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	The '''Caestus Assault Ram''' is one of the [[Imperium]]'s solution to one of the conundrums of space battle when needing to capture an enemy voidship/its crew/its contents: can't shoot it since there's a big risk of blowing it up for good, docking with it is too slow and hazardous and teleporting squads inside is hard and imprecise. So what do they do in such cases? Send manned vehicles to ram the target and deliver a bunch of warriors straight into the voidship's bowels without damaging it too much, of course! (Whether this is [[awesome\|stupidly hilarious]] or [[FAIL\|hilariously stupid]], [[skub\|we'll let you judge]]. Just know that the [[Boarding Torpedo]] has been part of 40k's fluff since basically forever. Though they're arguably more effective since [[Derp\|unlike the Torpedo missing your target isn't a death sentence since you can actually control where you're going]].)		The '''Caestus Assault Ram''' is one of the [[Imperium]]'s solution to one of the conundrums of space battle when needing to capture an enemy voidship/its crew/its contents: can't shoot it since there's a big risk of blowing it up for good, docking with it is too slow and hazardous and teleporting squads inside is hard and imprecise. So what do they do in such cases? Send manned vehicles to ram the target and deliver a bunch of warriors straight into the voidship's bowels without damaging it too much, of course! (Whether this is [[awesome\|stupidly hilarious]] or [[FAIL\|hilariously stupid]], [[skub\|we'll let you judge]]. Just know that the [[Boarding Torpedo]] has been part of 40k's fluff since basically forever. Though they're arguably more effective since [[Derp\|unlike the Torpedo missing your target isn't a death sentence since you can actually control where you're going]].)

	== Overview ==		==Overview==

	The Caestus is the [[Space Marine]]-only version, a vehicle originally developed for boarding other spacecraft. Its [[magna-melta]] fires a shot to weaken the enemy's hull, and then the armored prow smashes its way in. Meanwhile, the occupants are held in an inertial dampening restraint system that protects them from the shock of impact; each restraint harness is so big, it can accommodate a [[Terminator]] or a regular Space Marine, so the Caestus can deliver a full squad of any kind of Marine imaginable, limited only by the number of restraint harnesses aboard (thus ignoring the Bulky special rule). Once the Assault Ram has penetrated the enemy hull, the assault charges disrupt any defenders with a blast of shrapnel, the clamps release, the hatches drop, and the occupants charge into the fray.		The Caestus is the [[Space Marine]]-only version, a vehicle originally developed for boarding other spacecraft. Its [[magna-melta]] fires a shot to weaken the enemy's hull, and then the armored prow smashes its way in. Meanwhile, the occupants are held in an inertial dampening restraint system that protects them from the shock of impact; each restraint harness is so big, it can accommodate a [[Terminator]] or a regular Space Marine, so the Caestus can deliver a full squad of any kind of Marine imaginable, limited only by the number of restraint harnesses aboard (thus ignoring the Bulky special rule). Once the Assault Ram has penetrated the enemy hull, the assault charges disrupt any defenders with a blast of shrapnel, the clamps release, the hatches drop, and the occupants charge into the fray.

	Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their throats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.		Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their throats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.

	== On the Tabletop ==		==On the Tabletop==

	The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].		The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].
	Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads deliveries.		Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads deliveries.

	== See Also ==		==See Also==

	While the quality of the game itself is a matter of opinion, the intro movie for the console game Kill Team showcases the Caestus Assault Ram quite nicely:		While the quality of the game itself is a matter of opinion, the intro movie for the console game Kill Team showcases the Caestus Assault Ram quite nicely:
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2v3KQcjX5M		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2v3KQcjX5M

	The Fan series "Astartes" has an epic clip of its use as well:		The Fan series "Astartes" has an epic clip of its use as well:
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfGPMJ8A0QY&t=0s		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfGPMJ8A0QY&t=0s

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2A02:1810:4E2C:A900:E100:687B:F124:50E7 at 15:29, 29 May 2023

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==

	The Caestus is the [[Space Marine]]-only version, a vehicle originally developed for boarding other spacecraft. Its [[magna-melta]] fires a shot to weaken the enemy's hull, and then the armored prow smashes its way in. Meanwhile, the occupants are held in an inertial dampening restraint system that protects them from the shock of impact; each restraint harness is so big, it can accommodate a [[Terminator]] or a regular Space Marine, so the Caestus can deliver a full squad of any kind of Marine imaginable, limited only by the number of restraint harnesses aboard (thus ignoring the Bulky special rule). Once the Assault Ram has penetrated the enemy hull, the assault charges disrupt any defenders with a blast of shrapnel, the clamps release, the hatches drop, and the occupants charge into the fray.		The Caestus is the [[Space Marine]]-only version, a vehicle originally developed for boarding other spacecraft. Its [[magna-melta]] fires a shot to weaken the enemy's hull, and then the armored prow smashes its way in. Meanwhile, the occupants are held in an inertial dampening restraint system that protects them from the shock of impact; each restraint harness is so big, it can accommodate a [[Terminator]] or a regular Space Marine, so the Caestus can deliver a full squad of any kind of Marine imaginable, limited only by the number of restraint harnesses aboard (thus ignoring the Bulky special rule). Once the Assault Ram has penetrated the enemy hull, the assault charges disrupt any defenders with a blast of shrapnel, the clamps release, the hatches drop, and the occupants charge into the fray.

	Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their throats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.		Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their throats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.

	== On the Tabletop ==		== On the Tabletop ==

	The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].		The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].
	Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads deliveries.		Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads deliveries.

1d4chan>Kirbanzo at 22:21, 4 March 2023

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	[[File:Caestus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|A Caestus Assault Ram belonging to the [[Astral Claws]] [[Space Marine]] chapter.]]		[[File:Caestus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|A Caestus Assault Ram belonging to the [[Astral Claws]] [[Space Marine]] chapter.]]
	The '''Caestus Assault Ram''' is one of the [[Imperium]]'s solution to one of the conundrums of space battle when needing to capture an enemy voidship/its crew/its contents: can't shoot it since there's a big risk of blowing it up for good, docking with it is too slow and hazardous and teleporting squads inside is hard and imprecise. So what do they do in such cases? Send manned vehicles to ram the target and deliver a bunch of warriors straight into the voidship's bowels without damaging it too much, of course! (Whether this is [[awesome\|stupidly hilarious]] or [[FAIL\|hilariously stupid]], [[skub\|we'll let you judge]]. Just know that the [[Boarding Torpedo]] has been part of 40k's fluff since basically forever.)		The '''Caestus Assault Ram''' is one of the [[Imperium]]'s solution to one of the conundrums of space battle when needing to capture an enemy voidship/its crew/its contents: can't shoot it since there's a big risk of blowing it up for good, docking with it is too slow and hazardous and teleporting squads inside is hard and imprecise. So what do they do in such cases? Send manned vehicles to ram the target and deliver a bunch of warriors straight into the voidship's bowels without damaging it too much, of course! (Whether this is [[awesome\|stupidly hilarious]] or [[FAIL\|hilariously stupid]], [[skub\|we'll let you judge]]. Just know that the [[Boarding Torpedo]] has been part of 40k's fluff since basically forever. Though they're arguably more effective since [[Derp\|unlike the Torpedo missing your target isn't a death sentence since you can actually control where you're going]].)

	== Overview ==		== Overview ==

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	The Caestus is the [[Space Marine]]-only version, a vehicle originally developed for boarding other spacecraft. Its [[magna-melta]] fires a shot to weaken the enemy's hull, and then the armored prow smashes its way in. Meanwhile, the occupants are held in an inertial dampening restraint system that protects them from the shock of impact; each restraint harness is so big, it can accommodate a [[Terminator]] or a regular Space Marine, so the Caestus can deliver a full squad of any kind of Marine imaginable, limited only by the number of restraint harnesses aboard (thus ignoring the Bulky special rule). Once the Assault Ram has penetrated the enemy hull, the assault charges disrupt any defenders with a blast of shrapnel, the clamps release, the hatches drop, and the occupants charge into the fray.		The Caestus is the [[Space Marine]]-only version, a vehicle originally developed for boarding other spacecraft. Its [[magna-melta]] fires a shot to weaken the enemy's hull, and then the armored prow smashes its way in. Meanwhile, the occupants are held in an inertial dampening restraint system that protects them from the shock of impact; each restraint harness is so big, it can accommodate a [[Terminator]] or a regular Space Marine, so the Caestus can deliver a full squad of any kind of Marine imaginable, limited only by the number of restraint harnesses aboard (thus ignoring the Bulky special rule). Once the Assault Ram has penetrated the enemy hull, the assault charges disrupt any defenders with a blast of shrapnel, the clamps release, the hatches drop, and the occupants charge into the fray.

	Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their ~~threats~~ and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.		Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their throats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.

	== On the Tabletop ==		== On the Tabletop ==

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	The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].		The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].
	Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads ~~delivere~~		Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads deliveries.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].		The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].
	Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads ~~delivered via Caestus.~~		Its rules are also now covered in Forge World's Horus Heresy series, confirming it was in use by many Legions during the 30k era, particularly the Imperial Fists Legion that often treats void warfare as a three-dimensional siege in space, with heavy preference for boarding actions by their Terminators and Breacher Squads delivere

	~~Incidentally shares its name with a sort of Roman fighting glove weighted with iron or lead.~~

	~~Also incidentally, this ship is a penis.~~
	~~Just look at it, before it hides itself fins deep into whatever [[Anal_circumference\|orifice]] it blows its [[magna-melta\|hot load]] into.~~

	Also for when blowing up a giant space ship just isn't enough, one has to give it the [[Caestus_Assault_Ram\|Emprahs hot dickings]] to [[Adeptus_Astartes\|adeptus inseminate]] it, and [[RAPE\|fuck it to death]].

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

1d4chan>Ћ Professional: /* Overview */

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	Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their threats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.		Eventually, the [[Space Marine]]s realized that the traits that made the Caestus so good at assaulting spacecraft made it very well-suited for ground attack as well. The magna-melta doesn't care whether it's melting a hull, a bunker, or a tank, and the restraint system and durable internal structure and hull meant that the Caestus could make steep orbital drops into zones too dangerous for a [[Thunderhawk]] or [[Drop Pod]], especially once it had been upgraded with anti-gravity panels like the [[Land Speeder]]. Its frontal reinforcement, meant to ram its way into the often metres-thick outer hull of a capital voidship, also made it rather good at ramming pretty much everything else. So now some Space Marine chapters make ground assaults using [[Metal Boxes]] falling from the sky like [[Steel Rain]]. Speaking of which, this would work extra well if combined with Deathwind drop pod attacks. Those always come before manned drop pods come in, so the enemy would not be expecting this giant double-penis to shove deep into their threats and face-fuck them with its terribly deadly load.

			== On the Tabletop ==

	The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].		The Caestus Assault Ram's model was created by [[Forge World]] for their [[Imperial Armour]] volumes covering the [[Badab War]].

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