Forgefiend

A Forgefiend is a Chaos Daemon Engine used by the Chaos Space Marine Traitor Legions and the forces of the Dark Mechanicum. The Forgefiend was devised by Dark Mechanicum Warpsmiths to sow death and destruction amongst enemy forces from afar. The Forgefiend is roughly centauroid in form and stands on four powerful legs, the beast's two arms are replaced with twin weapon-mounts that carry hell-forged parodies of Imperial armaments.

Armament
The most common armament of a Forgefiend is a set of Hades Autocannons, the weapons replace what would normally be the creature's primary limbs. The Hades Autocannon is a large six-barreled, rapid-firing cannon that is capable of blasting apart even heavily armoured targets. The Forgefiend's mechanical motions are powered by a brimstone-scented warpfire furnace, the furnace contains fire that was transferred into the machine from the Warp during its binding to a daemon. The warpfire furnace also powers the Forgefiend's weapon systems. The weapons of the Forgefiend do not fire regular bullets but instead they spit out red-hot phosphor shells that are extruded from the twisting, convulsing cables that churn and writhe inside of its armoured body. Hidden inner intestinal tracts feed steaming, large-bore ammunition into each of the monster's Autocannon chambers, each and every projectile bearing the taint of daemonic flame. The Forgefiend replenishes its ammunition supply by eating metal as well as flesh, and a well-fed Forgefiend can maintain a glowing salvo of shells for several minutes before stopping to gorge-load some more raw materials into its interior feed-hoppers.

The pulsing energy of a Forgefiend's warp furnace are not always used to produce solid ammunition, but can be used to power flex-sheathed plasma weapons of ancient design, weapons so large that they look out of place upon a land based walker machine. These plasma weapon equipped daemon-beasts have been nicknamed Cerberites by Imperial forces as they usually contain no less than three Ectoplasma Cannons, one mounted on each of their weapon arms and another located within their maw. These weapons were once prized artefacts that dated from before the Horus Heresy, but have now been corrupted by the Warpsmiths. Gargoyle-mounted and drizzling with balefire, the searing energies that these devastating weapons hurl outwards are a hybrid of plasma and burning ectoplasm channeled straight from the Forgefiend's tainted heart.

Ordo Malleus Departmento Analyticus Technical Specifications
The technical specifications of the Decimator have not yet been determined by the Ordos of the Inquisition.

Also See

 * Chaos Vehicles
 * Maulerfiend