Gorgon Terminator Squad

Gorgon Terminator Squad]]s was an elite formation comprised of Terminator Armoured-Veteran Legionaries of the Iron Hands Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. One of a number of Tactical Dreadnought Armour sub-classes found exclusively within the ranks of the Iron Hands Legion, Gorgon Pattern Terminator Armour was one of a number of ongoing attempts by the Primarch Ferrus Manus and his cadre of Iron Fathers to refine and augment the various patterns of Terminator Armour employed by the Legiones Astartes forces. It is an interesting case in point that while several thousand suits of Terminator Armour in the most Tartaros, Cataphractii and Indomitus patterns were in service with the Legion (many of which were concentrated in the hands of the doomed warriors of the Avernii Clan and lost at Istvaan V), the Primarch himself was known to not be entirely satisfied with the performance of any of these designs and so a full issue to his Legion was never approved. One of the most extreme technological examples of the Iron Hands' innovation to improve on the designs in this regard was the hazardous but powerful "Gorgon" prototype, a variant of Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour. This advanced prototype suit was just going into production at the outset of the Horus Heresy to supplement the Iron Hands Legion's combat-deplete stocks of Terminator armour.

he design replaced the field generators imbedded in the armour with experimental systems that converted incoming electromagnetic and kinetic energy into burst of blinding light, able to incapacitate and maim nearby foes. The heat and electrochemical toxin bleed from the armour's systems limited the armour's agility, and its negative side effects required a high level of cybernetic rebuilt for its wearer to endure. However, volunteers for this painful modification were plentiful in the Legion's ranks, many deeming it an honour to serve as part of this great endeavour. These elite Veterans were then placed in special Gorgon Terminator Squads, made up of four to nine Gorgon Terminators and led by one Gorgon Hammerbearer (Squad Leader). Ferrus Manus would not live long enough to refine the Gorgon Pattern to its full potential due to his untimely death at the hands of the treacherous Fulgrim during the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V.

Wargear

 * Gorgon Pattern Terminator Armour
 * Combi-Bolter
 * Power Axe
 * Thunder Hammer (Gorgon Hammerbearer)

Optional Wargear

 * Power Fist
 * Lightning Claw (Single or Pair)
 * Chainfist
 * Heavy Flamer
 * Reaper Autocannon
 * Graviton Gun

Optional Wargear (Gorgon Hammerbearer)

 * Grenade Harness
 * Cyber Familiar