Adrathic Weapon
Adrathic Weapons are a type of disintegration weapon used by the Adeptus Custodes and Sisters of Silence.
Relics of the Dark Age of Technology believed to be all but unique to Terra, Adrathic weaponry uses a potent but dangerously unstable energy beam to sever the internal bonds of matter, causing objects caught in their path to unravel in a spectacularly destructive manner, leaving only a flaring after-image of what was. Such weapons were legend during the Age of Strife, and devastating wars were fought on anarchic Old Terra solely over the possession of some unearthed cache of Adrathic guns and the promise of the power they held. When the Emperor came to dominion and ended Old Night on Ancient Terra, all Adrathic weapons were given over to him on pain of death, not simply to the one who retained them but to their entire land and nation such was the importance He placed on controlling this technology. These weapons have remained in His care ever since, and only His own personal weaponsmiths gained and kept the knowledge of how to replicate them in small numbers, much to the jealousy of Mars.[1]
Types
- Adrathic Destructor — Used on Adrathic Spears[1] and twin-linked with Aquilon Terminators. Also used by the Sisters of Silence Excruciarus Cadre.[1a]
- Adrathic Devastator — Heavy Weapon[1] mounted on Gyrfalcon Pattern Jetbikes
- Adrathic Exterminator — Heavy Weapon[1]
Images
Custodes Aquilon Terminator with a twin-linked Adrathic Destructor
An Adrathic Destructor on a Adrathic Spear
Gyrfalcon Pattern Jetbike with Adrathic Devastator mounted in hull
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Seven pg.245
- 1a: pg. 254
