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Terminator Armour

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White Dwarf 515 page 72 confirms this is Saturnine Armour, removing/merging

For armament, the Saturnine Pattern was equipped with an array of devastating energy weaponry which could be effectively wielded thanks to its powerful reactor.{{Fn|34}} These weapons included twin-linked [[Heavy Disintegrator]]s, [[Plasma Bombard]]s, and [[Saturnine Disruption Fist]]s with optional [[Particle Shredder (Imperial)|Particle Shredders]]{{Fn|33}}. [[Praetor]]s equipped in Saturnine Armour also utilized [[Plasma Blaster]]s, [[Saturnine War Axe]]s, and [[Saturnine Concussion Hammer]]s.{{Fn|35}} They also utilized [[Teleportation Synchroniser]]s to allow for teleporting throughout the battlefield.{{Fn|29}}

In Salamanders prototype use, the design carried additional weapon systems mounted across the backpacks and shoulders of the Terminators including: armour-piercing missiles, [[Lascannons]], [[Multi-meltas]], [[Conversion Beamer]]s or [[Heavy Bolters]]. These additional weapon systems were controlled via a [[Mind Impulse Unit]] installed in the armour.{{Fn|20}}

Today, few examples of the Saturnine Pattern are known to still exist.{{Fn|10}} There were already precious few left by the time of the Drop Site Massacre and after years of brutal fighting during the subsequent Heresy those left are unlikely to have survived.{{Fn|37a}}

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~~===Salamanders prototype Terminators===~~

~~[[File:OldTermies.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Vulkan]]'s Terminator Armour prototypes{{Fn|20}}]]~~

These prototypes were designed by [[Vulkan]] himself, and used by the [[Salamanders]] in the aftermath of the [[Drop Site Massacre]]. They were much wider and taller than standard legionary [[power armour]], and featured an additional exoskeleton frame to which slanted reinforced armor plates were attached.{{Fn|20}}{{Fn|Notes 1}}

Left hands carried [[Power fist]]s, [[claws]] and [[Chainblade]]s for close combat, opening armour and cutting through bulkheads, while right hands wielded a variety of small arms ranging from simple [[combi-bolters]] to [[Autocannon|triple-barrelled autocannons]], [[Plasma Charger]]s, [[Rocket Launcher]]s and long-barrelled [[Volkite Culverin]].{{Fn|20}}

Furthermore, the design carried additional weapon systems mounted across the backpacks and shoulders of the Terminators including: armour-piercing missiles, [[Lascannons]], [[Multi-meltas]], [[Conversion Beamer]]s or [[Heavy Bolters]]. These additional weapon systems were controlled via a [[Mind Impulse Unit]] installed in the armour.{{Fn|20}}

====Saturnine/Nocturne====

*{{Endn|Notes 1}} : According to a twitter post made by author [[Gav Thorpe]], the artwork depicting the terminator armour in the [[Deeds Endure (Short Story)]] could have been called '''''Nocturne''''' but he pointed out that was not official.{{Fn|31}} The Saturnine pattern terminator armour released in 2025 for the [[The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness - Saturnine|3rd edition of the Horus Heresy game]] bears a ressemblance to this artwork,{{Fn|29}} as well as a 1988 model of a "Terminator Marine".

[[White Dwarf 515]] confirmed that the artwork depicted in ''Deeds Endure''' is Saturning armour.{{Fn|39}}

Terminator mini MK1.jpg|Terminator marine model released in 1988, labelled as "MK1"{{Fn|32}}

**{{Endn|37b}}: pg. 43

*{{Endn|38}}: [[Liber Astartes (3rd Edition)]], pg. 217

*{{Endn|39}}: [[White Dwarf 515]], pg. 72

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