| abstract | - The Land Raider Redeemer is the evolution of the Land Raider Crusader pattern that was brought into service with the Adeptus Astartes following the Purging of Grissen at the hands of the Fire Lords Chapter, as a means of scouring dense city ruins of ensconced enemy forces. The Grey Knights were quick to adopt the pattern, the Master of the Forge ordering a certain number to be constructed on the Martian moon of Deimos and completed by the Chapter's Techmarines, who applied their own rites of techno-purification to turn it into a tank capable of halting a daemonic incursion taking place within the confines of an overrun city. A small number of Redeemers in the service of the Grey Knights are further configured according to the Chapter's unique role and exacting specifications. As formidable as the armaments of a regular Grey Knights Land Raider Redeemer undoubtedly are, the Vortimer Pattern Land Raider Redeemer bears one particular weapon that makes it dreaded above all others by those who would make common cause with the legions of the beyond. The Redeemer's usual centreline weapons turret mounts one of the few remaining Psycannons in the arsenal of the Grey Knights, weapons so rare each is an irreplaceable relic and its use must be sanctioned directly by the Grey Knights' Chapter Council. So armed and equipped, a Grey Knights Redeemer can carry its lethal cargo of holy warriors into the heart of the most terrible daemonic incursion to purge the unclean with purifying flame. Truly, there is no sanctuary for the daemon when confronted by a Grey Knights Land Raider Redeemer and should an incursion manifest within the heart of an Imperial city, the champions of Mankind have a proven means of averting it. Such incursions are far from uncommon, for rogue psykers are want to be spawned in the massively overpopulated guts of hive cities and mass hab-sinks, triggering the slaughter of millions and the doom of entire cities when they inevitably fall victim to the baleful perils of the Warp, the daemonic legions of that dire realm ripping a portal through what remains of their shredded souls.
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