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The Vexillas of the Praetors come in several patterns. These include the [[Vexilla Magnifica]], which offers the Custodes greater protection against ranged attacks, the [[Vexilla Imperius]], which increases the damage the Custodes' weapons deal in battle, and the [[Vexilla Defensor]], which offers some protection to their Imperium allies against ranged attacks.{{Fn|1}} In addition to these technological marvels, all vexillas incorporate empyrically hardened teleport homers. These are most commonly used by the Adeptus Custodes
to call in sudden strikes by fresh waves of Custodians and vehicles.{{Fn|2}}
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==Overview==
Unlike their counter parts in other [[Imperium]] armies, Vexilus Praetors are infused with mysterious crypto-technological abilities that aid their brethren and allies in battle. What abilities come to the fore however, depend on the [[Space Marine Standards|Standard]] they carry into battle. Each vexilla [[Custodes Vexilla]] is created on [[Terra]], painstakingly fashioned over a periodof one hundred years by the oath-sworn artisans of the [[Tower Aquilane]]. Upon their completion, these beautiful standards are borne amidst processions of craftthralls, [[Ministorum]] [[Priest]]s and [[servitor]]s to the [[Auric Eyrie]], where they are held upon stasis-podia until required. Some vexillas are purely ritual in purpose, and are carried in procession and parade through the endless leagues of the [[Imperial Palace]]. Most, however, incorporate potent technologies suited specifically for deployment upon the field of battle. Those vexillas carried by the veterans of the shield companies typically belong to one of
several patterns. More than just standards to inspire adulation or terror, their inbuilt
technologies provide invaluable battlefield support to the Custodians fighting in their shadow beaming a constantly cycling set of data-ident codes that convey strategic information with allied Imperial forces, and aid in tactical coordination.{{Fn|2}}
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