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The origins of the Vindicator are fragmentary, although the earliest records show it was developed along with the other Rhino [[STC]] variants during the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. The fragments at the request of [[General]] [[Vindictis]] were recovered from the [[Librarius Omnis]] and within this request the General asked for a self-mobile weapon of high calibre, capable of following up with advancing armies and able to engage well-protected targets with a high angle of fire. It is believed that General Vindictus was personally responsible for instigating the idea of the 'Vindicator' so the vehicle was thus named in his honour. The record states that on the planet [[Rostern]] 10 assembled Vindicators fought against raiding [[Orks]] and though 9 out of 10 were ultimately destroyed in the process, Imperial forces were victorious.{{Fn|1a}} Other records show that the Vindicator was first fielded during the early years of the [[Horus Heresy]] on [[Rostern Rothern I]], when massive [[Thunderer Cannon]]s were mounted onto remodeled Rhinos and used to blast heavily dug-in [[Traitor Legions|Traitor]] positions among the urban rubble.{{Fn|2a}}