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===Known ranks of Princeps===
 
===Known ranks of Princeps===
*'''[[Collegia Titanica Grand Master|Grand Master]]''' - Commands an entire [[Titan Legion]]{{Fn|9}}
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*[[Collegia Titanica Grand Master|Grand Master]] - Commands an entire [[Titan Legion]]{{Fn|9a}}
 
*'''Marshal'''{{Fn|5}}
 
*'''Marshal'''{{Fn|5}}
 
*'''Princeps Maximus'''{{Fn|11}}
 
*'''Princeps Maximus'''{{Fn|11}}
*'''Princeps Senioris''' also spelled as '''Princeps Seniores''' - Commands a [[Maniple]] of Titans{{Fn|5}}
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*'''Princeps Senioris''' also spelled as '''Princeps Seniores''' - Commands a [[Maniple]] of Titans{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|9b}}
 
*'''Princeps Majoris'''{{Fn|4a}}
 
*'''Princeps Majoris'''{{Fn|4a}}
 
*'''Princeps Ultima'''
 
*'''Princeps Ultima'''
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==See also==
 
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour Update 2002]], pg. 45
 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour Update 2002]], pg. 45
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Binary Succession (Audio Drama)]]
 
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*4: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] - [[Armageddon (Anthology)]]
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**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter IV
 
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**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter XXII
 
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter XXII
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warlord: Fury of the God Machine (Novel)]]{{Citethis}}
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warlord: Fury of the God Machine (Novel)]]{{Citethis}}
 
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Imperator: Wrath of the Omnissiah (Novel)]]{{Citethis}}
 
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Imperator: Wrath of the Omnissiah (Novel)]]{{Citethis}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Gates of the Devourer (Short Story)]] - [[Servants of the Machine-God (Anthology)]]
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[Gates of the Devourer (Short Story)]] [[Servants of the Machine-God (Anthology)]]
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign]], pg. 41
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign]], pg. 41
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus (2018)]] Rulebook, pg. 53
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*9: [[Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy Rulebook]]:
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**{{Endn|9b}}: pg. 55
 
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Orks (2nd Edition)]], pg. 73
 
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Orks (2nd Edition)]], pg. 73
 
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] - Dramatis Personae
 
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] - Dramatis Personae

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Titan Princeps
Targetdrone.gif This article is about the Titan operator; for the dog, see Princeps (Dog).
Targetdrone.gif This article is about the Titan operator; for the ruler of a Questor Mechanicus Knight House, see High King.

A Princeps is a member of the Collegia Titanica and the main operator of an Imperial Titan. They, together with two or more Moderatii are mentally linked with the Titan's "spirit". In effect, they are the Titan.[1]

Overview

A Princeps is trained at the Collegia Titanica. Unlike most of the Adeptus Mechanicus personnel, Princeps recruits are not only selected from the Forge Worlds' own civilians, but from anywhere the Mechanicus may find suitable candidates. This is because only the strongest of will can sustain a mind-link with the Titan's powerful spirit with their sanity intact, and the rarity of such specimens requires a larger selection pool.[1] Princeps also undergo minimal augmentation to their bodies, unlike most members of other Adeptus Mechanicus sub-factions, as having an organic body gives them a "anchor-point" to help differentiate themselves from their Titan's machine-spirit and thus help prevent losing their consciousness within it.[6] As such when their bodies become too old or injured to allow them normal function, Princeps are instead interred within amniotic-fluid filled pods within their Titan's command chambers.[3][4a][5]

Known ranks of Princeps

  • Grand Master - Commands an entire Titan Legion[9a]
  • Marshal[5]
  • Princeps Maximus[11]
  • Princeps Senioris also spelled as Princeps Seniores - Commands a Maniple of Titans[5][9b]
  • Princeps Majoris[4a]
  • Princeps Ultima
  • Princeps Penultima
  • Princeps Primus
  • Princeps Captain[7]
  • Princeps - Commands an individual Titan[1]

Notable Princeps


See also

Sources