Cephalopod Spekter

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Cephalopod Spekters are organic robots created by House Delaque of Necromunda.^[1]

Description

Cephalopod Spekter^[1]

They can move through the air on their suspensors and are perhaps the most sinister tools that House Delaque uses to secretly gather information. In appearance, a spekter is a writhing mass of flying tentacles and gleaming oculus lenses that constantly track shadows for movement. In addition to having a complex array of auspices, these lenses allow the spekter to fully observe its surroundings and communicate them directly to its owner. However, each device is created specially for one of the house's members, as their cogitators are built around a fragment of synaptic tissue that was taken from a cloned brain of their owner. By doing this, House Delaque ensures that the spekters are obedient and can develop a bond with their owner that no mere servo-skull or trained beast could match.^[1]

This kind of cognitive bonding can also have its drawbacks. While a spekter might be able to anticipate its owner's needs without being told, it also often shares their hatreds or fears, and can begin acting erratically if their owner gives in to rage or panic. These minor drawbacks are vastly outweighed by the spekter's skilled information gathering, and because of this, the devices accompany Delaque gangs to battle, where they can provide a multi-spectral view of the battlefield. If it is required to directly get involved in the battle, the spekter is a fast and deadly opponent, with tentacles that can wrap themselves around an opponent and emit electric shocks.^[1]

Though they are considered to be deeply unpleasant, the spekters are beloved by House Delaque's Masters of Shadow, Phantoms, and Nacht-Ghuls.^[2]

Images

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  Cephalopod Spektors^[2]

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.

• A cephalopod is a mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, having tentacles attached to the head, including the cuttlefish, squid, and octopus.
• Their name is spelled as Cephalopod Spektors in a Warhammer Community article, which features the debut of the Cephalopods' miniatures.^[2]

Sources

• 1: Necromunda: Gangs of the Underhive, pg. 108 — Exotic Beasts
• 2: Warhammer Community: Harness the Power of the Psi-Syndica with the Mind-Locked Wyrd and Cephalopod Spektors (posted 02/10/2023) (last accessed 02/10/2023)