That's the point of this quest. We're working on it.
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The Long Night Part One: Embers in the Dusk: A Planetary Governor Quest (43k) Complete Sequel Up
- Thread starter Durin
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This will not suffice.
We need jetpack troops. Going by Terran motif our Reaper units are missing.
How are we supposed to get past the most challenging cliffs? There is no more dangerous obstacle than the cliff.
HanEmpire
Delicious
Err...no. Our position is in no way similar to the Imperium's. We have no buffer zone as the Imperium did.
Then we shall have to solve that, won't we?
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
I plan to
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
the Imperium had buffer zones larger then you can travel in a year and had trillions of reserves
your biggest problem is that while your troops are a order of magnitude more deadly then the Imperiums if not more you lack their ability to throw army after army at a problem
also a lot of other armies are going to get more deadly then their 40k equivalents, the Eldar already ahve
So we have different problems than the Imperium. No reason we can't carry on the Emperor's Mission. But I must admit, we need to put our house in order before we look beyond our current borders.
We shall have our work cut out for us, my friends. And a long wait before anything can be done.
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
Dude, we literally all know that.We did when the Imperium fell.
That was the point of the quest in the first place
We did when the Imperium fell.
That was the point of the quest in the first place
Well I'm late to the quest. Sue me.
But you are right, I am just stating the obvious.
Banshee Tactical Strike Craft
And here's my Banshee entry. It's on the lower end of what DAoT forces deployed, but was more than good enough once SEAD operations had been concluded. The armor was considered to be rather thin for it's mass, factoring relative durability.
Banshee Tactical Strike Craft
The Banshee is a dedicated ground attack/support aircraft. It is a hybrid vehicle, with primary lift capacity being provided by grav-plates, with motive thrust being provided by either low profile thrusters or a set of enclosed repulsion-rotors. The rotors are used to provide a stealth approach capability, removing the thruster's heat signature. The Hull of the craft if composed of a sensor absorbing/deflecting composite material, less protective for its mass compared to conventional alloys, but enabling it to escape the notice of enemy air defense in the first place. While it can be defeated by what was considered to be sophisticated sensor systems, it is more than enough to defeat the tools of today's less advanced foes.
The primary armament of the Banshee is pair of magazine fed air-to-ground missile launchers. These Backlash missiles have 25% greater yield and 50% greater range than current models, and are primarily designed to take out armored targets. While somewhat suboptimal against large numbers of infantry, Backlash missiles enable surgical strikes to take out key vehicles and installations from beyond the reach of most local defense systems. Alternative Shockwave missiles are substantially more effective against infantry, capable of destroying entire platoons in a single 4 missile salvo.
Banshee
Planet of Origin: Avernus (Helheim)
Known Patterns: I
Crew: Pilot, Gunner
Powerplant: Ultra-High Capacity Fuel Cell
Weight: 12 tons empty, 18 tons loaded
Length: 12m
Wingspan: 7m
Height: 3m
Operational Ceiling: 500m, typically less than 20 during stealth operations.
Max Speed: 400 kph
Main Armament: Dual Backlash Missile Launchers
Main Ammunition: 80 missiles each
Armor
Superstructure: 60mm
Hull: 60mm
Banshee Tactical Strike Craft
The Banshee is a dedicated ground attack/support aircraft. It is a hybrid vehicle, with primary lift capacity being provided by grav-plates, with motive thrust being provided by either low profile thrusters or a set of enclosed repulsion-rotors. The rotors are used to provide a stealth approach capability, removing the thruster's heat signature. The Hull of the craft if composed of a sensor absorbing/deflecting composite material, less protective for its mass compared to conventional alloys, but enabling it to escape the notice of enemy air defense in the first place. While it can be defeated by what was considered to be sophisticated sensor systems, it is more than enough to defeat the tools of today's less advanced foes.
The primary armament of the Banshee is pair of magazine fed air-to-ground missile launchers. These Backlash missiles have 25% greater yield and 50% greater range than current models, and are primarily designed to take out armored targets. While somewhat suboptimal against large numbers of infantry, Backlash missiles enable surgical strikes to take out key vehicles and installations from beyond the reach of most local defense systems. Alternative Shockwave missiles are substantially more effective against infantry, capable of destroying entire platoons in a single 4 missile salvo.
Banshee
Planet of Origin: Avernus (Helheim)
Known Patterns: I
Crew: Pilot, Gunner
Powerplant: Ultra-High Capacity Fuel Cell
Weight: 12 tons empty, 18 tons loaded
Length: 12m
Wingspan: 7m
Height: 3m
Operational Ceiling: 500m, typically less than 20 during stealth operations.
Max Speed: 400 kph
Main Armament: Dual Backlash Missile Launchers
Main Ammunition: 80 missiles each
Armor
Superstructure: 60mm
Hull: 60mm
Goliath Combat Walker
Here's the Goliath. It's armor is only somewhat better than the current Avernus-pattern, being about as tough as an Imperial-era Chimera. It's documentation is rife with suggestions that it should only be used in rough terrain, and nowhere near anything that can mount a Battle Cannon.
Goliath Combat Walker
The Goliath can be considered to be a halfway step between the Sentinel and the Knight-Titan. Substantially larger and better armed than the former, and much cheaper and less effective than the later. At the time of the fall, it was the most vulnerable class of vehicle still in active combat service, with no less than 28 sub-patterns developed over its millennia long career. It's Dual Heavy Neutron Repeaters were always solid performers against lighter foes, and it's Hellfire Missiles were considered to be some of the most effective guided AA weapons ever mounted on a light mobile platform. Towards the end of it's life it had become a somewhat niche platform, but it remained one of the most effective infantry support platforms commonly available.
Goliath
Planet of Origin: Avernus (Helheim)
Known Patterns: I-XXVII
Crew: Driver
Powerplant: Mk VI Adaptable Thermic Combustor Reactor
Weight: 15 tons
Width: 2.3m
Height: 5m
Ground Clearance: 2m
Max Speed -Road: 35kph
Max Speed -Off Road: 28kph
Main Armament: Dual Neutron Repeaters
Main Ammunition: 3000 shot capacitor
Traverse: 360
Elevation: -90 to 90
Secondary Armament: Dual Hellfire Missile Bays
Secondary Ammunition: 8 missile each
Armor
Main Body: 90mm
Arms: 90mm
Legs: 80mm
Goliath Combat Walker
The Goliath can be considered to be a halfway step between the Sentinel and the Knight-Titan. Substantially larger and better armed than the former, and much cheaper and less effective than the later. At the time of the fall, it was the most vulnerable class of vehicle still in active combat service, with no less than 28 sub-patterns developed over its millennia long career. It's Dual Heavy Neutron Repeaters were always solid performers against lighter foes, and it's Hellfire Missiles were considered to be some of the most effective guided AA weapons ever mounted on a light mobile platform. Towards the end of it's life it had become a somewhat niche platform, but it remained one of the most effective infantry support platforms commonly available.
Goliath
Planet of Origin: Avernus (Helheim)
Known Patterns: I-XXVII
Crew: Driver
Powerplant: Mk VI Adaptable Thermic Combustor Reactor
Weight: 15 tons
Width: 2.3m
Height: 5m
Ground Clearance: 2m
Max Speed -Road: 35kph
Max Speed -Off Road: 28kph
Main Armament: Dual Neutron Repeaters
Main Ammunition: 3000 shot capacitor
Traverse: 360
Elevation: -90 to 90
Secondary Armament: Dual Hellfire Missile Bays
Secondary Ammunition: 8 missile each
Armor
Main Body: 90mm
Arms: 90mm
Legs: 80mm
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Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
The problem is that Starcraft had such a wide varity of feasable vehicles and weapons.
I'm, thinking of looking at Halo, but comparatively it looks a bit... mundane, unless you let us get the hard light stuff.
- Location
- Alice Springs, Australia
no, not on purpose anyway, what is the Infinity
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
Even the infinity as far as I can tell is a bit low tech.
The hard light stuff is good and DAoT had hard light, but that is about it.
The only other good thing is Spartan super soldiers, relatively mass producible no reliance on gene modding as far as I can tell, the problem is I can think of no way of getting it short of an intact STC.
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
I thinks its a kilometer long battleship the UNSC made as a **** you coveanent, you may have hit us but we are akc and better than ever.
It crashed on a dysonsphere on its first mission.
I already came up with them in an earlier piece. This is just flushing that out. I'm going to work on an original light hover tank next. Fluff is that Tranth found the speculative notes and half completed design in the chief engineer's office, and wanted to see if he could finish them. Completing the work of the Ancients would be a big deal for the Ad Mech.
HanEmpire
Delicious
Just realized that it's not that big by 40k standards. Ah well...
It's a carrier/battleship hybrid with dual spinal cannons and corvette/frigate interceptors inside.
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Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
- Location
- Dancing on wires!
Yeah I came up for ones of Digi weapons and quantum entaglement communicators.
HanEmpire
Delicious
That was because the ship's captain was an armchair general promoted way above his abilities.
- Location
- America
Infinity is 5 kilometers long by the way. The Pillar of Autumn is 1.2 kilometers long. Standard UNSC carriers are like 3 kilometers long.
Of course, it's not as big as the CSO-class supercarriers but it has nicer guns.