The '''Warhound Scout Titan''' is the smallest class of [[Imperial Titan]]. With the deployment of a full [[Titan Legion]], Warhounds are commonly deployed used to reconnoiter ahead of the Battle Titans and draw enemy war machines towards them. Despite its designation as a scout, the class is formidably armed.

Warhounds are also consummate ambush predators. Where most Titan combat might take place at a range ranges of five kilometers of or greater, Warhounds can lay in wait for their prey to come closer and engage at point-blank range.{{Fn|33f}} This potentially allows them to defeat larger foes on their own; a [[Reaver Battle Titan]] might tonne for tonne outclass a single Warhound, but if caught by surprised surprise the smaller engine is more than capable of killing its larger foe.{{Fn|33g}} The Warhound's ability to go from idle, with main drive and systems shut down and the powerplant almost asphyxiated, {{Fn|3c}} to full sprint in less than twenty seconds and crash through stone walls three times its height helps in this regard.{{Fn|33d}}

With their emphasis of on speed and agility over strength Warhounds are considered lightly armed and armoured for Titans, protected by just two [[Void Shield]] generators and limited in their selection of weaponry.{{Fn|1}} The result is that enemy infantry and tanks can actually pose a serious threat to these Titans war engines without proper support.{{Fn|4}} However they are still very dangerous and deadly engines, and can unleash more firepower than over a dozen [[squadImperial Guard Squad|squads]]s of [[Imperial Guard]] could hope to muster.{{Fn|5}} In general enough firepower to level a city block will pulverize a Warhound,{{Fn|6}} while repeated hits from a battery of [[Basilisks]] will serve to eventually topple it one over.{{Fn|7a}} Warhounds have even been known to survive a direct hit from a [[Volcano Cannon]], albeit though the force of the blow will knock them sideways and their shields will be heavily damaged,.{{Fn|33e}} and without their protection In other cases such firepower will result in the Titan's catastrophic destruction, leaving behind nothing but a pair of legs.{{Fn|7b}}

As in other Titans a Warhound's crew consists of devout members of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. The Titan's commander is known as a [[Princeps]], charged with overseeing all aspect's aspects of the war engine's functions through a [[Mind Impulse Unit]].{{Fn|2}} The MIU link also allows the princeps to commune with the Titan's "[[Machine Spirit]]," an intelligence which guides and assists in operations. Such spirits, as old as the veteran war engines themselves, are often surely and cantankerous, resentful at being woken and forwards in following commands. These qualities, likened by some to having to bring to heel a ferocious dog, are also what make Warhounds so murderously effective.{{Fn|3}} Princeps comprehend their war engines and realise the surrounding environment through the Manifold, an immerse and interactive sensory space and the hard-plug equivalent of the [[Noosphere]]. Within the Manifold princeps essentially become one with the Titan, feeling the patter of rain on their Titan's hull as if it were their own skin and the dull throb of the plasma reactor within their own belly. The world outside is perceived in a full 360° view through a wealth of sensory data, though during combat these are often paired down to the four essentials of detecting heat, motion, mass and code activity, all of which is data-streamed back to the main host.{{Fn|33a}}

Princeps comprehend their war engines and realise the surrounding environment through the Manifold, an immerse and interactive sensory space and the hard-plug equivalent of the [[Noosphere]]. Within the Manifold princeps essentially become one with the Titan, feeling the patter of rain on their Titan's hull as if it were their own skin and the dull throb of the plasma reactor within their own belly.{{Fn|3a}} It also results in the princeps unconsciously aping the posture of the Warhound in action,{{Fn|3c}} while damage taken by the Titan can appear as psychosomatic welts on their body.{{Fn|3d}} The world outside is perceived in a full 360° view through a wealth of sensory data, though during combat these are often paired down to the four essentials of detecting heat, motion, mass and code activity, all of which is data-streamed back to the main host.{{Fn|3b}} A Warhound can pick out the heat signature and power source of a [[Land Raider]] anywhere within one kilometer of its position for example.{{Fn|9}} The princeps sits in the forward cockpit along with two [[Moderati]] who assist in piloting the engine. The Titan: the first one, also know as a steersman, functions as the driver and navigator while the other, also known as a sensori, commands the weapons and sensors. In turn each one controls the Warhound's remote [[servitor]]-slaves, which are hardwired into the war engine's weapons, void shield generators and engineering system. The final crewmember is the [[Techpriest]] situated in the engine room behind the main cockpit, tasked with overseeing the smooth running of the Warhound's plasma reactor.{{Fn|2}} All are hard-plugged into the Titan and make use of hard-switches, as subtle haptics and noospheric links are considered too easily compromised or damaged for controlling the Titan whilst in the midst of combat.{{Fn|33a}}

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Titanicus (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]**{{Endn|3a}}: ''101'', pgs. 164-165**{{Endn|3b}}: ''101'', pgs. 167-168**{{Endn|3c}}: ''101'', pgs. 170-171**{{Endn|3d}}: ''101'', pgs. 173-175**{{Cite ThisEndn|3e}}: ''111'', pg. 234**{{Endn|3f}}: ''1011'', pg. 343**{{Endn|3g}}: ''1110'', pg. 444