Harbinger

The Harbinger is a Super-Heavy Bomber deployed by the Forces of Chaos. The Harbinger is the largest aircraft ever unleashed by Chaotic forces. First deployed during the 13th Black Crusade of 999.M41 against the Imperial positions on Cadia, the Harbinger has slowly become a more common sight over battlefields where Chaotic forces are engaged. Flown from heavily defended rear echelon air bases, or dropped by Chaotic starships from orbit, these gigantic aircraft are capable of carrying monstrously large payloads of incendiary bombs and other ordinance like biological or chemical weapons, that are easily capable of levelling entire cities in their own right. The Harbinger is a large, lumbering target whose primary weakness is its lack of manoeuvrability. As a result, Harbingers are almost always escorted over their targets by swarms of Chaotic Hell Blade and Hell Talon fighers. The appearance of even a single Harbinger in a war zone is enough for it to be designated as the priority target for all Imperial Navy aircrews across the entire theatre.

Like all Chaotic aircraft, the Harbinger is usually piloted either by a Servitor who has been hardwired into the aircraft's systems or it has been possessed by a Lesser Daemon who transforms the bomber into an extension of its fiendish will as a particularly powerful Daemon Engine.

Armament
A Harbinger Super-Heavy Bomber is armed with 2 nose-mounted twin-linked Autocannons, 2 side-mounted twin-linked Autocannons with anti-aircraft mounts and the capability to carry a total payload of 48 bombs, 24 in each of its twin bomb bays. These bombs are normally incendiary explosives, but the Harbinger is also equipped to carry the more powerful Hellstorm Bombs as well as the nuclear, biological and chemical weapon payloads particularly favoured by Nurgleite forces.