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[[Image:BloatDrone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{PAGENAME}}]]
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a type of [[Daemon Engine]] of [[Nurgle]] used by the [[Death Guard]] in the closing days of the [[41st Millennium]]. This floating engine hunts its prey with a malign intelligence.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
Created Nurgle-dominated [[Daemon world]]s, the cost
in blood sacrifice to create these engines
is significant, and the binding rituals are
hazardous in the extreme. Yet their enduring
popularity with the [[Traitor Legion]]’s [[Chaos Lord]]s
ensures that Bloat-drones are used in
great numbers to the war zones in which the
Death Guard fight, and deployed in swarms
that darken the skies. This is especially true
in forces of the 5th [[Plague Company]],
with warbands such as the [[Sons of the Maggot]], the [[Suppurant Sting]], and the [[Smogrot Brotherhood]] fielding great numbers of Foetid
Bloat-drones in varying pack strengths and
configurations.{{Fn|2}}
The [[Daemon]]s that possess Foetid Bloatdrones
are more aggressive and spiteful
than most Daemons of [[Nurgle]]. Some are
so wilful that they cannot be entrusted
with ranged weaponry at all, their desire
to smash themselves into the enemy ranks
all too evident. These rebellious engines
are instead fitted with the macabre devices
known as '''Fleshmowers''', which tear apart enemies caught within them at close range. The
mashed remains of flesh-mower victims make
excellent fuel for those Bloat-drones
armed with '''Plaguespitters''', and so the two
variants often form parasitic war packs.{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/05/23/warhammer-40000-launch-date-announced-may22gw-homepage-post-1/ Warhammer Community]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition)]] pg.50
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