Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought

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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

• Argan - Ultramarines^[6]
• Menarrio - Ultramarines^[6]
• Thaxxos - World Eaters^[8]

Images

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  Ultramarines Deredeo Dreadnought with quad Autocannons

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  Salamanders Deredeo Dreadnought with Hellfire Plasma Cannonade

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  Blood Angels Deredeo Dreadnought with twin Arachnus Heavy Lascannons^[5]

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  Imperial Fists Deredeo Dreadnought with Boreas Air Defence Missiles and Volkite Falconet^[4]

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  Deredeo Dreadnought for the Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness^[7]

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  Epic-Scale Deredeo Dreadnought for Legions Imperialis^[10]

Sources

• 1: Forge World (last accessed 23 May 2015)
• 2: Forgeworld: Deredeo (last accessed 28/01/2015)
• 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)