Nothing is now known of this time, but it is speculated that suits of powered armour were worn by the techno-barbarians that fought alongside the Emperor as He battled to bring Terra under His rule in the 30th Millennium. Space Marine power armour has a long and glorious history, its origins dating back to the long-forgotten Age of Technology before the Emperor of Mankind's Unification of Terra. Pre-Heresy Luna Wolves Legion Terminators wearing Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour in battle.
Terminators are truly amongst the greatest heroes of Mankind, bold warriors in whom the indefatigable heroism of a Space Marine is combined with the terrible weaponry and indomitable mass of Tactical Dreadnought Armour. Each warrior so armoured is expected to act as an example to the rest of his brethren by fighting in the most difficult of missions and performing beyond even the lofty standards of the Adeptus Astartes.īoarding Tyranid-infested space hulks, launching teleport deep strike attacks behind enemy lines, assaulting enemy Titans and spearheading combat actions upon Death Worlds these are the missions undertaken by Space Marine Terminators. It requires rigorous standard years of extra training to fight in Terminator Armour.
Space Marines hold it a great honour to be permitted to wear such a suit in battle, and it is only to members of the Chapter's elite 1st Company who have earned the status of Veterans that this honour is granted. Terminator Armour, created just before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, is incredibly rare. Each is all but impervious to small arms fire and can even withstand the merciless onslaught of anti-tank weaponry or the titanic pressures of teleportation through the Warp.Īn Imperial Fists Terminator, armed with a Storm Bolter, clearing a space hulk of foul xenos. Terminator suits are the pinnacle of armoured protection available to a Space Marine. Terminator Squads consist of a Terminator sergeant and between 4 and 9 Terminators.Įvery Space Marine Chapter maintains a number of suits of revered Tactical Dreadnought Armour. Terminators are always members of the elite 1 st Company of a Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter.Īll suits of Terminator Armour have built-in teleportation devices which allow them to deploy anywhere on a planetary surface via a so-called "deep strike," although more often they are deployed using Land Raiders. It can even withstand the colossal impact of high speed orbital micro debris. Tactical Dreadnought Armour combines the technological developments of power armour with the sealed environmental suits designed for starship crews that work in highly unstable or corrosive environments such as inside the high pressure casings of Plasma Reactor shields. They are their Chapter's greatest infantry assets, each essentially serving as a walking tank. Terminators are Space Marine Veterans who have earned the right to wear Tactical Dreadnought Armour, better known as Terminator Armour. A treatise on Tactical Dreadnought ArmourĪ Terminator of the Blood Angels Chapter wearing Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour, armed with a Storm Bolter, holds up his grisly trophy. To lose even a single Crux in battle is to betray the Emperor's trust and bring great shame down on the entire Chapter." Sergeants' and officers' Crux tend to be more elaborate and finely detailed than those worn by normal battle-brothers, but all are venerated equally. The design of this ancient badge can vary considerably, even within a single unit or Chapter. Each Crux is reputed to have bound within its core a tiny fragment of the battle armour worn by the Emperor during His epic duel with Horus the Arch-traitor ten thousand years ago. This doubles as a tactical symbol and as a revered honour badge. " The left shoulder plate of a suit of Terminator Armour always carries the large solid stone icon known as the Crux Terminatus.
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