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[[Image:Firestorm model.jpg|thumb|right|Eldar Firestorm]]
The '''Firestorm''' is a rare [[Eldar]] [[grav-tank]] based on the [[Falcon]] chassis. Designed for anti-aircraft warfare, the Firestorm is employed only in unique cases where Eldar aircraft are not available to achieve air superiority over the enemy, such as the [[Baran War]] where only vehicles Falcon-sized or smaller could fit through the [[wraithgate]]s.{{Fn|11a}}{{Fn|3b}}
Firestorms are never deployed in great numbers, and only when there are not enough [[Nightwing]]s to provide effective fighter protection or the great threat of enemy air attacks.{{Fn|4}}
The Firestorm 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, but as dominant schools changed the older designs are seen less often but both are known as Firestorms to [[Imperial Scholar]]s.{{Fn|71b}}
===Technical Information===While retaining many of the same features as found in the Falcon, including its transportation capacity, the Firestorm's primary difference is its armament. [[Firestorm Scatter Lasers]] are a complex array of triple-barreled [[Scatter Laser]]s which combine high accuracy with the capability of sustained fire. These are ideal for protecting Eldar hosts from enemy aircraft as well as potent anti-infantry weapons useful against hordes of [[Orks]] and [[Tyranids]]. The Firestorm is also armed with [[twin-linked]] [[Shuriken Catapult]]s and/or a [[Shuriken Cannon]], and can be further equipped with [[Vectored Engines]], [[Star Engine]]s, [[Holo-field]]s and [[Spirit Stone]]s.{{Fn|11a}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3b}}
===Images===
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Image:Ia11-132-mymeara-firestorm.jpg|[[Mymeara|Mymearan]] Firestorm{{Fn|3a}}
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===Development History===
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*The Firestorm was one of several [[Eldar]] vehicles with more than one model. [[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]].
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===Sources===*{{Endn|1}}: [[Epic : Swordwind]], :**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 22**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 76
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse]], pg. 54
*3: [[Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara]]:
*{{Endn|5}}: [[2010 Forge World Catalogue]], pg. 52
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Titan Legions (game)]], pg. 58
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