Kataphraktoi

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A Jetbiker of the Kataphraktoi with a Gyrfalcon-pattern Jetbike

The Kataphraktoi are one of the warrior-castes within the Adeptus Custodes.

The Kataphraktoi served as the fast attack and reconnaissance units of the Custodes, operating most frequently in Agamatus Jetbike Squadrons or Vertus Praetors.^[2] In battle these formations would behave as the cavalry units of old: raiding the enemy, exploiting weak points, and acting as special response units. The Kataphraktoi also operate the Custodes fighters and gunships.^[1]

Among the Kataphraktoi the most popular jetbikes were the Paragon pattern and Gyrfalcon Pattern.^[1]

Trivia

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• The Cataphracts were a famous type of Central Asian cavalry.

Sources

• 1: The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno, pg. 272
• 2: Warhammer Community