Praetorian Servitors
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The Praetorians are a class of heavily armed and armoured Servitor that are created by the Adeptus Mechanicus to guard the shrines and temples dedicated to the Machine God from direct attack. They are commonly built with tracks or jointed mechanical legs to allow for easier mobility and to support their immense weight.[1] Praetorians are deemed disposable, designed to be the first unit in contact with the enemy and fixing them into place until more flexible assets arrive.[2]
Praetorians are created from Ogryn stock,[2] sometimes vat-grown or mind-scrubbed. While their fearsome presence alone is enough to generally discourage attack, they also have the power and weaponry to back up their threatening appearance. Praetorians tower even over Space Marines in battle.[1] Praetorians can be armed with Solar-pattern heavy bolters, multi-lasers[2] or autocannons[3] on one arm and industrial claws on the other.[2]
Their duties are not limited to just guarding temples, as they often serve as bodyguards to Techpriests on the battlefield. Although they are Servitors, the Praetorians are held in high esteem by the Skitarii who fight alongside them.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Specialist-Games: Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions - no longer online
- 2: Dominion Genesis (Novel), The Almagest, Chapter Two
- 3: Storm of Iron (Novel) — Iron Warriors: The Omnibus (Omnibus), Storm of Iron, Chapter Five
