Legion Deredeo Dreadnought

The Legion Deredeo Dreadnought was a heavy fire-support engine, a broad and powerful chassis that housed an interred veteran and a battery of weapons capable of holding an entire flank alone. The Ultramarines valued it as the immovable pillar of their combined-arms line, a war-engine whose autocannon batteries, missiles, and aiolos launchers could engage massed infantry, heavy armour, and diving aircraft in the same breath. Its advanced targeting systems and armoured bulk let it stand where lesser support would break, laying down a disciplined curtain of fire behind which the Legion's tanks and infantry manoeuvred. In keeping with the XIII's methodical way of war, the Deredeo was rarely wasted on the charge; it was positioned with care and left to dominate the ground before it, a calculated anchor of firepower. The ancient warrior within embodied the Legion's patience, a hero's skill preserved to serve Ultramar for centuries more.