In marked contrast to more conventional Imperial armoured vehicles, the Krios Pattern does not make use of layers of physical armour plating for protection and instead relies on a series of interlocking defensive energy fields, lending it a deceptively skeletal appearance. The Krios Venator also makes use of a galvanic traction drive that allows the vehicle to traverse dangerous terrain with relative ease. The most important feature of the Krios Pattern is its extremely potent on-board fusion reactor. This powerful reactor not only powers the vehicle's protective energy fields, but also its powerful directed energy weapon systems.