Canoptek Spyder
Canoptek Spyders, also called Tomb Spyders[2] are ancient robotic constructs utilised by the Necrons.
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Overview
Canoptek Spyders are used to watch over and maintain Necron Tomb Worlds at the behest of its Deep Spirit master control system.[4] Unlike their Necron masters, Canoptek Spyders never sleep, rather they spend the aeons servicing the structures of their tomb worlds. Though it is essentially just an control and repair drone, a Tomb Spyder is still a formidable foe and is equipped with self-repair backup systems that can also rapidly heal other Necrons. They can direct other Canoptek Constructs to any intruders in a Tomb complex[1], while their Gloom Prisms allow them to ward of empyric energies.[6b] But perhaps most terrifyingly, they can convert raw energy to produce waves of Scarabs[6a] of varying sizes that appear in vast shimmering clouds.[3]
Though not sentient by any means, these machines have complex and layered subroutines that can adapt to most situations. If a trio of constructs are acting in concert, one will take command and harness the processing capability of the other two to create a gestalt supermind far greater than the sum of its parts. This hyper-efficiency is passed on to all Canoptek Wraiths and Scarabs in the vicinity, allowing Spyders to effect a coordinated and precise response to any threat.[4]
Spyders are equipped with an array of weapons, such as Fabricator Claw Arrays and twin-linked Particle Beamer.[3]
Images
Canoptek Spyder with Fabricator Claw Array[5]
Canoptek Spyder destroys an Ultramarine[5]
Miniatures
Necron Tomb Spyder (3rd Edition)
Canoptek Spyder (5th Edition)[2]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition), pg. 46
- 2: Games Workshop
- 3: Codex: Necrons (7th Edition) - Canoptek Swarms
- 4: Codex: Necrons (8th Edition) pg.66
- 5: Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Canoptek Spyder, Go for the Throat
- 6: Codex: Necrons (10th Edition)
