The Divisio Investigatus
One of the
less known branches of the Adeptus Titanicus is the Divisio Investigatus.
Where the Divisio Militaris is the military arm of the organisation the
Divisio Investigatus is a research and weapons development branch. The
Divisio operates a small number of modified titans of all classes on which
they test recovered STC and other weapon systems not commonly in service
in the rest of the Imperial Army. As such the Divisio is constantly under
the strict supervision of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Inquisition to
avoid any taint by xenos influence or sacrilege of Imperial technology.
This said the Divisio is still allowed to do modifications to Imperial
equipment which other branches of the Imperial armed forces would be prohibited
from. In that respect they are granted much the same privileges as the
Centurio Ordinatus. Titan chassis are often stripped down to allow the
fitting of more weapons systems, larger (or multiple) reactors and all
sorts of other strange devices which need to be tested and evaluated for
the Imperial war effort.
Warlord titans are particularly favoured for this purpose as these titans
carry a sufficiently large reactor to power most weapon systems while
still being small enough to allow modifications to be completed within
a reasonable amount of years.
Although
the Divisio Investigatus do have access to firing ranges and other extensive
testing facilities the general consensus is that field-testing is the
best trial for new weaponry. Single Divisio Investigatus titans are sometimes
sent out in support of Imperial forces in less critical sectors. Although
the titans usually perform without incidents few commanders are willing
to risk their battle plan on a titan with strange weapon systems nobody
have ever heard of before (Titans blowing up in the middle of your deployment
zone has a nasty tendency of disrupting even the most well thought out
plans...). The Divisio Investigatus titans are then usually deployed to
the rear of the battle line where they provide additional fire support
and, in case something goes wrong, don’t cause too much damage to
friendly forces.
Much of
the armour has been stripped off to make room for an extra plasma reactor.
This provides the titan with the much bigger power supply needed to feed
the many experimental weapon systems.
The current weapons configuration allows for a tactical missile to be
mounted on one shoulder and an Adeptus Mechanicus standard issue Servo
Crane on the other. The Servo crane is a large robotic arm that feature
a powerful claw and two high-powered fusion cannons very similar to Laser
Burners. The crane is usually used in heavy-duty construction and repair
work but is sometimes fitted to titans to make special Titan recovery
vehicles. If the conditions demand it the crane can also be used as an
offensive weapon as the huge hydraulic claw and fusion burners make a
fearsome close combat weapon. The burners also have a limited ranged capability
although their effectiveness as a weapon quickly dissipates over distance.
The arm weapons have been extended from the body to minimize damage to
the titan body in case of weapon malfunction.
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Building this particular titan was a lot of fun. I think I picked up an extra set of Warlord titan legs in some E-bay auction so I has to figure out what to do with them. Since the entire upper part of the titan needed to be rebuilt from scratch I thought I might as well try and go for a look which was completely different from your average Warlord titan. What better solution than to build a Divisio Investigatus titan then? The
main body is actaully part of the turret from a Baal Predator with
the carapace constructed from more Baal bitz as well as the rear
ramps from a Mega Gargant. I added a bunch of "techy"
looking gadgets from various tank kits as well as a couple of purity
seals to give this machine a suitably weird and experimental look. |
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