Editing Melta (section)

===Melta-Cutter===
[[image:TermiteMeltaCutterProfile.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Melta-Cutter]]
Like the Magna-Melta, the Melta-Cutter is not intended to be used as a weapon. Unlike the Magna-Melta, the Melta-Cutter is not quite as effective when appropriated as a weapon.

While the bigger Magna-Melta is primarily used to melt ship armor and anything less durable, the Melta-Cutter is primarily concerned with the ground, specifically rocks that the drill cannot pierce through. Other than that, it operates the same principle – soften them up before punching through. The same can be said for anybody who happens to be in front of the drill. The Melta-Cutter of the [[Hades Breaching Drill]] should be seen as more of a construction equipment (''like our modern rock grinders''), since the main purpose of that machine is to dig tunnels. As a matter of fact, Melta-Cutters are industrial equipment for construction work used by the Imperium. In that respect, Melta-Cutters are then similar to the [[Flamer#Clearance_Incinerator|Clearance Incinerator]], and so it should be reasonable for Genestealer Cults to have them in their uprisings. The Melta-Cutter of the [[Tunneling_Transport_Vehicles#Termite|Termite]], however, is more in line with conventional Melta weaponry. Considering the build which is analogous to typical subterranean drills you'll find in the 50s and 60s, what the Termite is expected to punch through is definitely not just the ground, and so it is afforded with a better Melta-Cutter. Size might also come into play as well since a bigger body means more power to power stuff like heat ray cannons by the drill.

On tabletop, the Termite's Melta-Cutter is a 12" ranged assault D3 weapon with a Strength of 8, AP -4 and a damage of D6. Due to its high strength and great AP, you are able to auto-kill most GEQs, MEQs and seriously fuck up TEQs on an average basis. The Hades itself is an even bigger "''fuck you''" machine, with 1d6 WS3+ S10 AP-4 D1d3 melee attacks (D1d6 against Vehicles), and it has a [[Awesome|4++ invul in the fight phase thanks to its whirling blades]]. All in all, whilst predictably a short-range weapon, it is also one of the best of its category.
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