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'''Dreadnoughts''' are massive war-machines piloted by an honoured [[Space Marine]] hero whose body has been ravaged in battle. Dreadnoughts are also known as the '''Old Ones''' in the [[Space Marines]] [[Chapters]].{{Fn|152a}}{{Fn|3a}}

A Dreadnought is a large, armoured walker which carries both powerful guns and lethal close combat weaponry, built to withstand all but the most powerful of enemy firepower and often relied upon by Space Marine forces to tear an opening in enemy defensesdefences. {{Fn|2d}}{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b}} Each Dreadnought contains a living being, permanently interfaced with the machine through a form of [[Mind Impulse Unit]]. Dreadnoughts are surprisingly agile, able to walk and balance with the ease of a living creature. It is said that old proto-Dreadnoughts of the [[UnificationWars]] wars could be piloted by non-Adeptus Astartes warriors, but later only Space Marines could be interred in them.{{Fn|2d}}

Although a Dreadnought can be damaged and disabled, it can survive unless the actual armoured tomb containing the occupant's form is destroyed.{{Fn|2a}} Extended neural interface with a vehicle as large and complex as a Dreadnought causes immense mental stress on the occupant, creating conditions such as lethargy, confusion, [[Wikipedia:Dyschronometria|dyschronometria]], and even senility.{{Fn|23}} Thus when not fighting, the Chapter's [[Techmarine]]s will allow the fallen heroes to sleep away the centuries{{Fn|3a3b}}{{Fn|9}}, sealed in [[stasis]] vaults{{Fn|2a}}, until once more they are called to battle.{{Fn|3a3b}}{{Fn|9}} Usually Dreadnoughts wake from their slumber only in time of great need or when their advice is required for some special missions.{{Fn|2a}} When awoken, Dreadnoughts can be deployed for weeks without maintenance or the need to return to slumber. In extreme circumstances, a Dreadnought can even be pushed to remain active for several months without rest. Though However, the amniotic fluids which preserve the pilot and the neural input systems which link them to the walker will begin to increasingly degenerate the longer they go without sleep.{{Fn|2815}}

All Dreadnoughts contain speakers and the warrior within can communicate with other Space Marines. An interred warrior’s thoughts and emotions are translated by the Dreadnought’s systems into a simulated vocalization loosely reminiscent of the pilot’s original flesh voice.{{Fn|2815}} The synthesizedsynthesised, crackling voice emanates from within the machine, making a conversation with a Dreadnought an eerie experience. Traditionally, every Dreadnought also bears a scroll with the inscribed name of the hero on it. When the new warrior is interred as a pilot, the Dreadnought will take a new name.{{Fn|2a}}

*[[Castraferrum Dreadnought]]{{Fn|152a}}

**[[Furioso Dreadnought]] — [[Blood Angels]] and successors {{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|7}}

==Trivia=={{Trivia}}===Conflicting Sources===*In the [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|1st Edition rulebook]], Dreadnoughts are not walking, armoured tombs exclusively piloted by mortally wounded [[Space Marine]]s. The pilot may in fact originally be able-bodied but due to the highly immersive nature of the bodily interface, they become so attached to their new bodies that leaving the Dreadnought causes serious psychological harm. To leave it multiple times causes cumulative effects.{{Fn|24b}}

*2: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]]:

*3: [[Index Astartes I]]: - ''Warriors of Old: Space Marine Dreadnoughts''**{{Endn|3a}}: ''Warriors of Old: The Old Ones''pg. 52**{{Endn|3b}}: ''Warriors of Oldpg. 53**{{Endn|3c}}: Death Unleashed''

*{{Endn|9}}: [[Damnation Crusade (Graphic Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]], ''Dramatis Personae''

*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Relic (Short Story)]] by [[Jonathan Green]] — [[Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology)]], pgs. 157–207

*14: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]]:

*{{Endn|15}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces Echoes of the InquisitionEternity (Novel)]], pg. 131Chapter 33

*19: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]]:

*{{Endn|20}}: [[Codex: Orks (4th Edition)]], pgpgs. 52-53*{{Endn|21}}:[[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pg. 21*{{Endn|22}}: [[Index Astartes: Dreadnoughts (Background Book)]] - , ''Cover''*{{Endn|23}}: [[Betrayer (Novel)]] - , Chapter 9*24: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]]:

*{{Endn|25}}: [https://archive.ph/DXAul Games Workshop France: Le Dreadnought Black Templar Durandal - via Google Translate] ''(Saved saved archive page, dated 30 April 2008, last accessed 6 06 May 2025, original link: http://fr.games-workshop.com/40k/space_marines/BlackTemplars/modelisme/Dreadnought/index.asp)''*{{Endn|26}}: [https://archive.ph/cmWXh Warhammer Community: Saturnine: What is Saturnine-pattern Terminator armour?] ''(Saved archive page, dated 23 May 2025, last accessed 23 May 2025, original link: archived from [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/8awupwvv/saturnine-what-is-saturnine-pattern-terminator-armour/the original] 23 May 2025, last accessed 23 May 2025)''*{{Endn|27}}: [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLVbIrwOwf0/?hl=en Games Workshop Instagram] ''(last accessed 25/6/June 2025*{{Endn|28}}: [[Echoes of Eternity (Novel)]] Chapter 33''