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[[Image:Harpax.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Harpax swarm{{Fn|23}}]]'''Harpax''' ''"Swarmer"'' '''Scouts''' were a class of [[A.I.|artificia]] [[Robot]] cyber-drones of ancient origin used by the [[Dark Mechanicum|traitor Mechanicum]] during the [[Horus Heresy]]. {{Fn|1b}}

A type of [[Silica Mutus]]{{Fn|2}}, these flying drones grew in intelligence in accordance to their numbers. ==Description==They are were usually used as scoutsfront-line troop or vanguard swarms, ranging ahead of larger [[Stalker Cohort]]s. They are armed with [[Exo-Planar Repeater]]s for anti-infantry or [[Lascutter]]s for anti-armor roles, overwhelming their enemies through sheer weight of numbers.{{Fn|21a}}

In smaller groups, Harpax would harass the enemy's forward units to clear a path for their master's army. In larger numbers, they would overwhelm the opposition, capable of dismantling armored convoys through sheer force of their numbers.{{Fn|1b}} Barely larger than a human, they are armed with [[Exo-Planar Repeater]]s for anti-infantry or [[Lascutter]]s for anti-armor roles, overwhelming their enemies through sheer weight of numbers.{{Fn|1b}} Harpax were encountered by the [[Dark Angels]] on [[Galatia]] during the [[Thramas Crusade]].{{Fn|12}}

* 1 : [[Legions Imperialis: The Rise of the Dark Mechanicum]]**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 116**{{Endn|11b}}: pg. 120*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade]], pg. 36*{{Endn|23}}: [https://web.archive.phorg/web/20241209142301/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/xd9mklal/heresy-thursday-raise-your-oily-manipulators-to-the-sky-in-praise-of-the-dark-mechanicum/5cOIU Warhammer Community: Warhammer Day Preview Heresy Thursday – More machines roll out from Raise your oily manipulators to the sky in praise of the Martian forgesDark Mechanicum (10/10/2024)] ''(Saved archive page, dated October 5 December 12 2024, last accessed 10 October December 27 2024, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/pg4mfy13xd9mklal/warhammerheresy-thursday-raise-your-oily-daymanipulators-previewto-morethe-machinessky-rollin-outpraise-fromof-the-martiandark-forgesmechanicum/)''