Phoenix Gunship

the predecessor to the Thunder hawk gunship, it serves the same role as an elite gunship and transport. Compared to the Thunderhawk that replaced it once the knowledge to build it was lost, it several notable advantages. In addition to a better internal layout, it is notably faster and more maneuverable and puts a greater role on fire support. Carrying heavier weapons and using a belly rather than a dorsal mount to more easily engage ground targets. Typically a phoenix is armed with a titan weapon, six heavy weapon mounts spread over the nose and wings, and a dozen misses of various types. however, the design is fairly flexible and a number of patterns exist.

### **Phoenix**

Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 1 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Primary: Neutron Obliterator

The standard pattern of the Phoenix gunship is an incredibly versatile design. Containing 3 gun pods able to carry either a pair of heavy weapons or a single very heavy weapon. The weapons can be mounted in either independent or twin-linked depending on the mounting type. The power feeds are optimized for neutron weaponry and would require nontrivial reworking to mount weapons with different power draws. In addition to carrying potent weaponry, they carry 12 missiles that can be either air to ground or air to air and posses a transport capacity on par with a Thunderhawk. Able to drop most of a platoon of power-armored infantry.

### **Storm Phoenix**

Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 1 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Primary: Neutron Mega repeater

a simple alteration, this pattern replaces the Netroun Obliterator with a Neutron Mega repeater. Moving from the titan scale Neutron cannon to a titan scale neutron repeater. While this leaves it little threat to super heavies, it allows it to easily obliterate formations of super-heavy infantry, as well as obliterate even large columns of medium tanks.

### **Skyfall Phoenix**

Wing mount options:4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons  4 haywire cannons, 2 heavy haywire cannon.

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 AA Missile Launchers, 2 haywire cannons, 1 heavy neutron repeater/cannon, 1 heavy haywire cannon.

Primary: Heavy Gravatic Missile Launcher

The Skyfall Phoenix is a specialized design. Replacing the troop compartment and the typical air to ground missiles with an enlarged munitions bay for the primary armament, it is a lethal threat to air-born super heavies. They are intended to allow super heavy AA to be concentrated on a single point, acting as a counter force for such units. Their most common prey is descending landers, a target they are very well suited to engage. While not immensely well suited for dogfighting, between its raw firepower and durability it is often able to punch through fighter screens to get a clear shot at descending landers when equipped with repeaters, or a secondary AA launcher. Though they will sometimes double down on their role as a heavy aircraft hunter and carrying neutron cannons into battle.

### **Starshriek Phoenix**

Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 4 Volkite Culverins, 2 Volkite Collider, 2 Heavy Multi Meltas, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy plasma cannons

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 plasma cannons, 1 heavy neutron repeater/cannon, 1 heavy plasma cannon

Primary: Plasma Blastgun

A remarkable versatile pattern, the starshriek phoenix is designed for pinpoint elimination of formations of heavy and super-heavy infantry. Obliterating them with its Plasma Blastgun before dropping squads of elites to take advantage of the hole. Typically it will be equipped to engage the expected support elements. In addition to the standard neutron armaments, it can carry an array of secondary plasma weaponry. The additional variance within the power feeds allowed the easy slotting in of Volkite weaponry, as the most common target for such a design would likely be armored nob formations, who are often accompanied by large amounts of chaff.

### **Annihilus Phoenix**

Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy Multi Meltas.

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 Multi Meltas, 1 Conversion Beamer, 1 heavy neutron repeater/cannon, 1 Heavy Multi Melta

Primary: Titan Conversion Beamer

An utterly devastating gunship, the Annihilus Phoenix is able to threaten almost all landbound targets from its preferred range. The platforms high mobility does much to compensate for the weaknesses of its main gun, allowing it to easily reach and maintain long-range from its designated target. The combination of long-range and devastating power makes it surprisingly well suited for blasting holes in the enemy AA, allowing for insertion though otherwise impenetrable AA nets.  Its secondary armament can be optimized either for shooting down interceptors or fending off hostile that have closed to short-range, or mount a series of smaller conversion beamers for targeting mid-range foes.

### **Inferno Phoenix**

  Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 4 Multi Meltas, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 Heavy Multi Meltas

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 Multi Meltas, 1 heavy neutron repeater/cannon, 1 Heavy Multi Melta

Primary: Melta cannon

A specialized super heavy hunter, the Inferno phoenix mostly serves as a means of quickly bringing short-ranged titan scale melta weapons to bear against detached super heavy elements. Quickly and efficiently eliminating any such formation that has left the cover of heavy AA. Often they will deposit troops to deal with the enemy's screening elements, before engaging and destroying local enemy super heavy assets.

### **Shattershriek Phoenix**

Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 1 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Primary: 2 Gravatic Accelerator Cannons

The Shattershriek designs is a dedicated tank hunter. Replacing its main weapon with a pair of Gravitic Accelerator Cannons, and sacrificing its troop capacity for additional Missile capacity and munitions storage for the Accelerator Cannons. While of little use against super heavies, they are able to easily decimate even formations of heavy tanks with sustained Accelerator fire from significant ranges. Traditionally, its secondary weapons will supplement this, but the mountings can take repeaters to allow it to fend off interceptors.

### **Spitfire Phoenix**

Wing mount options: 4 neutron repeaters/cannons, 2 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Nose mount options: 2 neutron repeaters/cannons, 1 heavy neutron repeaters/cannons

Primary: 2 Heavy Gatling Impalers

The Spitfire Phoenix is a deadly infantry hunter, able to gun down entire companies in a single pass. While of little use against even medium vehicles, its raw killing power against infantry married to a mobile airborne platform make it immensely effective. It is also a surprisingly effective interceptor. The sheer weight of fire allowing it to down entire wings of light aircraft from well outside their engagement ranges. However this comes at a cost, this pattern sacrifices troop capacity to make room for the ammunition for its main guns, but even still has limited endurance. Burning through its munitions at a worrying rate. It has however been optimized for quick reloading, enabling rapid rearmament at prepared airbases.

### **Phoenix Bomber**

A general purpose variant of the Phoenix that replaces the troop bay entirely with a bomb bay. further thickining the armor, the Bomber variants are even more able to survive anti air fire, and deliver their ten tons of munitions from low enough altitude to ensure devastating accuracy. This enables them to blast open breeches in even the heaviest fortifications. In general, any Phoenix pattern that has a troop bay has a bomber variant.