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'''Servo-skulls''' are drone-like devices fashioned from [[human]] skulls – often those of pious [[Imperial]] servants, low-ranking [[tech-adept]]s, [[tech-priest]]s with unfinished work, or loyal adepts of the [[Adeptus Terra]] – and then given a rudimentary [[machine spirit]], support systems, and [[anti-gravity]] engine to allow them to hover and drift bodiless through the air.{{Fn|1}} Presumably A devoted adept might see this chance as is a great honour, being able to continue their work even after death is a great honour in the Imperium.{{CMEFn|29}}
==Overview==
[[Image:Servo-skull.jpg|thumb|right|A Servo-skull{{Fn|1}}]]
[[Image:40k-248-skullclamp.jpg|thumb|right|The posthumous honour of becoming a {{PAGENAME}} is only reserved for the most pious and devoted Imperial servants.{{Fn|20}}]]
When the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] creates a servo-skull, they reverently prepare the removed cranium with oils and salves, implant with grav-drives and powercells. The residual blobs of grey matter of the brain is preserved and sealed, then threaded through with biowire and psycho-reactive crystals.{{Fn|29}} Servo-skulls are most strongly associated with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], but are used throughout the organizations of the Imperium to perform specific tasks for which they are installed with the basic equipment required, usually a pair of simple manipulator pincers, a weapon, a [[Pict Recorder|pict recorder]], a projector, surgical implants, stab-light, loudhailer, or various other devices for the many roles that exist. Though they typically take the form of skulls with various mechanical appendages, other designs have also been utilised. The lords of [[House Draconis]] for example, utilised set of five servo-skulls crafted to resemble various mythical creatures, the [[House Pegasson|Pegassus]], the [[House Chimaeros|Chimaer]], the [[House Minotos|Minot]], the [[House Wyvorn|Wyvornne]] and the [[House Draconis|Dracon]] in reference to heraldic icons of each [[Knight House]] of [[Adrastapol]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}}
The roles they fulfill include [[Librarium]] functionaries, medical assistants, lumen-bearers, proclaimers or scroll-carriers. Some are designed for military roles, and among these some are built with enhanced optical sensors to allow them to fulfill a scouting role.{{Fn|1}}
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