tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post650130773381145813..comments2024-03-27T08:18:18.703+00:00Comments on Devos IV: Imperial Guard Recce OptionsZzzzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-8480086252270637772015-06-15T21:45:05.919+01:002015-06-15T21:45:05.919+01:00Come, now - if you can bung a 105 light gun out on...Come, now - if you can bung a 105 light gun out on a chute you can bung out a sentinel. <br /><br />Besides, I always thought that the Elysian ones had some sort of retro-thrusters or something, to slow their descent in the final stages...I'm doubtless mistaken.<br /><br />On a side note, my first training with the Arty was with 7 Para, RHA. I used to amuse myself with the thought of horse artillery literally charging out the bay of a Hercules on a low flight - horses, limber, gun and all - to engage the enemy over open sights.<br /><br />That'd be pretty 'airborne'!Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-50815164402662571142015-06-15T21:40:18.115+01:002015-06-15T21:40:18.115+01:00No, no!
In the original rules I wrote for it, it ...No, no!<br /><br />In the original rules I wrote for it, it had a reduced capacity (6 pax) and those missile tubes were just that - 1-shot frag and krak tubes. The idea was it'd bridge the gap between chimerae and proper support vehicles; maybe a platoon-level command vehicle.<br /><br />Remember, I called it a 'wyvern' YEARS before the current GW codex stole my ideas!Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-68037794406623410572015-06-15T07:43:52.493+01:002015-06-15T07:43:52.493+01:00I see where you're going, but that's reall...I see where you're going, but that's really field artillery, rather than an alternate Chimera.Zzzzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-14485410695150829552015-06-15T07:42:12.335+01:002015-06-15T07:42:12.335+01:00Good points, all. But looking at the purpose of t...Good points, all. But looking at the purpose of the Drop Sentinel (carrying a multi melta into battle), I think the argument is robust enough; The Elysians have enough to carry already and to get close enough the multi melta needs the light armour provided by the Drop Sentinel. <br /><br />I have always looked at the Drop Sentinel model and supposed that fully compressed (on a disposable air drop pallet), that it would fit in the back of a Valkyrie with the seats stripped out - the ALM's would slip the hitches and just shove it out (perhaps with a little help from the pilot tilting it nose up). <br /><br />It would seem that the pallet-y thing would then fall away or break up and the Drop Sentinel's integral 'chute would land on it's feet ready to go. So doubtless this has a useful ceiling of perhaps ten meters before the chance of a bad landing trashes the Drop Sentinel.<br /><br />If I was the Drop Sentinel pilot, I'd prefer to drop separately and then climb in - that way if it is just a pile of smashed bits and a leaking fusion flask, I could walk away. But it would be altogether more 'airborne' to drop in the seat with the safety interlocks overridden. Zzzzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-37197628331380649992015-06-15T00:11:13.208+01:002015-06-15T00:11:13.208+01:00M3 Chimera?
Didn't I design just that? - Remi...M3 Chimera?<br /><br />Didn't I design just that? - Remind your furry assets about this: <br /><br />http://admiraldrax.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/015-new-wyvern-pics.html <br /><br />(note - btw - the grenade launcher sticking out of the las-ports...because why wouldn't you?)<br /><br />Great post!Admiral Draxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476823273954165890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-64724130383144412332015-06-14T06:50:49.856+01:002015-06-14T06:50:49.856+01:00Very nice.
I would posit that one (possibly) over...Very nice.<br /><br />I would posit that one (possibly) overlooked aspect in your analysis is the deployability..<br /><br />coming from a chap with an elysian army.. where the sentinels are a drop choice, I think its safe to assume the guard has access to large drop ship we haven't seen the model for and while the tauros et all require a specially purposed valkyrie to get behind enemy lines, the sentinels in all their guises appear to be able to disembark form a bulk troop transport (hence the outflank rule on the normal ones) or be just pushed out of them at altitude in the case of the Elysian modded ones with the grav chutes.<br /><br />This alone might give them value, (and in my mind resembles the "warhound" from the Ghost recon games.. but manned)Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177614906514602594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-800147835764149482015-06-13T10:24:16.191+01:002015-06-13T10:24:16.191+01:00Cheers Doug, we aim to please. Cheers Doug, we aim to please. Zzzzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-3399505326698140832015-06-13T10:23:44.132+01:002015-06-13T10:23:44.132+01:00Rough Riders. But well done, I had overlooked the...Rough Riders. But well done, I had overlooked them, despite five of Mordian 7th's motorcycle Rough Riders overlooking me. Admiral Drax even linked an Anti Tank lambretta here a week or so ago. Zzzzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363838253700265309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-53567695207707817232015-06-13T04:49:01.452+01:002015-06-13T04:49:01.452+01:00excellent post. well thought out and writtenexcellent post. well thought out and writtenDouglas Missonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08984940430451597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010917663653102321.post-62629913064157851252015-06-12T23:38:29.124+01:002015-06-12T23:38:29.124+01:00Motorbikes?
Thoroughly enjoyed this though, one o...Motorbikes?<br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyed this though, one of your better ones.Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.com