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| [[File:Darkshroud and Nids.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|I'm gonna catholic space statue you to death, you oversized tick!]]
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| The [[Dark Angels]] are known for hogging several technological marvels for themselves and their [[Dark Angels#The Unforgiven|Unforgiven]] successors that for some reason never quite reached the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] like most such discoveries are meant to....because the Angels are not good at sharing shit.
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| ==The Speeder itself==
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| [[File:DA Vengeance Model.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Guys, listen, I'm gonna put two Plasma Cannons on this here Land Speeder. It's gonna be great. Guys, I need you to see this. It can't go wrong. Guys?]]
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| To briefly describe the Land Speeder Vengeance, if a normal [[land speeder]] could be compared to an [[Bike Squad|assault bike]], the Vengeance is a flying tank. It is a larger version of the Land Speeder with more dakka that serves as a quick response heavy weapons platform. Its speed can let it fly to a trouble spot quickly and its plasma storm battery can make melted smears of the enemy in an equal amount of time. The downside: it's a 140 point Land Speeder. 50 for the Speeder, 90 for the plasma, and no protection on your AV10 flying kill-machine beyond a basic jink. Deploy it wisely. It'll also glance itself to death in a few turns due to the fact that <s>the Imperium</s>everyone lost the capability to install cooling systems on vehicles somewhere around 6th edition.
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| Alternatively, you can really hurt someone's feelings by including this in a Support Squadron and having Interceptor and Supporting Fire on a chassis that <s>can forgo</s>skips normal shooting (because it nuked some late arrivals a minute ago) in order to make your opponent forget you're playing MEq and not the pointy-eared bastards.
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| ==The Darkshroud Land Speeder Vengeance==
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| [[File:DA Darkshroud Model.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|The Darkshroud variant of the Vengeance.
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| It's like a fast moving force-field-generating catholic statue projecting zealotry so asinine it can protect you from certain death. Stick it with your Fast Attack troops as close as possible.]]
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| The Dark Angels also like to kit their Vengeances out sometimes with a holy relic instead of a deadly super weapon. This is not just for show and tell however; the relic, called the stone guardian, is a potent arcane creation capable of creating a barrier known as the 'Shroud of Angels' which cloaks the Vengeance in an aura of darkness that can repel even the worst of enemy fire. This does come at a two-fold cost, however. First off, [[Heresy|the statues are soaked in Warp energy, and the stormclouds are caused by said Warp energy]]. Second, you're dropping the most powerful weapon on the vehicle, so it is a bit of a toss up between more protection for your army or more heavy firepower. Decisions, decisions....
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| Actually, it's usually a pretty easy one: are you running more Ravenwing than everything else? If yes, take the Darkshroud. You'll thank us later when your basic bikers get a 3+ jink save and your Black Knights get a 2+. Otherwise, feel free to splurge for that Vengeance and go to town on anyone bold and foolish enough to run TEQs against you.
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| Taking Black Knights? Make room for this. No, really. Between Ravenwing's jinking and the Darkshroud screwing with opponents' overwatch, your Black Knights will give your opponent some [[DISTRACTION_CARNIFEX|bad choices]].
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| {{Marines-Forces}}
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