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This article is about the Space Marine Aircraft; for the other uses, see Overlord (disambiguation). |
The Overlord is a new aircraft used by Primaris Space Marines, one of the vehicles commissioned by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman to the Archmagos Belisarius Cawl.[1]
Overview
Overlords are a new aircraft that seems to be an evolution of the Thunderhawk. It has powerful quintuple engines and twinned hulls thick enough to permit insertion from orbit like Thunderhawks or Stormbirds, despite being similar to Corvus Blackstars.[1]
Like Blackstars, Overlords possess twin transport bays with their own assault doors, but they're considerably bigger and even more blessed with advanced technologies like energy shields.[1] Each troop compartment features an embarkation ramp at the rear[3a] and can be lowered to allow for debarkation.[3d] The cockpit sits between the two halves of the double fuselage.[2]
The Overlord weighs 250 tons.[3a]
Armament
An Overlord is equipped with anti-munitions cannons, wing-mounted Desolator Lascannons, nose-mounted Melta Cannons and Heavy Bolters fixed on its lower wing surfaces.[1] It can also mount turreted plasma weapons.[4] In addition, a variety of missiles can be mounted to the wings, and the flanks of the Overlord are studded with crewed weapons bubbles containing heavy guns. The wings may be tipped with gatling las[2] and can also feature servitor-crewed heavy bolters.[3b]
Defences
The Overlord is armoured in adamantine, ceramite and thermoplas fibre mesh,[3a] with the armour on its forward glacis plate equalling a super-heavy in its thickness.[3c]
The Overlord is also protected by a Buckler-class Void Shield generated from projector nodes that can cover either the front, flanks or rear or, alternatively, the overhead or underside arcs.[3c]
Propulsion
The Overlord is propelled by plasma engines that can be angled to a vertical position for take-off[3c] and landing manoeuvres.[3a]
Transport Capacity
An Overlord can transport at least eighty Primaris Space Marines.[2] During the Battle of Ardium, an Overlord transported one early-pattern Space Marine and thirty-nine Primaris Space Marines, some of which were wearing Mk X Gravis Armour,[1] while an Overlord attached to Fleet Tertius of the Indomitus Crusade carried forty Primaris Marines (fifteen of which were Aggressors in heavy Gravis plate) in each of its twin holds during a boarding action.[2]
The Overlord can also be converted to serve as a vehicle transporter. In this capacity, it can deploy two Repulsors by dropping them from thirty yards above the ground onto the battlefield without slowing down.[4]
Notable Overlords
- Adriaticus - Ultramarines[1]
- Jove - Ultramarines[1]
- Scion of Ultramar - Ultramarines[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Dark Imperium (Novel), Chapter Eighteen
- 2: Avenging Son (Novel), Chapter Thirty-One
- 3: Oaths of Damnation (Novel):
- 4: Spear of the Emperor (Novel), Chapter X, Part 4
| Primaris Space Marine Forces | |
|---|---|
| Command | Captain • Lieutenant • Chapter Ancient • Bladeguard Ancient • Company Ancient • Chapter Champion • Company Champion |
| Specialists | Librarian (Vanguard Librarian) • Apothecary (Helix Adept) • Chaplain (Judicar) • Techmarine |
| Veterans | Bladeguard Veterans • Company Veterans • Veteran Intercessors • Veteran Assault Intercessors |
| Battleline | Intercessor Squad (Heavy Intercessor) • Infiltrator Squad |
| Close Support | Assault Intercessor Squad • Jump Pack Intercessor Squad • Inceptor Squad • Reiver Squad • Incursor Squad |
| Fire Support | Hellblaster Squad • Eradicator Squad • Aggressor Squad • Eliminator Squad • Suppressor Squad • Desolation Squad • Infernus Squad • Firestrike Servo-turret • Hammerfall Bunker |
| Walkers & Vehicles | Redemptor Dreadnought (Brutalis • Ballistus) • Outrider Bike • Invader • Invictor • Impulsor • Gladiator • Repulsor • Repulsor Executioner • Storm Speeder • Astraeus |
| Aircraft | Overlord • Drop Pod |
