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#redirect {{NecronsPortal}}[[Image:CanoptekSpyderArt.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Canoptek Spyder{{Fn|4}}]]'''Canoptek Spyders''', also called '''Tomb Spyders'''{{Fn|2}} are [[Canoptek Construct|ancient robotic constructs]] utilised by the [[Necrons]]. ==Overview==Canoptek Spyders are used to watch over and maintain Necron [[Tomb World]]s at the behest of its [[Deep Spirit]] master control system.{{Fn|4}} Unlike their Necron masters, Canoptek Spyders never sleep, rather they spend the aeons servicing the structures of their tomb worlds. Though it is essentially just an control and repair drone, a Tomb Spyderis still a formidable foe and is equipped with self-repair backup systems that can also rapidly heal other Necrons. They can direct other [[Canoptek Construct]]s to any intruders in a Tomb complex{{Fn|1}}, while their '''Gloom Prisms''' allow them to ward of [[Warp|empyric]] energies.{{Fn|6b}} But perhaps most terrifyingly, they can convert raw energy to produce waves of [[Scarab]]s.{{Fn|6a}} Though not sentient by any means, these machines have complex and layered subroutines that can adapt to most situations. If a trio of constructs are acting in concert, one will take command and harness the processing capability of the other two to create a gestalt supermind far greater than the sum of its parts. This hyper-efficiency is passed on to all [[Canoptek Wraith]]s and [[Scarab]]s in the vicinity, allowing Spyders to effect a coordinated and precise response to any threat.{{Fn|4}} Spyders are equipped with an array of weapons, such as [[Fabricator Claw Array]]s and twin-linked [[Particle Beamer]].{{Fn|3}} They also possess a [[Gloom Prism]] and the ability to rapidly manufacture swarms of diminutive drone-like constructs in vast, shimmering clouds.{{Fn|3}} ==Images==<gallery heights="110px" widths="180px" mode="packed" caption="">40k-151-canoptek-spyder.jpg|Canoptek Spyder with Fabricator Claw Array{{Fn|5}}40k-201-go-for-the-throat.jpg|Canoptek Spyder destroys an [[Ultramarine]]{{Fn|5}}</gallery>==Miniatures== <gallery heights="110px" widths="180px" mode="packed" caption=""> NecronTombSpyder.jpg|Necron Tomb Spyder (3rd Edition)CanoSpyder.jpg|Canoptek Spyder (5th Edition){{Fn|2}}</gallery> ==Sources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]], pg. 46*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1570015a Games Workshop]*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Necrons (7th Edition)]] - Canoptek Swarms*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Necrons (8th Edition)]] pg.66*{{Endn|5}}: [[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Canoptek Spyder'', ''Go for the Throat''*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Necrons (10th Edition)]]**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 19**{{Endn|6b}}: pg. 111 {{NecronForces}}[[Category:Vehicles (Necrons)]][[de:Gruftspinne]]
