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[[Image:Nightspinner.jpg|right|thumb|An Eldar Night Spinner]]
The '''Night Spinner''', also (known in prior editions as the a '''Doomweaver'''){{Fn|2b}}{{Fn|5}}, is an [[Eldar]] [[grav-tank]] based on the [[Falcon]] chassis. One of the most curious and also most accomplished Eldar designs, the Night Spinner is a mobile artillery vehicle designed to provide indirect fire support to fast moving Eldar attacks.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|22a}}{{Fn|3a}}
==Technical Information==
The Night Spinner's primary armament are [[twin-linked]] [[Doomweaver]]s, deadly [[Monofilament Weaponry]] which launch a large web of deadly wire high into the air. The web is made up of thousands of miles of incredibly strong, monofilament thread that can shear through any substance, including steel or tank armour. Once launched the web floats ghostly downwards, shredding any victims caught beneath it. Upon hitting the ground the web forms a barrier that may dissect anyone crossing through it, but will eventually settle into a solid blanket that can be moved over safely. The Eldar refer to the threads as the ''Chain of Vaul'', after the unbreakable bonds{{Fn|4}} which bound [[Vaul]] to his anvil after the [[War in Heaven (Eldar)|War in Heaven]].{{Fn|5}} The launching of this web will frequently presage an Eldar attack, which on is own can be unnerving to [[Imperial]] troops, who fear these attacks more than conventional artillery.{{Fn|22a}}
As is true of all Eldar vehicles, Night Spinners are also constructed of [[Wraithbone]] and other psycho-plastics sung into being by [[Bonesingers]]. This material not only allows the vehicle's crew to control the craft with both body and mind, it also makes it impossible for other races to replicate or operate it.{{Fn|3b}}
In addition, the craft is also armed with twin-linked [[Shuriken Catapult]]s or a [[Shuriken Cannon]], and may be upgraded with [[Vectored Engines]], [[Star Engine]]s, [[Holo-fields]] and [[Spirit Stones]].{{Fn|22a}}
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==Images==
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EldarNightSpinner.jpg|[[Biel-tan]] Eldar Night Spinner
EpicNightspinner.jpg|[[Epic]]-scale Night Spinner (Forge World Revival)
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==Development History==
The Night Spinner has more than one aesthetic design as a result of differing consensus between [[Bonesinger]] [[Bonesinger#Design_Schools|Design Schools]]. Both have the same weapons and characteristics. An older era of design was previously known to [[Imperial Scholar]]s as a '''Doomweaver''', but the scholars have since reconciled their mistake and understand both as Night Spinners.{{Fn|2b}}
{{Trivia}}
The Night Spinner was one of several [[Eldar]] vehicles with more than one model and a different name between its inclusion in [[Epic (game system)]] and its inclusion in [[Warhammer 40,000]]. [[Bonesinger#Design_Schools|Design Schools]] were introduced in [[Epic Swordwind]] (2005) as an in-universe explanation for this difference in Eldar vehicle designs in [[Epic (game system)|Epic]], and [[Imperial Scholar]]s were blamed for the incorrect nomenclature.
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DoomweaverForgeWorld.jpg|[[Forge World (Company)|Forge World]] [[Warhammer 40,000]]-scale Doomweaver '''(Unreleased)'''{{Fn|6}}
Doomweaver.jpg|2nd Edition [[Epic]]-scale Doomweavers
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==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour II]], pg. 12
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Epic Swordwind]], **{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 22**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 76
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara]]{{CME}}
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 176
