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Creating page for Howdahs, a common technology used so ubiquitously by the Exodites that it is important to have a central reference for their use.
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==Overview==
Howdahs are platforms, positioned on the backs of large animals used to carry troops or to mount heavy weapons. The constructions can range in size, growing with the size of the beast used, from small platforms to multi-turretted castles.{{Fn|2a}}
==Eldar==
[[File:Exodites.jpg|thumb|200px|'''Exodite''' [[Megasaur]] and [[Brachiosaur]] with '''Howdahs'''.{{Fn|3}}]]
In times of war, the [[Eldar]] [[Exodites]] who usually herd livestock [[Giant Reptile#Dragon|Dragon]] like the [[Megasaur]] and [[Megadon]], and even the titanic building-sized [[Brachiosaur]] will instead mount Howdahs on their BEAST'S backs to ferry crews of as many as a dozen warriors{{Fn|5}} as well as a variety of heavy weapon galleries crewed two Eldar each{{Fn|5}} including Twin-Barreled [[Shuriken]] Cannons{{Fn|4}}, [[Laser]] Cannons{{Fn|5}}, Twin [[Prism]] Cannons{{Fn|4}}, [[Bright Lance|Fusion Lance]]s{{Fn|5}}.
==Orks==
[[Image:SquiggothArt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Squiggoth Weapons Howdah{{Fn|2}}]]
{{Main|Squiggoth}}
Orks mount Howdahs on the backs of the massive wolly-tusked [[Squiggoth]] to carry [[Boyz]] and mounted weapons such as the [[Supa-lobba]].{{Fn|1}} [[Feral Orks]] mount Howdahs on the backs of [[Orkeosaurus]].
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem]], pg. 47
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Liber Xenologis]], pg. 76
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pgs. 16-17, 76
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] - Chapter 6
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Path of the Outcast (Novel)]] - ''Chapter 7''
[[Category:Vehicles (Orks)]]
[[Category:Vehicles (Eldar)]]
[[Category:Exodites]]
==Overview==
Howdahs are platforms, positioned on the backs of large animals used to carry troops or to mount heavy weapons. The constructions can range in size, growing with the size of the beast used, from small platforms to multi-turretted castles.{{Fn|2a}}
==Eldar==
[[File:Exodites.jpg|thumb|200px|'''Exodite''' [[Megasaur]] and [[Brachiosaur]] with '''Howdahs'''.{{Fn|3}}]]
In times of war, the [[Eldar]] [[Exodites]] who usually herd livestock [[Giant Reptile#Dragon|Dragon]] like the [[Megasaur]] and [[Megadon]], and even the titanic building-sized [[Brachiosaur]] will instead mount Howdahs on their BEAST'S backs to ferry crews of as many as a dozen warriors{{Fn|5}} as well as a variety of heavy weapon galleries crewed two Eldar each{{Fn|5}} including Twin-Barreled [[Shuriken]] Cannons{{Fn|4}}, [[Laser]] Cannons{{Fn|5}}, Twin [[Prism]] Cannons{{Fn|4}}, [[Bright Lance|Fusion Lance]]s{{Fn|5}}.
==Orks==
[[Image:SquiggothArt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Squiggoth Weapons Howdah{{Fn|2}}]]
{{Main|Squiggoth}}
Orks mount Howdahs on the backs of the massive wolly-tusked [[Squiggoth]] to carry [[Boyz]] and mounted weapons such as the [[Supa-lobba]].{{Fn|1}} [[Feral Orks]] mount Howdahs on the backs of [[Orkeosaurus]].
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem]], pg. 47
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Liber Xenologis]], pg. 76
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition)]], pgs. 16-17, 76
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] - Chapter 6
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Path of the Outcast (Novel)]] - ''Chapter 7''
[[Category:Vehicles (Orks)]]
[[Category:Vehicles (Eldar)]]
[[Category:Exodites]]
