The '''Cronos''' is a [[Dark Eldar]] [[Engine of Pain]].While broadly similar to other [[Engines of Pain]] such as the [[Talos Pain Engine|Talos]], Cronos engines are far more exotic and extradentary machines{{Fn|1}}

The Cronos Engines are semi-sentient, part organic and part mechanical monsters that slowly drift along on anti-gravitic motors. Created by the [[Haemonculi]] through a strange blend of alchemy and science which produces a feedblock loop of negative energy{{Fn|2}}, the Cronos drains away not only the physical constituents of its victims but also their life essence - what little is left of its unfortunate victim is a pathetic shriveled husk which quickly collapses to little more than dust.{{Fn|1}} Much like [[Talos Pain Engine]]s they are often used as torture devices, but put on a spectacle that Haemonculus creators take great delight in witnessing.{{Fn|2}}