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However, this proved to be problematic as the [[Great Crusade]] wore on and its [[Expeditionary Fleet]]s outgrew the number of Tech-Wrights the Enclaves could send. Eventually, many fleets were forced to keep their damaged [[Saturnine Terminator Armour]] in storage, until they took on Tech-Wrights or returned to the [[Sol System]]. By the end of the Great Crusade, this limitation had led the Saturnines to be replaced by the more easily available and repairable [[Cataphractii]] and [[Tartaros]] [[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}}
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}}
