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Storm Serpent

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[[Image:Storm Serpent.jpg|thumb|right|Storm Serpent of the [[Craftworld Eldar]]]]
A The '''Storm Serpent''' is a [[Engine of Vaul]], a [[Super Heavy Vehicle|super -heavy]] [[Grav-tank|grav -tank]] of the [[Craftworld Eldar]] and is recognised as one . While other Engines of Vaul are noted for their immense firepower, the Storm Serpent actually contains a mobile [[Engines of VaulWebway]]. It is one of portal, which it can use to disgorge warriors right into the largest vehicles in active service for the Eldarenemy's midst.<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
==Overview==
The While the Storm Serpent was first reported as superficially appears like a sleek gunship in , its sleek hull seemingly too small to carry any troops, the secret behind its function lies within the [[Crucien WarWraithgate]] in generator it carries. Using the same vast energies other Engines use to power their immense weaponry, the Storm Serpent is able to create a shimmering portal amidst the craft's attuned promontories which links directly to the Webway. This mobile portal can be accessed by the Eldar from anywhere, whether an orbiting fleet or [[M36Craftworld]] and many tacticians were befuddled when large numbers , for the rapid deployment of Eldar troops came out from . The one limitation of the sleekly designed craftStorm Serpent's Wraithgate is that it can accommodate vehicles no larger than a [[Vyper]]. An Imperial Guard position was overrun at The Storm Serpent itself only mounts a [[Merloc's PointPulse Laser]] when three disgorged dozens of and [[Aspect Warrior|aspect warriorScatter Laser]]sfor offensive firepower. When they were designated as primary targets, it was assumed that the passengers would be killed when the vehicle was destroyed, but this was proved false when a single wreckage was found with barely a dozen bodies within.<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
What the Imperium have yet to grasp is that within the Storm Serpent is a Serpents first sighted by [[Webway PortalImperial]] which allows troops to move endlessly from forces during the vehicle. They can be accessed from anywhere in the webway[[Crucien War]] of [[M36]], but most often where they are used to quickly deploy armies from orbitwere initially mistaken for just another gunship. It When three of these craft approached Merloc's size limits that maximum physical size for deployment to about Point and suddenly disgorged dozens of [[Aspect Warrior]]s, overrunning the size of a [[VyperImperial Guard]]'s position, a new strategy was adopted to target Storm Serpents first in order to kill their passengers. In the subsequent fighting several Storm Serpents were destroyed but the Eldar host seemed hardly diminished, and on the single occasion they could recover a wreckage the Imperials discovered less than a dozen bodies and realized their true purpose.<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
==Sources==
*<sup>{{Endn|1</sup>}}:[[Epic Swordwind]], Pg. 22
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