Cerastus Knight-Atrapos

A Cerastus Knight-Atrapos of House Malinax during the Xana Incursion.

One of the rarest and most potent Imperial Knight patterns, the Cerastus Knight-Atrapos is a unique variant type of the standard Cerastus Pattern.

Bearing particularly rare and potent weaponry of annihilation, the Cerastus Knight-Atrapos was created solely to destroy Heretek engines and xenos war machines whose very nature and existence were considered a blasphemy to the Omnissiah.

The Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences) of the Knight-Atrapos are said to carry with them a cold and all-destroying hunger, and for the Scion who bonds with them, madness is a constant risk. But for such storied honour, however dark the outcome, this may be a price worth paying.

The Cerastus Knight-Atrapos carries arcane and devastating weapons into battle; the focussed and deadly Atrapos Lascutter, that sees duty as both a ranged and close combat weapon, and the violently destructive, but potentially unstable, Graviton Singularity Cannon.

With the speed and shielding of the Cerastus chassis, and the Knight-Atrapos' Macro-extinction Targeting Protocols, the Cerastus Knight-Atrapos is an uncommonly destructive weapon of war.

Unit Composition

• 1 Cerastus Knight-Atrapos

Wargear

• Graviton Singularity Cannon
• Atrapos Lascutter (Beam Attack or Close Combat)
• Ionic Flare Shield - An upgraded version of the standard Ion Shields used by most Knight classes. The Ionic Flare Shield is a combination of the Ion Shield and a Flare Shield, providing a greater degree of protection to its user, especially during melee combat.
• Throne Mechanicum
• Blessed Autocimulacra
• Macro-extinction Targeting Protocols - An upgrade to the Knight's targeting protocols that allow a far greater degree of accuracy against vehicles, walkers and creatures above a certain size.
• Titanic Feet - The weight of the Knight alone is enough for to crush enemy units beneath its behemoth tread.

Optional Wargear

• Occular Augmetics - An upgrade to the Knight's Occular sensors enabling a far greater degree of visual input during low-light conditions, such as night-fighting.

Sources

• Forge World - Mechanicum Cerastus-Knight Atrapos
• Horus Heresy - Experimental Rules: Cerastus-Knight Atrapos

Gallery

A Cerastus-Knight Atrapos, armed with a deadly array of arcane and deadly weaponry (Fore View).

A Cerastus Knight-Atrapos (Aft View)

The deadly and arcane Atrapos Lascutter.

Close-up details of a Cerastus Knight-Atrapos.

Cerastus Knight-Atrapos Matonari of the sinister House Malinax

House Malinax Cerastus Knight-Atrapos Matonari (top view)

House Vextrix Horus Heresy-era Cerastus Knight-Atrapos Steadfast Aegis

House Col'Khak Horus Heresy-era Cerastus Knight-Atrapos Omissiah's Will