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[[Image:SWContemptor.jpg|thumb|right| [[Space Wolves]] Contemptor Dreadnought [[Har Skrinn]] {{Fn|8a}}]]
The '''Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought''' is a [[Space Marine Dreadnought]] developed prior to the [[Horus Heresy]]. The Contemptor is larger and more powerful than standard Dreadnought patterns, featuring systems similar to those used by the automatons of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[Legio Cybernetica]] branch, including [[Atomantic Shielding]] field generator technology that would be implemented into the [[Storm Shield|Storm Shields]] of Space Marine [[Terminators]].{{Fn|1}}
===Osiron Class Dreadnought===
The Osiron Class Dreadnought was a type of Contemptor used by the [[Thousand Sons]]. These dreadnoughts were created by [[Magnus]] himself, and consisted of a mortally wounded [[psyker]] Space Marine laced with a psychometric barrier for his brain. This allowed the Dreadnought to perform psychic abilities that was far safer to the user and its allies. As such, these Dreadnoughts were equipped with [[Force Weapon]]s.{{Fn|88b}}
[[Image:OsironPattern.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Osiron Pattern Dreadnought]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/c/Contemptor.pdf Forge World — Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought (PDF)] ''(accessed 2011.07.01)''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg.99
*4: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 176
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 179
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-IE/Legio-Custodes-Contemptor-Galatus-Dreadnought Forge World]
*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-IE/Legio-Custodes-Contemptor-Achillus-Dreadnought Forge World]
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven- Inferno]] :**{{Endn|8a}}: p. 81**{{Endn|8b}}: pg.211*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Eight- Malevolence]] , pg.209
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[[Category:Vehicles (Space Marines)|Dreadnought, Contemptor]]
