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Exorcist Launcher mounted on top of the eponymous vehicle

The Exorcist launcher, main weapon of the Exorcist tank, is a large multitube artillery piece firing in salvos of six missiles (under ideal circumstances).[4] It is used solely by the Adeptus Ministorum and its armed branch, the Orders Militant of the Adepta Sororitas.[2b]

Overview

The system was originally built on Mars, dating back at least to the Age of Apostasy. The weapon is barely understood by the Techpriests and Sisters servicing it and needs constant maintenance as a result. It has therefore acquired a temperamental reputation, being able to shoot a single missile instead of an entire volley, or to refuse to fire altogether. For the sisters operating them, this is a sign of the their holy nature, as they interpret these malfunctions as the Machine Spirits being infused by the Emperor's power and experiencing rapturous delight.[2b]

The weapon's primary loadout is armor-piercing ammunition, for destroying enemy emplacements and armoured vehicles, although the system is able to fire high-explosive or incendiary projectiles suck as Conflagration Rockets, and even anti-aircraft projectiles.[3a]


The Prioris-pattern launcher is the original model, duplicating a pipe-organ with its vertical-launch missile tubes, and using a console made of several several keyboards to input targeting solutions and impact coordinates. The Dominica- and Sanctorum-pattern versions resemble more conventional weapon systems, consisting of two 12-rockets pods on a rotating mount.

Due to the looks and operation of the Prioris-pattern, the gunner is called an organist as well as an artillerist; firing procedures also follow the musical lexicon, with terms such as adagio, movement, recital and refrain.[2a][3b][3c]

Sources

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