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Achean Pattern Helmets and Shoulder Pads were a variant Mk IV ‘Maximus’ battle plate design of the Thousand Sons Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. They were produced by the forges local to Prospero exclusively for this Legion and used often by Legion veterans.{{Fn|73}}
Always a numerically small legion, the Thousand Sons rarely ever took to the field in great numbers. They would normally operate in small detachments, whose leader could effectively hold much more independent authority than officers in comparable positions in other Legions. With the events following the Heresy, this habit has become more pronounced.{{Fn|1}} The Legion fleet was comprised of around 160 warships, composed of some 40 capital class vessels, and perhaps 120 smaller vessels of various classes at their disposal. The most potent of these was known as the [[Photep]], the Thousand Sons Primarch’s flagship: a heavily modified [[Gloriana Class Battleship|Gloriana Class Vessel]] that was believed to have been augmented by a significant number of psychically augmented weapons and defenses of Magnus’ own unique design.{{Fn|38h}}
Before the Heresy, the Thousand Sons operated several '''Fellowships''' roughly equivalent to [[Space Marine Company|Companies]]. While there were originally ten, after the events in the [[Kamenka Troika]] the legion was reorganised into nine Fellowships. Each Fellowship was led by a powerful [[Psyker]].{{Fn|3h}} Spread out among these Fellowships were several [[Cults of the Thousand Sons|Cults]] that specialised in different Psychic disciplines.{{Fn|3i}}
