of its main weapon system. The Scorpius variant replaces the Whirlwind Multiple Missile Launcher with the Scorpius Multi-Launcher.The Scorpius Multi-Launcher is a drum-fed Rocket Launcher that makes use of special implosive warheads that are extremely effective against armoured infantry, such as Space Marines, and light vehicles.The vehicle is also armed with pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolters, a Searchlight, and Smoke Launchers. The vehicle can be equipped with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, a Dozer Blade, and Extra Armour Plating.
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Unit Composition: 1 Relic Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius (41st Millennium Only)1 Legion Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius (31st Millennium Only)
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Wargear: A Relic Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius is armed and equipped with:Scorpius Multi-LauncherSmoke LaunchersThe Relic Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius can be armed with the following pintle-mounted weapon:Storm BolterAny Relic Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius can be outfitted with the following vehicle equipment:Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Horus Heresy Wargear: During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius tanks of the Legiones Astartes featured different loadout options than those still found during the 41st Millennium.A standard Legion Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius is armed and equipped with:Scorpius Multi-LauncherA remote-operated set of pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolters (One Bolter per pintle-mount)SearchlightSmoke LaunchersThe Legion Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius can be armed with the following additional pintle-mounted weaponry:Twin-linked BoltersCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherAny Legion Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius could be outfitted with the following vehicle equipment:Hunter-Killer Missile LauncherDozer BladeExtra Armour Plating
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Deimos Whirlwind ScorpiusVehicle Name:Whirlwind ScorpiusMain Armament:Turret-mounted Scorpius Multi-LauncherForge World of Origin:Deimos (Mars' Moon, Presumed)Secondary Armament:Remote-operated twin-linked Pintle-mounted BoltersKnown Patterns:UnknownTraverse:360 degreesCrew:1 Driver, 1 GunnerElevation:0 to 55 degreesPowerplant:Quad Adaptable Thermic Combustor ReactorMain Ammunition:UnknownWeight:33 Tonnes (Approx.)Secondary Ammunition:UnknownLength:6.6 metres (Approx.)Armour:Width:4.5 metres (Approx.)Height:5.0 metres (Approx.)Superstructure:UnknownGround Clearance:0.44 metres (Approx.)Hull:UnknownMax Speed On-Road:68 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Gun Mantlet:N/AMax Speed Off-Road:50 kilometres per hour (Approx.)Vehicle Designation:UnknownTransport Capacity:N/AFiring Ports:N/AAccess Points:N/ATurret:Unknown
Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius - Sources: Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes (8th Edition), pg. 43Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition): War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pp. 92-95The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 51, 202The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 28, 99The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 101The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List, pp. 80Forge World - Legion Deimos Pattern Whirlwind Scorpius
Deliverance - Deliverance: Deliverance, once called Lycaeus, is a moon that orbits the Hive World of Kiavahr, and was the homeworld of the Primarch Corvus Corax, who was discovered there by his father, the Emperor, during the Great Crusade.Located in the Segmentum Tempestus, this barren, airless moon is also the homeworld of the Raven Guard Space Marine Chapter and the location of its fortress-monastery, called the Ravenspire.
Deliverance - Lycaeus: Deliverance was once known by the name of Lycaeus before the arrival of the Primarch Corvus Corax after ca. 800.M30. The rugged planetoid is the moon of the Forge World of Kiavahr and once served as the primary source of strategic minerals for Kiavahr's vast hive cities and its ruling Mechanicum Tech-Guilds. The Tech-Guilds of Kiavahr used the mineworkings on Lycaeus as a dumping ground for their worst criminals and those who could not meet their production-quotas.Heavily armed overseers ruled the moon from a dark mountain spire that towered above the mineworkings, and it was, to all intents and purposes, a death sentence to be banished to Lycaeus. The inhabitants of Lycaeus had long been the slaves of Kiavahr, working in the massive mines under armed guard in horrendous conditions.Accidents killed many of the workers and the polluted atmosphere took a heavy toll on the health of their children. Once condemned to a life in the mines, there was no escape and the slaves of Lycaeus prayed to their gods for a saviour. He came in the form of a child whose skin was as white as snow.
Deliverance - Coming of Corax: Of the early history of the Raven Guard's Primarch Corvus Corax (which means "the Deliverer" in the local dialect of Low Gothic), very little is known for sure. The Raven Guard's own legends are vague concerning the pale skinned youth who was raised on the mineral rich, but desolate moon. When Primarch Corax first arrived on Lycaeus, its people (who lived underground in the deep tunnels, digging through as they mined the moon's interior) were all Kiavahran slaves required to mine Lycaean ores for their Tech-Guild masters.Corax led a great revolt against the Kiavahran garrison on the planet and eventually won the independence of Lycaeus and its people from their tormentors. The newly-freed rebels promptly renamed the moon Deliverance in honour of their victory. Deprived of Lycaeus' ores, the economy of Kiavahr collapsed, ultimately leading to a period of intensive civil war among the planet's Tech-Guilds.
Deliverance - The Emperor Comes to Deliverance: The most complete record of the Great Crusade, the Speculum Historiale, has little to say on the matter of Corax's reuniting with the Emperor of Mankind. When the Emperor's Great Crusade reached Deliverance in 922.M30, Corax only agreed to aid his father once the Emperor promised to bring peace to the people of Kiavahr. The Imperium restored Kiavahr to the control of the Mechanicum since it was a Forge World and thus an ancient Mechanicum colony.Soon, it was transformed into a stable Imperial Forge World. Mineral production began again on Deliverance, under a much improved regime, and gradually the world of Kiavahr was rebuilt under the guidance of the Imperium. The dark tower that had once housed the slaves' oppressors, now became the fortress of the XIXth Legion (renamed the Raven Guard) and was renamed the 'Ravenspire'.
Deliverance - Deliverance Today: Between them, Deliverance and Kiavahr produce enough ordnance and engines of war to almost equal the production of a Forge world. The raw materials come from Deliverance's vast mineral wealth and the production facilities of Kiavahr produce weapons and war machines of unparalleled craftsmanship.The moon, Deliverance, is a barren and airless ball of rock covered in force domes and massive mining structures. The dark side of the moon glows with the constant production and movement of massive cargo ships travelling between the two worlds. The fortress of the Raven Guard, the Ravenspire, occupies the huge, black tower once home to the Kiavahr overseers and is one of the largest natural structures on the planet.Unlike many other Chapters, the Raven Guard share close ties with the planet's populace and take many of their Initiates from them, though not exclusively so. The people see the Space Marines among them as the physical manifestation of the Emperor's will and offer daily praise for their presence.The planet Kiavahr is populated by billions of workers and craftsmen, with huge fabrication plants and hive cities covering its surface. The planet's atmosphere is highly toxic from centuries of pollution and incidences of mutation are far higher than normal. This stretches the tolerance of the Adeptus Ministorum, but such is the quality and quantity of material that comes from the two worlds that more leeway is granted than would normally be the case.It should be noted that Deliverance lies directly in the path of a large splinter fleet of the Tyranid Hive Fleet Kraken. In fact, the 13th Penal Legion, along with other regiments of the Imperial Guard (primarily Choreks), have fought the Tyranids on Deliverance, with relative success.
Deliverance Lost - Deliverance Lost: Deliverance Lost is the eighteenth volume in the Horus Heresy series of novels.
Deliverance Lost - Synopsis: Deliverance Lost concerns the actions of the Primarch Corvus Corax and the XIXth Space Marine Legion, the Raven Guard, during the year following the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V (Book 5). However, covert operatives and the Primarchs Alpharius Omegon of the Alpha Legion (Book 7) play prominent roles. The novel also provides some information about the developing strategies and subterfuge practiced by the different sides of the conflict, including reasons for the timetable of the conflict as prosecuted by Warmaster Horus, and for the actions of the Emperor as the Horus Heresy was initially unfolding. The story begins approximately 3 months after the Drop Site Massacre, with the unexpected rescue of Corax and the remnants of his Legion (at less than 5% strength) from Istvaan V. Apparently arriving at Terra a few months after the events described in The Outcast Dead (Book 17) had taken place, Corax convinces the Emperor to impart to him the necessary knowledge and material to accelerate the rebuilding of his Legion, including the top-secret remnants of gene-stock left over from the original Primarch Project. The second part of the novel describes the effort to reconstitute the Raven Guard, and the opposition to this by the hidden operatives of the Alpha Legion. The novel also features a reappearance of the Cabal (Book 7), and of other well-known characters from previous books in the series.
Deliverer - Deliverer: A Deliverer was a member of a specialised unit of Terminators used exclusively by the Raven Guard Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. The Deliverers were composed entirely of Terran-born Legionaries arrayed in bulky Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour, who were grim of aspect and wielded an array of fearsome weapons not usually favoured by the more subtle tactics of the XIXth Legion.Deliverers were highly adept at close-range shock assaults from both aerial transports and teleport deployments. Through rarely called upon by Primarch Corvus Corax, they were nevertheless loosed upon only those foes who proved extremely tenacious and had earned the primarch's ire.
Deliverer - Origins: Even in the days before the return of Primarch Corvus Corax, the XIXth Legion was renowned in the Imperium for its skill at fast strikes and hit-and-run raids. As with many Space Marine Legions, this skill quickly became ingrained into the nascent Legion as they came to be employed more and more in these tactical roles, eschewing the massed battles and attritional warfare favoured by other Legions. As well as moulding the tactics of the XIXth Legion, this tendency also affected the Legion's Armoury, which swiftly found itself biased towards light attack vehicles and those marks of armour that favoured agility and stealth over bulkier plating.The earliest marks of Terminator Armour were no exception. Despite the favour shown to the Tactical Dreadnought Armour project by Horus himself, who acted as patron to the XIXth Legion in the absence of their primarch, many of the XIXth were ill-disposed towards the slow and bulky Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour suits. Prior to unification with their primarch, some within the XIXth Legion did adopt their use, mainly those Terran veterans who had long served in the shadow of the Luna Wolves siege and heavy assault companies.These warriors had trained alongside the infamous Justaerin Terminators of the Luna Wolves and mastered the tactics of close-range shock assault from both aerial transport and teleport deployment. The Legionaries of the Raven Guard and the Luna Wolves came to refer to these detachments as "Deliverers," both for the carnage they brought to their tendency to be deployed when the daring assaults favoured by the XIXth Legion floundered and threatened to fail. Horus himself was known to have honoured the Deliverers attached to the 11th Chapter ("Pale Nomads") for the ferocity of their counter-attack at the siege of Novas-praxim, including them as part of his personal entourage until the Raven Lord reclaimed command of his Legion.In the wake of Corvus Corax's return, the Deliverers were rarely called upon by their primarch. Most were assigned to distant Great Crusade expeditionary fleets, and those that remained at Corax's side became the avatars of his carefully controlled anger, loosed only when an enemy proved itself worthy only of utter destruction.
Deliverer - Corax's Shame: As an eternal reminder of the cruel and brutal past of those Terran veterans that Corax inherited when he took control of the Raven Guard, the Deliverers had long been exiled from any position of honour in their own Legion. Once, before the Raven Lord's arrival, they had walked in the vanguard of Horus himself, but now they skulked in the shadows of history -- abandoned by the primarch that the Emperor appointed as their master.In the dark years of the Horus Heresy, when their old patron Horus raised his banners in rebellion against Terra, some of the few remaining Deliverers would see an opportunity to rise to glory in his name once more, abandoning the Raven Lord to serve the Warmaster, while others would see in the tumult a chance to prove themselves worthy of Corax's notice, even if only in death.
Deliverer - Unit Composition: 4-10 Deliverers1 Deliver Chieftain
Deliverer - Wargear: Cataphractii Pattern Terminator ArmourCombi-bolterPower Weapon (Any type)InfravisorTeleporation Transponder
Deliverer - Optional Wargear: Heavy FlamerReaper AutocannonMulti-MeltaCombi-weapon (As replacement for combi-bolter)2 Raven's Talons (As replacement for combi-bolter and power weapon.)
Delvarus - Delvarus: Delvarus was a former Centurion who served in the World Eaters Legion during both the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. A notable warrior and pit fighter, he commanded the XII Legion's 44th Company, specifically its elite Triarii -- five companies of the World Eaters' finest shipboard warriors that excelled in ship-to-ship fighting.Later, after his Legion fell to damnation and Chaos corruption, Delvarus became a Possessed Heretic Astartes.Following the end of the Horus Heresy, Delvarus became the commander of his own warband, The Riven, and joined the Black Legion. He ands his warband served Abaddon the Despoiler by protecting his flagship the Vengeful Spirit.Delvarus was killed during the 1st Black Crusade in 781.M31 in an enemy boarding assault against the Vengeful Spirit.
Delvarus - History: Centurion Delvarus was born on the Jungle World of Novus Principa, which was conquered by the World Eaters Legion in the early decades of the Great Crusade. He gained a reputation as a formidable fighter and for being undefeatable in the Legion's fighting pits, and when he was paired with Sigismund of the Imperial Fists, the pair won every fight to first blood in less than half a minute.Delvarus was one of the few World Eaters not to shave his head. The discomfort of hair in his helm was irrelevant; he'd never cut his long black locks. This may have been a habit derived from his former culture. In the fighting pits, he always wore it loose. His dark skin marked his genesis in the jungles of whatever world he once called home.Like many World Eaters, Delvarus was inducted from a planet conquered in the Legion's earliest decades rather than from a specific homeworld. No Legion except the Ultramarines was as diverse as the World Eaters, coloured by so many shades of skin from so many different worlds, reflecting a diversity of flesh overruled by the bonds of brotherhood.During the Ghenna Massacre, most of Delvarus' squad was wiped out by the Ghennan robotic "simulacrums", including his commander, Captain Barca. Though a mere sergeant, Delvarus was able to hold his own against the numberless hordes of the enemy.Delvarus commanded the 44th Company, as well as the Triarii -- five elite companies of the World Eaters' finest shipboard warriors that excelled in void warfare and boarding actions far beyond traditional Legion training. All had sworn to defend the flagship Conqueror.Delvarus had a bad reputation for taking part in planetary assaults with the rest of the XII Legion, often "neglecting" to inform command of his intentions.After an unsanctioned planetary drop that left the Conqueror exposed to enemy boarders comprised of Ultramarines above the War World of Armatura during the Shadow Crusade, Delvarus was shot by the flagship's mortal captain, Lotara Sarrin, and confined to his quarters.When he was finally released, he was forced to fight twenty-six blood duels in the Legion's fighting pits, contrary to the normal limit of eight pit fights, before being humiliated when Apothecary Kargos "Bloodspitter" spared his life in a Sanguis Extremis duel.Towards the end of the Horus Heresy, Delvarus became a Possessed. The daemon-possessed Delvarus went on to lead The Riven, a brutal Chaos warband comprised entirely of "Secondborn" Possessed Chaos Space Marines like himself.After the Great Scouring, Delvarus exercised his independent nature once again, and both he and The Riven later joined the Black Legion and become the guardians of Abaddon's flagship, the Vengeful Spirit.Delvarus met his fate during the 1st Black Crusade in 781.M31, when he was killed during the First Battle of Cadia by Thagus Daravek, a prominent Death Guard Sorcerer Lord during a boarding action aboard the Vengeful Spirit.
Delvarus - Appearance: When he was still mortal, Delvarus possessed dark skin and long black hair, an unusual practice most likely taken from his feral home world.He also had implanted iron teeth and wielded a Meteor Hammer in battle.Following his possession by a daemon, Delvarus was blinded by black cataracts, though his other senses were greatly enhanced.In his daemonic warshape, he possessed massive wings and a crown of thorns.
Delvegard - Delvegard: Delvegard is a Hold World of the Ghulo Industrial Complex of the Leagues of Votann located in the galactic core. It is an important world for the Ghulo, and sits at the heart of a rich centre of trade routes and mining centres that serve the needs of its commerce-minded league.
Delverworld - Delverworld: A Delverworld is a planetoid settled by the Imperium that is given over completely to mining operations. Most Delverworlds can also be more formally classified by the Adeptus Terra as Mining Worlds. Delverworlds are particularly common in the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy.
Delverworld - Notable Delver Worlds: Ghosar Quintus - Ghosar Quintus was among the most well-known Delverworlds in Segmentum Ultima and was ruled by the nobles of the Trysst Dynasty. Before the hideous truth of Ghosar Quintus was revealed by a Deathwatch kill-team under the command of the Ultramarines High Chaplain Ortan Cassius, it was used as a prime exemplar of a "Delverworld," a planetoid given over entirely to mining the earby reaches of the Eastern Fringe. Its tithes were consistently at least a fifth higher than the required level, and the adamantium mined from its substrata was purer than any other source in the sector -- every ingot polished to a bright sheen, neatly stacked and dutifully categorised by countless Trysst workers. More than that, the dynasty's workers were content to subsist only on gruels and nutrient pills, and there were no recorded incidences of unrest. To the wider Imperium they seemed a model population. When this came to light through the planet's tithe reports and later Lexmechanic assessment, the Departmento Munitorum shipped out work groups of the Trysst Dynasty to every other Delverworld within reach, there to act as consultants and role models for the other, less efficient populations to aspire to. But in truth, Ghosar Quintus was home to a Genestealer Cult, the Cult of the Four-Armed Emperor, which used its model reputation and the efficiency of its workforce to spread its version of the Genestealer Cult across half the galaxy.
Demetrian Titus - Demetrian Titus: Demetrian Titus is a former Firstborn captain and commander of the Ultramarines 2nd Company and later a Primaris Marine lieutenant of the same company who has fought for the Imperium of Man for more than 200 Terran years. His exploits earned him a reputation as one of the greatest heroes of the Ultramarines. Despite his relative youth by the standards of the Adeptus Astartes, he was already a decorated Veteran of several major campaigns waged across the galaxy by his Chapter.One of Titus' last known campaigns before his disappearance occurred upon the Forge World of Graia where he helped launch a successful defence from an assault by an Ork WAAAGH! led by the Warboss Grimskull and then a subsequent Chaos invasion commanded by the Chaos Sorcerer Nemeroth and his Chosen of Nemeroth warband of Heretic Astartes.Showing an unnatural affinity to shrug off attacks made using the powers of the Warp by the forces of Chaos during the Liberation of Graia, Titus was taken into custody on suspicion of heresy by the Inquisition after the end of that campaign. Subsequently, he vanished from all official Imperial records for almost a standard century.By the Emperor's will, the wayward Titus was miraculously returned to the Ultramarines in the Era Indomitus and cleared of all charges. He proceeded to cross the Rubicon Primaris and was transformed into a Primaris Space Marine. Reassigned to the 2nd Company, he was unfortunately reduced to the rank of lieutenant so as not to bring discord to the Ultramarines' existing hierarchy. Titus cared not for the reduction in status, he was grateful just to be deemed worthy to serve the Chapter once more.Demetrian Titus is the primary protagonist of the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II third-person action video games.
Demetrian Titus - Origins: The saga of Demetrian Titus begins when he was born approximately 175 standard years before the end of the 41st Millennium according to the old Imperial Calendar in the Realm of Ultramar, home of the Ultramarines Chapter who are hailed by the wider Imperium as one of the greatest Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes and the staunchest defenders of the Imperium.Titus was recruited in his youth and excelled as a recruit, although, at times, he had trouble reining in his temper. Regardless, he overcame many opponents and suffered many wounds, both physical and psychological, and rose through the ranks of the Ultramarines while serving in the 2nd Company. While he followed the rules and guidance of the Codex Astartes, the Ultramarines' most sacred tome of strategy, organisation, and moral behaviour penned by his Chapter's primarch Roboute Guilliman, Titus believed that the most important part of the Codex was its spirit, not its letter, and how one chose to uphold its values.Early in his career, Titus befriended fellow Ultramarine and Veteran Sergeant Sidonus. At some point in Titus' service, he was part of an Ultramarines squad who engaged a Chaos Sorcerer, a corrupted psyker corrupted by the Ruinous Powers. Titus' whole squad was killed by the sorcerer's Warp-infused attacks, but Titus somehow survived direct blasts of Warp energy, despite suffering grievous wounds during the course of the battle, and single-handedly killed the sorcerer.Much to the surprise of the Chapter's Apothecaries, Titus survived his injuries and made a full recovery. Many within the Chapter questioned how he survived, intimating that he may have been touched by the corruption of Chaos. Titus himself had no explanation for his seeming invincibility to the direct touch of the Warp.
Demetrian Titus - Beta-Arcturus: Sometime later, the Ultramarines' 2nd Company deployed to the world of Beta-Arcturus to defend the planet against an invading force of Craftworld Aeldari Aspect Warriors from Biel-Tan, where the company's captain, Trajan, slew the Aeldari's Autarch. Titus led Trajan's Command Squad against the elite Aspect Warrior bodyguard of the xenos general, and accounted for the deaths of three of the lethal sword-fighters, brutally carving through their wraithbone armour with his chainsword. The aliens were defeated, but in their spite they captured one of Titus' battle-brothers as they withdrew, a young warrior named Leandros.This prompted Trajan to lead a combat squad to recover Leandros, ordering Titus to secure the battlefield and await his return. The deceptive Aeldari, however, had lured Trajan into an ambush. Revealing hidden forces not yet committed to the battle, the vengeful Biel-Tan surrounded Trajan and cruelly cut him down. Titus led the counterattack that recovered Trajan's body and assumed command of the strike force that went on to drive the alien aggressors from Beta-Arcturus for good.Titus' brevet captaincy over the 2nd Company was a state of affairs that Chapter Master Marneus Calgar was to make permanent, granting Titus command of the company after they bore Trajan's body back to Macragge to be interred within a grand sepulchre within the Fortress of Hera. Titus went on to lead the 2nd Company to victory after victory against the mutant, the alien, and the Heretic. Many senior Ultramarines, such as First Captain Severus Agemman and the Chapter Master himself, regarded Titus as a model of the humility expected of their Chapter, while also being an exemplary warrior and strategist.However, despite his meteoric rise and accolades from his Chapter's high command, doubts still lingered within Titus as he still felt the weight of taking over the mantle of command from his fallen mentor. By late in the 41st Milllennium, Titus had served for over 150 standard years, with Leandros and Sidonus at his side in every battle, leading the Ultramarines 2nd Company to victory after victory against all manners of horrific threats.
Demetrian Titus - Liberation of Graia: Ten standard years after taking command of the 2nd Company, Captain Titus led an Ultramarines strike force to relieve the Forge World of Graia, which had been invaded by the 1 million-strong force of Orks of WAAAGH! Grimskull. Warboss Grimskull was intent on stealing advanced Imperial weapons, including a Warlord-class Battle Titan.The assault was part of an intricate plan unleashed by the Chaos Sorcerer Nemeroth, the Chaos Lord of a warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Chosen of Nemeroth, to get his hands on an experimental power source on the world that would allow him to ascend to become a Daemon Prince. Accompanied by 2 members of his Command Squad, Sergeant Sidonus and Battle-Brother Leandros, Titus joined with the Astra Militarum's 203rd Cadian Shock Troops Regiment and its only surviving officer, Second Lieutenant Mira, to eventually kill Grimskull and halt the WAAAGH!.Unfortunately, the Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Drogan, whom Titus and his Astartes relied upon for assistance in retaking the world, was actually an undead pawn of Nemeroth who used a specially-designed weapon called the "Psychic Scourge" powered by the experimental power source Nemeroth wanted to open a portal into the Warp. This allowed the Chaos Sorcerer, a horde of Chaos Daemons and his Chaos Space Marines to come to Graia.Curiously, however, Titus once more displayed an unknown immunity to the sorcerer's psychic powers which immediately raised the suspicions of the highly orthodox and Puritan Leandros to his commander's possible corruption.Following the death of his old friend Sidonus at Nemeroth's hand, Titus hunted down the foul Chaos Sorcerer and slew him just as he was in the throes of the ascent to Daemonhood, banishing his dark soul back to the Warp for punishment by his Dark Gods.