Dreadnought

Dreadnoughts are the siege walkers of the Space Marines. They're piloted by a Space Marine who almost died, but survived only with the Emperor's grace and loads of plot-armor favoritism. If the apothecaries managed to save the life of a marine from wounds that would out-right kill a Space Marine (Which is saying a lot since they can take as much punishment as a heavy battle tank), but can't be restored to battle-capable condition anymore, the marine has the option of being interred into a Dreadnought and pilot it from the confines of his armored sarcophagus.

Dreadnoughts are incredibly tough and their pilots even tougher; they're totally fearless and won't mind that they're gonna die a painful death under the hail of anti-armor fire. In fact, the only way to technically kill a Dread is by destroying the Sarcophagus or blowing it up completely. Some Dreadnoughts contain the oldest warriors in the Imperium; at least one, Bjorn of the Space Wolves, is older than the Horus Heresy. As such, they generally have a ton of combat experience.

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 that's punching tanks to pieces or mowing infantry down from a distance with weapons like the assault cannon or lascannon. You can also deep-strike them, ensuring hilarity when you get lucky and they end up where they precisely need to be. With this however, your enemy tends to focus their anti-armor on them, so a footslogging Dread normally won't get far and thus, heavily relies on deep-striking to get the most out of it.

Meme

Even in death, the mighty Astartes warrior still serves for the Emperor.

The whole "Even in death, I still "X"" meme stems from original Dawn of War game, where it's a quote from the Space Marine Dreadnought unit. The original phrase is "Even in death, I still serve".

The making of a Dreadnought

1: Take 1 outstandingly badass Space Marine

2: Shoot him in the kneecaps, puncture a couple of his lungs, break some bones, and make sure he is good and properly fucked up.

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

4: ???

5: PROFIT!!! DREADNOUGHT!!!

Gallery

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  After his internment into a Dreadnought, Brother koolaidius has specialized in dynamic entry at any location, usually attending to battle brothers with refreshment needs.
• 
  Fear the fucking Breadnought.
• 
  Even in death, I still fuck your army.
• 
  I have come to destroy your anus.
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  The Dreadnoughts of the Angry Marines are also known as the Belligerent Engines.
• 
  Suck it.

See Also

• Tankred
• Donovan
• Chaos Dreadnought, the evil (well, 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.