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==Overview==
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Nimble and responsive, ''Armiger Warglaives'' leap towards the enemy with powerful strides. On one arm they wield fearsome [[Reaper Chainsword]]. On the other arm they bear menacing [[Thermal Spears]], bulky [[melta]] weapons that are essentially stripped down equivalents of the [[Knight Errant]]'s [[thermal cannon]]. A single shot from such a weapon can vaporise even the most heavily protected combatant, melt through the wall of a bunker or reduce a battle tank to a molten wreck. Atop their carapace, each ''Warglaive'' also carries a [[Heavy stubber|heavy stubber]] for reaping infantry, or else a [[meltagun]] that augments their already fearsome anti-armor armour capabilities.{{Fn|1c}}
Though they are the lightest class of [[Imperial Knight]] regularly deployed, each ''Armiger'' is still an imposing war engine capable of destroying entire squads. They possess exceptional speed, able to outpace most battle tanks and transport vehicles when moving at a sprint and react almost as quickly as an organic warrior. Moreover, to compensate for their comparatively smaller size, ''Armiger''-class Knights typically hunt in packs of two or three. In the case of ''Warglaives'', this involves rapidly outflanking and encircling their quarry like wolves on the prowl, before closing in on a rune-transmitted signal to trap and slaughter the enemy. Unusually for Knights, ''Armigers'' are not fitted with a full [[Throne Mechanicum]]. Instead they are controlled using a more compact device known as a '''[[Helm Mechanicum]]''', which is significantly less prestigious than a standard Imperial Knight. This is compounded by the fact that, while ''Armigers'' can operate independently, it is traditional for their Helms Mechanicum to be neurally slaved to the command impulses of a larger Knight, rendering them subordinate. To accept such mental serfdom is to possess the rank of [[Bondsman]], and while this is certainly no mark of dishonour, it is far from glorious.{{Fn|1c}}
