Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I looked it up on google, I can’t actually find a consensus that custodes have a black carapace (though hey, it’s not like we get much details on anything for how they’re made), with some saying the black carapace is the 19th organ that makes up the geneseed. Some stuff about how the custodes see the black carapace as a crude way of doing connectivity. While I 100% believe the custodes probably have a black carapace analogy but better, it also shows that the black carapace is not required to use power armor. I don’t know what this actually contributes but I wrote this so yea :/

 insaniak wrote:

 The_Pilot wrote:
... it also shows that the black carapace is not required to use power armor.

The black carapace has never been required to use power armor. Again, it just allows space marines to interface better with their specific type of power armour. Regular humans have always had access to power armour without the carapace.

I agree, I’m just adding on more details on how custodes specifically interact with their armor and how they see black carapace used by space marines, adding more proof to the no carapace needed idea.