Warp Hunter
The Warp Hunter is a high-speed assault craft and one of the rarest variants of the Eldar Falcon grav-tank. Considered to be an archaic design, it was an unusual sight on the battlefields of the 41st Millennium until the Betalis III incident, when whole squadrons engaged Imperial forces in battle. As with other Falcon variants like the Fire Prism and Night Spinner, the Warp Hunter sacrifices transport capacity for firepower.[1]
Technical Information
The most notable aspect of the Warp Hunter is its hull-mounted Distortion Cannon or D-Cannon. This example of the Eldar's advanced technology, little-understood by the Adeptus Mechanicus, creates a hole in the fabric of reality between real and Warp space, tearing the unlucky targets to pieces and dragging them into the Warp to suffer a terrible death. An unusual aspect of the Warp Hunter's D-Cannon is that it can also be used to create an 'æther rift' projected a short distance in front of the vehicle. By adjusting the D-Cannon's warp/real space disruption focus and warp core containment field generator, a seething mass of dark energy can be used to sweep the enemy from its prow.[1]
In all other respects the Warp Hunter functions similarly to the Falcon. It is commanded by a crew of two, a pilot and gunner, and is constructed from a Wraithbone chassis. Light and immensely strong, the Wraithbone also provides power to the craft and is especially tuned to the Eldar's psychic abilities, making it impossible for other races to operate the vehicle. For anti-infantry firepower it boasts twin-linked Shuriken Catapults which can be replaced with a Shuriken Cannon, and the Warp Hunter can be modified to incorporate a Holo-field, Star Engines, Spirit Stones and Vectored Engines.[1] Weapons are aimed with the help of a front-mounted sensor array.[2]
Among Eldar of the Craftworlds there is some reticent to use Warp Hunters, and prior to Betalis III a single sighting was considered an unusual event. However Eldar Corsairs have no compunction about committing these fearsome craft to battle, and it is thought Mymeara contains an atypically large number of them.[1]
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Warp Hunter
Warp Hunter
Epic Scale Warp Hunter
Trivia
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Conflicting sources
The original sculpt of the Warp Hunter was identified in Epic: Swordwind as being an alternative design of the Cobra Super-Heavy Tank,[3] however, this connection was contradicted when both appeared in Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara as two separate tanks.[1] This has left the relationship between the original Epic-scale Warp Hunter in the strange state of being an alternative design for two quite different vehicles.
See also
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, Pg. 179
- 2: Imperial Armour - Apocalypse Second Edition, pg. 66
- 3: Epic: Swordwind, pg. 76
| Craftworld Eldar Vehicles | |
|---|---|
| Light Vehicles | Jetbike (Raptor Jetbike) • Hornet • Vyper |
| Walkers | War Walker • Wasp Assault Walker • Scout Walker |
| Wraith Constructs | Wraithblade • Wraithguard • Wraithknight • Wraithlord • Wraithseer |
| Artillery | Anti-Aircraft Platform • Support Weapon Batteries (D-Cannon • Vibro Cannon • Shadow Weaver) |
| Grav-Tanks | Falcon • Fire Prism • Firestorm • Night Spinner • Warp Hunter • Wave Serpent |
| Super-Heavy Grav-Tanks | Cobra • Lynx • Scorpion • Storm Serpent • Void Spinner |
| Super-Heavy Walkers | Eldar Knight • Eldar Titan (Revenant • Phantom • Warlock) |
| Aircraft | Hemlock • Nightwing • Nightshade (Crimson Hunter) • Phoenix • Vampire Raider • Vampire Hunter • Dawnsail • |
