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[[Image:ScarabOccultArt8th.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Post-Heresy Scarab Occult Terminators]]The '''Scarab Occult''' is , also known as the name of one of '''Sekhmet'''{{Fn|1a}} are the main fighting structures [[Tactical Dreadnought Armour]]-equipped [[Terminator]] elite of the [[Thousand Sons]] and a part of '''Scarab Occult''' of this [[Chaos Space MarinesMarine Legion]]. They were active for much of the [[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|1a}} and the [[Horus Heresy]]. It Today the Scarab Occult includes [[Scarab Occult SorcererSorcerers]]s who direct the ranks of [[Rubric Marine|automatons]] of [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]sTerminators.{{Fn|13a}}

==HistoryOverview==During Belonging to the 1st [[Chapter|Fellowship]] of the legion, they were under the command of 1st Fellowship [[Great CrusadeSpace Marine Captain|Captain]] and [[Horus HeresyAhzek Ahriman]] . Proud and devoted warriors, they were veterans of both battle and the Thousand Sons'''Scarab Occult''' psychic discipline system, with no member being of lower [[Cults of the Thousand Sons|cult]] grade than Philosophus. This meant that each warrior was able to mentally transcend their personal tastes, likes, and dislikes to achieve a form of emotional purity that resulted in warriors both extremely loyal and calm, perfectly willing to obey every order given to them. This practise was commented on by some of the elite [[1st Company|1st Fellowshipprimarchs]] of who witnessed them fight during the Great Crusade; [[Thousand SonsJaghatai Khan]] called them "automatons," [[Space Marine LegionLeman Russ (Primarch)|LegionLeman Russ]] and proudly fought for the Legion and decried their fighting spirit, while [[MagnusFerrus Manus]] himselfcalled them "robots" - thought in a complimentary way.{{Fn|21a}}

The total number of the Sekhmet is unknown, but the force present with Ahriman on [[Aghoru]] numbered eighty-one.{{Fn|1c}} Aghoru was one of the first times that they deployed their newly issued [[assault cannon|rotary cannons]], although they deliberately chose to continue to refer to the weapon by the name of the previous Terminator-issue support cannon, the [[Reaper Autocannon|Reaper]]. This was due to the numerological significance of the word ''reaper'', which fitted perfectly with the philosophy of the Thousand Sons.{{Fn|1b}} Following the [[Council of Nikaea]], the Scarab Occult Terminators took to cutting a vertical scar through the right lenses of their helmets in their primarch's image.{{Fn|1d}} After the Heresy and the [[Rubric of Ahriman]], the Scarab Occult Terminators were reduced to mere [[Rubicae]] along with most of the Legion.{{Fn|2}} However, unlike ordinary Rubricae, their armour were engraved with arcane formulae and potent spells, so when the Rubric struck them, the energies of these cursed inscriptions blended with remnants of the Terminators' souls, wreathing Scarab Occult Terminators forever in shimmering shields of sorcerous energy, making them resistant to perils of empyric transfer, and therefore ideally suited to teleportation assault.{{Fn|5}} In the 41st millennium, they wage war at the side of Thousand Sons [[Sorcerer]]s though they still kept the old name - '''Scarab Occult Terminators'''.{{Fn|2}} ==Weapon==Scarab Occults Terminators usually equipped with [[Inferno Combi-Bolter]]s and [[Power Sword]]s (made in a special ''Khopesh'' style). Also except the above mentioned rotary cannon, one of the unit's Scarab Terminators can have a [[Hellfyre Missile Rack]] or [[Heavy Warpflamer]].{{Fn|3}} ==Known Groups==*[[The Fractal Blades]]{{Fn|4}} ==Known Formations==*'''Sekhmet Conclave''' - consists of a [[sorcerer]] or a [[Daemon Prince]] and a detachment of [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]s these Conclaves are a magical force like no other. The collective power of sigil-wards of the Scarab Occult magnify their protective power to great heights and the arcane spells of their commander-lords protect them even more from enemy shells and attacks.{{Fn|36}} ==Images==<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">Magnus and Scarab Occult.jpg|Pre-Heresy members of the [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]s with [[Magnus the Red]]ScarabOccultMinis.jpg|[[M41]] Scarab Occult Terminators SquadSekhmet.jpg|Heresy-era Scarab Occult Terminators </gallery> ==Related Articles==*[[Scarab Occult Sorcerer]]*[[Space Marine Honour Guard#Pre-Heresy|Pre-Heresy Space Marine Honour Guards]]

*1: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter One**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter Two**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Six**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter Twenty-Five*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/scarab-occult-terminators Games Workshop]*{{Endn|13}}: [[Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition)]], pg. 76**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 19*{{Endn|24}}: [[A Thousand Sons https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Kill-Team-Fractal-Blades-EN-2019 Games-Workshop - The Dractal Blades] ''(Novellast accessed 10 August 2019)''*{{Endn|5}}: [[Kill Team: Elites]]Sourcebook, Chapter Onepg. 80*{{Endn|36}}: [[Codex Supplement: Traitor Legions]], pg. 67, ''Sekhmet Conclave''63