Re: [Epic] [E40K] Squats -- different list

From: David Lado <lado_at_...>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:39:56 -0400 (EDT)

>> So until I see a better solution posted, I'm inclined to
>> support the use of the Gyrocopter as the army's flier. And the
>> Overlord as a very large skimmer/floater/whatever.
>>
>> Mark
>
>When thinking of the type of worlds that spawned the squats originally I
>find myself wondering, "Why would squats have fliers at all?" I imagine
>a world where harsh weather forced humans underground. One where the
>land train was developed to protect travellers from hurricanes and
>tornados which sweep across continents in lines like marching soldiers.
>I see a place where the dirigible is used because sudden gusts of wind
>and rough terrain smash planes more often than not. Imperial aircraft
>are not suitable for squat homeworlds. Squats don't design fliers that
>can compete with those of other races.

After having followed the squat flyer thread, I actually like this
summation the best in many ways. I agree that the squats should not have
native flyers, since they don't need them (according to the pulp). I
would instead give them access to mauraders and thunderbolts (or what
ever the 2 impy flyers are). This would represent the idea that the
squats have access to imperial technology (they probobly build them for
the imperium), but simply never bothered to design their own, since they
don't use them on their own worlds.

This lets squat players keep their gyros as skimmers, but gives them
access to playtested flyers with available minis. Otherwise, I would
think a whole new unit needs to be invented to fill the gap, as I
don't really like the notion of gyros or (even worse) blimps acting as
flyers (certainly I don't see either of them dog fighting nightwings).

David
Received on Tue Jun 10 1997 - 12:39:56 UTC