Editing Redemptor Dreadnought (section)

== Overview ==

First mentioned in passing in the Primaris Marines FAQ. For no matter how great and glorious they may be, [[Grimdark|in the grim future even they are not immortal]]. Though how enough of these brand spanking-new Space Marines were curbstomped just enough to warrant Dreadnought status, we'll (probably) never know. Times are desperate. Considering the Primaris fought in the [[Indomitus Crusade]] in their hundreds of thousands for over a century it may not be as far fetched as it first appears. Also the [[Ultramarines|Ultramarine]] captain in Dark Imperium said how the Primaris suffered disproportionally large casualty rates early in the Crusade due to lack of actual battlefield experience.

Then again, there's nothing explicitly stating that ''only'' Primaris Marines are compatible with the new dread, especially since it looks like just a standard sarcophagus installed in an upgraded chassis. It's likely that the first batch of Redemptor Dreadnoughts mostly contains regular Astartes. Furthermore, we currently <s>don't know how long the Indomitus Crusade has been going</s> know that by the time of the Dark Imperium novel and by extension the launch of 8th Edition it's been approximately 12 years (as 9th edition) since the Indomitus Crusade began and is quickly coming to a close. That's a fairly reasonable amount of time for Primaris Redemptor Dreadnoughts to become more mainstream, though considering how old some Dreads are...

However, as "superior" as the Redemptor is supposed to be, it has one major battle barge-sized flaw that will likely establish it as a mere supplement to the existing dreadnought arsenal, rather than a true replacement or upgrade. For reasons that aren't entirely clear, interned Marines are known to [[Wat|die after long periods of extended use inside of a Redemptor]]. One potential explanation is that [[Belisarius Cawl|Uncle Cawl's]] minions approached the Redemptor's design with a similar mentality to that utilized on their [[Onager Dunecrawler|Onager Dunecrawlers]]. You know, the vehicle notorious for turning their drivers into disposable living batteries. Another explanation is that the Redemptor could be related in design to the [[Leviathan Dreadnought]], given that the Leviathan's fluff states that operating it puts a terrible strain on the pilot. It is possible that the Redemptor suffers from a similar issue due to Cawl not giving any shits about how the neural uplink would affect the pilot.

Whatever the reason, the end result is the same: [[FAIL|a dreadnought chassis that fails half the point of using a dreadnought in the first place]], burning through pilots like fucking double A batteries, and this is after ''only'' a century of service. There's no way the Redemptor can be relied upon to preserve valued veterans and ancients for ''millennia'' like regular dreads can, so don't expect any prominent named characters to be put inside one of these and survive.

Unless... those characters are of [[awesome|strong enough will and body to sustain themselves]] despite the ludicrous strain the Dreadnought puts on them.