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Castellan Class Robots were a type of war robot deployed by the Legio Cybernetica.[1]
Overview
Designed for anti-vehicle and siege work, the Castellan is an assault Robot useful for a wide range of battlefield roles. Its twin power fists and heavy bolter give it a dangerous punch, protected by a power field/synchroniser unit. It can substitute its heavy bolter for a lascannon, melta gun or third power fist, while the standard fists can be replaced with a Siege Hammer, autocannons and flamer.[1]
The most numerous pattern of Castellan Class Robot are the Castellax Battle-Automata[2], which are designed primarily for siege and shock assault operations and are known for a particularly aggressive Machine Spirit.[2] These machines were the mainstay of the Legio Cybernetica and served as the elite defensive formations of many Forge Worlds. Castellax Robots were equipped with a shoulder-mounted Mauler Bolt Cannon, Multi-Melta, or Darkfire Cannon and twin Power Fists with Shock Chargers and built-in Bolters or Flamers. These fists could be replaced with Power Blades. In addition these weapons, they sported the Atomantic deflector shield that was seen on the Contemptor Dreadnought.[6]
The Thousand Sons operated a unique variant of the Castellax class known as the Castellax-Achea. After the Horus Heresy, so many thousands of Castellax Robots were lost that they were seen again in large numbers.[6]
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Kastelan and Castellan Robots
Although the Kastelan Robot for the Adeptus Mechanicus in Warhammer 40,000 has a similar name and design, it is also linked to the Horus Heresy-era as being an "ancient robot built ten thousand years ago", with "some of them having existed for much longer"[5]; it is unknown if the different naming convention is intentional or an oversight. For the record, the Castellan/Castellax denomination preceded[1][2] the Kastelan naming convention.[4]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, pgs. 96–112 — Imperial Robots
- 2: The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination, pg. 223
- 3: White Dwarf 104 (UK), pg. 7
- 4: Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition), Digital Edition Kastelan Robots
- 5: Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition), pg. 42
- 6: Liber Mechanicum, pg. 37