Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought

The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought is an Imperial cybernetic combat walker used by the Space Marine Legions during the days of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought serves as a cybernetic sarcophagus for an Astartes Warrior who has been so badly wounded in battle that his only chance for continued service to the Emperor lay in being interred within the cybernetic sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought, like much of the technology developed at the dawn of the Imperium of Man, is larger and more powerful than the more common Castraferrum Pattern Dreadnoughts used in the present day.

History
The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought was developed during the Great Crusade for use by the Space Marine Legions. The Deredeo was initially deployed in only limited numbers to each of the Legions due to difficulties in its manufacture, yet its incredible durability and firepower saw demand for the Deredeo Pattern dramatically increase after the outbreak of the Horus Heresy.

Armament
The Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought is a dedicated heavy support walker, and though it shares many core components and systems with the more general assault-based Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought the Deredeo was designed purely for ranged support. The Deredeo, with its formidable carrying capacity and battlefield stability, was once used as a test-bed platform for a number of advanced Legiones Astartes weapons systems, created from the wisdom won by the centuries of the Great Crusade. The standard loadout for the Deredeo consisted of a set of twin-linked Anvilus Pattern Autocannons, known as an Anvilus Autocannon Battery , and a set of carapace-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters. The Heavy Bolters could be replaced with a set of twin-linked Heavy Flamers and an Aiolos Missile Launcher could be mounted atop its carapace. The Deredeo could also be outfitted with smoke launchers, a searchlight, and extra armour plating or armoured ceramite plating.

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