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[[Image:CustodesMini2.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Custodian with a {{PAGENAME}}]]
'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' are massive eagle-winged [[Space Marine Standards|battle standard]]s, that are carried into battle by the [[Adeptus Custodes]]. When one was seen during the [[Battle of Prospero|invasion]] of [[Prospero]], it acted as a golden beacon of truth and light for the [[Imperium]]'s forces in that dark time. Those who saw the {{PAGENAME}}'s [[Aquila]], rising high above the carnage of battle with the [[Thousand Sons]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], found steel in their souls and were inspired to do deeds of great heroism.{{Fn|1}} 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}}
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|3}} In addition to these technological marvels, all vexillas incorporate empyrically hardened teleport homers. These are most commonly used by the Adeptus Custodes
