Difference between revisions of "Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought"

Latest revision as of 14:47, 15 April 2026

Ultramarines Deredeo Dreadnought Marcellus^[3a]

The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought is a type of Space Marine Dreadnought used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.

Overview

The Deredeo pattern Dreadnought was developed as an outgrowth of the same project to improve upon the fusion of Terran and Mechanicum technology which gave birth to the first Legiones Astartes Dreadnoughts, such as the Castraferrum and Lucifer patterns. It shares many core components and systems with the hugely successful Contemptor class, but rather than being a general assault unit, the Deredeo is an expressly designed heavy weapons platform,^[3b] intended to combine superior firepower with the flexibility and durability of a Dreadnought chassis.^[1] ^[9]

It was initially deployed in limited numbers to each of the Legions, which saw the Deredeo treated as a specialist unit due to difficulties in manufacture,^[3] as it proved highly resource intensive to produce and maintain, but its undoubted survivability and killing power saw a resurgence in its use after the initial wave of internecine strife during the Horus Heresy, and it was in high demand by Traitor and Loyalist alike from the few Forge Worlds able to fashion them.^[9]

The Deredeo pattern Dreadnought, with its formidable carrying capacity and battlefield stability, was once used as a test-bed platform for a number of advanced Legiones Astartes weapons systems, including the Anvilus Autocannon Battery, hellfire plasma cannonade, Arachnus Heavy Lascannon Battery, Volkite Falconet, and the carapace mounted Aiolos missile launcher which was capable of independently targeting enemies. The Deredeo is also capable of mounting Heavy Flamers or Heavy Bolters. For an anti-aircraft role, it is capable of firing Boreas Air Defence Missiles.^[4] The Deredeo also features a Helical Targeting Array and Atomantic Shielding.^[2]

Notable Deredeo Dreadnoughts

Images

Ultramarines Deredeo Dreadnought with quad Autocannons
Salamanders Deredeo Dreadnought with Hellfire Plasma Cannonade
Blood Angels Deredeo Dreadnought with twin Arachnus Heavy Lascannons^[5]
Imperial Fists Deredeo Dreadnought with Boreas Air Defence Missiles and Volkite Falconet^[4]
Deredeo Dreadnought for the Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness^[7]
Epic-Scale Deredeo Dreadnought for Legions Imperialis^[10]

Trivia

^{The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.}

Development History

The Deredeo, alongside the Contemptor and the Furibundus, were originally different variations of the same Dreadnought chassis in 1st Edition, being differentiated primarily by their weapons loadout.^[11]

Sources

1: Forge World (Archived))
2: [1] (Archived))
3: The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest:
- 3a: pg. 83
- 3b: pg. 214
4: Forgeworld: Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought Rules (last accessed 12/9/2019)
5: Forgeworld: Deredeo Dreadnought Arachnus Heavy Lascannon Battery (last accessed 12/9/2019)
6: Warhammer Community: Launch a Daring Strike Into the Heart of Ultramar With the Night Lords (Posted on 04/10/2021) - The Defense of Sotha: Aegida's Lament PDF, pgs. 2-4 (Last accessed on 4 October 2021)
7: Warhammer Community: NOVA Open Previews – Iron Armour and Very Heavy Ordnance in the Horus Heresy (posted 30/8/2023) (last accessed 31/8/2023)
8: The Horus Heresy: Legions - Shadow of the Warmaster: World Eaters, card description
9: Liber Astartes (2nd Edition), pg. 67
10: Warhammer Webstore :Legions Imperialis: Legiones Astartes Support (saved archive)
11: White Dwarf 100 (UK), pgs. 68-75

Legiones Astartes Forces of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Command	Primarch • Lord Commander • Praetor • Centurion • Optae • Command Squad
Specialists	Consul (Herald • Siege Breaker • Overseer) • Champion • Vigilator • Chaplain • Librarian (Esoterist) • Techmarine (Praevian) • Apothecary (Primus Medicae) • Decurion • Master of Signals • Master of Descent • Augur Squad • Moritat
Elite Troops	Veteran Squad (Veteran Assault Squad) • Terminator Squad (Cataphractii • Tartaros • Saturnine • Nullificator) • Destroyer Squad (Assault • Mortalis) • Honour Guard
Troops	Tactical Squad • Assault Squad • Heavy Support Squad • Breacher Squad • Tactical Support Squad • Reconnaissance Squad • Despoiler Squad • Scout Squad • Inductii
Fast Attack	Seeker Squad • Outrider Squad • Sky Seeker Squad • Sky-Hunter Squadrons • Hussar Squad • Javelin Attack Speeder • Proteus Land Speeder
Dreadnoughts	Contemptor • Castaferrum • Deredeo • Leviathan • Lucifer • Saturnine
Armored Vehicles	Rhino (Advancer) • Predator (Executioner • Infernus) • Mauler Tank • Sabre • Land Raider (Phobos • Proteus • Achilles • Explorator) • Termite • Plutona
Heavy Vehicles	Kratos • Sicaran • Malcador • Spartan (Prometheus • Hermetika) • Behemoth • Cerberus • Typhon • Hercules
Super-Heavy Vehicles	Fellblade (Glaive) • Falchion (Ascalon) • Stormblade • Shadowsword • Mastodon • Mantolith • Leviathan • Capitol Imperialis
Artillery	Basilisk • Medusa • Whirlwind (Hyperios • Scorpius) • Vindicator (Laser Destroyer) • Arquitor (Morbus • Spicula • Graviton) • Rapier • Heavy Quad Launcher • Tarantula • Araknae • Daedalus Stormcannon • Skyspear
Aircraft	Drop Pod (Deathstorm) • Dreadclaw • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Storm Eagle • Fire Raptor • Stormstrike • Xiphon • Primaris Lightning Strike Fighter • Caestus Assault Ram • Orgus Flyer • Apis • Lotus • Wrath • Lightning Crow • Stormhawk • Stormcrow • Corsair • Deathbird • Swordstrike • Castellan • Pythos • Harbinger • Hawkwing
Legion-specific
Dark Angels - Deathwing (Companions • Secta Mortis) • Dreadwing (Interemptors • Naufragia) • Firewing (Enigmatii) • Ironwing (Forge-wrights • Excindio Class Robot • Stoneborn) • Ravenwing (Skyhunter) • Stormwing • Paladin • Knights Cenobium Emperor's Children - Kakophoni • Palatine Blades • Phoenix Guard • Sun Killers • Wings of the Phoenician • Terata Iron Warriors - Iron Circle • Iron Havoc • Stor-Bezashk • Tyranthikos • Tyrant Siege Terminator • Dodakathik • Thunderstrike • Thunderburst • Warsmith • Castellan Rhino • Cloud-Hammer • Tekathikos White Scars - Keshig • Ebon Keshig • Golden Keshig • Falcon's Claws • Karaoghlanlar • Kyzagan • Sagyar Mazan • Stormseer Space Wolves - Blood Claws • Deathsworn • Fenrisian Wolf • Grey Slayer • Grey Stalker • Blood Claw • Black Cull • Rune Priest • Wolf Guard • Wolf Priest • Hrimthursar • Eldthursar • Hunter • Draugr Imperial Fists - Castellan • Decurion Sagittar • Huscarls • Phalanx Warder • Templar Brethren • Aegis Pilot Night Lords - Atramentar • Night Raptor • Terror Squad • Contekar • Reaver Blood Angels - Angel's Tears • Burning Eyes • High Host • Contemptor-Incaendius • Crimson Paladins • Dawnbreaker • Sanguinary Guard • Colossi Iron Hands - Gorgon • Iron Father • Medusan Immortal • Morlocks • Helwrought World Eaters - Devourer • Rampager • Caedere • Red Butchers • Triarii • Bloodied • Red Hand • Indurate Ultramarines - Evocati • Fulmentarus • Locutarus • Invictarii • Praetorian • Nemesis Destroyers Death Guard - Deathshroud • Grave Wardens • Mortus Poisoners • Plague Marines Thousand Sons - Ammitara Occult • Castellax-Achea • Hidden Ones • Khenetai Occult • Osiron • Scarab Occult • Numerologists Sons of Horus - Dark Emissary • Justaerin • Luperci • Reaver Word Bearers - Anakatis Kul • Ashen Circle • Dark Apostle • Diabolist • Gal Vorbak • Mhara Gal • Vakrah Jal • Procurator • Phraetus Anointed Salamanders - Forge Warden • Firedrakes • Pyre Guard • Pyroclast • Sanctifier • Pyre Wardens Raven Guard - Dark Fury • Darkwing • Mor Deythan • Raptor • Shadow Wardens • Deliverers • Whispercutter Alpha Legion - Lernaean • Headhunter • Operative • Saboteur

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{SpaceMarinePortal}}
-The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought is dedicated for heavy support and shares many components and features with the assault-based Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought. It was initially deployed in limited numbers numbers to each of the Legions due to difficulties in its manufacture, its durability and firepower saw demand for the Deredeo pattern increase after the outbreak of the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1}}
+[[Image:Deredeo83.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Ultramarines]] Deredeo Dreadnought [[Marcellus]]{{Fn|3a}}]]
+The '''Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought''' is a type of [[Space Marine Dreadnought]] used during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].
-The Deredeo pattern Dreadnought, with its formidable
+==Overview==
-carrying capacity and battlefield stability, was once used as a
+The Deredeo pattern Dreadnought was developed as an outgrowth of the same project to improve upon the fusion of [[Terra]]n and [[Mechanicum]] technology which gave birth to the first [[Legiones Astartes]] Dreadnoughts, such as the [[Castraferrum Pattern Dreadnought|Castraferrum]] and [[Lucifer Pattern Dreadnought|Lucifer patterns]]. It shares many core components and systems with the hugely successful [[Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought|Contemptor class]], but rather than being a general assault unit, the Deredeo is an expressly designed heavy weapons platform,{{Fn|3b}} intended to combine superior firepower with the flexibility and durability of a [[Dreadnought]] chassis.{{Fn|1}} {{Fn|9}}
-test-bed platform for a number of advanced Legiones Astartes
-weapons systems, including the [[Autocannon|Anvilus Autocannon Battery]] and the carapace mounted Aiolos [[missile launcher]] which was capable of independently targeting enemies. The Deredeo is also capable of mounting [[Heavy Flamers]] or [[Heavy Bolters]]. The Deredeo also features a [[Helical Targeting Array]] and [[Atomantic Shielding]].{{Fn|2}}
+It was initially deployed in limited numbers to each of the [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]], which saw the Deredeo treated as a specialist unit due to difficulties in manufacture,{{Fn|3}} as it proved highly resource intensive to produce and maintain, but its undoubted survivability and killing power saw a resurgence in its use after the initial wave of internecine strife during the [[Horus Heresy]], and it was in high demand by Traitor and Loyalist alike from the few [[Forge World]]s able to fashion them.{{Fn|9}}
+The Deredeo pattern Dreadnought, with its formidable carrying capacity and battlefield stability, was once used as a test-bed platform for a number of advanced Legiones Astartes weapons systems, including the [[Anvilus Autocannon Battery]], [[hellfire plasma cannonade]], [[Arachnus Heavy Lascannon]] Battery, [[Volkite Falconet]], and the carapace mounted Aiolos [[missile launcher]] which was capable of independently targeting enemies. The Deredeo is also capable of mounting [[Heavy Flamers]] or [[Heavy Bolters]]. For an anti-aircraft role, it is capable of firing [[Boreas Air Defence Missile]]s.{{Fn|4}} The Deredeo also features a [[Helical Targeting Array]] and [[Atomantic Shielding]].{{Fn|2}}
+==Notable Deredeo Dreadnoughts==
+*[[Argan]] - [[Ultramarines]]{{Fn|6}}
+*[[Menarrio]] - [[Ultramarines]]{{Fn|6}}
+*[[Thaxxos]] - [[World Eaters]]{{Fn|8}}
+==Images==
+<gallery heights="160px" widths="220px" mode="packed" caption="">
+Deredeo.jpeg||[[Ultramarines]] Deredeo Dreadnought with quad Autocannons
+HellfirePlasmaCannon.jpg|[[Salamanders]] Deredeo Dreadnought with [[Hellfire Plasma Cannonade]]
+DeredeoLascannons.jpg|[[Blood Angels]] Deredeo Dreadnought with twin Arachnus Heavy [[Lascannon]]s{{Fn|5}}
+DeredeoMissiles.jpg|[[Imperial Fists]] Deredeo Dreadnought with [[Boreas Air Defence Missile]]s and [[Volkite Falconet]]{{Fn|4}}
+DeredeoPlastic.jpg|Deredeo Dreadnought for the [[Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness]]{{Fn|7}}
+HHLIDeredeoDreadnought2024.jpg|[[Epic]]-Scale Deredeo Dreadnought for [[Legions Imperialis]]{{Fn|10}}
+</gallery>
+==Trivia==
+{{Trivia}}
+===Development History===
+The Deredeo, alongside the [[Contemptor]] and the [[Furibundus]], were originally different variations of the same Dreadnought chassis in [[1st Edition]], being differentiated primarily by their weapons loadout.{{fn|11}}
 ==Sources==
+*{{Endn|1}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150214044059/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space-Marine-Dreadnoughts/DEREDEO_PATTERN_DREADNOUGHT.html Forge World] ''(Archived))''
+*{{Endn|2}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150123121800/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/D/Deredeo.pdf] ''(Archived))''
+*3: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]]:
+**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 83
+**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 214
+*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/fw_site/fw_pdfs/Horus_Heresy/HH-Deredeo-2019.pdf Forgeworld: Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought Rules]  ''(last accessed 12/9/2019)''
+*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Deredeo-Arachnus-Heavy-Lascannon-Battery Forgeworld: Deredeo Dreadnought Arachnus Heavy Lascannon Battery] ''(last accessed 12/9/2019)''
+*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/10/04/launch-a-daring-strike-into-the-heart-of-ultramar-with-the-night-lords/ Warhammer Community: Launch a Daring Strike Into the Heart of Ultramar With the Night Lords (Posted on 04/10/2021)] - [https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/92OhQMoHC7I5tbLG.pdf The Defense of Sotha: Aegida's Lament PDF], pgs. 2-4 (Last accessed on 4 October 2021)
+*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/08/31/nova-open-previews-iron-armour-and-very-heavy-ordnance-in-the-horus-heresy/ Warhammer Community: NOVA Open Previews – Iron Armour and Very Heavy Ordnance in the Horus Heresy (posted 30/8/2023)] (last accessed 31/8/2023)
+*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Horus Heresy: Legions]] - '''Shadow of the Warmaster''': ''World Eaters'', card description
+*{{Endn|9}}: [[Liber Astartes (2nd Edition)]], pg. 67
+*{{Endn|10}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20240314160152/https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/legions-imperialis-legiones-astartes-support-2024 Warhammer Webstore :Legions Imperialis: Legiones Astartes Support] (saved archive)
+*{{Endn|11}}: [[White Dwarf 100 (UK)]], pgs. 68-75
-*{{Endn|1}}: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/DEREDEO_PATTERN_DREADNOUGHT.html ''(last accessed 2015.28.1)''
+{{SMHeresy}}
-*{{Endn|2}}: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/D/Deredeo.pdf ''(last Accessed 2015.28.1)''
-{{SMHeresy}}
 [[Category:Vehicles (Space Marines)|Dreadnought, Contemptor]]
-[[Category:Walkers]]
+[[Category:Dreadnoughts]]
+[[fr:Dreadnought Deredeo]]

Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum β