Editing Whirlwind (section)

==Deimos Pattern Whirlwind Scorpius==
[[File:Whirlwind_Scorpius.png|right|thumb|300px|Whirlwind Scorpius]]
The Scorpius pattern is also made by Forge World for the [[Horus Heresy]] line but was added as a "Relic" option for 40k armies, based on the old-style missile launchers from the [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]] days (scaled up for a vehicle's size). The so called [[Scorpius Launcher]] is the [[Dakka|machine gun of Imperial Missile Launchers and Missile Ordnance]]. Seriously, this monster shits out so much missiles, a barrage could be reclassified as a carpet bombing.

The only one that could out-Dakka this thing, is the [[Arcus Launcher]] mounted on the [[Sicaran Battle Tank#Sicaran Arcus|Sicaran Arcus artillery tanks]]. Nevertheless, once this thing fires, your tarpits' ass is grass.

On the tabletop, it stays true to its fluff. It stores S8 AP3 Blast missiles in rapid-firing rotary drums, and can fire 1+1D3 at a time if it sits still, which it should do since it is still a barrage vehicle and can fire over intervening terrain. This design is leagues better then the other designs as it can smash open light vehicles and rip straight through MEQ's due to its superior AP value and ability to fire multiple barrages at once.

The design was commissioned by the [[Space Wolves]] to help them take [[xenos]] cities, and was intended to fight on the front lines (which is kind of weird for a barrage artillery vehicle that benefits heavily from staying still), so it has armor plating like the [[Predator Tank]], which makes it beefier than the other patterns.