Imperial Titans are unique in the sense that their computer mind-cores are sentient, albeit in a highly-erratic manner. Similarly, the loss of a Titan is considered tragic and mourned openly by the Forge World that produced it. This is represented by giving each a two-word Latin name, always some venerated title or concept, usually from creed of the Imperial Cult.Įxamples include Aquila Ignis, Regalis Annihilatus, Vitas Falco, Imperius Eradicus, Imperius Belladon, Apocalyptus Credo, Imperius Brontos, Imperius Excelsior, Dies Irae, Octimus Ligus, Imperius Augusta and Imperius Dominatus. The rare Emperor Titans are the true kings of the battlefield in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and the two classes of these Titans are used to provide a Titan Legion's primary offensive and defensive power.ĭue to their importance and high standing in the Imperium as a result of the advanced technology used in their creation, all Titans are important enough to be given their own High Gothic names when built. The Battle Titans are the most commonly deployed classes of Titan and provide the backbone of any Titan Legion's strength. Scout Titans include many smaller, more mobile classes of the great war engines which are used for reconnaissance and infantry fire support missions by most Titan Legions. Most Titan classes belong to one of three separate physical grades arranged by size and combat strength - Scout Titans, Battle Titans and the largest and most powerful, the Emperor Titans. There are a variety of different classes that a Titan can belong to, but all Titan Legions ultimately serve the division of the Adeptus Mechanicus called the Collegia Titanica. Most Titans stand between 15 and 60 metres (about 50 to 196 feet) tall, though the extremely powerful and very rare Emperor Titans can stand up to 150 meters (492 feet) in height. They later accompanied the Martian colonial fleets sent blindly through the Warp that established the first Forge Worlds, leading to the creation of the Titan Legions - armed forces made up entirely of Titans specific to that Forge World. The first Titans were built during the Age of Strife on Mars, as a way for the newborn Cult of the Mechanicum ( Adeptus Mechanicus) to effectively fight its enemies in the raging Martian civil wars on the Red Planet's irradiated surface. 2.7 Castigator-class Standard Template Construct TitanĪn official Collegia Titanica Scout and Battle Titan size comparison chart (left-to-right) A Warhound-class Scout Titan, a Reaver-class Battle Titan and a Warlord-class Battle Titan.Its prone and half-buried wreckage stretches across an entire battlefield, and the barrel assembly of its right arm-cannon alone is over 30 metres in diameter. In the Winter Assault expansion to the computer game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, an ancient, fallen Imperator-class Titan, the largest type of Battle Titan, can be seen. The true scale of the largest Titans can be difficult to visualise. Every Forge World of the Adeptus Mechanicus is protected by armed forces that include the Skitarii, Praetorian Servitors, and one or more of the Titan Legions of the Collegia Titanica. Titans represent the real backbone of the Mechanicus' military might and are the heaviest ground units that can be deployed by the Imperium of Man's armed forces. Titans are the most sacred war machines of the Adeptus Mechanicus and they are thought by the Cult Mechanicus to be the greatest physical embodiments of the Machine God in the material universe, rightly called "god-machines" and "god-engines" by the Tech-priests. The only robotic combat walkers considered to be "true" Titans at the present time are Imperial Titans and the Chaos Titans of the Dark Mechanicum. Xenos Titans have now been renamed by Imperial savants with the same titles for these war engines as the species that created them, such as the Aeldari Phantom or the Gargants of the Orks. Titans are always considered the largest and most powerful types of war engines available to the different factions of the galaxy. Originally, this term referred to many types of large combat walkers used by all of the different factions of the Milky Way Galaxy. Grand Master Volkus, Ordo Sinister of the Divisio MilitarisĪ Titan, sometimes colloquially called a god-engine or god-machine, is any one of several classes of massive, crewed, robotic combat walkers fielded by the Titan Legions of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Collegia Titanica or by the forces of Chaos' Dark Mechanicum. In truth, a Titan has only three enemies: folly, hubris, and another of its own kind." " No weapon in the arsenal of the Imperium or the Traitor equals the Titan on the battlefield, and a Legion of such vast war machines can bring any world to its knees. This article concerns Titan combat walkers for the Grey Knights' homeworld see Titan (moon).
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