Starhawk
Overview
Starhawk bombers are larger, slower craft, designed to carry a heavy payload of plasma bombs and armour-piercing missiles for use against enemy capital ships. Crewed by a pilot, co-pilot, tech-priest (plus acolytes), various turret gunners and a logistics officer, a standard Starhawk sports a crew of 10-15 and features limited sleeping quarters, chemical toilets and even an automated medical unit inside its hull. Armed with a multitude of short-range turret-mounted defence weapons used to fend off enemy starfighters, a lone Starhawk can wreak havoc among enemy fighter squadrons before swooping in to deliver a crippling missile strike on an enemy capital ship. On rare occasions, Starhawks can be modified to carry and launch a very small number of anti-starship torpedoes.[3]
Starhawks also have a servitor hardwired into the bomber's surveyor systems, who counts down ranges in ten kilometres increments. Futhermore, they are equipped with cockpit-mounted opticon-enhanced viewing ports and a comm-net.[4]
History
The Starhawk is the more effective replacement for the Marauder Bomber following that model's reassignment as an atmospheric bomber. It features an increase in armour, speed and maximum payload over the Marauder.
The Starhawk features in the standard complement of most capital ships designed to deploy navy wings, although some of the less well-equipped sub-sector fleets continue to use the Marauder as their primary bomber.[3]
Known Patterns
Calixis-Pattern Starhawk
The Calixis-Pattern Starhawk has forward racks for 10 large anti-ship missiles with powerful krak warheads and multiple bomb-firing cylinders mounted mid-bay.[3]
Specifications[3]
| Type | Bomber[3] | Operational Ceiling | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Name | Starhawk[3] | Max Speed | 1,800kph cruising in atmosphere[3] |
| Forge World of Origin | Range | ||
| Known Patterns | Calixis[3] | Main Armament | Rear bays of 40 Plasma Bombs,[3] Forward rack of 10 anti-ship missiles[3] |
| Crew | Pilot, Co-pilot, Techpriest, 5 Gunners, Bombardier,[3] hardwired Servitor[4] | Secondary Armament | 1 forward Lascannon, 2 twin-linked Multi-Laser Turrets,[3] 2 wing-mounted Twin-linked Heavy Bolters[3] |
| Powerplant | Main Ammunition | ||
| Weight | Secondary Ammunition | ||
| Length | Armour | ||
| Wingspan | Superstructure | ||
| Height | Hull | ||
- Nemesis Squadron of the Dictator Cruiser Lord Solar Macharius .[2]
See also
Sources
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- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook,
[Help] - 2: Execution Hour (Novel), pg. 49 [Help]
- 3: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pgs. 140-141
- 4: White Dwarf 242 (UK), pg. 12 — Wolf Pack
