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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 from souls, flesh, metal, and [[daemon]]s (or so the [[Imperium]] surmises -- considering that they disintegrate on destruction, it's hard to be sure).

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.

For its role as a fighter, the Hell Talon mounts a twin-linked [[lascannon]] and an [[autocannon]], while also carrying eight firebombs.  It can be specialized for anti-infantry by swapping the autocannon for a [[havoc launcher]].  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.

== 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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