Editing Chaos Terminator (section)

==Overview==

Due to either expenses, lack of salvageable tech, or just doctrinal preference, Chaos Terminators surprisingly wield standard [[power weapon]]s far more often than [[Power Fist]]s and [[Chainfist|Chain Fists]], which are THE standard weapon of Loyalist Terminators. In addition, due to corrosive effects of the warp, choleric temperament of their machine spirits, and bastardization with other suits for repairs, Chaos Terminator Armor is incredibly rugged and individualistic; a disturbed reflection of the engineered killer who dons it. The Armor also overwhelmingly dates back to the Horus Heresy including rare patterns like [[Chaos Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour|Cataphractii]] or [[Chaos Tartaros Pattern Terminator Armour|Tartaros]] (Although most wore the infamous [[Chaos Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour|elephant Chaos Indomitus pattern]] due to cheapness), since producing new suits is stupidly expensive and time-consuming given the Logistic nightmare that is the Eye of Terror. Even then, [[Adeptus Mechanicus|the new suits are often worse than their old beat up suits, as many of their more complex components cannot be replicated anymore]]. Additionally while they have betrayed the Imperium the adepts of the Dark Mechanicus are still tech-priests at heart, and would rather fend off an Imperial Guard regiment with a rusty servo arm, than part with anything more complicated than a boltgun. Hence even if the fallen techpriests managed to restore a Terminator armor to functioning condition, trying to bargain it off them without the backing of a major Chaos figure is a challenge in itself.

While not the swiftest of troops as they are motherfucking Terminators, they can (Like their loyalist counterparts] use a [[Land Raider]] to travel across the battlefield to positions which their weaponry will make the best impact. Otherwise they can teleport through the use of arcane technology or sorcerous powers. They often wait for the perfect moment to strike, poised to eliminate the target when at his most vulnerable.

They are also among the most favored servants of the Chaos gods. This is mainly due to how Chaos Terminator armor obtained: it is very, ''very'' unlikely a Chaos champion will simply be granted Terminator armor, even if they have millennia of experience and victories under their belt. The only real way to get a suit is to kill another Terminator, either a veteran of the old war who's worn it since the Great Crusade (and thus is very proficient in its use), a loyalist Terminator (who would be one of the elites of the chapter), or another chaos champion who managed to swipe and wear it (who has fought life and limb to pry it off someone else and keep it that way for centuries). In either case, any would-be champion able to best the former wearer in combat, drag their corpse into the warp, and somehow stave off the dozen OTHER aspiring champions who would want the armor is a proficient warrior of few equal.

Hence, Chaos Terminators enjoy a fair bit of power amongst their warband, many of them have the honor of being in their Chaos Lords' personal retinue and act as their enforcers. A lot of the rank-and-file tend to hate them, as termies tend to abuse their position, but many also see them as goals to strive for, as the wearer of the armor most likely started out as another no-name Chaos marine just like them: there's nothing stopping anyone from becoming a Chaos Terminator themselves, apart from skill, aspiration, and more luck than most people are granted with in a lifetime in the grim darkness of the far future.

The standard Chaos Terminator armament is a [[Combi-Bolter]] and a [[Chainaxe]] which can be upgraded to either a [[Power Axe]], [[Power Maul]], [[Power sword|Power Sword]] or more rarely, a [[Power Fist]] or [[Chainfist]]. In addition, Terminators may also take a [[Reaper Autocannon]] or [[Heavy Flamer]] in place of their [[Combi-Bolter]]. The [[Combi-Bolter]] itself can be configured to function as either a [[Combi-Melta|Combi-Meltagun]], [[Combi-Plasma|Combi-Plasma Gun]] or [[Combi-Flamer]].

They can also be equipped with a pair of [[Lightning Claws]] for close combat.