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* '''Subrique Pattern''' - Commonly used by the Adeptus Arbites.{{Fn|1}}* '''Calixian Pattern''' - — A lighter variant with built in shock-talons.{{Fn|1}}* '''Falax Pattern''' - — Favoured by [[Disciples of Thule|Thulian]] Magos and large enough to lift a human.{{Fn|2b}}*'''Subrique Pattern''' — Commonly used by the Adeptus Arbites.{{Fn|1}}
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A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a cyber-familiar often used by the [[Adeptus Arbites]] that resembles a bird of prey.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
Although most commonly employed by the Arbites,{{Fn|1}} Grapplehawks are also used by some bounty hunters,{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|3}} Rogue Traders and [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Magos.{{Fn|2b}} Grapplehawks are technically a type of servitor{{Fn|2b}} and take the form of elegant shining steel hawks. Their glittering crania contain the transplanted instincts of avians trained to seize moving targets without damaging them. These instincts, transferred to mechanical constructs fitted with powerful suspensors and talons capable of tearing through cast-iron, enable Arbites handlers to arrest suspects quickly (if brutally) on the streets of the [[Calixis Sector|Calixian]] [[Hive]]s. Designed to be carried on the hip, or to perch elsewhere on the handler's armour.{{Fn|1}}
==Known Variants==
==See Also=====Related Articles=also==
*[[Cyber Mastiff]]
*[[Psyber-Eagle]]
*[[Psyber-Raven]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement]] , pg. 73
*2: [[Rogue Trader Core Rulebook]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 144
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 375
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Rogue Trader: Stars of Inequity]] , pg.80
[[Category:Equipment (Imperium)]]