[[Image:SkitariiWarrior.jpg{{ambig|thumbsubject=Adeptus Mechanicus warriors|right|220px|Mechanicum disambiguation=Protector]]}}'''Protectors''' were are specialised [[skitarii]] soldiers and guards that worked in of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].

==Overview==[[Image:SkitariiWarrior.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Mechanicum Protector]]They were are genetically engineered and augmented [[Human]]s that wore red robes and can have a variety of augments to better serve in their roles. Some are noted as wearing bronze masks that showed shows mechanical green mechanical eyes or have red-tinted ocular sensors replacing their organic eyes. Members Like many blessed acolytes of the Protectors typically carried weapon staves and served Machine God, they can be augmented beyond the concerns of void exposure, as well as have additional mechanical limbs. Some wear red robes or other colours befitting the personal guards within a techpriest's [[forgeworld]]they or their ward hails from. They were noted to smell of spoilt, decayed meat and oils.{{Fn|3a}}

Members of the Protectors typically carry staved weapons, such as [[Rho-Mu 31Transonic Weapon|transonic]] was a Protector halberds, and have additional ranged weaponry or sidearms sometimes wielded in an additional mechanical limb. They serve as personal protectors of tech priests of high station, such as [[Magma City]] who served [[Adeptexplorator]] s,{{Fn|3a}} or as the personal guards within a Tech-Priest's [[Koriel ZethForge Temple|forge]]. Some are noted as smelling of spoilt, decayed meat and oils.{{Fn|1}}

Protectors are often afforded access to [[Noosphere|noospheric]] communion with the Tech-Priest they ward, alongside their master's Cult Mechanicus allies. However, the lifeward rarely interjects in their master's [[Noosphere|noospheric]] conversations with colleagues, containing their thoughts and emotions with sturdy firewalls as to not interrupt their dialogues. They only interject if the subject directly pertains to their duty.{{Fn|3a}} Protectors can be given gifts upon being adoption as lifeward to a Tech-Priest. Their master might gift them a [[Deus Mechanicus]] emblem, a talisman of copper and [[adamantine]] to be worn proudly inset upon their chest plate.{{Fn|3b}} == Related Articles Known Protectors==*[[Rho-Mu 31]] - A Protector of [[Magma City]] who served [[Adept]] [[Koriel Zeth]].{{Fn|1}}*[[Alpha-Rho-25]] - A Protector assigned to the [[War Within the Webway|Imperial defence]] of the [[Emperor]]'s [[Webway Project]] and was one of the first Imperials to uncover [[Drach'nyen]]'s presence there.*[[Phocon Xal]] - Lifeward of [[Explorator]] [[Talin Sherax]].{{Fn|3a}} ==See also==

==SourceSources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Mechanicum (Novel)]] by , 1.01*{{Endn|2}}: [[Graham McNeillMaster of Mankind (Novel)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}*3: [[Dominion Genesis (Novel)]]:**{{Endn|3a}}: ''Misery's Daughter'', Chapter 2**{{Endn|3b}}: ''The Almagest'', Chapter 4 {{MechanicusTroops}}