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[[Image:StormEagleArt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Storm Eagle Assault Gunship{{Fn|4a}}]]
In recent decades the number of Storm Eagles in active service has begun to increase, especially amongst those Chapters known to have favourable relations with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. But despite its increase in production, the Storm Eagle has yet to be deployed as widely as the [[Storm Raven]].{{Fn|4a}} [[Chaos Space Marine]] warbands are also known to still employ the Storm Eagle, though these date back to the Great Crusade and have often since become Daemonically corrupted.{{Fn|5a}}
[[Image:Steagle1.4.jpg|right|thumb|280px|A Storm Eagle Gunship of the [[Salamanders]] [[Chapter]]{{Fn|1}}]]
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The '''Storm Eagle Assault Gunship''' is an aircraft used by [[Space Marines]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
[[Image:StormEagleArt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Storm Eagle Assault Gunship{{Fn|4a}}]]
The Storm Eagle dates back to the [[Great Crusade]], designed to be a smaller attack craft to compliment the larger [[Stormbird]]s and [[Thunderhawk]]s.{{Fn|2}} The first Storm Birds were constructed on [[Terra]], but primary production later transferred to [[Anvilus]], [[Galatea]], and [[Tigrus]].{{Fn|9}}
The legendary mobility of the [[Adeptus Astartes]] has won planet-spanning conflicts with a single strike; providing the precise application of deadly force at the point where it proved most decisive. A [[Chapter]]'s fleet of attack craft is the keystone that makes this possible, and it is the iconic [[Thunderhawk]]s and [[Drop Pod]]s that are at the forefront. Craft such as the Storm Eagle Assault Gunship follow close behind to lend their weapons to the devastating assault. A formidable gunship, the Storm Eagle mounts fearsome firepower for a vehicle of its size and is capable of transporting twenty Space Marines directly into the thick of an assault. The exact provenance of the Storm Eagle is unknown, but it bears clear similarities to the [[Stormraven]]s employed by the [[Blood Angels]] and [[Grey Knights]]. Certain sources place the principal manufacture of the Storm Eagle upon [[Tigrus]] and [[Anvilus IX]], both primary-grade [[Forge World]]s that suffered catastrophic damage during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
[[Image:Steagle1.4.jpg|right|thumb|280px|A Storm Eagle Gunship of the [[Salamanders]] [[Chapter]]{{Fn|1}}]]
In recent decades the number of Storm Eagles in active service has begun to increase, especially amongst those Chapters known to have favourable relations with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. But despite its increase in production, the Storm Eagle has yet to be deployed as widely as the [[Storm Raven]].{{Fn|4a}} [[Chaos Space Marine]] warbands are also known to still employ the Storm Eagle, though these date back to the Great Crusade and have often since become Daemonically corrupted.{{Fn|5a}}
==Armaments==
The Storm Eagle generally has the following weapon systems -
*''[[Blood Drinker]]'' - [[Flesh Tearers]] Chapter{{Fn|11}}
*''[[Herodal's Wrath]]'' - Roc Pattern Storm Eagle, [[Minotaurs]] Chapter{{Fn|4d}}
==Usage by Xenos==
Akin to [[Looted Wagons]], the [[Orks]], or at least [[Freebooterz]], will also loot aircraft they manage to obtain.{{CME}}
<gallery mode="nolines" heights="200" widths="300">
Looted_Thunderhawk_Warhammer_World.jpg|A looted Storm Eagle{{CME}}
</gallery>
==Images==
[[Image:AIStormEagle.jpg|thumb|center|220px|Storm Eagles miniatures from ''[[Aeronautica Imperialis (Game)|Aeronautica Imperialis]] Storm Eagles''{{Fn|8}}]]
==See Alsoalso==
*[[Space Marine Vehicles (List)]]
**[[Thunderhawk Gunship]]**[[Stormraven Gunship]]**[[Stormtalon Gunship]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour Aeronautica]], pg. 28
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pg. 278
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 134
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 137
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Vaults of Terra: The Carrion Throne (Novel)]], Chapter 11
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]], Chapter Six
*{{Endn|8}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/05/06/warhammer-fest-online-day-4-warhammer-underworlds-necromunda-and-aeronautica-imperialis/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer Fest Online: Day 4 – Warhammer Underworlds, Necromunda, and Aeronautica Imperialis (Posted on posted 06/05/2021)] ''(Last last accessed on 6 May 2021)''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Liber Hereticus]], pg. 62
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Renegades: Harrowmaster (Novel)]], ''Harrowmaster''
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Flesh of Cretacia (Novella)]] - , Chapter 3
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Vaults of Terra: The Dark City (Novel)]], Chapter Eleven
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