Kastelan Robots are some of the most deadly troops the Techpriests can unleash on their enemies, even if they can’t think for themselves.
There was a little picture of these machines getting a new box soon. That got us thinking about these crazy robots! Today we’ll take a look at how they fight on the battlefield and look at some of the ancient tech still working in these today. Get your favorite Roomba buddy and learn about some Kastelan Robot Lore!
Kastelan Robot Fighting Formations
Kastelans fight in maniples, if you’ve heard it’s because even in the far future Adeptus Mechanicus are still borrowing fighting techniques from the past! They are self-contained units as part of the legion. With each being composed of between 2 and 6 robots. The craziest part about them is that they must be reprogrammed by a Tech Preist every battle. They literally can’t do anything unless the program tells them to. If you tell them to kill all enemies, they wouldn’t stop until the entire planet was destroyed, whether Imperial or not.
They would walk into a lake of lave to pursue the enemy if you programmed them to do so. That’s why they always have a Cybernetica Datasmith with them. Not to save the lives of the Imperium, but to save the ancient tech housed in the robots. Do you really think they care about a few million lives in the Grimdark Future? Of course, they don’t…
Ancient Machines
The Legio Cybernetica has marched for thousands and thousands of with their Forge Worlds. But that is nothing compared to the age of the robots. They are somehow older than the Imperium itself and are still around. They have no particular allegiance and if you can find them and reprogram them before they kill you, well, they’re yours! Sometimes they appear led by a local Tech-Priest to help win a battle and then those same machines aren’t seen for hundreds of years. Such is the way in the vast region humans call home in the future.
Extremely Rare Materials
Before the Horus Heresy, the machines had some form of self-thought. But something in the battles made the Tech-Priests decide that was not a good idea. Now they are fully controlled by Doctrina Wafers and obey nothing but their programmed commands. Still, the materials to control these machines have become more scarce than the machines themselves. Nothing is easy in the future…
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
Job Title: Head Writer & Editor
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
