Exorcist

Not to be confused with the Exorcists Chapter of the Space Marines.

MOTHERFUCKING SPACE PIPE ORGAN MISSILE TANK

The Exorcist is the main artillery unit employed by the Sisters of Battle. It is similar in construction to the Space Marines' Whirlwind Artillery Tank, in that it is a Rhino body with a missile launcher on top, though where the Whirlwind fires one missile with a large blast radius, the Exorcist fires many smaller missiles of lesser strength but more concentrated effect.

At least, that's the goal. Unfortunately, the Exorcist is a very old pattern, dating to the Age of Apostasy (in fact, some of the tanks constructed then are still in service), and the Ecclesiarchy is of the opinion that it would be heresy to allow a less holy branch of the Imperium to use these vehicles of divine retribution. As such, the Adeptus Mechanicus (whose relations with the Ecclesiarchy are strained at best) only gets to service the Exorcists very infrequently, so the machine spirits are a little unstable. An Exorcist may fire six missiles in a single salvo, or just one, or any number in between (as the launcher's type is Heavy d6).

There are two main patterns of Exorcists in existence. The most familiar is the Prioris pattern, with a missile-launching pipe organ mounted on the back. Forge World released a later model, the Sanctorum pattern, with a more sensible-looking, but vastly less awesome, missile launcher in the shape of two twelve-rocket launch pods.

Ironically, not building the Exorcist for the Emperor's armies breaches the Treaty of Olympus. The Ministorum is not part of the military. As such, restricting the Exorcist's (and other vehicles) use to the Ministorum is both heresy and treason by their own laws. Of course breaking laws like this is pretty standard for the Imperium. Also don't tell the Sisters that they're breaking any laws. It can, and will, result in being purged.

If your wondering how a pipe organ on a Rhino works like a tank, let me educate you. The exorcist is basically a MLRS (Or Multiple Launch Rocket System for those who do not know). That pipe organ on the back of this Rhino, that's that rocket system that fires the rockets. The fire control, the keyboard. Also, while this might make you thinks its an artillery piece, that's not correct. The Rockets the Exorcist fires are meant to bust vehicles, not masses of infantry. This is why the exorcist launcher does not use a blast template and why it looks like a freaken pipe organ, the rockets would have to go straight up, arch downward and strike the top of the target, which on any armored vehicle is the thinnest armor. That being said, if the roll is high enough, it can destroy a massive amount of infantry in one salvo.