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Servo-skulls will traverse [[Imperial Navy]] vessels, and other [[voidship]]s, through special passageways through walls and other tight crawlspaces, allowing them to move between levels and other areas like a [[Ratling]]. However, a servo-skull's rigidity and various attachments often don't allow them to squeeze through as tight of gaps as the small [[Abhuman]]s.{{Fn|30}} When not in use, servo-skulls might be found docked in charging roosts.{{Fn|31}}
Servo-Skulls can be dangerous, even without any overt weaponry attached. Mundane tools and implements, such as a [[plasma torch]], can be weaponised to varying degrees.{{Fn|32}} The cortical tail of a servo-skull can be used as a garrotte and strangle the life from a baseline human in accordance . Such a response could be due to a preprogrammed response, such as to a programmed security violation response,{{Fn|33}} or due to the servo-skull being remotely operated by another individual, such as a tech-priest.{{Fn|3332}} A servo-skull could also lead serve as a lure, guiding perceived threats into traps or environmental hazards. These actions could be taken due to programmed defensive protocols of the Mechanicus, or a reaction from some remnants of lingering consciousness, or perhaps a combination of the two.{{Fn|34}}
The [[Magi Psykana]] with more heretical leanings say that although [[servitor]]s and servo-skulls have no minds, they still retain their souls, and these suffer terribly.{{Fn|26}}
