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[[Image:KnightErrantNew.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Knight Errant]]
'''Knight Errants''' are a common type of [[Imperial]] [[Knight]] walker. These walkers The aggressive nobles who pilot these Knights lead the charge of [[Knight House]]s when they go to war. These aggressive Knights and prefer to fight at the forefront of battle, hunting enemy tanks and war engines or charging into the fray. Where a [[Knight Paladin]] is equipped for a flexible battlefield role, a Knight Errant specializes in close range actions in which it can use its formidable [[thermal cannon]] to devastating effect. Countless times have heretics Indeed, believing themselves safe within so effective are the Knights in this capacity that Imperial officers will do everything in their fortified strongholdspower to requisition the services of such a valuable military asset, watched in horror as the walls around them have melted and sloughed away never more so than when they are expecting to reveal face a Knight Errant ready to butcher them in their own sanctuarysuper-heavy or [[Titan]]-class threat.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
In the heat of battle, where a normal warrior tires as the exertions of combat take theirinevitable toll, a Knight Errant is as relentless as the tide: an unstoppable engine of death. Whendeployed as a household detachment, however, the Knights Errant are capable ofovercoming the mightiest of foes, no matter how large or heavily armoured they may be.Indeed With its heavy [[adamantine]] armour and [[Ion Shield]], a Knight Errant will have no compunction about charging straight at the enemy in order to close the distance, all the while using its formidable [[thermal cannon]] to devastating effect. Countless times have heretics, believing themselves safe within their fortified strongholds, so effective are watched in horror as the Knights walls around them have melted and sloughed away to reveal a Knight Errant ready to butcher them in this capacity that Imperial officers will do everythingtheir own sanctuary. Even should a foe not be immediately incinerated by the thermal cannon, a Knight Errant carrys a [[Reaper Chainsword]] or [[Thunderstrike Gauntlet]] in their power other arm to requisition finish them off. Finally, the services Knight Errant is also armed with a [[Heavy Stubber]] mounted in its carapace to cut down infantry.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} Knight Errants are also capable of carrying additional weapons, such as an [[Ironstorm Missile Pod]], twin [[Icarus Autocannon]]s, or a valuable military asset[[Stormspear Rocket Pod]], never more sothan when they are expecting to face mounted on their carapace. Some will also replace the heavy stubber with a super-heavy or [[Titanmeltagun]]-class threat.{{Fn|12}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition)]] (E-Book) - ''Household Detachments''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (7th Edition)]], p. 20, 102
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[[Category:Super-Heavy Walkers]]