Carl,
Nice idea, I like the barrage concept. This was something that I pla=
yed around with for the Imperial Guard 'Stormcrow' Dropship but eventually =
dropped it as it radically changes the unit too much which was not what I w=
anted to do. Full details, pics and stats on the 'Stormcrow' are actually i=
n Issue 1 of Dropship (pure chance that....honest <g>), which is now availa=
ble from the Gene-seed site. The stats are also available from the site dir=
ectly in the 'Hearthguard Tome' section.
Cheers
Carl Woodrow
Gryphonne IV =
Gene-seed
http://freespace.virgin.net/carl.woodrow/epic/
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ssage-----
From: Carl Billen [SMTP:billenc_at_...]
Sent: Friday, J=
anuary 23, 1998 7:52 AM
To: space-marine_at_...
Subject: [Epic] Imperia=
l Guard Dragonfly
I was just looking at the old-style Thunderhawks, thinki=
ng "You can never
fit 6 stands in that !" that I came up with the following=
:
History :
A few decades ago, the Space Marines of the Constellation C=
rusaders launched
an assault on the Ork base of Warlord Ug-Gazlub. They us=
ed four
Thunderhawks Mk1. to drop their entire Assault Company behind enemy=
lines.
In those times, the THawks Mk1. were considerably smaller and less =
armoured;
the transported troops were also packed closer together. The 4 H=
awks were
first intercepted by 5 Fighta-Bommerz, before suddenly appearing =
above a
bunch of Flakwagons. Of the 4 THawks 3 were destroyed and the last=
one was
driven off, which crashed on landing. The Chapter Master was extr=
emely
angry about the loss of his Assault Company, and complained to the Ad=
eptus
Mechanicus about the problems with the THawk.
This resulted in the r=
edesign of the of the Thunderhawk which resulted in
the bigger, improved Th=
underhawk Mk2, which is the model as we know it
today. It boasts increased =
firepower and better armour.
However, this was just one of the improved de=
signs. A design which was
rejected by the Space Marine Chapters, but accep=
ted by the Imperial Guard,
was the design of the Tech-Priests of Dobhurra .=
They sacrificed carrying
power for increased armour, and designed and imp=
oved targeting system for
the turret. It is equipped with the short-range =
Fireflash missiles, which
deliver a barrage to confuse the enemy when dropp=
ing the troops. As a
result, the Dragonfly was born. Because of its small=
transport capacity,
and its consoderable cost, Imperial Guard Regiments on=
ly have access to a
few Dragonflies. The existence of the Dragonfly has ho=
wever prolonged the
existence of the Imperial Guard Assault troops, of whic=
h was talk to remove
them out of the Codex, leaving assaults for Space Mari=
nes only.
Statistics :
The Dragonfly miniatures is the old-style Thunder=
hawk miniature, with the
following profile :
Speed : Flyer
Range : 15 cm
F=
irepower : Barrage
Assault : 1/3
Armour : 6+
Special : Transport (2)
Point =
Value : 50
Addition to Army List :
Imperial Air Transport Detachment (on=
ly 1 detachment per army allowed)
1 Detachment HQ .. +25 point=
s
Main Force
Make up to 10 choices from the following list :
Dragonf=
ly 50 pts
Marauder 45 pts
Thunderbolt=
30 pts
Play Notes :
Imperial Guard Assault Troops are organi=
zed in Squads of 2 IG units, and
have the profile of the standard Imperial =
Guardsman with the Assault and
Jump Packs Special abilities, which raises t=
heir points cost to 18 pts (= 14
pts + 2pts per stand x 2 stands). They =
can dismount considerably earlier
from the Dragonfly (thanks to their jump =
packs), and therefore do not lose 5
cms of their move when dismounting (but=
only when all the troops in the
transport have jump packs. The Assault Co=
mmand stands are upgraded to Jump
Packs for free, and may include a Captain=
and a Psyker (at the usual cost).
Author's Notes :
This is my first try =
at inventing a new unit, and I haven't even tried it
out (this happens when=
you invent units when sitting in the bus during the
trip to work). I hope=
that all the IG players will try it out to see if it
isn't too useless/che=
esy. Furthermore, the points cost is just an estimate;
I looked at the Fig=
hta-Bommer and the Firelord and simply thought something
like "decrease the=
range, descrease the FP, increase Armour and add
Transport(2)", to arrive =
at the round point cost of 50 pts.
Any remarks are always welcome !
Greet=
ings,
Carl Billen
billenc_at_...
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