Editing Hell Talon

[[File:Helltalon.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|And this thing turns into a [[Heldrake]] when it goes too Daemonic.]]

The '''Hell Talon''' is the [[Chaos Space Marines]]' heavy fighter-bomber. Like the [[Hell Blade]], it is made by the heretical [[Forge World]] of [[Xana II]] from souls, flesh, metal, and [[daemon]]s (or so the [[Imperium]] surmises -- considering that they disintegrate on destruction, it's hard to be sure). You'd think the Imperium would send a Kill Ship to destroy Xana (and any other Chaos Forge World they know of). But no, that wouldn't be [[grimdark]] enough and, additionally, most [[Dark Mechanicum]] Forge Worlds are basically [[Daemon World|daemon worlds]], which give zero fucks about [[Exterminatus]]. Ah, but what about psych-out Exterminatus? Or rigging up the ship ''Daemon Killer'' with Kill-Ship stealth capabilities and swapping out its Warp cannon with a giant version of that beam weapon Culexus Assassins have and then hooking that up to a shit ton of Pariahs and Blanks and such? There, Exterminatus designed for Daemon Worlds.

Evidently, [[Chaos Space Marines]] never watched Top Gun and therefore never learned how glorious being a fighter pilot could be, so they hard-wire three [[servitors]] into the cockpit to fly the Hell Talon instead of "demeaning" themselves. They do have a good reason to do this though, daemonic vehicles will eventually eat their crews, and [[Helbrute|Chaos Space Marines don't like being locked in a machine for the rest of their lives.]]

For its role as a fighter, the Hell Talon mounts a twin-linked [[lascannon]] and an [[autocannon]], while also carrying eight [[Grenades & Explosives#Incendiary Bomb|firebombs]] or [[Grenades & Explosives#Blight Grenade|cluster bombs filled with blight grenades]], nurglite forces in particular prefer the latter. It can be specialized for anti-infantry by swapping the autocannon for a [[havoc launcher]] or heat-seeking krak missiles to better engage enemy fighters. The Hell Talon is extremely daemonic -- it's not a full [[Daemon Engine]] like the [[Heldrake]], but it tears rips in the [[warp]] as it flies and has a tendency to cause vox distortions and hallucinations for forces below. When enough of them fly together, they often seed storms in their wake which can cause enemy aircraft to experience extreme turbulence and lightning strikes.

== History ==

Like its little brother, the [[Hell Blade]], the Hell Talon was made by [[Forge World]] around 2006 and given rules in the [[Imperial Armour]] Update volume of that year. It was a Heavy Support choice for Chaos Space Marines and the [[Lost and the Damned]]. Forge World also included it in the [[Chaos]] army list in [[Aeronautica Imperialis]].

It was updated in [[Imperial Armour Volume Six]] as a heavy-support choice for the "Servants of Decay" and "Servants of Slaughter" variants of the Renegades and Heretics army list as well (they only showed up when the leadership of [[Vraks]] went full Chaos). [[Imperial Armour Aeronautica]] made it fast with the new flyer rules of [[Warhammer 40,000 6th edition|6th edition]], made it beefy (4 HP is more than most transports, and more than any non-super-heavy flyer), increased its price, and moved it into Fast Attack.

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