Editing Codex - Tau Auxiliary 8th edition (section)

===Lord of War: Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship ''26 PL''<span style="color: red"> '''WIP''' </span>===
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{{Topquote|One shot. One kill.|Every sniper ever}}
Now Applied on Titanic Tanks

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The Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship is a Tau super-heavy Gunship first deployed in the wake of the second Damocles Gulf Crusade.

The Megalodon was developed as a response to the surprise of Imperial super-heavy tanks faced during that conflict and later engagements, and considerable effort was expended by the Earth Caste to develop a counter in the form of the Tau’s own super-heavy gunship. Lacking any other large vehicle as a basis, the Orca dropship design was modified with additional heavily armaments and armour, effectively reducing its mobility to that of a surface-bound skimmer. This variant was to become the Megalodon gunship and it carries no less than a Heavy rail cannon and 2 compact heavy burst cannons.

It has one single main weapon, a Heavy Rail Cannon that can kill small titans in one shot if it successfully hits, it may also exchange the Rail Cannon's solid shot for a fragmentary round that  is designed to explode when fired above large clusters of enemies, raining dense fio'tak projectiles down in a shower of devastation that can bypass any cover the enemy hopes to hide behind. This flexibility has proven to be a major asset in recent Tau campaigns. Whilst the Megalodon may be slower than the majority of Tau units, its skimmer capabilities mean that negotiating difficult terrain normally is not an issue. In battle, the Megalodon may normally be found engaging super-heavy enemy armour in places where the T'au's regular anti super-heavies can not function.

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! Name !! M !! WS !! BS !! S !! T !! W !! A !! Ld !! Sv
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| Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship || * || 6+ || * || 8 || 8 || 24 || * || 8 || 3+ 
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! W !! M !! BS !! A 
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| 12 - 24+ || 12" || 3+ || 6 
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| 6 - 11 || 6" || 4+ || D6
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| 1 - 5 || 3" || 5+ || 1
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'''Unit Composition''': 1 Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship
<br>'''Wargear''': A Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship is equipped with a Heavy Rail Cannon with both Solid Shot and Submunitions, a pair of Heavy Burst Cannons and 16 pulse carbines controlled by hardwired gun drones.
<br>'''Weapons'''
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! Name !! Range !! Type !! S !! AP !! D !! Abilities 
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|colspan="7"| When firing the Heavy rail cannon you may choose to fire it using solid shot or submunitions
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| Heavy Rail Cannon (Solid Shot) || 120" || Macro 1 || 18 || -5 || 2D6 || Each to-wound roll of 6+ made for this weapon inflicts an additional D3 mortal wounds in addition to any other damage. (for Macro weapons see the top of this page or clik [[ Codex - Tau Auxiliary 8th edition #Cross faction Special rules | here]])
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| Heavy Rail Cannon (Submunitions) || 120" || Macro 2D6 || 7 || -2 || 2 || Enemy models do not gain the benefits of cover when targetted by this weapon.
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| Heavy Burst Cannon || 36" || Heavy 12 || 6 || -1 || 2 || ---
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<br>'''Abilities'''
*''Hover Tank:'' Distances must be measured to and from the hull of this model rather than its base
*''Cataclysmic Explosion:'' If the Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship is reduced to 0 wounds, roll a D6 before removing it from the battlefield. On a 5+ it explodes and each unit within 12" suffers 6 mortal wounds.
*''Barrier Shield Generator:'' The Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship has a 5+ Invulnerable Save.
*''Flying Behemoth:'' This model does not suffer the penalty to to-hit rolls for moving and firing Heavy weapons. It can also still fire its weapons if enemy units are within 1" of it (but only (hardwired gun drones) pulse carbines can target units that are within 1" of it – its other guns must target other units). In addition this model only gains a bonus to its save in cover if at least half of the model is obscured from the firer.
<br>'''Faction Keywords'''
:{{W40kKeyword|T'au Empire, <Sept>}}
'''Keywords (Megalodon)'''
:{{W40kKeyword|Vehicle, Fly, Earth Caste Experiment, TX-107 Megalodon Super Heavy Assault Gunship, Titanic}}