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There are numerous different Marks of Power Armour, most of which date back in terms of design and application many thousands of years ago to the time of the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]]. Each has its own lore and genesis in place and time. Even in the [[M41|41st Millennium]] some intact suits from this near-mythical age survive in active service as war-relics of the Space Marines. Countless others have been produced or reacquired since, and different Chapters often have entirely different panoplies they can call upon to armour their forces. It is also far from uncommon for more recently fashioned armour to incorporate slivers or whole components from far older suits as revered connections to the past.{{Fn|2b}}
Space Marines go through an arduous process where they receive various implants culminating with the implantation of the [[Black Carapace]], which allows the Marine a direct and instinctual interface with the armour, making it in effect a second skin. This grants the feeling of both touch and temperature to the wearer even while armoured, allowed by internal sensors that pass on these sensations through the Black Carapace.{{Fn|72}} The advanced systems of Space Marine power armour also monitor the Marine's biological functions and suit integrity, feeding the medical information to the Marine and alerting him to critical failures within his armour. A [[vox]]-datalink is also present, which allows for information, such as geo-locational data, to be relayed to an Astartes.{{Fn|63}}
==Components==
*{{Endn|70}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250806190806/https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/alpha-legion-mk6-heads-2023?queryID=9357148e9df71c90c8424485817c1484 Games Workshop Alpha Legion Mk.IV Upgrades] saved page, original link: https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/alpha-legion-mk6-heads-2023?queryID=9357148e9df71c90c8424485817c1484 (last accessed 6/8/2025)
*{{Endn|71}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (10th Edition)]], pg. 24
*{{Endn|72}}: [[Lazarus: Enmity's Edge (Novel)]] Chapter 5
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