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The '''Overlord''' is a new type of aircraft used by [[Primaris Space Marines]], one of the vehicles commissioned by the [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]] to the [[Archmagos]] [[Belisarius Cawl]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
'''Overlords ''' are a new aircraft that seem to be an evolution of the [[Thunderhawk]]. They have powerful quintuple engines and twinned hulls thick enough to permit insertion from orbit like Thunderhawks [[Thunderhawk]]s or [[Stormbird|Stormbirds]], despite being similar to [[Corvus Blackstar]]s.{{Fn|1}}
Like [[Corvus Blackstar|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 a ramp at the rear{{Fn|3a}} and can be lowered to allow for debarkationembarkation and disembarkation.{{Fn|3d}} The cockpit sits between the two halves of the double fuselage.{{Fn|2}}
An '''Overlord ''' weighs 250 tons.{{Fn|3a}}
===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|3b}}
===Defences===