Sun Shark
The AX39 Sun Shark[3] is a Tau atmospheric bomber aircraft.[1]
Overview
The Sun Shark was developed to support highly mobile Hunter Cadres, which normally do not employ heavy artillery in a conventional sense. Thus a solution was required to provide these formations with heavy firepower against large targets, and the Sunshark was the answer which the Air Caste provided.[5]
Capable of blasting ground targets with its primary armament, the Pulse Bomb Generator, secondary systems include Interceptor Drones to intercept incoming enemy aircraft and Missile Pods to both protect from aircraft and provide supporting fire. The Drones may be exchanged for additional thrusters and Quad Ion Turrets.[3] Due to their unique fighting tendencies, the Tau due not use ground artillery in a conventional sense, and thus an advanced Air Caste bomber was necessary for effective heavy fire support.[2]
Sun Sharks have also been fitted with unstable stasis fields which replace the standard bomb array. In this configuration, the Sun Shark drops localised stasis anomalies that disrupt the fabric of space-time, causing time to stop in the affected area for a second. The stasis field can also force-age vehicles into rusting scrap and infantry into skeletons.[4]
The Sun Shark was the basis of the Tau Razorshark Strike Fighter[1]
Notable Sun Sharks
- Against All Odds – piloted by Kor’ui Sal’serra of the T'au Sept[6]
- Bringer of Wisdom – T’olku Sept[6]
- Clouded Blade – piloted by Y'eldi Kor’la Tan’kal of the T'au Sept[6]
- Glorious – T'au Sept[6]
- Humbling Blade – piloted by Kor’ui Na’mas of the Vash’ya Sept[6]
- Indefatigable – Au’taal Sept[6]
- Red Vengeance – Farsight Enclaves[6]
Images
Au'taal Sun Shark Indefatigable[6]
Farsight Enclaves Sun Shark Red Vengeance[6]
T'au Sun Shark Against All Odds[6]
T'au Sun Shark Clouded Blade[6]
T'olku Sun Shark Bringer of Wisdom[6]
Vash'ya Sun Shark Humbling Blade[6]
Miniatures
Sources
- 1: Games Workshop
- 2: Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pg. 48
- 3: Codex: Tau Empire (7th Edition) - Air Caste Support
- 4: Blood Oath (Novella) — Damocles (Anthology), Chapter Four
- 5: Codex: T'au Empire (8th Edition), pg. 71
- 6: Flyers of the Dark Millennium, pgs. 38-47
| Tau Empire Forces | |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Ethereal • Tau Commander • Fireblade |
| Troops | Fire Warrior Team (Strike Team • Breacher Team) • Pathfinder Team • Stealthsuit Team • Drone Squadron |
| Battlesuits | XV8 Crisis (XV8 • XV8-02 • XV81 • XV84 • XV85 • XV86 • XV89 • Warmaker) • XV15 Stealth • XV22 Stealth • XV25 Stealth • XV26 Stealth • XV95 Ghostkeel • XV88 Broadside • XV9 Hazard XV46 Vanguard • XV104 Riptide • XV107 R'varna • XV109 Y'vahra • KV128 Stormsurge • KX139 Ta'unar |
| Vehicles | Devilfish • Drone Harbinger • Hammerhead • Piranha • Sky Ray • Tetra • Swordfish |
| Aircraft | Barracuda • Manta • Orca • Sun Shark • Razorshark • Tiger Shark • Remora • Dorsal • Harpedo |
| Auxiliaries | Kroot Shaper • Kroot Carnivore Squad • Kroot Hound • Krootox • Knarloc • Great Knarloc • Vespid Stingwing • Gue'vesa |
| Special Characters | Aun'va • Aun'shi • Shadowsun • Farsight • Darkstrider • Longstrike • Twin Lance |
