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However, other materials have been known to be used instead, from composite carbon compounds to conventional hardened steel, adamantium or even special riveted plates. The most common form of armouring is a bonded ceramite layer over a cast plasteel hull. Should a Rhino be lost in battle, it will be salvaged and repaired if possible, being sent back out into the field to give the Machine Spirit a chance for retribution against its enemies. Each Rhino is purified and blessed, each piece appeased before being put in place. Now, only the Adeptus Mechanicus possess the knowledge to build a Rhino (although a Rhino could easily be built on virtually any world in the Imperium if it possessed a copy of the Rhino design schemes). Then the vehicle is returned to the forges to be completed. As a result Rhino can be earmarked as the primary Rhino, or become the Predator Annihilator, Razorback or Vindicator. This process is followed by predictions and omens, during which they investigate the properties of Machine Spirits of each individual machine.

It is known that when manufacturing the Rhino APC, Tech-Priests carry out a wide variety of rituals, peculiar blessing as it is tend to vehicles of any kind. Not to mention all the advanced weapons humanity was once able to construct.

Since then, knowledge has faded, and the employment of the Rhino has become limited to the Space Marines and a few other Imperial organisations. In the early Imperium, the Rhino was a far more ubiquitous vehicle, employed by most Imperial military forces. Eventually the rediscovery of STC printouts (hard copy blueprints and information on their construction) by the Adeptus Mechanicus allowing the construction of Rhinos to resume. With the loss of the STC systems, the ability to construct Rhinos was also temporarily lost, leading to many Rhinos becoming holy relics, thousands of years old. Unfortunately, during the Age of Strife, the STC systems were lost, and all the planets of the empire were affected. Īs the empire expanded, more aliens were encountered, and the STC system gave a forward army access to advanced vehicles such as the Predator, Immolator and Whirlwind. The news of this victory spread and the use of the Rhino was adopted more and more by other planets and local colonies. The city was destroyed and, with the alien presence removed, the colonisation proceeded easily. The Rhinos poured their firepower into the flimsy structures and then deployed nearly three thousand warriors. The speed of the assault meant the xenos had no idea of the coming of the humans and had not prepared any defences. During the attack, three hundred Rhinos were deployed to the largest alien city. Īccording to the ancient Liber Armorum the earliest evidence of the Rhino in combat was at Torben's World in battle against the indigenous alien population. The military value of such a vehicle was soon recognised, and soon each planet in the burgeoning human empire had its own customised versions of the Rhino, fitted with tons of varying weapons. First field-tested on Mars, the "Rhino," as it came to be known, was a success, thanks to its extreme dependability, ability to run on any semi-combustible fuel source, and the fact that it can be produced from any locally available material, thus it is a simple and extremely adaptable vehicle. Originally named "RH-1-N-0 Tracked Exploration and Multi-Purpose Defense Vehicle," it was used to explore newly colonised worlds. As a Standard Template Construct vehicle, the Rhino dates back to the distant time of Mankind's initial colonisation of the galaxy. The Rhino has been in service throughout the history of the Imperium.