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Hell Blade's are used as fast and agile interceptors, engaging enemy aircraft while the larger [[Hell Talon]] fighter-bomber devastates ground targets. Most commonly, they are used to swiftly achieve air superiority and clear the war for Chaos Space Marine ground assaults. In this role they are armed with two twin-linked [[autocannon]]s.{{Fn|2}} It can also carry air-to-air [[Rocket Launcher|rocket]]s.{{Fn|6}}
The Hell Blade is thrust-vectored, allowing it to viff upwards, downwards and to the sides, easily matching a [[Thunderbolt]] in 'vector-dance'.{{Fn|6}} It is equipped with a countermeasure system that ejects violet cinders capable of deflecting a locked-on [[Skystrike Missile|Skystrike missile]].{{Fn|7}}
The Hell Blade has a sleek, slim and deadly form, and is thought to be a product of a forge world in the Eye of Terror. Hell Blades are sometimes [[daemonically]] possessed; in other cases they are piloted by a [[servitor]] hard-wired into the cockpit.{{Fn|2}} Some pilots even seem to be unaugmented [[Human]]s pledged to the Dark Powers.{{Fn|1}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Aeronautica Imperialis Game Rulebook]], pg. 136
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Apostle's Creed (Short Story)]] — [[Sabbat Worlds (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Interceptor City (Novel)]], Day 94 — ''Seventh drop, Intercept 66, Vesperus, 10:11''
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