Legio Cybernetica
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Overview
The Legio Cybernetica is the robotics branch of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Imperial Robots carry a system called a cortex which is an artificial computer/brain holding the program of the Robot. Programs are very basic and consist of instructions such as 'move here', 'find target', and 'fire'.
The Legio Cybernetica is organised into thousands of cohorts, which are groups of maniples (squads). A maniple is from three to five robots with a Legio tech-adept.
Classifications
The Legio Cybernetica has produced many Robot designs over the centuries. Some were failures, such as the disastrous Castigator (a Robot so heavily armoured that it was slower than the troops it was designed to protect and support). Others proved more successful, and there are five types that have played a role in the Imperium's long history. Each type has a different role: Crusader (light, agile, anti-personnel), Colossus (siege), Cataphract (multi-purpose), Castellan (siege and anti-tank), Conquerer (assault and anti-tank).
During the Horus Heresy
Some of the Legio dedicated themselves to Horus during the Horus Heresy, almost every major campaign of which seeing the service of robots. Perhaps one of the most famous robot-vs-robot actions took place in the Eastern Industrial Sector of Myrdinn City during the Scouring of Entessian, when a small but well-programmed force of Traitor robots held off a small force of Firebrand Titans supported by dreadnoughts and robots for almost an hour, causing considerable disruption to the planned flanking sweep.
Following the defeat of the Heresy and the banishment of the Traitor Legions, the dishonored Legio cohorts also fled into the Eye of Terror, where they remain to this day. Since the defeat of Horus, the Legio Cybernetica has pledged itself anew to the Imperium. Its members now take binding oaths of loyalty more terrible than any Marine Chapter oaths.
Sources
- Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, Imperial Robots
- Codex Titanicus
