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− | '''Attack Craft''' is a catch-all term used for the small spacecraft that are deployed from larger starships' launch bays in support of naval warfleets during combat operations. They are divided into three general categories depending on their size and role: |
+ | '''Attack Craft''' is a catch-all term used for the small spacecraft and aircraft that are deployed from larger starships' launch bays in support of naval warfleets during combat operations. They are divided into three general categories depending on their size and role: |
*Fighters are the smallest Attack Craft, using their speed and firepower to intercept and destroy enemy Attack Craft and ordnance. |
*Fighters are the smallest Attack Craft, using their speed and firepower to intercept and destroy enemy Attack Craft and ordnance. |
Revision as of 05:16, 8 April 2011
Attack Craft is a catch-all term used for the small spacecraft and aircraft that are deployed from larger starships' launch bays in support of naval warfleets during combat operations. They are divided into three general categories depending on their size and role:
- Fighters are the smallest Attack Craft, using their speed and firepower to intercept and destroy enemy Attack Craft and ordnance.
- Bombers are lumbering spacecraft that lack the speed of fighters, but carry enough firepower to threaten capital ships.
- Assault Boats are small, spaceborne transports designed to pierce the hull of an enemy starship and desposit a squad of soldiers for a quick hit-and-run attack.
Imperial Attack Craft
- Fury Interceptor
- Starhawk Bomber
- Shark Assault Boat
- Marauder Bomber
- Lightning Air Superiority Fighter
Space Marines
Chaos Attack Craft
Dark Eldar Attack Craft
- Raptor Fighter
- Razorwing Bomber
- Slavebringer Assault Boat
- Impaler Assault Module
Eldar Attack Craft
Necron Attack Craft
No Necron Attack Craft have been encountered by the Imperium to date.
Ork Attack Craft
- Fighta-Bommer
- Ork Assault Boat
Tau Empire Attack Craft
Tau
Tau Allies
Tyranid Attack Craft
The Tyranids use a wide variety of organisms that are roughly equivalent to fighters and assault boats, but their vast diversity defies categorization into distinct classes.
See Also
Sources
- Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook: Ships of the Gothic Sector
- Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Vessels of the Imperium
- Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Xenos Fleets
- Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Necron and Tyranid Fleets
- Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Tau Fleets
- Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign