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Arae-Shrikes are pieces of technology used by the Adeptus Custodes.[1]

Ancient devices of the Dark Age of Technology which twist and distort electromagnetic signals, these counter-intelligence devices are considered blasphemous in principle and arcane function by the Mechanicum, and persist only in the hands of the Emperor's retinue. By the use of malifica-djinn and hostile blight-code, they pervert the data-readouts of unshielded cogitators and telemetry plotters with lying reports and malign falsehood, and what they cannot deceive, they simply blind and deafen with a shrieking multi-frequency cacophony.[1] A larger variant, the Macro Arae-Shrike, was also known to be operated and fitted in all patterns of Enyalus superheavy-flyers and was even more effective than its smaller counterpart. While it was of no use in stealth operations, for the distortion it created forewarned the enemy of the Custodes' approach, in open warfare it obscured the exact position of the craft and foiled attempts to intercept its arrival with any accuracy.[2]

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