Arc Lance - The Arc Lance is the signature weapon of the Secutarii Hoplites, a title which can be traced back to the very dawn of humanity's long and glorious history.The panoply of war of a Secutarii Hoplite: a rare Mag-inverter Shield and a fearsome Arc Lance While their preferred method of combat is on foot, some squads are known to have been fielded as mechanised infantry with the Hoplite Phalanx embarking aboard a Triaros Armoured Conveyor for greater speed and mobility.
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Their Cogitator-assisted brains allow them to keep contact with their own officers and download specific battlefield or hazard protocols which allow for a great tactical polyvalence and fluidity of command.īe it as dispersed lines of skirmishers acting as escorts for the Titan-engines or densely-packed advancing Phalanxes, a Secutarii Hoplite is a deadly opponent who will always respond remarkably well to orders and will know how to handle himself in combat. In counterattack, the Secutarii Hoplites are equally deadly, their Arc Lances allowing them to bathe the battlefield in murderous torrents of artificial lightning, blast at the foe at close range or punch through the body of his forces in hand-to-hand combat where their servo-powered limbs and combat training will often give them the upper hand. Aided by their unique personal defensive shields, Secutarii Hoplites are able to withstand phenomenal amounts of enemy firepower and still endure.
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Surgically implanted within a Hoplite's body, the Kyropatris Field Generator uses the proximity of the similar devices implanted in the other Secutarii of the Phalanx to reinforce its own defensive capabilities, and the crackling energy barriers created by the interlocking waves of a Phalanx's shield generators can stop even heavy weapons fire before it reaches the Hoplites. Their equipment is designed to improve their durability, the combination of Mag-inverter Shields and Kyropatris Field Generators making them one of the best-protected infantry units in the known galaxy, surpassed perhaps only by Adeptus Astartes Terminators. Designed specifically as a defensive force capable of fighting on the most violent and hazardous of battlefields, their main task is to keep the Titan God-engines from getting bogged down by lesser enemies or swarmed by enemy infantry and infiltrators.Įspecially in large numbers, the disciplined ranks of a Secutarii Hoplite Phalanx are counted amongst the most resolute and durable troops of Mankind's armies. The Hoplites are the principal battlefield formation of the Secutarii and the backbone of their strength. Yet their discipline and resilience is such that the Hoplites often emerge victorious from these engagements.Ī unit of Secutarii Hoplites ready for battle.
On the battlefield, large Phalanxes of Secutarii Hoplites can be frequently seen to hold fast at the feet of the Titans, a thin line of metal-cased bodies holding back a screaming tide of enemies, like a meagre dam holding back the fury of a stormy sea. Their tenacity in this mission is almost legendary, as each and every one of these cybernetically-augmented warriors believes it is his oath-bound duty to give his life to safeguard the God-engine he is charged with protecting. In marked contrast to their Secutarii Peltast brethren, Hoplites are equipped defensively to withstand large-scale infantry assaults and keep the Titans under their protection from being overrun by infantry swarms.
A Phalanx of Secutarii Hoplites in battleĪ Secutarii Hoplite is a footsoldier of the Legiones Secutarii, those independent armies of Skitarii Tech-Guards bound in service to the Titan Legions of the Collegia Titanica.
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