Kataphron Battle Servitor
Kataphron Battle Servitors are a type of war Servitor used by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
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Overview
Completely severed from all emotion and independent thought, these machines are little more than a living weapon controlled by Tech-Priests. They are much larger and more powerful than the Servitors used by the rest of the Imperium.[1]
Some Imperial Guard regiments fighting alongside Adeptus Mechanicus forces offer vocational programs to join the Adeptus Mechanicus forces to take advantage of their noospheric communication network, alongside of enhancements to the individual's body and armaments. These promotional campaigns in guardsmen regiments might be advertised as "Project Kataphron".[7]
Varieties
Kataphron Battle Servitors come in two main types:
Breacher
Kataphron Breachers are used by the Mechanicum as a living shield and battering ram, smashing apart enemy lines. They are deadly in close quarters combat, equipped with a large array of weapons that can include Heavy Arc Rifles, Torsion Cannons, Arc Claws, Hydraulic Claws, and Plasma Calivers - each servitor is typically equipped with 1 gun arm and 1 melee arm.[1]
These machines are also equipped with Kataphron Breacherplate, powerful cybernetically-enhanced titanium-laced metal and plastisteel that turns aside blades and bullets alike.[2]
Destroyer
Kataphron Destroyers are used as heavy weapon platforms by the Mechanicum, ensuring that nothing will be left of their enemies but molten sludge. They are equipped with a large amount of heavy weaponry that includes Grav Cannons, and Plasma Culverins replacing one arm, and lighter weaponry such as Phosphor Blasters or Flamers replacing the other arm,[1] aimed by advanced targeting optics. Destroyers are powered by a multi-fuel engine, moving along on powerful, all-terrain motive unit drive-wheel tracks.[6]
For protection, these machines are equipped with Kataphron Demiplate, lighter armour that allows better cooling of its heavy weaponry. Nonetheless, this cybernetically-enhanced heavy steel provides a great deal of protection.[2]
Jotunn H-Grade Servitor-Ogryns can also be converted into Kataphron Destroyers, but they keep their legs instead of being equipped with tracks.[5]
Notable Kataphron Battle Servitors
Images
Kataphron Breacher with Torsion Cannon[1]
Kataphron Destroyer with Heavy Grav-Cannon[1]
Kataphron Destroyer with Plasma Culverin
Ogryn Kataphron Destroyer[5]
Ogryn Kataphron Destroyer[5]
Project Kataphron advertisement poster[7]
Project Kataphron advertisement poster[7]
See also
Sources
- 1: Games Workshop
- 2: Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition) — Weapons of Enlightenment
- 3: Adeptus Mechanicus: Tech-Priest (Novel), Chapter 10
- 4: Clade (Short Story) — Servants of the Machine-God (Anthology)
- 5: White Dwarf 495, pgs. 76-77 — A Tale of Four Warlords
- 6: Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide, pg. 86
- 7: Regimental Standard: Failure, the Adeptus Mechanicus, and You (posted 7 April 2021) (Page archived 21 April 2021. Last accessed 22 March 2025.)
