An Arachni-rig Servo-suit in use on the Hive World of Necromunda's Hive Primus by a House Van Saar Neotek of the Nexus Nines gang named Gaelen "The Spider" Angellum.
An Arachni-rig Servo-suit, also called simply an Arachni-rig, is a highly advanced variant of an Imperial servo-rig which is a mechanical exoskeleton, most commonly used in heavy industry, where workers may be equipped with them to aid lifting and moving heavy materials or operating large tools or machinery -- anywhere where weights normally manageable by baseline Humans must be handled, but where duties cannot readily be entrusted to physically enhanced Abhumans like Ogryns or servitors.
Where most servo-rigs are worn over the body and limbs, controlled by the wearer's physical movements and granting them increased physical strength, servo-rigs are often utilised to provide a worker extra limbs, greatly increasing their dexterity and the range of tasks that they can perform, making what may otherwise be the work of many, the work of a few. Such a servo-rig may be plugged directly into the wearer's nervous system and controlled directly, or may be automated, forcing a worker to keep up with the pre-programmed movements of the rig into which they are strapped.
An Arachni-rig Servo-suit outfitted with four Servo-arms and twin-linked Heavy Lascarbines.
On the Hive World of Necromunda, among the Clan Houses, House Van Saar makes particular use of such things, in no small part due to the physical deficiencies common within their house. Highly advanced forms of servo-harnesses, cybernetically controlled by the wearer's nervous system or via a direct Mind Impulse Unit are common, advanced artisanal pieces that put to shame the simple utilitarian forms mass-produced and seen in wide use across the Imperium. In battle, often in Necromunda's Hive Primus' Underhive, it is not uncommon to see Van Saar warriors wearing massive Archani-rig Servo-suits that grant them a huge, spider-like appearance, with many mechanical limbs that greatly increase the combat efficiency of the gang as a whole.
Wargear[]
- Light Carapace Armour (Can be upgraded to Heavy Carapace Armor)
- Rad Gun (Can replace a Servo-arm)
- Plasma Gun (Can replace a Servo-arm)
Arachnika Ash-jumper[]
An Arachnika Ash-jumper crossing the blighted surface of Necromunda's Ash Wastes in leaps and bounds.
The Arachnika Ash-jumper is a more nimble variant of the Arachni-rig Servo-suit and is designed for prowling Necromunda's wasteland outposts and broken terrain. It is fitted with powerful jump boosters that fire the Ash-jumper through the air in great leaps and bounds.
This increased mobility allows the Arachnika to keep up with the Grav-cutters of House Van Saar's Neotek gangers. The Ash-jumper also has an adjusted weapons loadout which swaps out two Servo-arms of the rig for a flamer and harpoon launcher.
Sources[]
- Necromunda: Gang War IV 9Specialist Game), pg. 36
- Necromunda: Gangs of the Underhive (Specialist Game), pg. 102
- Necromunda: House of Artifice (Specialist Game), pg. 58
- Necromunda: The Aranthian Succession - Ruins of Jardlan (Specialist Game), pg. 96
- Games Workshop: Van Saar Arachni-rig
- Games Workshop Van Saar Ash Wastes Arachni-rig