Legiones Astartes – Legion Fire Raptor Gunship
- Legion Fire Raptor Gunship 280 pts
A variant of the Storm Eagle, the Fire Raptor gunship was created with the aim of providing overwhelming aerial firepower to Legiones Astartes assault forces. These relentless craft can reduce any attacking force to ruin in a devastating rain of bolt shells and high explosive rockets, and are in use amongst virtually every one of the Legions. In addition to twin nose mounted Avenger bolt cannon and an array of rockets or missiles, the Fire Raptor replaces the capacious transport bay of the Storm Eagle with ammunition and targeting cogitators for two independent ballturrets. Each of these sophisticated turrets is equipped with a gyroscopic array and crewed by a dedicated Space Marine gunner, allowing each to strike separate targets with pinpoint precision even while the gunship moves at flank speed. The Fire Raptor first gained renown during the campaigns against the Orks that infested many of the systems now claimed by the Emperor. The ferocious firepower of these craft proved pivotal on numerous engagements, reducing wave after wave of Ork warriors to bloody ruin.
| Armour | Transport Capacity | ||||||
| M | BS | Front | Side | Rear | HP | ||
| Legion Fire Raptor (⌀120 x 92mm flying base) | |||||||
| Legion Fire Raptor (⌀120 x 92mm flying base) | 18 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | - |
- Hull (Front) Mounted twin-linked Avenger bolt cannon
- Two Sponson Mounted Gravis heavy bolter batteries
- Four Hull (Front) Mounted tempest rockets
- Legiones Astartes (X)
- Power of the Machine Spirit
- Deep Strike
- Strafing Run (1)
- Vehicle (Flyer, Hover)
- A Legion Fire Raptor Gunship may exchange both its Gravis heavy bolter batteries for:
- - Two Sponson Mounted Gravis autocannon batteries +15 points
- A Legion Fire Raptor Gunship may exchange all of its tempest rockets for the following:
- - Four Hull (Front) Mounted hellstrike missiles+20 points
The Space Marines of the Emperor’s Legions are genetically engineered, psycho-indoctrinated warriors with superhuman abilities, and minds and souls tempered for war. Each of the Legions has its own idiosyncrasies and character – the product of their gene-seed and the unique warrior cultures fostered by their masters.
Any unit with this special rule will have a number of additional special rules and abilities specific to their ‘named’ Legion, all of which will be defined in other Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness publications. A Space Marine unit may only have one such ‘named’ rule, e.g., Legiones Astartes (Sons of Horus). Space Marine units from a different Legion may only be included in an army using an Allied Detachment and in conjunction with the Allies in the Age of Darkness chart.Some units make their way to battle via tunnelling, teleportation, flying, or some other extraordinary means which allows them to appear in the thick of the fighting.
A unit made up entirely of models with this special rule may perform a Deep Strike Assault. Certain Faction or unit special rules may present other options for the deployment of units with the Deep Strike special rule.The interface between this vehicle’s advanced machine spirit and its fire control mechanisms allows the crew to target foes with incredible accuracy.
A Vehicle with this special rule may attack different targets with each Ranged weapon it is permitted to fire during any Shooting Attack.This datasheet has Heavy Support Battlefield Role. Full list of Legiones Astartes units sharing same Battlefield Role follows: