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The name Caladius [[Alpha Legion|may or may not be]] a reference to the caladrius, a legendary bird from Roman mythology used by [[ | The name Caladius [[Alpha Legion|may or may not be]] a reference to the '''caladrius''', a legendary bird from Roman mythology used by [[Emperor of Mankind|kings]] to [[Adeptus Custodes|identify and cure]] [[Heresy|disease]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:23, 10 December 2016
The Caladius pattern grav-tank was often deployed in situations requiring the heaviest of weapons the Legio Custodes could bring to bear. Well-protected and highly manoeuvrable, it was perhaps the most powerful battleline armoured unit of its size in the Imperium's forces, utilising technologies and systems derived not only from the Dark Age of Technology, but from the developments made as a result of the Great Crusade's two centuries of warfare. ~ Forge World
When the Emperor created the Custodian Guard he intended that they would get literally the very best weaponry that the Imperium had to offer, weaponry that would make even the Space Marines look as well-equipped as the Orks. Enter the Caladius Grav-Tank, an Imperial Hover-Tank for the Emperor's personal pimp-buddies.
Looking like a cross between a Sicaran, a Podracer and a Tau Tank, the Caladius gives the Custodes fast armoured support that is leagues ahead of any other tank in the Imperial Arsenal. Its Illastus accelerator cannons and Lastrum Bolt Cannons fire Heliothermic shells that can devastate infantry and vehicles with equal vigour, while armour stronger than that of a Predator and a Flare Shield keeps it from harm.
The name Caladius may or may not be a reference to the caladrius, a legendary bird from Roman mythology used by kings to identify and cure disease.
| Forces of the Adeptus Custodes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command: | Companions/Hetaeron - Shield-Captain - Blade Champion | |||||
| Troops: | Allarus Custodians - Aquilon Terminator - Custodian Guard Custodian Warden - Sagittarum Guard - Sentinel Guard Vexilus Praetor - Venatari - Warder | |||||
| Walkers: | Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought - Telemon Heavy Dreadnought Venerable Contemptor Dreadnought | |||||
| Transports: | Coronus Grav Carrier - Grav-Rhino Rhino - Venerable Land Raider | |||||
| Vehicles: | Caladius Grav-Tank - Dawneagle Jetbike Gyrfalcon Pattern Jetbike - Pallas Grav-Attack | |||||
| Flyers: | Ares Gunship - Orion Gunship - Stormbird | |||||
| Titans: | Warlord-Sinister Pattern Battle Psi-Titan | |||||
| Spacecraft: | Drop Pod | |||||
| Auxiliaries: | Sisters of Silence - Solar Auxilia | |||||