Kastelan Robot

A Kastelan-class robot of the Adeptus Machanicus combines tremendous physical might with a rugged stamina that has seen it fight the Imperium's foes for ten thousand years. Indeed, some of the relic robots have existed much longer still. Standing nearly twice the hight of a space marine, the Kastelan Robots are an night unstoppable force, for it is buildt of solid metal with a ceramite hide that allows it to stride through hails of fire without pauce.

Kastelan Robots fight in maniples, self contained units that are subdivisions of the Legion, composed of between two and six robots. The Kastelan Robots have a number of battle protocols that they follow, and every Kastelan must be carefully programmed for each new task by a specialist Tech-Preist such as Cybernetica Datasmiths

Role
Since the aftermath of the Warmaster Horus' rebellion, the Legio Cybernetica's robots have been controlled completely by their masters -- not by the bio-plastic cerebra and nerve-like tendril webs of the ancient Mechanicum's constructs, but by sanctified doctrina wafers, fusions of bio-matter and electronics often in even shorter supply than the robots themselves.

When commanded with the conqueror protocol Kastelan Robots will advance and, as they near a target, their stomping stride turns into a loping run that shivers the tortured earth. Shrugging off incomming fire they close with a foe, becoming battering machines. Each Kastelan Robot uses its pair of barrel-sized power fists like balls to maul the enemy with a blow so powerful it can crumple the thickest of armour and tear holes in ferrocrete. Should the foe seek to overwhelm the metal golems with sheer numbers the protector protocol can be activated, allowing the Kastelan robots to fire theirincendine combustors, spraying the area with sheets of triple-blessed promethium.

The Robots have an vastly versatile armoury with their twin linked phosphor blasters, replacing their power fists for tech preist penchant for ranged firepower.