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The '''Valkyrie''' is a heavily armed airborne armoured assault carrier with VTOL capabilities, used to ferry Special Forces Infantry units such as [[Storm Trooper Squads]] and Drop Troop Regiments such as the [[Elysian Drop Troops]] to and from combat zones. The Valkyrie is armed with a [[Multi-laser]] or [[Lascannon]] mounted beside the cockpit. The Valkyrie has two external fuel tanks, although these can be replaced with either [[Hellstrike missiles]] or [[Rocket pods]]. In addition, the craft has two door mounted [[Heavy Bolters]] for door gunners to operate. This combination of weapons allows Valkyrie pilots to stay on station once their cargo has been dropped and provide limited air-support to the troops on the ground.
Valkyries carrying extra fuel are capable of carrying modified [[Drop Sentinel]], [[Cyclops]] and [[Sentry Gun]] instead of troops.
In most cases, the Valkyrie, like most of the Imperium's aircraft, is piloted and operated by the Imperial Navy, and are provided in joint operations for use to the Imperial Guard on a need basis. But in some cases where the crews of a Valkyrie squadron expect to be attached for a long duration to Imperial Guard units, and inevitably, providing close air support, modifications are made to the Valkyrie. The Primary modification is reinforced armor with extra armor added to that to reduce the chance of damage and force of heavy weapon impacts. This extra weight reduces the Valkyries max flight altitude and speed, but allows the crew to use it's VTOL capabilities to the maximum potential with improved survivability.
== Vendetta Variant ==
The Vendetta Heavy gunship - Valkyrie's which have been attached to Imperial Guard units and received the increased armor, and then equipped with 3 Twin-Linked Lascannons, and then used as a tank hunter after dropping off any unit being transported by it. Further more, it still retains the ability to mount 2 Heavy Bolter door guns. It may also replace the 2 hardpoint mounted Twinlinked lascannons on it's wings for 2 [[Hellfury]] incendiary missiles instead.
[[Image:Valkyrie Interior.jpg|thumb|right|The Interior of a Valkyrie]]
==Sources==
*[[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]]
*[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]
==Related Articles==
*[[List of Imperial Aircraft]]
