Infernal Relic Predator

The Infernal Relic Predator is a variant of the Chaos Predator main battle tank used by the warbands of the Chaos Space Marines.

Upon the Daemon Worlds of the Eye of Terror and other equally hellish realms there lurk many terrors, from ancient and terrible weapons long since forgotten by the Imperium to malignant daemonic entities invested with an unfathomable hatred of the Emperor and all His works.

The Relic Predator is one such horror; a battle tank of ancient provenance that once served the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade. Fast, well-armoured and carrying the most potent of weaponry, these tanks were the nightmare of ancient battlefields.

Role
After uncountable years within the twisted depths of the Eye of Terror, Infernal Relic Predators bear little resemblance to the proud machines of war they once were.

Warped by the influence of the dark powers that rule in that realm, their armour defaced by all manner of cruel decoration and many now serving as vessels for monstrous creatures born from suffering and pain in the Empyrean, there are few in the Imperium who would still recognise an Infernal Relic Predator for its original class.

Yet despite this, their weapons have lost none of their bite, and many a fratricidal war has been fought amongst Heretic Astartes warbands for possession of one of these devastating war engines.

Infernal Relic Predators mount a range of potent weaponry once common among the armies of the ancient Imperium, but which is in many cases long lost to the Tech-priests of the present Adeptus Mechanicus. Many of the most arcane inner mysteries of plasma bolt, conversion beam and magna-blast are now unknown to the Cult Mechanicus, but retained still within the blasphemous tomes of the Heretek dark magi.

In many cases, lost patterns are merged with the blasphemies of the Dark Age of Technology and with the fell blessings of the Warp to create analogues of weapons coveted beyond reason by the scions of Mars. Leering faces are to be seen writhing with the Plasma Destroyer bolts fired by the Relic Predator Executioner and below the roar of the Heavy Conversion Beamer is to be heard the tortured shrieking of a billion damned souls.

More so than many others of their class, Infernal Relic Predators are jealously guarded by those champions of the Ruinous Powers fortunate enough to count one amongst their forces. They are coveted by rival warlords and are often the target of inter-warband raids, and word of an unclaimed Relic Predator being located or dug up on some ancient battlefield is sufficient to draw numerous would-be claimants, and it is not uncommon for large battles to be fought over their possession.

Variants
Despite myriad blasphemies of techno-sorcery, the Infernal Relic Predators of the Chaos Space Marines conform to a number of broadly recognisable types. One of the most common is the Relic Predator Executioner, the turret of which mounts a fearsome Plasma Destroyer or occasionally a Heavy Conversion Beamer.

Another pattern much prized amongst certain Heretic Astartes warbands is the Relic Predator Infernus, which is equipped with a Magna-Melta or a Flamestorm Cannon. Each of these weapon configurations is employed in its own battlefield context.

The Plasma Destroyer able to gun down even heavily-armoured infantry, as well as light and medium vehicles, with a withering hail of superheated energy blasts. The Heavy Conversion Beamer is fearsomely destructive, especially at range, against fortifications and large, slow-moving armoured targets.

The Magna-Melta cannon mounted by many Infernus Pattern Relic Predators is capable of reducing the heaviest tank or sturdiest bunker to bubbling slag, while the Flamestorm Cannon can burn entire formations of enemy troops to ashes.

Wargear

 * Flamestorm Cannon
 * Searchlight
 * Smoke Launcher
 * 2 Heavy Flamers, 2 Heavy Bolters or 2 Lascannons (Optional set for sponson weapons)
 * Magna-melta Cannon (Replacement for Flamestorm Cannon)
 * Autocannon with Inferno Bolts (Replacement for Flamestorm Cannon)
 * Heavy Conversion Beamer (Replacement for Flamestorm Cannon)
 * Twin-linked Lascannon (Replacement for Flamestorm Cannon)
 * Plasma Destroyer (Replacement for Flamestorm Cannon)

Optional Additions

 * Extra Armour Plating
 * Pintle-mounted Combi-bolter
 * Dirge Caster
 * Dozer Blade
 * Warpflame Gargoyles
 * Combi-flamer, Combi-melta or Combi-plasma
 * Havoc Missile Launcher
 * Destroyer Blades
 * Daemonic Possession (No crew necessary) 

Ordo Malleus Departmento Analyticus technical Specifications
The Ordo Malleus has not released any technical specifications for this vehicle at this time.