Editing Consul (section)

===Praevian===
[[File:PraevianAlt.jpg|200px|right|thumb|In the Great Crusade, Battlebots were an actual ''thing''.]]
The Consul Praevian was a type of Astartes commander during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy and a variant of the Consul.

Trained on [[Mars]] by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus|Mechanicum]], Praevians were the keeper of the Legion's [[Legio Cybernetica|robots]], including Battle-Automata given honorary induction into the Legion's ranks. On the field of battle they marched at the forefront of Battle-Automata forces, guiding them through the engagement.

They were often chosen from veterans whose injuries required extensive bionic replacement. Known to be solitary individuals, they rarely advanced up the chain of command. Some Legions used the rank as a dumping ground for warriors seen as unfit for other duties. However, in the [[Iron Hands]] (No surprise there) and [[Salamanders]], the rank was seen as a great honour. On the traitor side, [[Iron Warriors]] also make great use of them due to their ability to bring siege robots to the party. As they are heavily augmented, they wore what is essentially [[Artificer Armour]] for defence, but by the time of [[Horus Heresy|Horus' clusterfuck bonanza]] some of them had to wear [[Mark V: Heresy Armour|Heresy-pattern armour]].

Some people call them a predecessor of the [[Techmarine]], but with each of them in command of a mini robot-army.

On the tabletop, they are the Master of the Legion's Automata. The Praevian is a Support Officer, so cannot be used as a compulsory HQ and thus cannot be in an allied contingent. Comes equipped with a Cortex Controller, Cortex Designator and can't take anything that makes him bulky. First, you choose a type of Battle Automata (only [[Castellax Class Battle-Automata|Castellax]] and [[Vorax Class Battle-Automata|Vorax]] at this time) to accompany him, forming one unit with MCs (so he can't go to ground) that he can't leave. Any time the Praevian hits an enemy unit with a ranged attack, he grants Preferred Enemy to the Automata in his unit for that turn (so give him a [[Astartes Boltgun|bolter]]). Upgrade them with Enhanced Targeting Arrays for 2+ re-rollable accuracy for your weapons.

In the first edition, Praevians were unique in that they not only treated their charges as members of the legion, but they could also equip them with special equipment that might have proved useful to them.
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