Orion Assault Dropship

The Orion Assault Dropship is a super-heavy flyer utilised exclusively by the Adeptus Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind since the Great Crusade era in the 30th Millennium. Utilising ancient and forbidden technology from the Dark Age of Technology and armed with a formidable array of heavy weapons, the Orion Dropship is the ultimate troop delivery transport utlised by the forces of the Imperium.

Role
Created as a dedicated super-heavy assault dropship for the Legio Custodes, the Enyalas Pattern Orion can carry a full task force of the Emperor's Talons into combat. Protected by frontal armour superior to that of the Legiones Astartes Thunderhawk gunship, its Arachnus Heavy Blaze Cannon and Heavy Bolters can swiftly clear a landing zone of hostile infantry and armour with brutal efficiency, allowing the units within to deploy before it soars back into the sky to unleash death upon any foe who dares approach.

Access Points

 * One access ramp on the rear of the fuselage.

Transport Capacity

 * '''Can transport 24 Custodians, which may include a single Custodes Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought or Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought).

Wargear

 * Two Arachnus Heavy Blaze Cannon
 * Two Nose-Mounted, Twin-Linked Lastrum Bolt Cannon
 * Two Spiculus Heavy Bolt Launchers
 * Extra Armour
 * Armoured Ceramite
 * Eclipse Shield - A prototype variant of the Flare Shield based on Selenite technology, not only does the eclipse shield retard kinetic force and directed energy streams, but it also absorbs photons. Thus, when activated by heavy incoming fire, the shield appears as a midnight black energy field, completely obscuring the Orion as it screams towards its drop zone.
 * Macro Arae-Shrike - Ancient blight-code relays with the ability to pervert enemy cogitators and auguries are the subject of myth and baleful legend among many clades of the Mechanicum. Utilised exclusively by the Orion Assault Dropship, the dedicated super-heavy assault dropship of the Legio Custodes, the Macro Arae-Shrike fitted to all patterns of Enyalus pattern super-heavy flyers, which were even more effective than their smaller counterparts. While they were of no use in stealth operations, for the distortion they created forewarned the enemy of the approach of the Emperor's servants, in open warfare they obscured the exact position of the craft and foiled attempts to intercept its arrival with any accuracy.
 * Armoured Cockpit

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