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The Stormtalon gunship is a light attack aircraft used by the [[Space Marines]]. Armed with a twin-linked assault cannons and your choice of sponsons (probably missiles), it's the only flyer available to the vanilla Marines codex. It's also about as aerodynamic as a toaster, yet still the fastest light aircraft in the Imperium. Honestly, you would think the Guardsmen's flyers, resembling actual aircraft, would go faster than a god-damn toaster with turbocharged jet engines. Crunchwise, its the faster, weaker, less resilient little brother of the [[Stormraven]]. You thought that was the [[Land Speeder]], didn't you? | |||
The thing is little more than an armored compartment with two engines strapped to the sides and a massive gun like a twin-linked [[Autogun|Assault Cannon]] hanging underneath. Like a [[Sentinel]] with a jet pack. The vehicle is meant for lightning-fast anti-infantry support fire, a niche [[Land Speeder|already filled by]] [[Storm Eagle|a number of]] [[Drop Pod|other Imperial vehicles]], most of whom are a lot sturdier than the Stormtalon. | The thing is little more than an armored compartment with two engines strapped to the sides and a massive gun like a twin-linked [[Autogun|Assault Cannon]] hanging underneath. Like a [[Sentinel]] with a jet pack. The vehicle is meant for lightning-fast anti-infantry support fire, a niche [[Land Speeder|already filled by]] [[Storm Eagle|a number of]] [[Drop Pod|other Imperial vehicles]], most of whom are a lot sturdier than the Stormtalon. GW noticed this little oversight, so in order to force you to buy it anyway they made it a flyer in [[6th edition]]. | ||
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The Stormtalon gunship is a light attack aircraft used by the Space Marines. Armed with a twin-linked assault cannons and your choice of sponsons (probably missiles), it's the only flyer available to the vanilla Marines codex. It's also about as aerodynamic as a toaster, yet still the fastest light aircraft in the Imperium. Honestly, you would think the Guardsmen's flyers, resembling actual aircraft, would go faster than a god-damn toaster with turbocharged jet engines. Crunchwise, its the faster, weaker, less resilient little brother of the Stormraven. You thought that was the Land Speeder, didn't you?
The thing is little more than an armored compartment with two engines strapped to the sides and a massive gun like a twin-linked Assault Cannon hanging underneath. Like a Sentinel with a jet pack. The vehicle is meant for lightning-fast anti-infantry support fire, a niche already filled by a number of other Imperial vehicles, most of whom are a lot sturdier than the Stormtalon. GW noticed this little oversight, so in order to force you to buy it anyway they made it a flyer in 6th edition.