Attack Craft

Attack Craft are the small, carrier-launched craft that provide far-ranging support for battlefleets in combat. The difficulty of hitting such targets with anti-ship weapons makes them a formidable weapon, but they are held back by their lack of endurance.

Most attack craft fall into one of three broad categories: Fighters, Bombers, and Assault Boats.

• Fighters are small, one-man craft that intercept and destroy enemy attack craft and ordnance, but lack the firepower to damage starships.
• Bombers are (relatively) large, lumbering craft that carry heavy anti-ship weapons.
• Assault Boats clamp on to enemy ships and deliver their cargo of elite soldiers for a short but damaging boarding action.

Imperium

Imperial Navy

• Fury Interceptor¹
• Starhawk Bomber¹
• Shark Assault Boat¹

Space Marines

• Thunderhawk²

Chaos

• Swiftdeath Fighter¹
• Doomfire Bomber¹
• Dreadclaw Assault Boat¹

Orks

• Fighta-Bommer¹
• Ork Assault Boat¹

Eldar

• Darkstar Fighter¹
• Eagle Bomber¹

Dark Eldar

• Raptor Fighter³
• Razorwing Bomber³
• Slavebringer Assault Boat³
• Impaler Assault Module³

Necrons

The Necrons do not appear to use attack craft.⁴

Tyranids

The Tyranids use a number of organisms that approximate the function of fighters and assault boats, but they are far too varied to be categorized into distinct classes as such.⁴

Tau

• Barracuda⁵
• Manta⁵

Sources

• ¹:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector (accessed 2010.11.14)
• ²:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• ³:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Feets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• ⁴:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Necron and Tyranid Fleets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• ⁵:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Tau Fleets (accessed 2010.11.14)