Tuesday 28 April 2009

The Manta

Well hello there.
I thought you might enjoy the following, unfortunatly I can't just post a picture because the document is enormous so i'll just type it out instead.
That feckin huge Tau carrier thing:

Manta:
Points - 1980
Armour - F:13, S:12, R:11
BS - (2) 3 (4) weapon and firer dependant

Type - Super Heavy Flyer, Orbital Lander
Structure Points - 10
Crew - 9 Tau Air Caste

Weapons:
Twin-linked heavy railguns,
3x Twin linked long barrelled ion cannons,
Twin linked missile pods,
16x drone controled long barrelled burst cannons (BS-2)
10x Seeker Missiles (max or 2 per turn)
Networked Markerlight

Always equiped with a Targeting array for its main weapons. Also has an Energy Shield, Blacksun Filter, Escape Pod and Decoy Launcher

No further options.

Transport: up to 188 Tau Troops

Super-Heavy Detachments: Must be taken as part of a separate detachment, consisting of 1-3

Access Points: 2, by transport elavator on the lower deck and rear ramp.

Special Rules:

Upper Deck Capacity:
Up to 48 Tau Warriors, or:
Max of 12 Heavy Gun Drones
Max of 24 Kroot Hounds

Lower Deck Capacity:
Up to 140 Tau Warriors or:
Max of 4 Devilfish (which may be preloaded with 12 troops)
Max of 4 Hammerheads or Sky Rays
Max of 4 Piranha

in addition to the 4 vehicles, the lower deck may carry up to 10 Crisis suits or 5 Broadsides

Alternatively, instead of vehicles:
up to 50 crisis suits
up to 25 broadsides
up to 36 heavy gun drones
up to 12 drone sentry turrets
up to 12 tetra speeds

AA-Fire:
its so feckin big you can't really miss and only need the normal BS of a firer to hit instead of 6's.

Energy Shield:
always gets a 4+ invulnerable save against hits.

Decoy Launchers:
Get a 4+ save against any engine damaged results (on a 4+ ignore the result).

Weaponry:

lb burst cannon R:36", Str:5, AP5, Assault 3
lb ion cannon, R:90", Str:7, AP3, Heavy 3
Heavy Railgun, R:108", Str:10, AP1, Ordance1/titan killer
Heavy Railgun Submunitions, R:108", Str:7, AP3, Ordanance1 Blast
Missile Pod, R:36", Str:7, AP:4, Assault 2
Seeker Missile, R:Unlimited, Str:8, AP3, Heavy1

An absolute monster. Tau don't need titan, just a couple of these bastards!

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