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'''Vortex Missiles''' are a type of [[Vortex Weapon]] which can be launched either by a [[Deathstrike Missile Launcher]] , [[Imperial Titan]], or an [[Imperial TitanAquilla Strongpoint]]{{FN|3}}. They are a product of the [[Dark Age of Technology]] and one of the rarest weapons available to the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1}}
These weapons are as rare as they are powerful, tearing apart the very fabric of reality to create a gaping hole that sucks everything its touches into the [[Warp]]. Vortex missiles mounted on Deathstrike Platforms are so valuable that they are guarded at a minimum by an entire [[Imperial Guard Platoon#Infantry Platoon|infantry platoon]], charged with concealing the weapon from enemy saboteurs and kill-teams. Nominally only [[Segmentum Command]] can sanction their use, and the launch codes are entrusted solely to the [[Lord Commissar]] in charge of the missile, as only these individuals combine loyalty to the [[Imperium]] with the resolution to fire this doomsday weapon at any cost.{{Fn|2}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pg. 55
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1230511a_Imperial_Guard_Datasheet_-_Deathstrike_Vortex_Missile Deathstrike Vortex Missile]
{{Endn|3}}: [[Stronghold Assault]], page 36.
[[Category:Missile Weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons (Imperium)]]
