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==Overview==
[[File:IyandenFirLirithion.png|thumb|right|200px|Phantom Titan of [[Fir Lirithion]] fights beside [[Iyanden]] forces.{{Fn|5}}]]
Phantom Titans are graceful constructs with superior agility and speed compared to other [[Titans]]. The pinnacle of [[Eldar]] warpcraft, each one is constructed around a [[Wraithbone]] core, a psychic material which allows the souls of deceased Eldar contained within [[Spirit Stones]] to move freely throughout the machine. This gives the Titan a consciousness of its own, which merges with that of the Phantom's crew and helps guide them. {{CME}}
Some Phantom Titans will have a single [[steersman ]] pilot them,{{Fn|2}} while others will instead be guided by three living pilots{{Fn|5}} (in rare cases, triplets),{{Fn|1}} but regardless, when their consciousness merges with that of the Titan's they create one sentience able to think, react, and move with the speed of an [[Aspect Warrior]]. The Titan's crew controls their war engine from the head cockpit, giving them a good view from 25 meters above the ground.{{Fn|2}}
Phantom Titans do not participate in the Eldar's normal warfare operations of raids and surgical strikes, but are instead reserved for when the [[Craftworld]] must engage in pitched battle. Only during these desperate times are the [[Webway]] portals opened wide enough to allow the Phantom Titans to stride upon the battlefield and wreck terrible destruction upon their foes.{{Fn|2}}
===Weapons===
[[File:EldarPhantom.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Phantom Titan{{Fn|2}}]]
The Phantom's primary arm mounts can be fitted with some of the Eldar's largest and deadliest weapons. These include twin [[Phantom Titan Pulsar]]s, [[Distortion Cannon]]s, [[Vibro Cannon]]s,{{Fn|5}} a [[Heat Lance]]{{Fn|8}}, a [[Titan_close_combat_weapon#Titan_Power_Fist|Power Fist]],{{Fn|5}} and a special [[Titan close combat weapon#Titan Power Glaive|Power Glaive]] known as the ''Ashuna-Valcry'le'' – the "Sleepless Harbinger of Destruction".{{Fn|2}}
Secondary weapons mounted in its fin-like wings{{Fn|8}} include [[Phantom Missile Launcher]]s{{Fn|2}} and either a [[Lascannon]],{{Fn|8}}, [[Pulse Laser]], or Titan-grade [[Starcannon]].{{Fn|2}}
===Defenses===
The Phantom Titan is principally protected by an image-distorting ''datheidi'' [[Holo-field]]s, simmilar similar to those of the [[Harlequin]]s{{Fn|6}} projected from the Titan's fins which confuse [[auspexAuspex|auspices]] and targeters of all types.{{Fn|2}}
==Variants==
{{Main|Warlock Battle Titan}}
[[image:WarlockTitanArt.png|thumb|right|180px|Warlock Titan{{Fn|10}}]]
[[Warlock Titan]]s, not to be confused with living [[Warlock]]s, are [[Phantom Titan]]s whose first souls were powerful [[Psyker]]s in life. Now, in death, the immense titan – the pinacle pinnacle of [[Eldar]] [[Bonesinger|Psychic Engineering]] – serves as a conduit for the dead spirits to amplify their psychic potential through its [[Wraithbone]] structure, fighting with the insight of possible futures and the ebb and flow of fate.{{Fn|8}}{{Fn|10}}
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===Dark Eldar Titans===
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Citadel Journal 34]] pgs. 31-33 {{Fanatic End}}
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex Titanicus (2nd Edition)]], pg. 88
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