Atlas Armour

Built by the fabricators of Vasalius' "Tomb" hive, the Atlas Armour was actually based off of STC meant for heavy lifting and construction but was re-purposed to serve as a siege-breaker by the Homeguard. The Atlas armour's heavy forward plating allowed it to weather the heaviest fire pouring out from the defences of rouge bunkers, wading through incoming fire that would shred any normally equipped man right up to the outer walls of the objective, where it's powerful servo-claws could then be put to work tearing open the gates. The armour was so effective in this role that more often than not only a few suits would be deployed during any given operation. It wasn't until much later, after the arrival of the Emperor and the immeasurable material wealth of his Imperium, that the armour was deployed in any great number.

Once the proud Vasalians joined the Imperium the Atlas armour was adopted for use by the Terra Heredes as it was seen as a more than capable alternative to the use of disgusting ab-human auxiliaries like Orgryns and was even considered equal to an Astartes in terms of raw killing potential among the leadership of Vasalius. It would prove an invaluable asset to the Heredes as they marched forth into the darkness of the unknown in the Emperor's name, allowing them to persevere against xenos that many other regiments of the Imperial Army would have had to call upon the Legions in order to triumph against, and silencing many of the Auxilla's nay-Sayers who criticized the Vasalian's unwillingness to utilize Abhuman Auxiliaries. [[Category:A]]