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[[Image:KnightArt.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Knights operating alongside [[Imperial Guard]] ]]
'''Knights''' are smaller and less powerful one-man versions of [[Imperial Titan]]s. Knights are smaller than [[Warhound Scout Titan]]s, and can only mount one Titan-class weapon. These can range from [[Vulcan Mega-bolter]]s to [[Volcano cannon]]s. Knights themselves are operated from [[Knightly House]]s located on [[Knight World]]s.Pilots of Knights are known as '''Knight Scions'''.{{Fn|9}}
==History==
Other, much rarer, types of Knight armour are used on some [[Knight world]]s. Amongst the heaviest types of Knight armour made by the forge worlds are the Crusader and the Castellan. Although slower than other suit types, these two benefit from substantially increased firepower and much thicker armour, and are instead used in a fire support role. The Lancer is a faster version of a standard Knight suit. These agile machines are used to outflank the enemy, scout out their defences and distract hostile forces while slower units get into position to attack. This type of armour is sophisticated and extremely difficult to manufacture, and its use is therefore usually reserved for rulers of knightly houses, or for Nobles that have proven themselves worthy of it in the fires of victory. However, while the Crusader, Castellan and Lancer are rightly revered, the Paladin and Errant’s perfectly balanced combination of speed, firepower and armour make them the supreme examples of Knight design.{{Fn|4a}}
[[Image:KnightPilot.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A Knight pilot]]
===Types of Knights===
*[[Knight Paladin]]: The archetypal Knight, armed with a large-calibre [[Battle Cannon]] and a giant [[Chainsword]].{{Fn|2}}
*[[Knight Magaera]]: Designed as shock assault units.
*[[Knight Styrix]]: Designed for wanton slaughter.
*[[Knight Atrapos]]: Designed to combat [[Heretek]] and [[Xenos]] war engines.
*'''[[Knight Crusader]]''': The heaviest types of Knight made by [[Forgeworld]]s along with the Knight Castellan. Though slower and less nimble, they have increased firepower in the form of [[Battlecannon]]s, [[Lascannon]]s, [[Quake Cannon]]s, [[Avenger Gatling Cannon|Gatling Cannon]]s, [[Autocannon]]s, and [[Heavy Bolter]]s in addition to increased armor.{{Fn|2}}
*'''[[Knight Warden]]''': Close-combat Knight equipped with [[Avenger Gatling Cannon]], [[Reaper Chainsword]] or [[Thunderstrike Gauntlet]], [[Missile Launcher]]s, and [[Meltagun]]s.
**{{Endn|7c}}: ''Heirlooms of the Knightly Houses''
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Sanctus Reach: The Red Waaagh!]]
*{{Endn|9}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-EU/Mechanicum-Cerastus-Knight-Atrapos Forge World]
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