Furibundus-Pattern Dreadnought

A Furibundus-Pattern Dreadnought is an ancient Imperial cybernetic combat walker used by the Space Marine Legions in the days of the Great Crusade and the Five Ruins. The precursor to the Furibundus dreadnought came from the Terrawatt Clans of Terra. Known informally to their enemies as the ‘Withermaw’, its victims weakened and fell days after a battle’s end. With the coming of the nascent Imperium the warframe was adapted for the use of near-dead Astartes, officially becoming a dreadnought pattern. However a degree of mistrust between the Terrawatt Clans and the Martian Mechanicum prevented the Furibundus from being produced en masse, and as Terrans who had fought alongside or in such creations dwindled, so did the incentive for any such agreement. Unlike their techno-barbarian forebears or the callous Mechanicum, non-Terran recruits seldom saw the need for a weapon so lethal in its radiation output that it could not be repaired without shutting down its reactor. For a time the Furibundus was only seen to any significant degree within the XIVth; where the ongoing prevalence of a brutal Terran culture still supported its presence.

Most Furibundus pilots already originated from a Legion’s Destroyer Cadre, thus being no stranger to the lethal and long lasting effects of the weapons they wielded. Within their shielded sarcophagi they were immune to their own emanations and in battle few dared to step within their reach. Even in death, the destructive aftermath could mean that they claimed their slayers from beyond the grave. [[Category:F]]