Dreadnought

2018-09-30T14:32:28Z

2001:5B0:2400:1A38:DDEB:59F0:60EC:A4E4: /* Redemptor Pattern */

[[File:Dow2r sm dreadnought ultra dlc.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|An [[Ultramarines]] Venerable Dreadnought. Who said [[Tau]] are the only mecha fans in the entire galaxy?]]
{{Topquote|Only in death does duty end.|The [[God-Emperor of Mankind|Emperor of Mankind]]'s inscription on the sarcophagus of Sagittarus Malacque, first Dreadnought of the [[Adeptus Custodes]]}}
{{Topquote|No vengeance can compare to the vengeance of the dead.|A Dreadnought saying}}

[[Space Marines]] are phenomenally tough, but there's a limit even to their durability. A battle-brother may be so grievously wounded that no amount of cybernetics and cloned tissue can bring him back to fighting strength. In cases like these, an [[Apothecary]] has two choices: grant his brother the Emperor's Peace and extract his [[gene-seed]], or have him installed in a specialized life-support sarcophagus and attach that to an array of weapons and mobility systems, turning him into a '''Dreadnought'''.

The advantages to becoming a Dreadnought include the ability to support the battle-brothers as a walking siege engine, blasting vehicles and fortifications with heavy weapons and ripping open hard targets with hydraulic claws. Heavily-armored and no longer feeling pain, a Dreadnought can wade into swarms of light infantry with near-impunity, smashing, stomping, and shooting until nothing's left but greasy stains. The life-support systems in the sarcophagus allow the Dreadnought's occupant to live nearly forever, as demonstrated by [[Bjorn the Fell Handed]] of the [[Space Wolves]], who has lived in such a state since the mid-31st millennium. Therefore, Dreadnoughts tend to gather lifetimes of experience and are often called upon to [[Storythread|share that experience with newer battle-brothers]]. Having a Dreadnought on the field is both a force multiplier and a morale booster.

All that power [[Grimdark|comes at a cost, of course]]. The near-dead battle-brother no longer has senses of his own, his eyes and ears wired to the sarcophagus's auspex arrays. He lives in a bath of cool fluid, numb and sleeping without dreaming, when his services as a warrior or historian are not needed. Should he be crippled on the battlefield, he can do nothing to save himself and must have faith in his brothers and the God Emperor that they will retrieve him. The act of just creating one is highly traumatic to the interee and creates mental issues that living marines are not affected by. The best way of regulating this is by spending most of their time in suspended animation or full blown stasis till they are needed.

Tabletop wise, Dreads are an effective all-rounder and are fairly cheap to boot. They're good at any role they're tooled for, whether it's for blowing up tanks with twin-linked lascannons or melta guns or mowing down infantry with an assault cannon or heavy flamer. They can also be formidable close combat units as they can be tooled with power fists, for example. You ''could'' also deep-strike them in [[Drop Pod]]s, ensuring hilarity when you get lucky and they end up where they precisely need to be. Sadly with 8th edition drop pods can't carry dreads anymore. However the '''out of production''' forgeworld dreadnought drop pod is still a thing. The only ones that you can still find are pricy, or chinese recasts. But there's nothing stopping you from [[Kitbash|modifying a standard pod]] [[Counts as|and using it as one.]]

Do note, however, that many enemies focus anti-armor weapons on them (especially if there isn't a [[Land Raider]] to [[DISTRACTION CARNIFEX|distract]] them). A footslogging Dread, without heavy use of cover, will be a burning hulk of points within two turns, relying on the deep striking Drop Pods to get them where they need to go.

==Dreadnought Variants==
There's a whole bunch of Dreadnought variants that do different things. There are also [[Wraithlord]]s, [[Deff Dred]]s, and [[Helbrute]]s, which used to be called Eldar Dreadnoughts, Ork Dreadnoughts, and Chaos Dreadnoughts, respectively.

===Castraferrum Pattern===
Is the name for the traditional "box" dreadnought that everyone is familiar with, comes in MkIV and MkV flavours (just so you know, MkIV are the ones with the helmet-head). Designed by the Mechanicus during the Great Crusade, specifically for its smaller size (to assist battle-brothers ''indoors''), while its reactor runs on pretty much any fuel and the chassis is completely customisable; hence, there are a terrific number of variations, though the Castraferrum is usually outfitted with a hydraulic claw with mounted bolter or flamer and a heavy ranged weapon.

* '''Hellfire Dreadnought:''' The most common variation of [[shooty]] dread, swaps out its close combat weapon for a missile launcher. (Not considered a separate pattern in the crunch because the "vanilla" dread statblock covers both punchy and Hellfire)
* '''Ironclad Dreadnought:''' Even more heavily armored melee dreadnoughts with a Seismic Hammer, Hunter-Killer Missiles, and a built-in Frag Assault Launcher, designed to put giant holes in tanks and bunkers. It may also be equipped with a Hurricane Bolter if you need a big blob of light infantry killed fast.
* '''Siege Dreadnought:''' Specialized bunker-busting Dreadnoughts equipped with Assault Drills and Inferno Cannons. If they manage to come close enough to any building, no matter how fortified, they would wreck it and burn the shit out of anyone inside.
* '''Venerable Dreadnoughts:''' Simply put, they're really old Dreadnoughts that have been locked up for a long time and as such are better at fighting due to experience. Also tend to get sleepy and lose their keys.
* '''Chaplain Dreadnoughts:''' Some Chapters have Venerable Dreadnoughts that used to be [[Chaplain]]s. This basically means they have all those special effects that Chaplains do in a Dreadnought body.
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File:Hellfire Dread.jpg|Hellfire Dreadnought
File:99120101076_SpaceMarineIroncladDreadnoughtNEW02.jpg|Ironclad Dreadnought
File:Siege_Dreadnought.jpg|Siege Dreadnought
File:99120101083_VenerableDreadnoughtNEW01.jpg|Venerable Dreadnought
File:DreadnoughtChaplain01.jpg|Chaplain Dreadnought
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====Chapter Specific Dreads====
* '''[[Furioso Dreadnought]]:''' Heavily armored [[Blood Angels]] dreadnoughts with ''two'' close combat weapons designed to [[RIP AND TEAR]] lots of troops in brutal close combat! Sometimes they even put a blood-crazed maniac from the [[Death Company]] inside, which turns a Furioso into an unholy, uncontrollable, and unstoppable [[rape]] machine.
**'''[[Librarian Dreadnought|Furioso Librarian Dreadnoughts]]:''' Blood Angels can also lock [[psykers]] up in Dreadnoughts, creating unholy amalgamations called Furioso [[Librarians]]. In addition to the badassery above, they replace one of their fists with a [[Force Weapons|force weapon]] and can kill you with mind bullets. Furioso Librarians were once capable of flying (DAMN YOU [[Matt Ward|WAAAAARRRRDDDD]]), but no longer while they are between codices. As of 8th Codex, they indeed fly again.
* '''[[Mortis Dreadnought]]:''' A variant supposedly exclusive to the [[Dark Angels]] that sports two copies of the same ranged weapon, for maximum [[dakka]]. This was apparently due to the Dark Angels' talent for writing things down (for entirely practical reasons, like [[Fallen Angels|keeping track]] [[Dwarf|of grudges]], rather than writing down [[Codex Astartes|some bible for space marines]] or [[Lorgar|the repressed/begrudging teeming masses]]) as all Legions had access to this pattern, but only the Angels remembered how to make a leftie dreadnought ranged weapon that wasn't a missile launcher.
** ''' [[Deathwing]] Dreadnoughts:''' The Dark Angels venerable dreads are all members of the inner circle and so reserve special hatred for <s>[[The Fallen]]</s> FILTHY CHAOS SCUM.
* '''[[Doomglaive Dreadnought|Doomglaive Dreadnoughts]]:''' A specialist dreadnoughts used by the [[Grey Knights]], comes with a nemesis force weapon and a psycannon as standard. Can attempt cleave attacks in close combat and try to hit additional dudes.
* '''Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought:''' Not exactly unique in design compared to other Venerables, but the veteran [[Space Wolves|Wolves]] interred in them are so viking that they want to keep on vikinging even after death, meaning that the [[Techmarine|Iron Wolves]] of the chapter figured out how to give them a Blizzard Shield and a fucking huge Frost Axe. They lack ranged weapons but, you know, [[Awesome|Dreadnought-sized double-headed axe]]!
*'''[[Wulfen]] Dreadnought:''' Sometimes, a Space Wolf entombed in a Dreadnought succumbs to the Curse of the Wulfen, becoming a snarling metal beast whose violent temper makes him poorly suited for normal Dreadnought weaponry. Instead, the Iron Priests give him a great axe and a Great Wolf Claw and point him in the general direction of the enemy. The best-known of these is MURDERFANG, who has to be frozen solid with [[Helfrost Weaponry|Helfrost weaponry]] in between battles to prevent him from killing his battle-brothers.

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image:FuriosoDreadnought.jpg|<center>Furioso</center>
image:FuriosoLibrarian.jpg|<center>Furioso Librarian</center>
image:MortisDreadMini.jpg|<center>Mortis</center>
image:DeathwingDreadnought.jpg|<center>Deathwing</center>
image:DoomglaiveDreadnought.jpg|<center>Doomglaive</center>
File:99120101116_SWVenerableDread01.jpg|<center>Space Wolves</center>
image:WulfenDreadnought.jpg|<center>Wulfen</center>
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===Contemptor Pattern===
[[File:Grey Knights Contemptor Dreadnought.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|Yes, this is a Contemptor of the Grey Knights. And [[Forgeworld|no, they don't have them]]. Why the fuck did they not use these instead of the goofy [[Dreadknight]]? (Because the [[Matt Ward|Ward]], that's why.)]]
Really old Dreadnoughts from before the [[Horus Heresy]] that are bigger and stronger than "modern" Dreads. A few Chapters still have them and deploy them to the field. They look more humanoid and Anime-like, and people get puzzled as why did they not use these instead of the goofier [[Dreadknight]], but the reasons they ''don't'' use them are exactly the same as why they started using the Castraferrum pattern instead; plus, Contemptors are becoming rarer and rarer in 40k, because the Adeptus Mechanicus keeps forgetting how to build things competently.

They have a bunch of mysterious cybernetic/AI stuff, which probably means that you should keep these away from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], since they like stripping them out for parts to use on their [[Legio Cybernetica|robots]]. Unlike regular Dreads, they have access to Cyclone Missile Launchers, Heavy Conversion Beamers, Chainfists, Graviton Guns, Plasma Blasters, and the Kheres-Pattern Assault Cannon. They also have an advanced Atomantic reactor which no-one knows how to make anymore, that is coupled to a field generator that gives them an invulnerable save at the expense of making a Vehicle Explodes result more dangerous.

*'''[[Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnoughts]]:''' A modified Contemptor Dreadnought most often used by the [[Dark Angels]] that puts out a massive amount of [[dakka]]... so massive, in fact, that modern autocannon Dreads live in jealousy. Also, they have targeting arrays to fire at flyers.
*'''[[Contemptor-Furioso Dreadnoughts]]:''' While any contemptor can be kitted out with two close combat weapons only the [[Blood Angels]] do this exclusively, since they don't have access to "regular" contemptors in the rules, which also means they don't get access to the cool relic weapons.
*'''Contemptor-Cortus Dreadnoughts:''' A more easily produced Contemptor, made from less sophisticated materials and spare parts cannibalised from other dreadnoughts, resulting in less armour, less effective shielding, and a worse user interface. However, they are faster and more cost effective than the standard Contemptors, and can overcharge their reactors for even more speed at a risk to themselves.
*'''Contemptor-Osiron Dreadnoughts:''' The Osiron Class Dreadnought was a type of Contemptor used by the [[Thousand Sons]]. These dreadnoughts were created by [[Magnus]] himself, and consisted of a mortally wounded psyker Space Marine laced with a psychometric barrier for his brain. This allowed the Dreadnought to perform psychic abilities that was far safer to the user and its allies. As such, these Dreadnoughts were equipped with Force Weapons. Think of them as the [[Doomglaive Dreadnought]] of the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]]. Essentially speaking, Magnus had psychic dreadnoughts [[Librarian Dreadnought|before it was cool]]. Who knew Magnus was such a <S>hipster</s> {{BLAM}}
*'''Venerable Contemptor Dreadnoughts:''' A Contemptor Dreadnought that is part of the [[Adeptus Custodes]] and is thus automatically given the title of ''''Venerable'''' cause they're just that badass. Essentially a golden Contemptor Dreadnought that is armed with a standard issue Autocannons, Power Fists and Multi-Melta. For just 30 more points you get the Aegis (Which grants a 5+ invulnerable save), and Deep Strike abilities, plus the aforementioned venerable. Considered as a cheaper alternative to the Custodes' walkers (Yes, the Contemptor Dreadnought is considered as the equivalent of a worn down rented car for the Golden Bananas. [[Cheese|This should tell you how OP they are]]).
*'''[[Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought]]s:''' Used exclusively by the [[Adeptus Custodes]], these Dreads were badass. How badass? Besides being more advanced overall, they came with an extra shield for solid defense, and a Sentinel blade with a built-in [[heavy flamer]]. Truly a marvel worthy of the Emperor's bodyguards.
*'''[[Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought#Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought|Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought]]s:''' Yet ''another'' variant of a [[Adeptus Custodes]] exclusive dreadnought. The Contemtor-Achillus swaps the giant sword and shield with a ECKS BAWKS HUEG FUCK OFF Power Spear called the Dreadspear with an inbuilt Corvae Las-Pulser and a hand-mounted Storm Bolter. If you want to skewer the [[Anal Circumference|rear ends]] of [[Land Raider|Land Raiders]], this is the walker for you.

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image:Soh-contemptor-mortis3.jpg|<center>Contemptor-Mortis</center>
image:Contemptor-Furioso 2.jpg|<center>Contemptor-Furioso</center>
File:Contemptor-Cortus.jpg|<center>Contemptor-Cortus</center>
File:OsironPattern.jpg|<center>Contemptor-Osiron</center>
File:Contemptor_Venerable_Dreadnought.jpg|<center>Venerable Contemptor</center>
image:ContemptorGalatus.jpg|<center>Contemptor-Galatus</center>
image:ContemptorAchillus.jpg|<center>Contemptor-Achillus</center>
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===Deredeo Pattern===
[[File:Deredeo Dreadnought.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Bet on Deredeo when you need more [[Dakka|DAKKA]] but got no Mortis.]]
The Deredeo is a dedicated heavy weapons platform, rather than a general purpose chassis like the Castraferrum or the Contemptor. To this end it gets access to specialized wargear which cannot be found anywhere else, like a tank busting version of an autocannon or a unique plasma battery.

The model is a reworking of one of the three 1st edition Dreadnought patterns (with the other two being the Furibundus and Contemptor) from [[Forge World|FW]]'s workshop. It is equipped with an Anvilus autocannon battery (which are S8 Sunder Autocannons for tank busting), torso-mounted heavy bolters/flamers, and the Aiolos missile launcher (which always hits the side armour of enemy tanks, doesn't require line of sight to fire, can be aimed at a different target from the autocannons, and is Pinning as well). Like the Contemptor Mortis, it has Atomantic Shielding and a Helical Targeting Array to take down fliers. It can also be equipped with Armored Ceramite in the off-chance it ever gets into melta range. Alternately, it can switch out the autocannons for a twin-linked Hellfire Plasma Carronade that lets it fire off either 4 S7 AP2 shots or a single S7 AP2 Large Blast (with Gets Hot! on the latter mode, not that it matters much since it's still twin-linked), or an Arachnus Heavy Lascannon Battery, which isn't twin-linked but does fire 2 S10 AP2 shots, and if its shots score a penetrating hit on a vehicle the shot has a 50% chance of having it count as TWO penetrating hits instead of one! In Horus Heresy games it can also replace the missile launcher with an Atomantic Pavaise that improves its invulnerable save and lets anyone within 3" of it use the save too, at the expense of a larger explosion radius if it ever goes down. Since this can improve existing invulnerable saves by +1 for units which already have them, it's an ideal complement to [[Terminators]] with good ranged weapons (e.g. Tyrant Siege Terminators or anyone with an Assault Cannon).

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===Leviathan Pattern===
[[File:Leviathan_Dread.png|300px|thumbnail|right|Having a [[Neckbeard|fatter body]] does not negate you from tearing shit up.]]
AKA, the Hulkbuster Pattern. Unlike other patterns, the Leviathan was apparently designed in secret on Terra instead of Mars. It is also said to take just as much resources to manufacture as an Imperial Knight... And despite the fact that it looks like it has considerably more mass than a regular Castraferrum dread, it is still nowhere near the size of a Knight, so those resources must be unique/exotic materials or from remote systems.

The Leviathan is a specialist siege dreadnought, like an enhanced Ironclad variant, but like the Deredeo it comes with its own unique weapons not found anywhere else. By default, it begins with two Siege Claws with built-in meltaguns that have a 50% chance of causing d3 extra wounds on a successful To Wound roll. These can be replaced with Siege Drills for Armourbane, and it also has two torso-mounted heavy flamer that can be swapped out for Volkite Calivers if you REALLY need that blob of infantry dead. While it's a beast in assault since it gains 2 HoW attacks and +1 I on the charge, it's equally vicious if kitted out for shooting- its ranged options are a Leviathan Storm Cannon (S7 AP3, Heavy 6, and Sunder with a range of 24"), the Cyclonic melta lance (Range 18" S9 AP1 Heavy 3, Melta) or a Grav Flux Bombard, which acts like 30K's Graviton Weapons in that affected targets need to roll either at or under their Strength at 2d6 or be wounded (if infantry) or roll 3d6 for armor penetration (for vehicles), taking DOUBLE the number of Hull Points it would normally take if it penetrates successfully- and either way, the Large Blast leaves behind difficult/dangerous terrain for the next turn. Either of those can be further supplemented with a one-use Phosphex Discharger so enemy blobs can make like Fallujah and eat a dose of Willie Pete, and can also take a pack of three hunter-killer missiles for a little bit of long-range [[Rhino]]-popping. Its Reinforced Atomantic Shielding gives it a 4++ invulnerable save against all sources, but also increases the radius and Strength of an Explodes! result on the vehicle damage table by D3 (like damn near everything [[Forge World|FW]] makes that has an invuln) so be careful there. It's potentially a blessing in disguise if you're charging into the midst of the enemy, but don't expect it to take down [[Titan]]s in its dying throes.

A few of these still serve in the 41st millennium, though they lose out on several of their options (volkite calivers and phosphex discharger). This also ties into its status as a Relic of the Armoury, as these things are so unreliably kill-crazy that they are only sent out on the Chapter Master's direct say-so.

Loyalists have the prefix of "Relic" while Chaos Leviathan are "Hellforged". Besides how they look, they differ in the [[Original character, do not steal|names of the weapons]] they can take.

For [[Zone Mortalis]] it should probably be said that the Leviathan Dreadnought is possibly the most terrifying thing in the entire world to deal with in tight, narrow corridors. Its two Heavy Flamers gain Shred and Rending by default in Zone Mortalis, and its default Meltaguns mean it can just vaporize any other walkers it comes across. This thing becomes the pinnacle of destruction whenever playing with the Blip Rule, as your opponent won't even know where the fuck it is.

Since it comes at 260 points base, you could easily just bring three of these, an HQ, and two scout squads to snag objectives. Just let the Leviathans become mobile platforms of absolute destruction that cause everything that walks around the corner to experience critical existence failure within the span of a single assault phase.

===[[Redemptor Dreadnought|Redemptor Pattern]]===
[[File:RedDread.jpg|260px|right|thumb|New toys for ass-kicking.]]
The new walking death machine in the dreadnought line. This pattern was created by [[Belisarius Cawl]] as part of the [[Primaris Marines|Primaris Space Marines]] project since their size could make the potential entombing in regular dread patterns difficult (and not to play a little with dreadnought tech, create his own pattern [[Profit|and make you buy the new model]]).

These Redemptor Dreadnoughts are giant war machines that crush bone and splinter skulls as they bludgeon through enemy ranks. They are more cunningly wrought than the Dreadnoughts of traditional design, roughly equivalent to the aforementioned Leviathan pattern. Although it could be said that the Leviathan specializes in siege warfare whereas the Redemptor is more shock orientated in function, with extra guns replacing the atomantic shielding of the Leviathan.

These goliaths of battle are powered by hyper-dense reactors and sophisticated fibre bundles. They can accelerate from a thudding stomp to a loping, thunderous gait that shakes the ground, barrelling through hails of fire in glorious defiance. Such is the miraculous but dangerous design of the Redemptor’s neural links that its inhabitant, despite being entombed in the sarcophagus within the Dreadnought’s chest, can exercise control with surprising dexterity and speed.

As expected with all things Primaris, he's bigger, stronger and sturdier than most patterns, sharing many things with the Leviathan, including a ''major'' flaw of its own: it tends to kill its pilots rather quickly due to unknown reasons (possibly because said neural links are ''too'' well-designed) so it's yet unknown how the pattern will fare in the future, but if that flaw has become a noticeable trend in just the century or so of the Indomitus Crusade, then there's no way the Redemptor can be expected to preserve valued veterans for ''millennia'' like regular dreads can, which is kinda [[fail|half the point of a dreadnought in the first place]].

It comes with a choice of gatling cannon or plasma incinerator on the right arm, with a Redemptor fist and heavy flamer support weapon or gatling cannon on the left, 2 chest-mounted fragstorm grenade launchers or storm bolters and a carapace-mounted Icarus rocket pod for aerial denial.

===[[Telemon Heavy Dreadnought|Telemon Pattern]]===
[[File:Telemon-Heavy-Dreadnought2.jpg|260px|right|thumb|The biggest, baddest Dread around.]]
The third Adeptus Custodes-exclusive Dreadnought (because Emps saved all the best toys for the Golden Banana-men), and one so big it can be mistaken for a Knight. Fewer than a handful of Telemon Dreadnoughts are to be found within the ranks of the Legio Custodes, each intended to stand sentinel over its charges no matter the forces brought against it.

The honor of interment in one of the few existing Telemon sarcophagi is awarded to only the most celebrated warriors. Rare is the foe who can stand against the array of esoteric, hand-crafted weapons that grace its chassis or the ferocious will and warrior skill of the master Custodian interred within.

As they are reserved for the most elites in the Imperium. The Telemon's weaponry included in its armaments are the Telemon Caestus, which can be assembled with fist open or closed and has an in-built wrist-mounted Plasma weapon called the Proteus Plasma Projector. The ornate armor work includes an Aquila motif, and two fans are included, meaning the Caestus can be mounted on either of the left or right arm; and a choice of the Arachnus Storm Cannon or the Iliastus Accelerator Culverin, with two separate elbow fans making it mountable on either arm of a Telemon Heavy Dreadnought. All of them are then topped with an oversized Cyclone Missile Launcher called the Spiculus Bolt Launcher.

As previously mentioned, the Telemon Pattern Heavy Dreadnought towers over even a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought, with a bulk comparable to that of the Leviathan Pattern or the Primaris Redemptor pattern Dreadnoughts, but in an Artificer-wrought hull. The Telemon Heavy Dreadnought bears a striking resemblance to the [[Aquilon Terminator]] Armour worn by the elites of the Custodes but the size of a house.

===Other Patterns===
So far the Castraferrum, Contemptor, Deredeo, Leviathan, and Telemon are the only patterns of dreadnought that are available as models. ''(unless you count some of the chaos daemon-engines, but who knows what they started as?)''

Other types have been named though, and it is also said that some of these older pre-heresy patterns could have been piloted by non-astartes. So we can cross our fingers that more dreadnoughts may be coming eventually.
*'''Lucifer:''' Said to be the prototype for the Contemptor, but doesn't have the advanced systems, instead it supposedly has [[Power_Armour#Mark_III:_Iron_Armour|shitloads of frontal armour]].
*'''Furibundus''': The other old Rogue Trader pattern. It's also one of the most fugly but since Forge World is set on updating the old stuff they'll fix that or make it more [[Chaos_Dreadnought#Chaos_Contemptors|Grotesque]]. If they ever [[Games_Workshop|get around to making it.]]

==Meme==
[[File:Dreadserve.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Even in death, the mighty Astartes warrior still serves for the Emperor, as demonstrated by venerable brother Rogerius Federer.]]
"Even in death, I still serve" was a phrase scattered throughout Warhammer 40k, but it didn't become a [[meme]] until the original [[Dawn of War]] game, where it's one of the Dreadnought's more common quotes.

==The making of a Dreadnought==

1: Take 1 outstandingly badass [[Space Marine]]

2: Cut him in half (hopefully before he does the same to you)

3: Leave the dying body on the doorstep of some [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] guy

4: ???

5: [[Profit|PROFIT!!!]]

On a less lulzy note, the novel ''The Unforgiven'' gives us an insight as to what being put inside a Dreadnought is like, as well as a clear reason why the usual occupants are marines who've been chewed up and spat out by at least three separate Carnifexes. The process of implanting the neural connectors is so painful to a lucid brain that it can sometimes kill a Space Marine out of shock. Let me reiterate that this is a Space Marine, a Space Marine with the some of the best painkiller hormones in the galaxy, with mental conditioning and hypno-memetic psycho-reactive blocks to protect their minds from pain and torture, and the procedure is typically done with the [[Apothecary]] close at hand to monitor the pain threshold. It's still, somehow, even to a son of the Emperor, painful enough to almost kill them. Holy shit.

==Gallery==
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File:Brother koolaidius by blazbaros-d2z8e3j.png|After his internment into a Dreadnought, Brother Koolaidius has specialized in dynamic entry at any location, usually attending to battle brothers with refreshment needs.
File:Breadnought.jpg|Fear the motherfucking Breadnought.
File:Rapenought.jpg|Even in death, I still fuck your army.
File:Powerfisting.jpg|I have come to destroy your anus.
File:Angry_7.jpg|The Dreadnoughts of the Angry Marines are also known as the [[Belligerent Engine|Belligerent Engines]].
Image:1262002329676.jpg|Suck it.
Image:Custodian-Contemptor.jpg|I came to reap the souls of those [[Chaos Space Marines|Traitorous Scum...]][[Rape|if there was any...]]
File:Leviathan Dreadnought.jpg|What's with the Battle Bunnies thing anyw...[[Sisters of Battle|ooooh]]. That. No problem with it.
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==See Also==
*[[Tankred]], the original memenought. He endures, for he is here for the bitches.
*[[Donovan]]
*[[Chaos Dreadnought]], the [[Chaos|evil]] (well, [[grimdark | more evil]]) version
*[[Grandpa Dreadnought]]
*[[Bjorn the Fell Handed]], of the [[Space Wolves]], and the oldest living [[Space Marine]] in the Imperium.
*[[Davian Thule]], of the [[Blood Ravens]], also known as Davian Cool.
*[[Belligerent Engine]], a catch-all term for the Dreadnoughts of the [[Angry Marines]].
*[[Spared]], a short story about a Dreadnought and some [[Tau]].
*[[Entombed]], a not-so-short story about a Dreadnought.
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Lictor

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[[File:Tyranid_lictor_artwork_by_zergwing-d7803yo.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Shush little [[Eldar Ranger|Ranger]]. [[Rape|It will be over soon]].]]
Do you remember Predator? The invisible alien hunter stalking its prey? Think that, but twice as big, and compensating for the lack of a death laser with claws and a face full of tentacles that would make [[Cthulhu]] blush. Congratulations, you've pictured a '''Lictor''', and no, it's not a nice chap.

== Overview ==

===Fluff===
Lictors are a vanguard organism of the [[Tyranid]] Hive fleets, who roam ahead to seek out life bearing planets before inviting everyone else over for dinner. They specialise in espionage; the feeder tendrils a Lictor has instead of a mouth allow it to suck the brain of an unfortunate victim out of their skull, before digesting the memories and using the information to sabotage infrastructure on the planet. In addition to this, they possess chameleonic skin, granting them the ability to match the colour and texture of any given surface (cuttlefish skin?), and a set of claws and flesh hooks (harpoons, but mounted in the chest) for when stabbing becomes a greater priority than brain sucking. Interestingly, they are considered a highly specialized strain of [[Tyranid Warrior]].

Once the 'Nids are planetside, Lictors serve an additional purpose. A Lictor exudes a pheromone trail that other Tyranids are instinctively drawn to. The greater the concentration of prey around the Lictor, the stronger the pheromone emission. This helps to coordinate the swarm, drawing more of the invaders to the largest populations. Once battle begins, Lictors tend to break cover to assassinate enemy leaders, before slinking back into the shadows.

===Crunch===
In previous editions, Lictors had to be assigned to a specific piece of terrain marked on a pre-drawn map, from which it could jump out IF the enemy got close. Since this was stupidly impractical, the rule was replaced with Deep Strike. No lessons seem to have been learnt though, as the more recently (re)introduced Ymgarl Genestealers deploy using the exact same, discarded rule.

The current codex includes a special character based on a Lictor: Deathleaper. Essentially a powered-up version of a regular Lictor, Deathleaper also has a set of special rules designed to weaken the leadership capability of enemy characters (more often than not, their Warlord), and to make it easier for it to disengage and attack new targets.

Overall Lictors are less and less popular as the years go on, mostly because they're fragile and can no longer assault out of reserve. However, recent tournament wins with lists containing Lictors, Mawlocs and spore mine clusters have illustrated that their S6 and high WS with Rending are not to be underestimated.

However, the rise of Kill Team as a fully supported Specialist Game has given the Lictor a new lease on life on the tabletob. In fact, it could be argued that Kill Team is the game that the Lictor was always meant for. With the focus on terrain and small troop numbers, the Lictor really comes into its own as the stalking movie monster it was always meant to be.

==Gallery==
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File:Tyranid maid.jpg|[[Heresy|Observe the Lictor's mastery of camouflage.]]
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