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[[Image:KastelanArt.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Kastelan Robots with their [[Cybernetica Datasmith]] ]]
 
[[Image:KastelanArt.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Kastelan Robots with their [[Cybernetica Datasmith]] ]]
'''Kastelan Robot''' are a type of [[Legio Cybernetica|robotic soldier]] used by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. A huge, ancient robot built ten thousand years ago, the Kastelan Robot is a perfect example of the Adeptus Mechanicus’ re-purposing of technology. Nearly unstoppable, their only flaw is that of any mere machine; they will follow instructions to the letter, even if this results in their own demise. A specialist [[Tech-Priest]] - the [[Cybernetica Datasmith]] - must constantly update and reprogram the Kastelan via order dataslates, lest this enormous, clanking robot simply stride blindly into a nearby chasm.{{Fn|1}}
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'''Kastelan Robot''' are a type of [[Legio Cybernetica|robotic soldier]] used by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].  
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==Overview==
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A huge, ancient robot built ten thousand years ago, the Kastelan Robot is a perfect example of the Adeptus Mechanicus’ re-purposing of technology. Nearly unstoppable, their only flaw is that of any mere machine; they will follow instructions to the letter, even if this results in their own demise. A specialist [[Tech-Priest]] - the [[Cybernetica Datasmith]] - must constantly update and reprogram the Kastelan via order dataslates, which placed in the chest slots of this machines, lest this enormous, clanking robot simply stride blindly into a nearby chasm.{{Fn|1}} In rare and extreme cases, the original orders can be changed using a forced 'binaric override' - enhanced static chants of superior Tech-Priests. However, such an action spoils the Kastelan systems, burning out their doctrina wafers.{{Fn|5}}
  
 
Kastelan Robots are armed to the teeth and may include two sets of arm-mounted [[Power Fist]]s or [[Phosphor Blaster]]s and a choice of carapace-mounted weaponry that includes yet another Phosphor Blaster or an [[Incendine Combustor]]. For protection, they are equipped with Kastelan Battlehide that allows for resistance to even [[Krak Grenade]]s.{{Fn|2}}
 
Kastelan Robots are armed to the teeth and may include two sets of arm-mounted [[Power Fist]]s or [[Phosphor Blaster]]s and a choice of carapace-mounted weaponry that includes yet another Phosphor Blaster or an [[Incendine Combustor]]. For protection, they are equipped with Kastelan Battlehide that allows for resistance to even [[Krak Grenade]]s.{{Fn|2}}
  
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==Presumptions==
 
It is unknown what relation they have to the older [[Great Crusade]]-era but similarly named [[Castellan Class Robot]].
 
It is unknown what relation they have to the older [[Great Crusade]]-era but similarly named [[Castellan Class Robot]].
  
 
==Known Named Kastellan Robots==
 
==Known Named Kastellan Robots==
*'''Axiom-88''' - one of the Robots that belongs to [[Xenarite]] [[Tech Priest]] [[Callias Rhoda]]{{Fn|3}}
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*''[[Attendus VIII]], '''the Unstoppable'''{{Fn|4b}}
*'''Rhombus-4''' - one of the Robots that belongs to [[Xenarite]] [[Tech Priest]] [[Callias Rhoda]]{{Fn|3}}
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*''[[Axiom-88]]'' - one of the Robots that belongs to [[Xenarite]] [[Tech Priest]] [[Callias Rhoda]]{{Fn|3}}
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*''[[Rhombus-4]]'' - one of the Robots that belongs to [[Xenarite]] [[Tech Priest]] [[Callias Rhoda]]{{Fn|3}}
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==Itinerant Kastelan Robots==
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In addition to robots that belong to certain [[Forge World]]s, there are also "itinerant" Kastelan Robots that are older than the [[Imperium]] and some call no single forge world home.  Bands of these machines may appear in battle and join to congregations of the [[Cult Mechanicus]] to help them.  This phenomenon is taken as a sign of great favour from the [[Omnissiah]].  Itinerant robots allow themselves to be directed by local Tech-Priests and fight on until the batlle is won.  After that they dissapear as mysteriously as they previously arrived, perhaps for centuries at a time.{{Fn|4a}}
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Unlike "standard" Kastelan Robots that represent themselves in the strict colours of existing Forge Worlds, these ancient machines can be literally any colour scheme, sometimes even appearing very bright and/or colourful.{{Fn|4a}}
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===Known Itinerant Kastelan Robots===
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*''[[02-Hex]]'', '''the Sol-Blessed''', lone trusted guardian of [[Tech-adept|Adept]] [[Veritus]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[13-Tor]]'', '''Automongrel''' of the [[Graian Stellar Drawbridge]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[3-Null Cortex]]'', Eighth Maniple of the [[Vitruvian Honour Cohort]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[8-Ondos]]'', '''Autostigmaton''' of the [[Lucian Cyborg Elite]]'''{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Aladothris 8-Maximal]]'', lost in service, [[Ghoul Stars Explorator Crusade]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Bane of Ecclesiands]]'', destroyed and later rebuilt on site at [[Sanctuary 101]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Cromag-Conquestor]]'', [[Blessed Maniple of Thoth]], [[XIIth Gnuvian Recidivism]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Dostoyon Vladimus 12]]'', '''Iron Ghost''' of [[Farewell Secundus]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Electrus 9-Shantar]]'', reported lost during the [[Goloch Transmographism]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Esmodd 9-Determinis]]'', last seen heading for the [[Protoid Nebula]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Galahos 2-Urian]]'', [[Maniple of the Gilded Dawn]], [[Ultramar Penumbra]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Legionarius 6-Stenngra]]'', last of the [[Grim Shepherds]], [[Alabastex Schism]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Medroloi Mu-Lambda]]'', bloodsworn brother of the [[High Terran Xenoflayers]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Nihilor Rad-Ulthus]]'', [[Detestatus Maniple]] (macrosabotage specialists){{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Sor-Methuselas]]'', [[Din-Thoria Maniple]], the [[Red Lessons of Agra Prime]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Two-Malavont]]'', [[Cloneskin Suppression]], [[M37 Cross-Segmentum Crusaders]]{{Fn|4a}}
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*''[[Verg-Rhombor]]'', '''the Giant of [[Destregrad IX]]'''{{Fn|4a}}
  
 
==Images==
 
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition)]] - ''Weapons of Enlightenment''
 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition)]] - ''Weapons of Enlightenment''
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 85 (2015)]], ''Regiments of Renown''
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 85 (2015)]], ''Regiments of Renown''
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*4: [[Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition)]]
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**{{Endn|4a}}: pgs. 24-25
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**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 65
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*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (9th Edition)]], pg. 61, ''Binaric Override''
  
 
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[[Category:Artificial Beings]]
 
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Kastelan Robots with their Cybernetica Datasmith

Kastelan Robot are a type of robotic soldier used by the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Overview

A huge, ancient robot built ten thousand years ago, the Kastelan Robot is a perfect example of the Adeptus Mechanicus’ re-purposing of technology. Nearly unstoppable, their only flaw is that of any mere machine; they will follow instructions to the letter, even if this results in their own demise. A specialist Tech-Priest - the Cybernetica Datasmith - must constantly update and reprogram the Kastelan via order dataslates, which placed in the chest slots of this machines, lest this enormous, clanking robot simply stride blindly into a nearby chasm.[1] In rare and extreme cases, the original orders can be changed using a forced 'binaric override' - enhanced static chants of superior Tech-Priests. However, such an action spoils the Kastelan systems, burning out their doctrina wafers.[5]

Kastelan Robots are armed to the teeth and may include two sets of arm-mounted Power Fists or Phosphor Blasters and a choice of carapace-mounted weaponry that includes yet another Phosphor Blaster or an Incendine Combustor. For protection, they are equipped with Kastelan Battlehide that allows for resistance to even Krak Grenades.[2]

Presumptions

It is unknown what relation they have to the older Great Crusade-era but similarly named Castellan Class Robot.

Known Named Kastellan Robots

Itinerant Kastelan Robots

In addition to robots that belong to certain Forge Worlds, there are also "itinerant" Kastelan Robots that are older than the Imperium and some call no single forge world home. Bands of these machines may appear in battle and join to congregations of the Cult Mechanicus to help them. This phenomenon is taken as a sign of great favour from the Omnissiah. Itinerant robots allow themselves to be directed by local Tech-Priests and fight on until the batlle is won. After that they dissapear as mysteriously as they previously arrived, perhaps for centuries at a time.[4a]

Unlike "standard" Kastelan Robots that represent themselves in the strict colours of existing Forge Worlds, these ancient machines can be literally any colour scheme, sometimes even appearing very bright and/or colourful.[4a]

Known Itinerant Kastelan Robots

Images

Kastelan Robot

Related Publications

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