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The Saturnine Pattern is the tallest, heaviest, and most technologically advanced type of Tactical Dreadnought Armour. The Saturnine Pattern featured an additional exoskeleton frame to which slanted reinforced armour plates were attached.{{Fn|20}} Though slow and lumbering, they were nearly impenetrable to most forms of fire thanks to their heavy armour and [[Thermal Diffraction Field]]s.{{Fn|30}} The armour also possessed superior targeting systems that allowed its users to accurately aim and fire multiple weapons simultaneously. However like the [[Saturnine Dreadnought]], only a warrior possessing sufficient mental strength and discipline could utilize the armour pattern. It has also been suggested that the user required a measure of [[Cybertheurgy|cybertheurgic]] resonance, although few are willing to speak upon this.{{Fn|34}} The exact level of innate psychic ability to operate the armour is unclear, save that it is above that of an average Space Marine but still well below that of a [[Librarian]].{{Fn|36}}
The exact origins Saturnine-pattern Armour originally from a [[Tech-Enclaves of Phoebe|banished Mechanicum Tech-Cabal]] from [[Saturn]]'s moon of the design is a mystery[[Phoebe]], save that unlike other types who thanks to their independence were able to develop technology based on [[Dark Age of terminator armour it came not from Technology]] templates outside [[Mars|Martian]] dogma. Shortly after the [[Unification Wars]] but from a banished , the [[Emperor]] signed the [[MechanicumPhoebian Accord]] techwith the Tech-enclave on Enclave, giving them his direct protection while also gaining access to Saturnine Armour outside of the purview of the wider [[SaturnMechanicum]]'s ninth moon. As part of the Accords, the Tech-Enclaves sent attachés of Tech-Wrights to maintain Saturnine suits distributed to each [[PhoebeSpace Marine Legion]].{{Fn|3442b}}{{Fn|36}} Early marks of Saturnine armour were known However, this proved to have been deployed as early be problematic as the late [[Unification WarsGreat Crusade]] wore on and its [[Expeditionary Fleet]]s outgrew the first battles number of Tech-Wrights the Enclaves could send. Eventually, many fleets were forced to keep their damaged [[Great CrusadeSaturnine Terminator Armour]] in storage, until they took on Tech-Wrights or returned to the [[Sol System]]. The complexity and cost By the end of its production however meant that it was soon overshadowed the Great Crusade, this limitation had led the Saturnines to be replaced by the more numerous easily available and repairable [[Cataphractii ]] and [[Tartaros Patterns]] [[Terminator Armour]]s. {{Fn|42c}} Saturnine Armour was already fading into myth by the end of the Great Crusade until the [[Primarch]] [[Vulkan]] sought to recover the design. He was successful, and subsequently handed the revived pattern out to the rest of the [[Legiones Astartes]]and wider Mechanicum. Saturnine Armour thus saw use on both sides in the [[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|29}}, though it first appeared on the battlefield in meaningful numbers in [[Salamanders]] use during the [[Drop Site Massacre]].{{Fn|35}} After witnessing its immense destructive power in Salamanders use on [[Isstvan V]], [[Perturabo]] quickly issued Saturnine Armour into his own ranks en masse. By the time of the [[Siege of Inwit]] there were entire heavy assault companies of the [[Iron Warriors]] equipped with this pattern.{{Fn|37b}} The [[Blood Angels]] soon followed suit, as seen with units such as the [[Colossi]].{{Fn|38}} Later Vulkan-derived Saturnine Suits were distinguished from older Phoebian ones, which were dubbed '''Phoebian-issue Saturnine Armour'''.{{Fn|42d}}
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}}
*{{Endn|40}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (10th Edition)]], pg. 24
*{{Endn|41}}: [[Liber Hereticus (3rd Edition)]], pg. 286
*{{Endn|42}}: [[Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn]]
**{{Endn|42a}}: pg. 3
**{{Endn|42b}}: pg. 4
**{{Endn|42c}}: pg. 5
**{{Endn|42b}}: pg. 10
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