In the same manner as power armour, Terminator Armour contains its own independent power supply and fully enclosed life-support functions, though those incorporated in Terminator Armour are more powerful and longer-lasting. The Thunder Hammer it is commonly paired with is a deadly weapon that releases a terrific blast of energy upon impact; those it does not kill, vehicles and the living alike, are rendered incapacitated. In such cramped environs, where a foe cannot mass his firepower or line up his heaviest weapons, there are few foes that can withstand the brutal onslaught of a unit of Assault Terminators. Aquilon Pattern Terminators were given more advanced weaponry than their Astartes counterparts, wielding weapons such as Lastrum Storm Bolters, Solerite Power Gauntlets, Power Talons, Infernus Firepikes, and twin-linked Adrathic Destructors. Within the ranks of the ancient Custodes, Aquilon Pattern Terminator Armour was deployed by the Tharanatoi caste. An Ultramarines Terminator in Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour armed with a Storm Bolter and a Power Fist. In the Era Indomitus, both Firstborn and Primaris Veteran Marines can serve as Terminators.

Astartes wearing normal power armour would not be ideal in such a role; instead, they would form a cordon around the Terminators while they carried out their search-and-destroy mission. The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series), by Alan Bligh, pp. 70, 196, 237, 247, 255 This latter configuration is usually employed when the enemy is likely to make use of weaponry that may defeat even the formidable armour of a Terminator. A Storm Shield contains a small power field generator that can protect a warrior in melee and is proof against even the most lethal close combat weapons. Because of the front-heavy design of the Stormtalon and the assault ramps that serve as its jaws, as soon as the aircraft settles upon its landing gear and its prow yawns wide, the unit inside can hurl themselves straight into combat, potentially changing the tide of battle within a few seconds of their arrival. Amongst the Traitor Legions that still reside within the hellish realms of the Eye, only aspiring Chaos Champions or Chaos Lords who stand in great favour to the Ruinous Powers wear Terminator Armour.

Squads of Terminators are most often employed during spacecraft boarding actions, and although the Terminators' armaments can be modified for longer-range combats, it is brutal assault for which Terminator Armour was made. Squads of Terminators are most often employed in boarding actions or where the fighting is certain to be close and bloody. Although they can also be equipped with weaponry that allows them to fight at longer ranges, it is brutal assaults that they are primarily designed for. Presently, the Iron Hands, Minotaurs, and Salamanders Chapters are among those that do not have a full 1st Company's worth of Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour for various reasons. Iron Tenth, the Iron Hands. Big time tecchy group, Gorgons being the only specialist terminators based on the Indomitus plate, I'd say you could probably add them as another group where all of the above patterns would fit in comfortably. However, if this is true, then each suit of Terminator Armour must only contain the most miniscule of fragments. It is said that the Crux Terminatus behaves as a ward that augments the Terminator Armour itself, capable of turning aside blows that would threaten even a war engine.

The design of this ancient badge can vary considerably, even within a single unit or Chapter. Sergeants' and officers' Crux tend to be more elaborate and finely detailed than those worn by normal battle-brothers, but all are venerated equally. During the Great Crusade, the primarch Vulkan personally crafted twenty suits of special Tactical Dreadnought Armour for the Salamanders Legion. This Terminator war-plate was far broader and taller than standard Legionary power armour, and these had an additional exoskeletal frame carrying slanted plates of extra armour, all decorated in the dark green livery of the Salamanders. The origins of the Aquilon Pattern lie with the Cataphractii Terminator suits of the ancient Space Marine Legions, but the Aquilon Pattern is a masterwork variant that possesses far greatly augmented power capacity and customised neuro-fibre uplinks which it is said were redesigned by the mind of the Emperor Himself for His elite forces. I've already got 10 indomitus for the iron fourth, a squad of 5 justaerin for the SoH, and 5 cataphractii for the imperial fists.These are the elite warriors of Lothlórien, striking down their foes with elaborate pikes while maintaining their distance. If you need to defend the Golden Wood, the Guards of the Galadhrim Court make a fine last defence against the forces of Evil. Rúmil and Orophin Its advanced composition allows the wearer to survive hits from firepower that could penetrate tank armour, and it is the heaviest form of combat armour in any Imperial arsenal, able to withstand tremendous punishment. Offensively, it provides the strength to maintain mobility while serving as a solid heavy-weapons platform in open-field combat. The other frame includes an extra conversion beam cannon, plasma cannon, kheres assault cannon, and volkite dual-culverin, plus a spare fist, chainfist blades, and loads of cosmetic bits.