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===Saturnine Pattern===
[[Imagefile:SaturnineTermieArt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Saturnine Pattern Terminator Armour{{Fn|29}}]]
The Saturnine Pattern is the tallest, heaviest, and most technologically advanced type of Tactical Dreadnought Armour. The Saturnine Pattern featured an additional exoskeleton frame to which slanted reinforced armour plates were attached.{{Fn|20}} Though slow and lumbering, they were nearly impenetrable to most forms of fire thanks to their heavy armour and [[Thermal Diffraction Field]]s.{{Fn|30}} The armour also possessed superior targeting systems that allowed its users to accurately aim and fire multiple weapons simultaneously. However like the [[Saturnine Dreadnought]], only a warrior possessing sufficient mental strength and discipline could utilize the armour pattern. It has also been suggested that the user required a measure of [[Cybertheurgy|cybertheurgic]] resonance, although few are willing to speak upon this.{{Fn|34}} The exact level of innate psychic ability to operate the armour is unclear, save that it is above that of an average Space Marine but still well below that of a [[Librarian]].{{Fn|36}}