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Spitfire by Stephen Bierce SPITFIRE MARK IX REPLICA POINTS/MODEL: 103 ARMOR: (+35) 11 FRONT/ 11 SIDE/ 10 REAR BALLISTIC SKILL: 4 TYPE: FLYER SIZE: NORMAL SPEED: FLYER (+40) WEAPONS: 2 TWIN-LINKED GATLING RIPPER GUNS (+9 EACH) 2 BOMBS (+5 EACH) SPECIAL OPTIONS: TARGETER VEHICLE CATEGORY: HEAVY SUPPORT The Spitfire was reborn through the efforts of an Imperial Sister of Battle, who had been compiling a history of the Emperor's ancestry. When she showed images of the machines of antiquity to the Superiors of their Order, the classical flyer, with the angelic curvatures of its wings and tail surfaces--and its legendary agility--appealed to them immediately as just the right air support vehicle for their mission. An exhaustive search of Pre-Imperial records turned up schematics and aerodynamic data critical to the machine's construction. The only conceit to modernity was the necessity of current type powerplants and weaponry. Spitfires are the sole responsibility of the Lorettine Orders, and are usually deployed in teams of two. [These stats might work for just about any World War Two fighter and even many post-WW2 ones. I chose the Spitfire first because I had a model of one handy in close to WH40K size--had I chosen the Hawker Typhoon, I would have max'ed out the armor (+80 instead of +35), made the Ripper Guns Long-Barrelled (for an additional 9 points total), and traded the bombs for a pair of Missile Launchers (+50 points total). I was wondering whether to add a Souped-Up Engine, but I see that they don't apply to Flyers.] [Historical/Cultural note: Notre Dame Loretto is the patron saint of aviators--and the real-life Lorettine Order is an Order founded by English Nuns, as a feminine parallel to the Jesuits.] |
