Cyber-Mastiff - Notable Cyber-mastiff Variants: Subrique "Bullpup" Cyber-mastiff- This heavy duty Cyber-mastiff is most often employed by the Adeptus Arbites of the Calixis Sector, custom designed on the world of Landunder at the commission of Lord Marshal Goreman's predecessors by the Adeptus Mechanicus within Hive Subrique. The beast is carefully crafted as a true terror weapon, a massively built and heavily-armoured steel construct of considerable bulk. Equipped with sub-sonic voxhailers that continually emit a selection of low frequency vocalisations designed to trigger fear in the local population where they are deployed, this mode finds frequent use during intense riots. Capable of shrugging off most small arms fire and of bringing down even large groups of well-armed opponents, the Bullpups tend to be used as a final weapon to launch at the Arbites' foes, preventing a civil uprising from turning into a civil war. Bullpups are equipped with shock jaws which can also double as chainblade weapons. The construct also has magnetic locking feet and jaws which enable the creature to lock on to a target and hold it in place.Subrique "Bloodhound" Cyber-mastiff - This variant of the Cyber-mastiff crafted in the bowels of Hive Subrique on Landunder makes use of the rare chemicals contained in that Hive World's oceans. Used to translate airborne particles in quantifiable data, the chemical "sniffers" make the Bloodhound optimised for scent-based tracking roles. While many Cyber-mastiffs have some tracking ability, the programming and routines implanted within the Subrique Bloodhounds are trained by some of the finest handlers available in the Calixis Sector. Once implanted in a light Cyber-mastiff chassis, the animal instinct and repetitive training is linked to some of the most sophisticated olfactory sensors available in the sector (and some claim the Imperium). This formidable equipment suite is combined with an insidiously effective training regimen, which electrically stimulates the cogitators implanted in the creature's still organic cortical centres upon completion of a successful "find." This practice causes the Bloodhound to become obsessive and tireless in its duties; the creatures have been rumoured to track targets for hundreds of Terran kilometres without sleep or rest, although this may be a tall tale used to intimidate criminals into submission.Malfi Pattern Eliminator-mastiff - Though Malfian Enforcers are known for being generally as corrupt and amoral as the rest of that planet, certain precincts have a particularly dark reputation. These Enforcers are known to eliminate anyone in the name of "justice," so long as they receive sufficient quantities of the Calixian currency known as "thrones" in return. Through their actions, the Eliminator-mastiff has come to represent the Malfian Enforcers' twisted perversion of justice. A heavily modified Cyber-mastiff, the Eliminator-mastiff has no protocols or programming for bringing down its targets alive. It simply tracks, hunts, and kills any target loaded into its sophisticated spoor-identifying protocols. Most are equipped with a pair of overcharged las-weapons in pods mounted on the shoulders, leaving the head free to mount a mouthful of reciprocating chainblades. However, some models have been modified to carry even more powerful weaponry.Hardcase - Hardcases are a type of completely robotic Cyber-mastiff used by the Palanite Enforcers of the Hive World of Necromunda, the primary Enforcers of that planetary government who serve as local law enforcement.R-VR (Rantal-class Venatus Reclamator) - The Rantal-class Venatus Reclamator, or R-VR, is a cybernetic variant of Cyber-mastiff used by the Adeptus Arbites. It is considered a technological marvel which combines the best attributes of a loyal Terran species of mastiff with the mechanical endurance of a servitor.