Editing Baneblade (section)

====Stormhammer====

[[File:Stormhammer1.jpg|thumb|left|If it weren't so weirdly asymmetrical, it would have been a decently designed tank.]]

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The Stormhammer is a [[Solar Auxilia]] tank for 30K. It differs from the old epic version in that it only has three barrels of [[Battle Cannon]]s - a twin linked two shot hull mounted battlecannon and the (if we use naval terminology for the thing) Superfiring S9 AP2, 7" blast [[Stormhammer Cannon]] with shred and pinning. The standard secondary weapons are six [[multilaser]] sponsons which can be swapped out for [[Heavy Bolter]]s or [[Heavy Flamer]]s for free or [[Lascannon]]s for a cost, a coaxial [[Multilaser]] and a hull mounted [[Lascannon]]. Optional toys are a pintle mounted [[C.S. Goto|multilaser]] or [[Heavy Flamer]] and up to 4 (!) [[Hunter-Killer Missile]]s. All the firepower is rounded out by a 6+ invulnerable save against blast and template weapons, and the ability to reroll failed dangerous terrain tests. The sponson weapons can be traded out individually, letting you choose any combination of multilasers, heavy bolters, heavy flamers and lascannons you want. It fills the same role as the Baneblade as a general purpose superheavy, with a gun for every target. The Stormblade offers more flexibility in loadout, and having 6 sponsons that can be individually customized for any situation allows it to engage even more targets compared to the Baneblade. The original Stormhammer was outfitted with two twin-Battle Cannon turrets and four pairs of Heavy Bolters, along with options for pintle storm bolters and four more sponsons, meaning it could mount seventeen fucking bolters if you were willing to pay for it. The problem? Its turrets all pointed different directions. Parking this thing in the intersection of a city table and pointing its turrets down the streets, however, was as good as denying the area to the enemy completely, unless somebody brought a Deathstrike. Now that 8th has removed facing, when/if Horus Heresy gets updated this thing will be a mean piece of work.

In 9th edition, the Stormhammer remains much the same as in 30K, the main difference being it can't swap out those [[multilasers]] for free anymore- regardless of what you want to swap it for. This makes it the favored vehicle of...fine, I'll say its name. [[C.S. Goto]]. There, I said it. Happy?