Editing Skitarii (section)

===Skitarii Protector===
[[File:Myrmidon Secutor.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In the name of the Quest for Knowledge, I shall now remove your face.]]
Protectors were soldiers and guards that worked in the Adeptus Mechanicus. They were genetically engineered and augmented Humans that wore red robes and bronze masks that showed green mechanical eyes. Members of the Protectors typically carried weapon staves and served as the personal guards within a Techpriest's Forge.

They were noted to smell of spoiled, decayed meat and oils. Skitarii Protectors were much more commonly used during the [[Horus Heresy]] and most were deemed ineffective by the Martian Priesthood. Instead, the use of thousands of [[Tech Thrall]]s became more popular when it came to defending forges and/or [[Forgeworld]]s, ''especially'' when the Mechanicus was short on full blown Skitarii.

Which, in true Warhammer fashion, [[Derp|makes no sense]] as they are made in the same way and Protectors, being actual Skitarii, would have been far more effective and just as numerous as Tech Thralls (due to being made in the same way as the Thralls). [[Herp|Dammit, GW!]]

We know of two Protectors in canon:

The first was Rho-Mu 31, who, instead of being an individual, actually consists of an entire squad; Rho-mu 31 was a collective and shared identity. Serving under Tech-Priest Koriel Zeth, Rho-mu 31 was assigned to rescue and guard the Psyker transcriber Dalia Cythera shortly before the Schism of Mars. During the Schism, he took part in the battle against the Kaban Machine alongside Dalia. When Dalia was the new Guardian of the Dragon, Rho-mu pledged to stay by her side and protect her inside the Noctis Labyrinth. Unusually for Skitarii, Rho-Mu 31 was capable of some forms of emotion - most notably humor and camaderie.

The second was Alpha-Rho-25. A Protector assigned to the Imperial defense of the Emperor's Webway Project and was one of the first Imperials to uncover Drach'nyen's presence there.
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