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First created during the [[Ullanor Crusade]], the Contemptor-Cortus was a variant of the highly successful ‘Prime’ Contemptor pattern. Utilizing many base components, the most sophisticated systems were replaced with robust - if less potent - systems which could be more readily fabricated in the field by the [[Legiones Astartes]]. The result was a war machine with its own unique strengths and combat characteristics, but also with a not-undeserved reputation for instability. However as the [[Horus Heresy]] broke out, this more easily produced variant of Contemptor Dreadnought was returned to widespread service.{{Fn|5}}
[[Image:CortusDread.jpg|thumb|center|220px|A Contemptor-Cortus Class Dreadnought with a heavy [[Conversion Beamer]] ]]
===Contemptor-Galatus Class Dreadnought===
Similar in aspect to the Contemptor Dreadnoughts of the [[Legiones Astartes]], the Contemptor-Galatus is a markedly superior war machine. The unrivaled skills of the warrior entombed within its sarcophagus notwithstanding, the Contemptor-Galatus is stronger, faster and better armoured.
Designed to provide an anchor for a [[Legio Custodes]] battleline, the Contemptor-Galatus is armed in similar fashion to the Custodes themselves – wielding a huge [[Galatus Warblade]] with its inbuilt twin-linked infernus [[incinerator]], and equipped with a vastly enlarged version of the Custodes [[Praesidium shield]]. Already able to withstand heavy assaults with its armour and [[refractor field]], the Praesidium shield allows the Contemptor-Galatus stand nigh on impregnable, enduring the enemy onslaught and reaping a murderous toll with its immense power blade.{{Fn|6}}
[[Image:Galatus.jpg|thumb|center|220px|A Contemptor-Galatus Class Dreadnought]]
==Notable Contemptor Pattern Dreadnoughts==
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]] pg.176
*{{Endn|5}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-ES/Contemptor-Cortus-Class-Dreadnought-Talon Forge World]
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-IE/Legio-Custodes-Contemptor-Galatus-Dreadnought Forge World]
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[[Category:Vehicles (Space Marines)|Dreadnought, Contemptor]]
