Each consists of a munitions silo, topped by a large turret that houses a huge macrocannon. Built tough as the job vorteq defends highpressure pumps through major leaps in both. Each missile is strength d with infinite range, but can explode when the building is destroyed. Aquila strongpoint warhammer 40k scenery warhammer 40k. Vortex missile aquila strongpoint their list as best i can remember. This gives you 3 armour 12 layers before the enemy can start hitting your armour 15 castle. One of the most devastating and dreaded weapons in the imperiums vast armoury is the vortex missile. Wargaming webstore with low prices, speedy delivery and excellent customer service. A vortex missile aquila strongpoint is a unit that contains 1 model. Whether you choose the macro cannon option or the vortex missile option, i recommend giving your aquila strong point 3 void shields. When you embark models onto a macrocannon aquila strongpoint, you may find it useful to place some of them on the battlements to remind you which units are inside the fortification. Wall of martyrs, aquila strongpoint, vortex missile 17. The macro annon aquila strongpoint and the vortex missile aquila strongpoint are not allowed. It has its missile ability, which may be able to kill or cripple a rhino every turn, but im not sure if thats really worth the money.
All fortification data slates and upgrades from the stronghold assault book are legal except the macro cannon aquila strongpoint and the vortex missile aquila strongpoint, which are not allowed. A vortex missile equipped aquila strongpoint defended by the ultramarines. Vortex missile aquila strongpoint now that is a lot of stuff to choose from, and some nice combinations of options means that what you bring can really scale with the size of the game. Vorteq uses energy recoverys revolutionary px pressure exchanger technology to reroute abrasive proppants away from highpressure pumps. The vortex missile aquila strongpoint has plenty of fire ports, but josh isnt bringing things to take advantage of that. It is pretty expensive, but seems like it is pretty powerful, without having the liability of the 7th version. They are a product of the dark age of technology and one of the rarest weapons available to the imperium overview. The plasma obliterator, a release filled with controversy and frustration. This boxed set is designed to be compatible with the rest of the wall of martyrs scenery range, enabling you to create a network of defence lines, bunkers, redoubts, weapons batteries and defensive emplacements. Which is good because these will eat into your points total fairly quickly. On its preorder announcement in white dwarf, the plasma generator was listed as a heavy support choice.
Aegis defense line, imperial bastion, imperial defense line, imperial bunker, vortex missile aquila strongpoint, vsg, skyshield landing pad, vengeance weapon batteries, firestorm redoubt, plasma obliterator, and macrocannon aquila strongpoint. For hydraulic fracturing engineers, one of the biggest problems on the jobsite is pump failure. The vortex missile aquila strongpoint is my favorite. Profits under pressure vorteq uses energy recoverys revolutionary px pressure exchanger technology to reroute abrasive proppants away from highpressure pumps. Aquila strongpoints are a type of imperial fortification.
This did, of course, open up modeling opportunities, because im not buying the aquila strongpoint if im not using that amazing eagle cannon. Unaligned vortex missile aquila strongpoint stats, options, wargear, abilities and keywords. For the same points, you replace the macro cannon with 7 missiles. Is large blast x1 where as the macro cannon is large blast x2, and has an amazing secondary firing mode. Vortex missile aquila strongpoint imperial fortress walls primaris redoubt. We define a fortification network as those listed as such in their dataslate or a dataslate with more than 1 fortification in it such as the tidewall gunfort. Can be armed with either a vortex missile battery or macron canno. Vortex missiles are a type of vortex weapon which can be launched by a deathstrike missile launcher, imperial titan, or a strongpoint. Both can absorb some serious punishment and wasting that kind of firepower on them can seriously hamper the enemies ability to kill the unit within. When pumps break down, the entire operation grinds to a halt. Each consists of a munitions silo, topped by a large turret that houses a huge macrocannon used for artillery bombardments of the enemy line and four emplaced heavy bolters for antiinfantry defence. An aquila strongpoint outfitted with a macrocannon manned by a regiment of the astra militarum a vortex missileequipped aquila strongpoint defended by the ultramarines an aquila strongpoint is a massive fortification, often used as a bastion in imperial defensive battle lines. Macrocannon or vortex missilemacro cannon fire at a long range with an enormous blast radius.
The occupying unit suffers additional d6 s6 ap hits with ignore cover sr and the emplaced weapons can only snap shoot. These are perfect for visualizing the impact point of an orbital barrage of vortex torpedoes. This massive fortification deploys the largest weapons available to the battlefield. Cadre fireblade with 2 drones 3 x 10 firewarriors 2 x 5 pathfinders 2 x hammerheads aegis defense line with quad cannon. Macro cannon aquila strongpoint vortex missile aquila strongpoint.
Or maybe an aquila strongpoint let loose a battery of vortex missiles. They are a product of the dark age of technology and one of the rarest weapons available to the imperium. This boxed set is designed to be compatible with the rest of the wall of martyrs scenery range, enabling you to create a network of defense lines, bunkers, redoubts, weapons batteries and defensive. Each vortex blast stays on the table and scatters around every turn until. After all deployment was complete, each player additionally placed a secondary objective anywhere 12.
Vortex missile comes with 7 vortex missles, which are bigger versions of a vortex grenade, but with infinite rangethe rules for both apocalypse and warhammer 40k are included in the box. The damage from the weapon is a flat d6 mortal wounds. Heavy d6 shots causing d6 mortal wounds per hit means this should be pointed at the biggest baddest thing in the enemy army, and it needs to kill it quickly to help justify its breathtaking cost. The munitions silo allows the aquila macrocannon to fire special quake shells, each of which measures several feet in length and has a powerful charge that causes it to reach hypersonic velocity when it is fired. Aquilla, aquila strongpoint with plasma obliterator and vortex missiles. I think this means the ammo dump is able to be used know on the adl and the bastion, or others. The occupying unit can only snap shoot and if in the next turn abandons the building it can only disembark 3, rather than 6 partial collapse. Aegis defence line, imperial bastion, imperial defence line, imperial bunker, vengeance weapon battery, plasma obliterator, firestorm redoubt, macrocannon aquila strongpoint, vortex missile aquila strongpoint, void shield generator, skyshield landing pad.
Due to their special rules you also cant prevent the units inside from shooting by. A vortex missile aquila strongpoint is a single model equipped with. A variant of the aquila strongpoint houses seven of the. An aquila strongpoint is a massive fortification, often used as a bastion in imperial defensive battle lines. So i just happened to notice the vortex missile aquila strong point. Ladies love the vibrocannon operator hamburg in our apoc games, markus obligatory aquila strongpoint will get easily popped if its left unsupported. Macrocannon or vortex missile macro cannon fire at a long range with an enormous blast radius. This is technically a different unit than the macro cannon version above. It also always explodes when destroyed, which is awesome. On a serious note there is no real reason to use the vortex missile. Aquila strongpoints can also be equipped with 7 vortex missile silos.
There are seven vortex missiles housed in the center of the aquila strongpoint, thats enough to fire one per turn in a game of apocalypse. This boxed set is designed to be compatible with the rest of the wall of martyrs scenery range, enabling you to create a network of defense lines, bunkers, redoubts, weapons batteries and defensive emplacements. An imperial aquila strongpoint with vortex missiles. These weapons are as rare as they are powerful, tearing apart the very fabric of reality to create a gaping hole that sucks. The aquila strongpoint can be armed with macro cannon or vortex missile it isnt remove everything it touches anymore although still powerful. The damage from the weapon is a flat d6 mortal wounds, making it good against anything youd want to smite but with a range of 180. Cadre fireblade with 2 drones 3 x 10 firewarriors 2 x 5 pathfinders 2 x hammerheads aegis defense line with quad cannon company command squad with plasma in a chimera platoon command squad 10 man infantry in a chimeria 10 man infantry on foot 3 heavy weapons with. But since im running it as the vortex missile battery, the big golden eagle of doom cannon is out. You can hide a whole army behind an aquila strongpoint. Buy warhammer 40, 000 aquila strongpoint 6459 at amazon uk. This boxed set is designed to be compatible with the rest of the wall of martyrs scenery range, enabling you to create a network of defence lines, bunkers, redoubts, weapons batteries and defensive. The vortex missile scattering around doesnt make up for it firing half as many shots per turn.