Editing Power Armour (section)

===Mark VII: Aquila/Imperator Armour===
[[File:Mk7AquilaImperator.png|200px|right|thumb|All said, this face really does say "disgust" better.]]

You know'em, you love'em. The most iconic Power Armor design in the franchise and also the pattern that has been in production the longest. Whilst other older Marks (With the exception of the beakie armour) was eventually phased out over the course of the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]], the Mark VII has chugged along for 10,000 years because the AdMech hit a [[Derp]] and couldn't be assed to make anything new until the return of [[Roboute Guilliman|Papa Smurf]]. [[That Guy|Those lazy fucks.]] (Or more realistically, the Mechanicus didn't see a good reason to replace the Mark VII, which was already pretty good as is. Extensive R&D, re-tooling entire Forge Worlds to meet new demand, and retrofitting existing suits with new parts isn't cheap, and that's on top of their 'Innovation is the Devil!' dogma.)

The most common Mark of Power Armour among loyalist Space Marines, Mark VII armour was still being designed when the Traitor Legions reached the Sol System and seized [[Mars]]. When this fact became all too foreseeable, [[Rogal Dorn]] ordered the design teams transferred to Terra to prevent the Traitors from seizing it. The Mark VII featured completely covered chest and arm cabling, a distinct helmet that provided more protection, a high level of compatibility with previous marks, and also bore the Imperial aquila on the chest, which was first used there to provide quick identification of the Loyalist Marines during the chaos of the Siege of Terra.

Moreover, this pattern abandoned the studded shoulder armour plate and replaced the helmet. As Mark VII is a development of Mark VI, both have a great deal in common, and parts from one are readily interchangeable with parts from the other, like the helmet. According to GeeDubs, the design of the helmet was meant to resemble a human skull, but you [[Space Wolves|must be drunk from Mjod]] [[Derp|in order to see that resemblance.]] The Mark VII also contains its own back-up power supply and a solar array to recharge, so the suit can operate even without its backpack, though only for a short time.

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