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Overlords are a new aircraft that seems to be an evolution of the [[Thunderhawk]]. It has powerful quintuple engines and twinned hulls thick enough to permit insertion from orbit like Thunderhawks or [[Stormbird|Stormbirds]], despite being similar to [[Corvus Blackstar]]s.{{Fn|1}}
Like Blackstars, Overlords possess twin transport bays with their own assault doors, but they're considerably bigger and even more blessed with advanced technologies like [[Void Shield|energy shield]]s.{{Fn|1}} Each troop compartment features an embarkation ramp at the rear{{Fn|3a}} and can be lowered to allow for debarkation.{{Fn|3d}} The cockpit sits between the two halves of the double fuselage.{{Fn|2}}
The Overlord weighs 250 tons.{{Fn|33a}}
===Armament===
An Overlord is equipped with anti-munitions cannons, wing-mounted [[Lascannon|Desolator Lascannons]], nose-mounted [[Melta Weapon#Melta Cannon|Melta Cannons]] and [[Heavy Bolter|Heavy Bolters]] fixed on its lower wing surfaces.{{Fn|1}} It can also mount turreted [[plasma weapon]]s.{{Fn|4}} In addition, a variety of missiles can be mounted to the wings, and the flanks of the Overlord are studded with crewed weapons bubbles containing heavy guns. The wings may be tipped with gatling las{{Fn|2}} and can also feature [[servitor]]-crewed heavy bolters.{{Fn|23b}} ===Defences===The Overlord is armoured in [[adamantine]], [[ceramite]] and thermoplas fibre mesh{{Fn|3a}}, with the armour on its forward glacis plate equalling a super-heavy in its thickness.{{Fn|3c}} The Overlord is also protected by a Buckler-class Void Shield generated from projector nodes that can cover either the front, flanks or rear or, alternatively, the overhead or underside arcs.{{Fn|3c}} ===Propulsion===The Overlord is propelled by plasma engines that can be angled to a vertical position for take-off{{Fn|3c}} and landing manoeuvres.{{Fn|3a}}
===Transport Capacity===
An Overlord can transport at least eighty [[Primaris Space Marines]].{{Fn|2}} During the [[Ardium|Battle of Ardium]], an Overlord transported one early-pattern Space Marine and thirty-nine Primaris Space Marines, some of which were wearing [[Power Armour#Mark 10 "Tacticus Armour"|Mk X Gravis Armour]],{{Fn|1}} while an Overlord attached to [[Fleet Tertius]] of the [[Indomitus Crusade]] carried forty Primaris Marines (fifteen of which were [[Aggressors]] in heavy Gravis plate) in each of its twin holds during a boarding action.{{Fn|2}}
The Overlord can also be converted to serve as a vehicle transporter. In this capacity, it can deploy two [[Repulsor]]s by dropping them from thirty yards above the ground onto the battlefield without slowing down.{{Fn|4}}
==Notable Overlords==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter Eighteen
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]], Chapter Thirty-One
*3: [[Oaths of Damnation (Novel)]]:**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter Twenty**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter Twenty-One**{{Endn|3c}}: Chapter Twenty-Two**{{Endn|33d}}: Epilogue*{{Endn|4}}: [[Oaths Spear of Damnation the Emperor (Novel)]], Chapter TwentyX, Part 4
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