Hades Breaching Drill

The Hades is a piece of industrial equipment used by the Imperium of Man. The Hades is normally used on Imperial Mining Worlds to help miners dig tunnels and remove rubble and debris, but there have been several occasions where the Hades has been pressed into military service with the Imperial Guard. When the Hades is pressed into a military role it is usually during a prolonged siege, where it can be used as a breaching drill, or be used to breach a bunker or wall. The Hades is equipped with a forward-firing Melta-Cutter that can turn rock and metal into molten slag in seconds, its massive blades are tipped with Diamantine and can easily cut through most materials, be it rock, metal, or even flesh.

Uses
While the Hades is normally used for mining, when it is deployed during a siege it can be used as a breaching drill to attack the enemy from underground. During a prolonged siege engineers may spend weeks or even months digging tunnels and saps towards and around the enemies position, the Hades will be used to quickly breach the last few yards until it hits the surface, where engineers and other specialized units will come through the breach and attack the enemy. While the Hades is on the surface it is not useless, its Melta-Cutter and drill blades are capable of ripping apart enemy structures and even tanks, the Hades can even be turned on enemy infantry.

Armament
The Hades is not armed with any true weapons, nor was it ever meant to see combat, but the needs of the Imperium demand that it be used when needed, even during war. The Hades' forward firing Melta-Cutter functions the same way as any Melta weapon and can be used to melt armour and structures into piles of liquid slag. The massive drill blades can crush through almost any material and are perfect for destroying structures and walls, the inside of the Hades consists of a conveyor belt to move the rubble and debris away from the area the vehicle is trying to cut through.

Known Users of the Hades

 * Imperial Mining Worlds - Used as a normal piece of mining equipment.
 * Imperial Guard Siege Regiments - Used during sieges.
 * The Death Korps of Krieg - Used Hades drills during the Siege of Vraks to get behind enemy lines and attack enemy supply routes and sabotage enemy vehicles.

Other Known Subterranean Vehicles

 * Termite - The Termite is used by the Adeptus Mechanicus as a subterranean transport vehicle. The Termite, the Mole and the Hellbore use a phase-field generator to burrow through the ground, whereas the Hades uses a more "Brute-Force" approach.
 * Mole - The Mole used by the Adeptus Mechanicus as a subterranean transport vehicle, it is larger than the Termite.
 * Hellbore - The Hellbore is a large burrowing vehicle used by the Adeptus Mechanicus, it is larger than the Termite and the Mole.

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