Repressor

The Repressor is an armoured personnel carrier based on the standard Rhino tank chassis. The Repressor is used by both the Adeptus Arbites as a riot control and crowd suppression vehicle, and by the Adepta Sororitas as a transport during dense urban battles. The Repressor uses a extensively converted Rhino chassis; the transport compartment was greatly expanded upon, a raised roof featuring firing slits for the passenger's weapons was added, a large dozer blade used to plow through debris and rioting mobs is attached to the front of the vehicle, and a small forward cupola-mounted turret was added. The Adeptus Arbites version of the Repressor is armed with non-lethal weaponry such as water cannons and grenade launchers that fire stun and gas grenades at angry mobs. When the Adeptus Sororitas started to use Repressors near the end of the 40th Millennium they replaced the non-lethal weapons with Storm Bolters and Heavy Flamers.

History
The Repressor has only been used by the Sisters of Battle for a short amount of time. The first incidence of the Sisterhood using the Repressor was during a heretical uprising on the Cardinal World of Avignor, when a crowd of over a million pilgrims gathering for the Day of Ascension rituals were incited into violence by provocateurs of a heretic faction. The massive mob of people quickly overran the local Adeptus Arbites Precincts, and the situation only got worse when the mobs started equipping themselves with scavenged weapons. The riot became a full scale war when the heretic agitators began to direct the mobs towards important locations, such as armouries. The Adeptus Arbites were offered the assistance of the Order of the Sacred Rose Preceptory, who were guarding the Cardinal of Avignor's Palace. The Battle Sisters crewed a dozen of the Arbites' Repressor vehicles, first outfitted them with their favoured Heavy Flamers, and then took to the field to purge the heretics and their followers from the holy ground of Avignor. After two weeks of street fighting the uprising was defeated and the commanding Arbites Marshall gifted the remaining Repressors to the Canoness-Preceptor of the Order of the Sacred Rose as thanks for their intervention.

For many years after the battle at Avignor only the Sisters of the Order of the Sacred Rose used the Repressor. Other Orders within the Ecclesiarchy whispered that it was not just or holy and that the Order should be restricted from using it any further. The issue of the Repressor came to head during the 291st Synod Prioris of Terra, where it was debated that the use of the Repressor by the Sisters of Battle during the Avignor Uprising was the will of the Emperor, and that the Repressor should be included in the canon of sanctioned vehicles. From that day forwards all Orders were given access to the Repressor.

Armament
The Repressor of the Adepta Sororitas is not designed to be used as a front-line vehicle, but is instead used during urban conflicts where the Sisters can travel in safety inside of the vehicle, and fire at enemy combatants from the firing slits. The vehicle is capable of carrying up to ten Battle Sisters, out of these ten, up to six may fire their Bolters out of the six firing slits. Also, a heavy weapon such as a Heavy Bolter or Multi-Melta can be fired out of the top hatch, but only when the vehicle is sitting still. The Repressor is armed with a forward cupola-mounted Storm Bolter, and a Pintle-mounted Heavy Flamer. All Repressors are equipped with dozer blades used to smash through road blocks and debris. The vehicle can also be outfitted with other upgrades such as a Holy Icon, Blessed Ammunition for the Storm Bolter and Holy Promethium for the Heavy Flamer, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Laud Hailers, extra armour plating, a searchlight, and smoke launchers.

Notable Users of the Repressor

 * Adeptus Arbites - The Adeptus Arbites use the Repressor as a riot suppression and anti-insurgency vehicle, as well as for transportation.
 * Adepta Sororitas - The Repressor is used as a transport vehicle by the Sisters of battle during urban combat missions, the Repressor is used by all of the Sisterhood's Orders.
 * Ordo Hereticus - The Ordo Hereticus uses the Repressor as a transport vehicle.
 * Order of the Sacred Rose - The Order of the Sacred Rose were the first ot use the repressor in battle, they fought against heretics during the Avignor Uprising, and also during the defence of Valedor Cardinal World against Hive Fleet Leviathan
 * Order of the Ebon Chalice - The Order of the Ebon Chalice fought during the defence of the Magdellan Preceptory on the planet of Magdellan Prime against followers of the Chaos Cult of Balthalamus
 * Order of Our Martyred Lady - The Order of Our Martyred Lady fought on the planet of Kromat II against the Forces of Chaos during the 13th Black Crusade

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