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== Tabletop Games == |
== Tabletop Games == |
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* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' uses the term Dreadnought to refer to bipedal war machines larger than [[Power Armor]] but smaller than [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]]. Like everything in the 40K universe, the trope is turned [[Up to Eleven]] so much that "Mini" is stretched to it's limits. Space Marine Dreadnoughts, standing [[Depending on the Writer|between 15 and 25 feet]] tall, are somewhere between walking tanks and venerated tombs, piloted by a mortally-wounded Space Marine in a life-sustaining sarcophagus. [[Our Orcs Are Different|Ork]] Deff Dreds and Killa Kans follow the Marines' example and have their Ork and [[Our Goblins Are |
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' uses the term Dreadnought to refer to bipedal war machines larger than [[Power Armor]] but smaller than [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]]. Like everything in the 40K universe, the trope is turned [[Up to Eleven]] so much that "Mini" is stretched to it's limits. Space Marine Dreadnoughts, standing [[Depending on the Writer|between 15 and 25 feet]] tall, are somewhere between walking tanks and venerated tombs, piloted by a mortally-wounded Space Marine in a life-sustaining sarcophagus. [[Our Orcs Are Different|Ork]] Deff Dreds and Killa Kans follow the Marines' example and have their Ork and [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|Gretchin]] pilots crudely wired into the contraptions, while [[Space Elves|Eldar]] Wraithlords are graceful constructs "piloted" by the [[Soul Jar|soulstone]] of a mighty warrior. |
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** Similar to the ''[[Star Wars]]'' scout walker examples above are Imperial Sentinels and Eldar War Walkers, both of which are open-topped, though the former has an enclosed crew compartment in its heavier version while the latter's pilot is protected by a force field. |
** Similar to the ''[[Star Wars]]'' scout walker examples above are Imperial Sentinels and Eldar War Walkers, both of which are open-topped, though the former has an enclosed crew compartment in its heavier version while the latter's pilot is protected by a force field. |
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** Tau Battlesuits are the smallest of ''40k'''s [[Mini-Mecha]], and are just large enough to fit their pilots in the suits' chests. Since they are so much smaller compared to the other Dreadnoughts, the tabletop rules count Battlesuits as infantry rather than walker vehicles. |
** Tau Battlesuits are the smallest of ''40k'''s [[Mini-Mecha]], and are just large enough to fit their pilots in the suits' chests. Since they are so much smaller compared to the other Dreadnoughts, the tabletop rules count Battlesuits as infantry rather than walker vehicles. |
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