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Stormsword - Armament: The Stormsword uses the massive Stormsword Siege Cannon as its main weapon. This massive ballistic artillery piece launches a 180-kilogram, rocket-propelled shell packed with enough explosives to bring down most buildings with a single hit. The Stormsword's gunners are trained to aim at the base of the building to ensure its collapse. Due to the size of its shells, the tank can only hold 20 and the reloading process is painfully slow.The propulsion system for the shells gives the Hellhammer slightly longer range than the more common Demolisher Cannon. The Stormsword is used as a front-line main battle tank during urban battles. The Stormsword clears the way for infantry and other armoured vehicles and it can destroy most obstacles by simply running them over. The tank is also armed with sponson-mounted Heavy Bolters or Heavy Flamers with top sponson-mounted Lascannons, and can be armed with an additional set of sponson weapons. The tank can be outfitted with a pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber or Storm Bolter, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, Improved Communication Systems, Searchlights, a mine sweeper, and Smoke Launchers.A Stormsword excels at clearing enemy choke points. The shells fired by its Hellhammer Siege Cannon release a concentrated concussive wave upon detonating. Those not outright pulverised by the initial blast are torn apart by the very cover they thought would protect them. Metal barricades are reduced to clouds of shrapnel, and chunks of ferrocrete bunkers are sent hurtling through the air to crush those they once housed.
Stormsword - Known Regiments That Use Stormswords: 8th Armageddon Heavy Tank Company of the Armageddon Steel Legion17th Tallarn Heavy Tank Company8th Cadian Heavy Tank Regiment61st Death Korps of Krieg Tank Regiment6th Cadian Armoured Regiment
Stormsword - Known Stormswords: Throne of Ishrehael - Throne of Ishrehael was a Stormsword of the 6th Cadian Armoured Regiment. It fought against the Forces of Chaos during the 13th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.Refutation of Sin - The Refutation of Sin was a Stormsword belonging to the 18th Atraxian Super Heavy Tank Company. This Stormsword fought in both the Kalidar War and the Geratomran Reconquest.
Stormsword - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Arkurian Pattern StormswordVehicle Name:StormswordMain Armament:Stormsword Siege CannonForge World of Origin:Field ConversionSecondary Armament:2 Heavy Flamers, 2 Twin-linked Heavy BoltersKnown Patterns:I - XIITraverse:2 degreesCrew:1 Commander, 1 Driver, 1 Main Gunner, 1 Remote Gunner, 1 Comm-Operator, 1 EngineerElevation:-2 to 12 degreesPowerplant:MR507 v18 Multi-FuelMain Ammunition:20 ShotsWeight:302 TonnesSecondary Ammunition:2000 RoundsLength:13.5 metresArmour:Width:8.4 metresHeight:5.85 metresSuperstructure:220 millimetresGround Clearance:1.2 metresHull:210 millimetresMax Speed On-Road:25 kilometres per hourGun Mantlet:200 millimetresMax Speed Off-Road:18 kilometres per hourVehicle Designation:0427-658-0251-SB04Transport Capacity:N/AFiring Ports:N/AAccess Points:N/ATurret:N/A
Stormsword - Sources: Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition), pg. 55Imperial Armour - Apocalypse (Second Edition), pg. 7Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard & Imperial Navy, pp. 105-110Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard (Second Edition), pp. 89, 112-117, 267, 289Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks - Part OneImperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two, pp. 56, 59Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of MymearaImperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus, pp. 22, 166-167The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 23, 29The Horus Heresy - Book Four: Conquest  (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 287Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse (6th Edition), pg. 154Shadowsword (Novel) by Guy Haley, pg. 194Forge World - Astra Militarum Super Heavy Tanks: Stormsword Arkurian Pattern
Stormtalon - Stormtalon: The Stormtalon gunship is an aerial interceptor and ground-attack aircraft that serves in the armies of the Adeptus Astartes. The Stormtalon possesses Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) capabilities which allows it to hover in place while unleashing its potent barrage as well as engaging in more conventional dogfights like a supersonic interceptor.The Stormtalon is swift enough to engage nearly all but the fastest of enemy aircraft whilst simultaneously being well-armed enough to reduce the chosen foe to a mangle of twisted wreckage and ruined flesh.The arrival of a single Stormtalon from the war-torn skies has reversed the tide of many desperate battles where the Space Marines on the ground faced certain defeat. The Stormtalon can always be counted upon to deliver a hail of ferocious firepower.Whether its weapons are pointed at enemy ground positions or incoming aerial opponents, it is more than capable of obliterating the threat. The Stormtalon gunship usually operates in a squadron of three, known as a Skyhammer Squadron.Though smaller than the Stormraven, the Stormtalon gunship is incredibly fast and agile, and makes a superb air-interceptor and ground-attack craft. With the press of a trigger rune, the Stormtalon's Techmarine pilot purges his victims from existence amid a whistling hail of missiles, bolts and las blasts.All the while, the Stormtalon jinks and weaves through blossoming clouds of flak with incredible speed, enemy fire slicing around it to no avail. The Codex Astartes dictates that this small, agile craft is best used as an escort for its larger counterpart, the Stormraven, or to provide covering fire for advancing Space Marine ground forces.However, many Chapters, most notably the White Scars, Solar Hawks and Raven Guard, also employ the Stormtalon as a dogfighter and vanguard strike craft to great effect, whether duelling the aircraft of xenos forces or the winged Daemon Engines of the Traitor Legions.
Stormtalon - Role: Stormtalons are often assigned as escorts to other mission-critical units, and this is where the craft truly excels and it is nearly unmatched in this role.At one moment the aircraft can be flying across the battlefield at death-defying speeds; at the next, its pilot can switch over to its VTOL systems and trade its extreme speed for enhanced agility, all the while strafing enemy positions with powerful barrages of shells and missiles.At the Battle of Cold Steel Ridge on Macragge during the First Tyrannic War, entire squadrons of Ultramarines Stormtalon pilots pushed their craft to the limit. With afterburners propelling their aircraft to bone-jarring speeds, the Stormtalons intercepted monstrous Harpies and flocks of Gargoyles, whose winged bodies were darkening the skies.No sooner had the Stormtalons regained air superiority than the pilots were vectoring their engines, hovering above their Battle-Brothers on the ground and helping to hold back the advancing swarms of charging Tyranids.By using pinpoint strafing tactics and overlapping firepower matrices they cut down hundreds of Gaunts, staining the Macraggian snows purple with rivers of stinking xenos ichor.There are several Space Marine Chapters, such as the White Scars, Hawk Lords, and the Raven Guard, that believe that close-support and interdiction duties do not fully exert the Stormtalon's potential.In these Chapters, and countless others, they excel at using the Stormtalon as a vanguard strike-craft, where the Stormtalons keep pace with and escort their close support squads and Land Speeder squadrons.When the Stormtalon is used in this way, as the principal attack vehicle of an Astartes strike force, the rest of the rapid moving units act as escorts for the aircraft, clearing the attack corridor of enemy anti-air fire as the Stormtalon roars in to obliterate its targets with devastating effect.
Stormtalon - Armament: The Stormtalon gunship is heavily armed for an aircraft of its size. The vehicle's standard armament is that of a nose turret-mounted set of twin-linked Assault Cannons, and a set of twin-linked Heavy Bolters, one located on each side of the aircraft's hull.The Stormtalon is able to have its Heavy Bolters replaced with a set of twin-linked Lascannons, a Skyhammer Missile Launcher system, or a set of twin-linked Typhoon Missile Launchers. All Stormtalons are outfitted with armoured ceramite plating for added defence from enemy fire.Imperial records do not indicate whether or not Stormtalons are used by Grey Knights Chapter or if any other Chapters that use weaponry and vehicle patterns unique to them, such as the Blood Angels or the Dark Angels, also keep Stormtalons in their Armouries.It is unknown if the Stormtalon is capable of being outfitted with any other upgrades or enhancements.
Stormtalon - Unit Composition: 1 Stormtalon Gunship
Stormtalon - Wargear: A standard Stormtalon Gunship is armed and equipped with:Twin-linked Assault CannonsTwin-linked Heavy BoltersArmoured Ceramite PlatingA Stormtalon Gunship may replace its hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters with any of the following:Skyhammer Missile LaunchersTyphoon Missile LaunchersTwin-linked LascannonsA Stormtalon Gunship armed with a Typhoon Missile Launcher may be equipped with the following loadout:Frag MissilesKrak Missiles
Stormtalon - Formations: The following is a list of all known formations that make use of the Stormtalon Gunship:Storm Wing - A recent development in Space Marine tactics involves the use of Storm Wing Squadrons. Comprised of a Stormraven Gunship and two Stormtalon escorts, these squadrons have proven exceptional in countless shock assaults. The superb manoeuvrability of the Stormraven twinned with its capacious transport bay is a potent combination –- so potent, in fact, that it is considered too valuable an asset to be used lightly. Despite the variety of heavy armaments it boasts, the most deadly of the Storm Wing Squadron's weapons is the cargo it carries. Within the cabled belly of the Stormraven is a squad of elite Battle-Brothers waiting for their chance to charge forth to mete out vengeance to the enemies of the Imperium. Because of the front-heavy design of the Stormtalon and the assault ramps that serve as its jaws, as soon as the aircraft settles upon its landing gear and its prow yawns wide, the unit inside can hurl themselves straight into combat, potentially changing the tide of battle within a few seconds of their arrival. So effective is the sudden onslaught of a Storm Wing Squadron that Traitors, Heretics and xenos warriors alike have learnt to fear them, cowering at the triple silhouette and roaring afterburners of their approach.Strike Wing - The definition of skyborne versatility, an Adeptus Astartes Strike Wing is notable for its ability to both annihilate enemies as a massed Attack Pattern, pouring incredible firepower into high-value targets as a single entity, and to split into several constituents to deal with discrete threats as the situation requires. When fighting as one, the Strike Wing's intimidating attack runs can take out entire columns of armour, smashing them apart and leaving nothing but billowing flame and ash. This formation is made up of two Stormhawk Interceptors and two Stormtalon gunships.
Stormtalon - Notable Stormtalon Gunships: Wrath of Aquila - The Wrath of Aquila was a Stormtalon gunship of the Doom Eagles Chapter that was piloted by Sergeant Kerikus. Kerikus piloted his Stormtalon in the skies above Quadcana Prime against the Dakkajets of the Orks.Guilliman's Arrow - Guilliman's Arrow is a Stormtalon gunship of the Ultramarines Chapter.
Stormtalon - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The Adeptus Mechanicus has not yet made the technical specifications of the Stormtalon publicly available in Imperial records.
Stormtalon - Sources: Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 92, 185Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), "Gunships", "Stormtalon Gunship", "Storm Wing"Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pp. 89, 165Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 95, 173Codex Adeptus Astartes - Grey Knights (8th Edition), pp. 49, 91Death From the Skies (6th Edition), pp. 57, 68Doom Flight (Short Story) by Cavan ScottWarhammer 40,000: Apocalypse (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), pg. 110Warhammer: Visions 16, pg. 156The Plagues of Orath (Anthology) by Cavan Scott, Steve Lyons and Graeme Lyon (Images)Gunship, Games-Workshop Stormtalon Gunship, Games-Workshop
Stormwalkers - Stormwalkers: The Stormwalkers is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and origin. Almost nothing is known about this Chapter in current Imperial records.
Stormwalkers - Notable Campaigns: Dark Marches Crusade (610-759.M36) - In the wake of the Age of Apostasy, the Segmentum Tempestus saw a resurgence in power and renaissance of expansion, known to Imperial historians as the "Rising Storm". With the blessing of Terra, Segmentum Tempestus authorities launched a number of crusades and campaigns to destroy lingering threats within their domain, and pushed back and fortified the borders of the Imperium. The most successful of these was the Dark Marches Crusade, commanded by Lord Tempestus Hal Orpheus, lineal descendants of the Rogue Trader house that had first explored the Orpheus Region's sinister reaches millennia previously. The Stormwalkers sent three Brotherhoods of Astartes to take part in the massive Imperial Crusade.
Stormwalkers - Chapter Colours: The Stormwalkers' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Stormwalkers - Chapter Badge: The Stormwalkers' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Stormwatchers - Stormwatchers: StormwatchersSpace MarineChapterFoundingCaligari SectorSegmentum TempestusThe Chapter's existence is a secret that few amongst the Imperium of Man are aware of and they have sworn to aid the Inquisition operating in the Caligari Sector in defending that blighted realm from assaults by Heretics, xenos and Traitors.As such, the Stormwatchers are the sanctioned blades and the Chamber Militant of the Caligari Conclave of Inquisitors, though even among their number only high-ranking Inquisitors know of the Stormwatchers' existence and are allowed to requisition the Chapter's Astartes to ensure the Caligari Sector's safety.Because of the highly secretive nature of their missions in service to the Inquisition, the Stormwatchers refer to themselves as the "Watchers in the Shadows."The Chapter is currently so few in number because the majority of the Stormwatchers' battle-brothers were corrupted by Chaos and turned to the service of the Blood God Khorne. They became a warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Voidrippers and were responsible for the deaths of many of the surviving Loyalist Stormwatchers after they turned upon their brethren on their homeworld of Ascalon.This was one reason for the Stormwatchers' unusual extreme secrecy and tight embrace of the Caligari Conclave of the Inquisition -- it was an attempt to protect the remainder of the Chapter's Astartes from being wiped out by their fallen brethren before they could rebuild their numbers.
Stormwatchers - Notable Stormwatchers: Grand Master Godfrey Magnusson - The leader of the Stormwatchers at the Chapter homeworld of Ascalon after it came under attack by the Voidrippers, former Stormwatchers battle-brothers who had fallen to Chaos. Magnusson is the presumed Chapter Master of what remains of the Stormwatchers Chapter. With the aid of an Inquisitor, Magnusson succeeded in killing the Chaos Lord Kairn Golgarth, saving Ascalon and the remaining Stormwatchers from destruction at the hands of the Voidrippers and their army of Chaos Cultists and Khornate Daemons known as the Goreforged.Sergeant Caius Thorn - Thorn was a Firstborn Space Marine who was part of the Stormwatchers contingent taken by Lord Inquisitor Klosterheim to investigate the mobile Inquisitorial fortress-monastery Martyr that had appeared in the Caligari Sector after being missing for 5,000 standard years since the Age of Apostasy. The Martyr was of paramount interest to the Caligari Conclave of the Inquisition. The ship had become corrupted by Chaos and its former crew had degenerated over the intervening centuries into tribes of feral, Nurgle-worshipping mutants. Caius Thorn led a party of Astra Militarum guardsmen against the feral tribes with the aid of another Inquisitor present in the Caligari Sector who independently also stumbled upon the derelict mobile fortress-monastery. During a battle with the Martyr tribes' "god," an Heretic Astartes Helbrute, Caius Thorn was badly wounded, losing a leg and an arm and suffering other nearly-mortal wounds at the hands of the Helbrute. He was saved from death by the second Inquisitor to arrive on the Martyr, who teleported the wounded Space Marine back to the Rogue Trader vessel that they were using as transport within the sector. The Inquisitor was determined to find a Magos Biologis somewhere in the sector who was familiar enough with Astartes physiology to be able to heal the wounded Stormwatcher. Thorn accompanied the Inquisitor on the rest of their assignments in the sector.
Stormwatchers - Chapter Colours: The Stormwatchers' Chapter colours are dark blue arms and leg armour, with the torso and helmet black.
Stormwatchers - Chapter Badge: The Stormwatchers' Chapter badge is a stylised Power Fist.
Stormwing - Stormwing: The Stormwing was one of the six specialised "wing" formations of the Dark Angels Space Marine Legion that existed during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. These formations were known collectively as the Hexagrammaton and existed outside the regular chain-of-command and organisation of the Ist Legion. Each was led by an officer elected to the position known as a "voted-lieutenant." The Stormwing was disbanded at some point after the end of the Horus Heresy. This was the largest wing of the Hexagrammaton.The Stormwing consisted of the majority of the Dark Angels' line infantry, training cadres and its mobile artillery. Its Veterans represented the elite of the Legion infantry companies, who were expected to be able to carry out the most sophisticated of tactics and stratagems while under intense enemy fire.
Stormwing - History: The largest of all the wings, the Stormwing incorporated the majority of the Astartes of the Dark Angels Legion; line infantry, training battalions and mobile ordnance batteries within its ranks. The members of this wing of the Hexagrammaton were drilled in the disciplined and stalwart arts of close order warfare and set-piece battles, unshakable on defence and resolute on attack. Its Veteran warriors represented the core of the Legion's infantry companies, capable of executing complex manoeuvres and formations under the heaviest enemy fire.When the Legion took to the field of battle en masse the Veterans of the Stormwing stood in the front ranks, serving to steel the resolve of their brethren and to oversee the execution of orders in the chaos of battle; valued more for their attunement to the subtle shift of war as the massed ranks of friend and foe collided than their vaunted skill-at-arms.The inner circle of the Stormwing were notoriously difficult for initiates to gain admittance to, with rigorous trials for those seeking to assume the mantle of a leader of the Stormwing, known as a "marshal." Only veterans of the largest engagements were honoured with titles in the wing, including both senior officers of the Legion's standard hierarchy as well as grizzled warriors of the line; for among their number the scars of war were the most treasured badges of honour.This inner circle also included a suprising number of the Legion's Apothecarion, who were often at the centre of the battle's fury and integral to the massed infantry assaults for which the Stormwing was famus. Indeed, at first the Master of the Stormwing had also concurrently held the title of Master of the Apothecarion for the Ist Legion.In contrast to the inner circle of the Stormwing, whose ranks rarely changed and were accounted one of the most conservative and tradition-bound groups within the Legion, the outer circles were in constant flux with the churn of new recruits.The Stormwing was also the name of a tactical formation used in the Great Crusade by the Dark Angels, consisting exclusively of Breacher Squads and Assault Squads armed with Boarding Shields. This variant of the Stormwing specialised in spaceborne boarding operations.
Stormwing - Storm of War: The Stormwing were masters of the open battlefield, artists of shot and shell. When the Dark Angels mustered for war in all their glory, it was the marshals of the Stormwing that planned and ordered the battles that would shatter the foe's armies and grind their empires into dust. When the Storm of War was unleashed, it swept clean the battlefield as a wave of unstoppable force.
Stormwing - Hekatonystika: The Hekatonystika is the hidden counterpart of the Dark Angels Legion's infamous Hexagrammaton. Transliterated roughly as "The Hundred Esoteric Arts" in the language of the broken lands of Mykene on Old Earth, the term referred to the body of secretive military "orders" embedded within the Legion's formal structure of wings and chapters.Each order was an autonomous body of warriors dedicated to the protection of one portion of the Legion's hard-won secret lore, most often regarding the weakness of some specific foe or mastery of a certain terrain or weapon.They were equal parts scholars and warriors, both researchers and practitioners, and as deadly on the field of battle as they were enigmatic in the halls of the Legion. Though rarely gathered all in one place, small cells of these warriors were often assembled prior to battles that would benefit from their skills, forming a temporary unit known within the Dark Angels as a "cenobium" to lead the charge and advise the officers in command. The leaders of an order bore the title of "preceptor."
Stormwing - Order of the Argent Spire: The Order of the Argent Spire was an order of the Hekatonystika whose doctrines were specialised in the mastery of battle upon the frozen wastes of winter-worlds and other ice bound landscapes. Its adepts practised a number of rituals based around enduring extremes of cold that would sap even the strength of the Legiones Astartes, and several unique blade-kata intended to provide stability amid the shifting floes of ice and snow.Its adepts were most commonly found among the ranks of the Stormwing, where small cells were often summoned from the ranks to take the lead in campaigns upon frozen Death Worlds, though the Veterans of the Firewing had also shown some admiration of the specialised sword-skill practised by the order's Inner Circle knights.
Stormwolf - Stormwolf: The Stormwolf Assault Boat, or simply the Stormwolf, is a specialised assault transport used solely by the Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter. The Stormwolf is the Space Wolves' foremost assault craft, granting them the ability to bring the fight to the enemy wherever they may be found.Through raging storms and the pounding of enemy flak, packs of Stormwolves surge like the Fenrisian Dragon Ships of old, braving the skies like wild ocean waves. Flying in tight defensive formations, Stormwolf packs usually make up the main body of any Space Wolves planetfall, following in to secure beachheads carved by initial Drop Pod strikes.The Stormwolf combines breathtaking speed with the freedom of altitude, swiftly closing in on its prey before setting loose a deadly cargo of Space Wolf Astartes or Terminators amongst the enemy, and then bringing to bear sufficient firepower to ensure their landing is uncontested, while providing the necessary fire support afterwards.Even during adverse atmospheric conditions, the mission is taken without complaint. Any damage taken is shrugged off as inconsequential as the Iron Priests guide their craft in to the landing zone safely even with engines aflame and weapon systems destroyed. Enemy craft never fare so well –- those that dare try to bar the Stormwolves' path discover that despite their role as armoured transports, these hulking gunboats pack a devastating punch. As each such foe plunges away in flames, the Iron Priests raise a victorious howl, their cry echoed by their battle-hungry passengers.The wolf's head silhouette of the Stormwolf strikes fear into the hearts of any enemy that faces the Sons of Russ, for the presence of such a craft could only signal the imminent arrival of some of the deadliest warriors in the Imperium. Such foreboding is not without good cause, for the Stormwolf is the favoured transport of the Blood Claws, bloodthirsty Space Wolves warriors who are renowned for not holding back once committed to battle.
Stormwolf - Armament: The Stormwolf is armed with a dorsal turret mounted twin-linked Helfrost Cannon, two sets of sponson-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters and a set of dorsal-mounted twin-linked Lascannons. The Stormwolf can have its sponson weapons replaced with either two Skyhammer Missile Launchers, or two sets of twin-linked Multi-Meltas, and the dorsal missile launchers can be replaced with a set of twin-linked Lascannons. The Stormwolf is also equipped with armoured ceramite plating, and a robust Machine Spirit (artificial intelligence) to help with navigation and targetting.
Stormwolf - Variants: Stormfang Gunship - The Stormfang Gunship replaces a large part of the Stormwolf's troop bay with a Helfrost Destructor. This massive weapon runs along the length of each of these deadly Attack Craft. Helfrost Weaponry are incredibly formidable weapons, designed to freeze their target area to absolute zero in an instant. Even when faced with notoriously unyielding materials such as ceramite, ferrocrete or even Eldar Wraithbone, none can hope to withstand the thermal shock of plummeting to such a low temperature, shattering into fragments beneath the beam's icy touch.
Stormwolf - Known Formations: The following is a list of all known formations containing the Stormwolf:
Stormwolf - Ice Storm Assault Pack: Taking their name from the freezing tempests that regularly batter the surface of Fenris, the Ice Storm Assault Pack formation excels in planetary assaults where the Space Wolves fight to seize secure drop sites and ferry their battle Packs to the ground. These packs are formed around cores of Stormwolf Assault Boats, with Stormfang Gunships running an escort to ensure no enemy threatens the landfall. As the assault boats thunder in to land, the gunships roar overhead, their Helfrost Destructors spewing beams of ultra-cold energy that freeze the enemy to creaking statues. With their victims trapped in icy tombs, the disembarking Space Wolves pounce upon their easy prey and smash them to bloody, ice-wreathed shards.
Stormwolf - Notable Stormwolf Assault Boats: The following are a list of notable Stormwolf Assault Boats:Hrangnir's Vengeance - A dedicated Blood Claws transport.Jorek - Jorek is the noble craft tasked with transporting Erik Sverngson's Blood Claw Pack into the rage of battle. It bears the symbol of the Ravening Jaw on its flank, marking it out as a part of Harald Deathwolf's Great Company.
Stormwolf - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: Stormwolf Assault BoatTypeAttack LanderOperational CeilingN/A (Orbital)Vehicle NameStormwolfMax SpeedUnknownWorld of OriginFenrisRangeUnknownKnown PatternsUnknownMain Armament1 dorsal-mounted twin-linked Helfrost CannonCrew1 PilotSecondary Armament2 sponson-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters, 1 dorsal-mounted twin-linked LascannonPowerplant4 of Unknown Engine TypeMain AmmunitionUnknownWeightUnknownSecondary AmmunitionUnknown / UnknownLengthUnknownArmourWingspanUnknownSuperstructureUnknownHeightUnknownHullUnknownAccess Points1 Rear Ramp, 1 Frontal Assault RampTransport Capacity16 Space Marines or 8 Terminator Marines
Stormwolf - Also See: Stormfang Gunship
Stormwolf - Sources: Codex: Space Wolves (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), pp. 172-173Death from the Skies (7th Edition), pp. 124, 126Warhammer: Visions 12, pg. 113Warhammer: Visions 14, pp. 182-185Games Workshop Webstore - Space Wolves Stormwolf Assault Craft
Straight Silver (Novel) - Straight Silver (Novel): Straight Silver is the sixth volume in the Gaunt's Ghosts series of novels by Dan Abnett.
Straight Silver (Novel) - Synopsis: On the battlefields of Aexe Cardinal, the struggling forces of the Imperial Guard are locked in a deadly stalemate with the dark armies of Chaos. Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his regiment, the Tanith First-and-Only, are thrown headlong into the living hell of trench warfare, where death by an unseen enemy is always just a moment away. The only chance for Gaunt and his lightly armed scouts to survive is to volunteer for a mission so dangerous that no one else dares accept it!
Stratagem (Audio Drama) - Stratagem (Audio Drama): Stratagem is the twenty-sixth audio drama for the The Horus Heresy series that was not originally released as part of an anthology or other release. Stratagem was published in December 2014 by the Black Library. The title was later published in prose format as part of "The Horus Heresy Quick Reads Subscription" week on February 23rd 2016, and again as part of the Eye of Terra main series anthology novel.
Stratagem (Audio Drama) - Official Synopsis: After returning from Calth and the Underworld War, Sergeant Aeonid Thiel is summoned before his Primarch, Roboute Guilliman. The fragile peace of Imperium Secundus is threatened by traitor warbands left behind by the Shadow Crusade, and a new order of battle must be written.
Strategic Collective - Strategic Collective: The Strategic Collective was the name given to an Imperial level-vermilion secret research and analysis group formed on the order of a classified decree of the High Lords of Terra and housed within the labyrinthine Adeptus Administratum complex on Terra. Established in the solar months following the defeat of Hive Fleet Leviathan in the Third Tyrannic War, the Strategic Collective is composed of senior Inquisition savants and Magos Biologis, tasked with compiling biological and logistical data in order to discover Tyranid weaknesses and future invasion points. The reports of the Strategic Collective are sent, sealed and unedited, directly to the Senatorum Imperialis.The Stark Report was the final strategic recommendation of the Strategic Collective on facing the continuing Tyranid threat. This report from the Strategic Collective revealed that a full threat analysis conducted by the Adeptus Mechanicus had determined that the initial three Tyranid hive fleets that invaded the Milky Way Galaxy in the 41st Millennium were simply the reconnaissance forces for a far larger hive fleet expected to arrive within Imperial space in less than a standard century, some time in the early 42nd Millennium according to the Imperial Calendar of that time. Among other items, the report advised that to meet the expected Tyranid threat, the Administratum's Departmento Munitorum would have to increase the mobilisation and recruitment of new Astra Militarum regiments by up to 500%.Such a preposterous undertaking would require that the Imperium recruit every single Human being -- man, woman and child -- now living in the Segmentums Solar, Obscurus and Tempestus. Clearly, if the Imperium is to weather the expected Tyranid assault, it will need to find another alternative beyond increased manpower to enhance its combat effectiveness against the terrible extragalactic xenos.
Strike and Fade (Audio Drama) - Strike and Fade (Audio Drama): Strike and Fade is the tenth audio drama for the Horus Heresy Series that was not originally released as part of an anthology or other release. Strike and Fade was published online in December 2012 as part of the Black Library's Advent Calendar 2012, on the 14th day. The audio drama was later republished in prose format as part of the Legacies of Betrayal main series anthology novel. This audio drama, along with several others were also released as part of the Echoes of Ruin audio anthology.
Strike and Fade (Audio Drama) - Official Synopsis: In the aftermath of the Drop Site Massacre of Isstvan V, a group of Salamanders survivors lay a trap for their foes, a group of unwary Night Lords on the hunt for easy prey. As they lure the Night Haunter's murderous sons into a trap, the battered survivors of the Drop Site Massacre contemplate their fate... and for some of them, it may come sooner than they think.
Strike Cruiser - Strike Cruiser: A strike cruiser is the second most common type of capital starship deployed by the fleets of the Adeptus Astartes.While a Space Marine Chapter only rarely will deploy the might of a powerful and usually quite ancient battle barge, Adeptus Astartes strike cruisers are a more common sight, though anything to do with the Space Marines is still a rare event in the galaxy.Often the arrival of a Space Marine strike cruiser is enough in itself to quell the defiance of a star system rebelling against the Emperor. The Astartes are quick to act if the surrender of the Emperor's foes is not rapid and immediate. Strike cruisers are fast, lightly-armed starships which mass slightly less than the Imperial Navy's Dauntless-class Light Cruisers.Their primary function is to provide rapid response, as they are usually the first Imperial defenders to arrive at a threatened Imperial world. Strike cruisers are capable of carrying one full company of one hundred Space Marines as well as all of their needed armoured support vehicles. They have been known to deploy their full contingent of Astartes within only twenty solar minutes of their arrival in orbit of a target planet.Like battle barges, strike cruisers do not represent a single class of Imperial starship or a specific, standardised configuration of weapons systems and other capabilities, but actually represent a large range of different Space Marine capital-grade starships in the Imperial light cruiser tonnage class that are used for the same basic tasks.Firstly, strike cruisers must be fast, with a substantial troop transport capacity and multiple means for delivering troops to a planetary surface rapidly, whether that be through the use of teleporters, Drop Pods, or launch bays equipped with Thunderhawks. Within the demands of these basic operational parameters, strike cruisers can actually take a wide array of different physical forms, although most of them have become outfitted with the mighty Bombardment Cannon to support landing troops from orbit.Other Astartes Chapters also possess widely differing forms of strike cruiser, each shaped by the Chapter's long centuries of tradition and varying tactical doctrines. The strike cruisers pictured here simply represent several possibilities for this wide array of physical differences.
Strike Cruiser - History: The conception of the strike cruiser is believed to rely heavily on the original plans for the Ebon Drake, a new type of vessel originally called an "Assault Cruiser" that was developed by the XVIIIth Legion -- the Salamanders -- a scant few Terran years before the start of the Horus Heresy.Allegedly, the Primarch Vulkan himself had a hand in the Ebon Drake's creation and also gifted its plans to several of the other primarchs and their Space Marine Legions, but only a few prototypes were built before the galaxy was engulfed in civil war.It would not be before the beginning of the Great Scouring in 019.M31, when the victorious Loyalists set out to purge the galaxy of the Traitor Legions, that the Ebon Drake's design was refined in preparation for the construction of similar vessels for the newborn Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes of the Second Founding.
Strike Cruiser - Vanguard Light Cruiser: Fleet-based Chapters also make use of vessels in the light cruiser tonnage class called a vanguard cruiser that is a refit variant of the standard strike cruiser intended to undertake long-range, long-duration operations independent of support from the rest of the Chapter, often serving as reconnaissance or exploratory vessels for the Chapter fleet or as heavy escorts.Vanguard-class Light Cruisers are less capable of undertaking planetary assaults like normal strike cruisers because their weapons profile has been optimised for ship-to-ship combat, planetary exploration, reconnaissance and boarding operations.The Vanguard-class Light Cruiser comes in three main patterns:Mark I - Armed with Torpedo launchers, Macrocannons, and launch bays for attack craft.Mark II - Armed with Lances, Macrocannons, and attack craft launch bays.Mark III - Armed with a single Bombardment Cannon, Macrocannons, and attack craft launch bays.
Strike Cruiser - Punisher-class Strike Cruiser: The Punisher-class Strike Cruiser is a cruiser used by the Adeptus Arbites. Forming the backbone of the Arbites fleet, the Punisher is primarily a patrol vessel used to bolster local Planetary Defence Force security, put down rebellions, hunt down pirate bands, and transport high-ranking Arbites officials.The design of the Punisher is very similar to that of a Space Marine strike cruiser, though the Punisher possesses less armour and heavy weaponry than its Astartes counterpart. These ships however do maintain specialised scanning arrays designed to locate pirate bases and Heretic strongholds in isolated regions of space.Adeptus Arbites ships are few compared to their Imperial Navy counterparts and thus rarely participate in major engagements or joint fleet actions.Nonetheless these ships boast an array of torpedoes, barrage bombs, weapons batteries and a dorsal Bombardment Cannon in addition to a limited amount of Eagle Interceptor attack craft which are used primarily for scouting and point defence.One such craft, the Inviolable Retribution, saw service during the Gothic War where it proved invaluable in evacuating the world of Belatis.
Strike Cruiser - Olympia-class Strike Cruiser: The Olympia-class Strike Cruiser was deployed by the Imperial Army during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras.
Strike Cruiser - Notable Strike Cruisers: Aeruginosus of the Raven GuardAndronius of the Emperor's Children (destroyed by the Iron Hands)Angelica Mortis of the ExcoriatorsArgent Blade of the Black DragonsArmageddon of the Blood RavensBaleful Edict of the Grey KnightsCaptain Augusta of the ExorcistsCapulus of the Imperial FistsClaw of Justice of the Red TalonsClaw of Russ of the Space WolvesCovenant of Blood of the Night LordsDread Argent of the Silver SkullsDorn's Wrath of the Black TemplarsEbon Drake of the SalamandersEcho of Damnation of the Night LordsEternal Faith of the White ConsulsEternal Defiance of the ExorcistsHeritor of Ages of the ConsecratorsHermes of the White ConsulsHoly Execution of the Red TalonsHunter of the ExorcistsLadon of the Star DragonsLight of Inwit of the Imperial Fists (destroyed by the Iron Warriors)Mark of Honour of the Storm WardensMajesty of the Black TemplarsOphidian of the Blood SwordsOphidium Gulf of the Black TemplarsProxima Justus of the Avenging SonsPurest Intent of the Shadow Wolves (captured by xenos raiders)Purgatory of the Marines MalevolentQuicksilver of the Silver SkullsRaven's Valour of the Raven GuardRavenous Spirit of the Blood RavensRage of Erudition of the Blood RavensRetribution of the Blood RavensRevenant of the ReclaimersRubicon of the Grey KnightsShahmsihr of the Red ScimitarsShield of Valour of the Imperial Fists (captured by the Iron Warriors)Sisypheum of the Iron HandsSlaughtering Star of the Fire HawksStar Jackal of the Marines ErrantStormwolf of the Space WolvesTerrible Angel of the Imperial FistsTitus of the Imperial FistsTriumph of the Raven GuardVae Victus of the UltramarinesValin's Revenge of the UltramarinesVengeance Incandescent of the Imperial FistsVulkan's Wrath of the SalamandersWarrior of the Plains of the White ScarsWolf of Fenris of the Space Wolves (captured by the Red Corsairs)
Striking Scorpions - Striking Scorpions: The Striking Scorpions are the Craftworld Aeldari Aspect Warriors that epitomise the deadly attributes of their namesake, and they are the most skilled of all the close-assault Warrior Aspects on the Asuryani Path of the Warrior.The Striking Scorpions are merciless killers without exception, reveling in the hunt and the kill, using stealth and shadow to cloak themselves from sight until the moment of attack. The Striking Scorpions represent the wrath of the war god Kaela Mensha Khaine, which can fall without warning and with extraordinary savagery upon his foes.
Striking Scorpions - History: The Striking Scorpions Aspect are one of the deadliest of the Asuryani Warrior Aspects. Following the Fall of the Aeldari, Asurmen, the first Phoenix Lord, was the Aeldari who led the craftworlds away from the ancient Aeldari Empire homeworlds at the time of the Fall and it was he who founded the first of the Aspect Shrines. He established the first Aspect Shrine, the Shrine of Asur, on the world of the same name. Those who attended the shrine of the Striking Scorpions are the manifestation of viciousness and merciless death in the Aeldari soul.Perhaps the most sinister aspect of the Striking Scorpions is the legacy of their Chaos-corrupted former master and Phoenix Lord Arhra, "the Father of Scorpions" -- the ability to stalk the shadows and creep ever closer to their prey before falling upon the foe like the wrath of the Aeldari war god Khaine himself, a legacy that often leads them close to the burning anger and bloodlust that could see their souls consumed by Slaanesh.The history of the Striking Scorpions is shrouded in infamy from the Aspect's very beginning. The founder of their Aspect Shrine, Arhra, was lured to darkness and betrayed Asurmen and the other Asurya, the first Phoenix Lords, by bringing Daemons into the First Shrine to wage war upon his fellows. Those loyal to Asurmen were defeated and scattered across the stars, but Arhra himself would eventually flee into the Webway, becoming "the Fallen Phoenix who burns with the dark light of Chaos."In his place rose Karandras, a Striking Scorpions Exarch and Arhra's greatest pupil, who would give the Striking Scorpions their current form by tempering the murderous nature instilled by their former master with the patience necessary to become consummate hunters. Karandras would be responsible for spreading this new teaching and installing new Striking Scorpions Aspect Shrines on the Asuryani craftworlds.
Striking Scorpions - Role: The Striking Scorpions are one of the Craftworld Aeldari Warrior Aspects dedicated to close combat, particularly close combat during infiltration missions in which they must first close with the enemy undetected before unleashing their wrath. Many Striking Scorpions are physically more powerful than standard Aeldari, and can match their Drukhari counterparts for sheer physical power. The signature attack of the Striking Scorpion is made by the weapon pods housed on either side of the warrior's helmet, known as Mandiblasters.These are small, short-ranged laser weapons used to deliver a deadly energy sting in close combat that can be psychically-triggered by the warrior. A Mandiblaster volley and the blistering storm of attacks from the Scorpions that follow it is enough to tear the heart out of an enemy force. Compared to their closest cousins, the Howling Banshees, Striking Scorpions are not as swift but instead more adept at moving through dense terrain, using every available nook and crevice to lie in wait for the enemy before unleashing their attack. Only those Aeldari of strong physique can become Striking Scorpions in order to wear their armour and wield their weapons.The Striking Scorpions are also known for their use of a Shuriken Pistol in one hand and a Scorpion Chainsword in the other. Striking Scorpions also make use of Scorpion Armour, a suit of Aspect Armour that offers somewhat superior protection compared to the Aspect Armour suits used by most of the other Asuryani Warrior Aspects.Striking Scorpions are best deployed to deal with tactical situations in which they face off against large numbers of enemy troops who are weaker than they, though their unusual physical prowess for Aeldari allows the Striking Scorpions to successfully battle foes head-to-head that most Aeldari, even other Aspect Warriors, would avoid, like the Imperial Space Marines or the larger and more powerful varieties of Ork. A squad of Striking Scorpions typically numbers five to ten warriors, one of which is usually an Exarch. This squad can easily fit into a Wave Serpent transport for more rapid movement across the battlefield.
Striking Scorpions - Notable Striking Scorpions Shrines: Hidden Strike ShrineObsidian Claw ShrineStinging Shade Shrine
Striking Scorpions - Striking Scorpion Exarchs: Every Aspect Shrine of the Craftworld Aeldari is led by an Exarch, an Asuryani who has been called permanently to the Path of the Warrior. An Exarch has travelled so far down that Path that he or she can no longer leave it and so dedicates him or herself fully as a high priest of Khaine in service to the Aspect of the war god that he or she represents.Exarchs wear more elaborate and ornate versions of Aspect Armour which incorporates the souls of their past wearers, granting an Exarch not only wisdom and knowledge stretching across the millennia but a raw pool of potent psychic energy that can be used in combat.This permanent acceptance of the Asuryani's "war mask" provides Exarchs with enhanced skill and dedication to their craft and entitles them to access their Aspect Shrine's oldest and most advanced wargear. Striking Scorpion Exarchs often incorporate the use of several different specialist weapons, including a monomolecular toothed version of the Scorpion Chainsword called the Biting Blade, a claw-shaped gauntlet called the Scorpion's Claw, or the large unique weapon known as the Chainsabre.Striking Scorpion Exarchs often lead their squads from the shadows, using them to shield their approach from their enemies. Exarchs also train their squads to flow silently and without trace through dense terrain on the battlefield.
Striking Scorpions - Phoenix Lord: The Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions is Karandras, "the Shadow Hunter." However, it should be noted that, unusually, Karandras is not the original Phoenix Lord of this Aspect Shrine. The original Phoenix Lord of the Striking Scorpions was named Arhra, the "Father of Scorpions,", now named "the fallen Phoenix."Arhra is the only Phoenix Lord to have been completely lost to the Craftworld Aeldari and his shrine when his murderous nature ultimately overwhelmed him and led to the consumption of his soul by Chaos, transforming him into a life-destroying monster like the Drukhari. It is believed that after he began walking the Path of Damnation, Arhra fled to the Dark City of Commorragh in the Webway where he became the first Drukhari Incubi Hierarch and founded the first Incubus Shrine.Arhra is believed by some Asuryani to have survived into the present and become Drazhar, the Master of Blades, the greatest champion of the Drukhari Incubi. Karandras, a Striking Scorpions Exarch and the greatest student of Arhra, then took over leadership of his Aspect and taught the Striking Scorpions the patience and discipline they needed so that they would not follow in their founder's wake and lose their immortal souls to She Who Thirsts when their bloodlust and murderous desires overtook them.The last suspected sighting of the Fallen Phoenix occurred in 928.M41, when Drazhar and Karandras were seen duelling for seventeen solar days amongst the shattered ruins of the ancient Aeldari world of Zandros. The outcome of this duel is currently unknown.
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