Land Speeder Storm

The Land Speeder Storm is an uncommon variant of the standard Land Speeder used by the Adeptus Astartes. The Land Speeder Storm sacrifices the heavier weaponry of the more common Land Speeder variants, such as the Land Speeder Tornado and Land Speeder Typhoon, in exchange for a modest transport capacity. The Land Speeder Storm is capable of carrying a small squad of Scout Marines into battle without any loss of performance. The Land Speeder Storm is mainly used as a fast reconnaissance vehicle, and is capable of deploying Scouts Marines deep into enemy territory without being noticed. The Land Speeder Storm is also equipped with baffled engines, which severely reduces their noise output, and a sophisticated spy array that helps gives the Land Speeder Storm an advantage during hit and run attacks. When the vehicle's cargo of Scout Marines are in the field the Storm can act as a mobile firebase to provide support, or the vehicle can act as an assault craft and drop the Scouts into hotly contested areas. The Land Speeder Storm is most commonly used as a stealth insertion craft, deploying the Scouts deep behind enemy lines where they can harass supply lines and destroy important targets.

History
The exact origins of the Land Speeder Storm are unknown, the vehicle is widely used by the Ultramarines, Raven Guard, and their successor Chapters, although it is unknown if the vehicle originated from either of these Chapters. While the Land Speeder and several of its most common variants are used by most, if not all Space Marine Chapters the Land Speeder Storm is all but unknown to many Chapters, such as the Space Wolves and the Blood Angels.

Armament
The Land Speeder Storm replaces the heavy weaponry used by the standard Land Speeder and its variants with the ability to carry a demi-squad of Scout Marines into battle. The Land Speeder Storm is equipped with a Pintle-mounted Heavy Bolter, used by the front-seat passenger. The vehicle is also equipped with a tri-barrelled weapon known as a Cerberus Launcher, this weapon is mounted under the front of the vehicle. The Cerberus Launcher is used to stun the enemy while the Scouts disembark from the vehicle, it fires a disorienting volley of frag, stun, and blind rockets into the enemy position. When combined with the high speeds of the Land Speeder and the disorienting effects of the Cerberus Launcher, the Scouts are able to quickly take enemy positions that may have been thought of as impenetrable. The vehicle also carries an extensive array of spy equipment and jamming arrays. The vehicle's jamming array can disrupt enemy Teleport Homers and other similar wargear within a wide area around the Land Speeder Storm. The Land Speeder Storm, like the standard Land Speeder, has no additional enhancement options such as extra armour plating or smoke launchers, but the vehicle's Pintle-mounted Heavy Bolter can be replaced with a Heavy Flamer, a Multi-Melta, or an Assault Cannon.

Known Users of the Land Speeder Storm

 * Ultramarines - The Land Speeder Storm see widespread use amongst the renowned Scout Company of the Ultramarines Chapter.
 * Raven Guard - The Raven Guard make widespread use of the Land Speeder Storm to infiltrate their Scout Marines deep into enemy lines.
 * Howling Griffons - The Howling Griffons made use of the Land Speeder Storm during the Amar Secession, where they were able to covertly capture the outer bastions and artillery defenses of the mad Regent of Amar in a single night. The bastions weapons were seized by the Howling Griffons Scout Marines and turned upon the inner palace. This assault would have been impossible to conduct with the more conventional method of using Drop Pods or Rhinos.

Also See

 * Imperial Vehicles

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