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Devestation Drones are Servitor drones that are used by the forces of the Adeptus Astartes in boarding actions to venture ahead of assault parties and help clear them a path. These drones, similar to the Cyclops Demolition Vehicle of the Astra Militarum, are a mobile demolition bomb armed with implosion charges designed to inflict maximum damage within a highly confined area, a useful feature during a void boarding action as it reduces the amount of damage to the ship. They are compact, man-sized sturdily constructed in order to resist enemy fire until they have reached their target zone. Many patterns are often mounted on heavy track units to keep them mobile, although the rarer and higher-quality patterns feature anti-grav plates.
See Also
Sources
- Imperial Armour Volume 9 - The Badab War, Part 1, pg. 155