Jump pack

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Overview of Mk.7 Mars Pattern Jump Pack^[4]

A Jump Pack is a back mounted device containing turbines or jets powerful enough to lift even a user in Power Armour.

Overview

Jump Pack's are based on ancient STC technology. Intake vents on the top of the pack intake air to feed the jets, while the turbine blades expel it to create lift. Even with the aid of the power armor's energy coils the jump pack has its own fuel supply, such is the power required to send a fully armed and armored Space Marine into the sky. A Jump Pack is usually good for around a dozen or so "jumps" before it must be refueled or discarded.^[4]

A jump pack greatly enhances a warrior's mobility by allowing him to travel quickly across the battlefield, making great bounding leaps over obstructions and launching him into the melee of close combat. Its roaring engines cam also slow the wearer's descent when leaping from low-flying aircraft, allowing him to Deep Strike with relative safety directly into the fray.^[1]

Some models of jump pack feature inbuilt grenade launchers that can clear out the space that the user will land in.^[6]

Known Patterns

• Mk.IV Maximus Pattern — Used by Space Marines clad in Mk.IV Power Armour, this unusual design had a single thruster with smaller manoeuvring jets.^[3]
• Mk.VII Mars Pattern — Standard design used by Assault Marines^[4]
• Corvid Pattern Jump Pack — Used by the Raven Guard. This redesigned version of the Warhawk Pattern, the Corvid adds a sophisticated vector thrust assembly that allows its wearer to make longer more precise leaps.^[7]
• Heavy Jump Pack - Used by Inceptor Squads^[9]
• Enigmatus Pattern Jump Pack — Used by the Firewing of the Dark Angels during the Horus Heresy.^[5]
• Seraphim Jump Pack - Used by Adepta Sororitas Seraphim Squads^[12]
• Valkyris Pattern — Used by the Space Wolves.^[2]
• Venatari Jump Harness — Used by Custodian Venatari.^[8]
• Warhawk Pattern — Standard during the Great Crusade.^[7]
• Winged Jump Pack — Used by the Sanguinary Guard of the Blood Angels

Notable Jump Packs

• Angel's Wing
• Raven's Fury
• Victorious Flight
• Wings of Saronath
• Wings of the Raven

Images

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  A Valkyris Pattern Jump Pack^[2]

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  Warhawk Pattern Jump Pack^[10]

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  Mk.IV Jump Pack

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  Heresy-era Jump Pack^[11]

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  Inceptor Heavy Jump Pack^[9]

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  Seraphim Jump Pack^[12]

See also

• Grav-Chute
• Rokkit Pack
• Space Marine Equipment (List)

Sources

• 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 85
• 2: Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition), pg. 59
• 3: Forge World
• 4: Munitorum: Jump Packs (Background Book) - Introduction
• 5: The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest, pg. 166
• 6: Hunt for Voldorius (Novel), Chapter 9
• 7: Liber Astartes, pg. 331
• 8: Liber Imperium, pg. 159
• 9: Games Workshop Inceptor Squad saved page, original link: https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/Space-Marines-Primaris-Inceptors-2020 (last accessed 18/8/2024)
• 10: Games Workshop MKVI Assault Squad (last accessed 18/8/2024)
• 11: Games Workshop MKV Assault Squad (last accessed 18/8/2024)
• 12: Games Workshop Seraphim Squad (last accessed 18/8/2024)

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