Editing Melta (section)

===Thermal Spear===
[[File:ArmigerWarglaiveThermalSpear.png|200px|right|thumb|Thermal Spear]]
It is essentially an oversized Multi-Melta that looks to be a baby brother to the Thermal Cannon below.

The Thermal Spear is a relatively large Melta weapon carried by combat walkers of the Imperial Knights, specifically the small Armiger class designated as Warglaive. Although reduced in size, even a single shot from this weapon here can still vaporize armor and melt through fortified walls and tanks alike. Unlike the similarly equipped Knight Errant, the Armiger chassis cannot afford to charge up close and wreak havoc at close range. It is too fragile for such maneuver since it is built for speed. It is nimble enough to employ harassment tactics, where the Warglaive shines. Swiftly, it moves up close and throws the Thermal Spear at pin-point precision to maximize its attack power before falling back to a safe distance. This is different from the Helverin variant which only have to maintain the distance to deliver its Autocannons. One may compare these two Armigers to our skirmishers of old, where the Helverins are archers whose range is far, while the Warglaives are javelinmen who have to get pretty close to unleash their payload. And do not think that having better range translates to archers being better. Just compare the size and weight difference between an arrow and a javelin and ask yourself which one has a better chance in planting you straight through to the ground when it hits.

The reason why they don't name this Melta cannon here with a more appropriate "Thermal Javelin" is probably because there is already an [[Javelin Attack Speeder|attack speeder]] with that name.
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