Starhawk
The Starhawk is an Imperial Navy Bomber.
Contents
Overview
Starhawk bombers are larger, slower craft, designed to carry a heavy payload of plasma bombs and armour-piercing missiles, for use against enemy capital ships. Crewed by a pilot, co-pilot, tech-priest (plus acolytes), various turret gunners and a logistics officer, a standard Starhawk features limited sleeping quarters, chemical toilets and even an automated medical unit inside its hull. Armed with a multitude of short-range turret-mounted defence weapons, used to fend off enemy starfighters, a lone Starhawk can wreak havoc among enemy fighter squadrons before swooping in to deliver a crippling missile strike on an enemy capital ship. On rare occasions, Starhawks can be modified to carry and launch a very small number of anti-starship torpedoes.
History
The Starhawk is the more effective replacement for the Marauder bomber following that model's reassignment as an atmospheric bomber. It features an increase in armour, speed and maximum payload over the Marauder.
The Starhawk features in the standard complement of most capital ships designed to deploy navy wings, although some of the less well equipped sub sector fleets continue to use the marauder as their prime bomber.
Armament and Upgrades
| Type | Bomber | Operational Ceiling | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Name | Starhawk | Max Speed | |
| Forge World of Origin | Range | ||
| Known Patterns | Main Armament | Plasma Bombs, Armour piercing Missiles | |
| Crew | Pilot, Co-pilot, Techpriest, Gunners, Logistics Officer | Secondary Armament | Turreted Lascannons |
| Powerplant | Main Ammunition | ||
| Weight | Secondary Ammunition | ||
| Length | Armour | ||
| Wingspan | Superstructure | ||
| Height | Hull | ||
- Nemesis Squadron of the Dictator Cruiser Lord Solar Macharius .[2]
Related Articles
Sources
 |
| Adeptus Mechanius Fleet | |
|---|---|
| Battleships | Ark Mechanicus • Emperor • Retribution • Oberon |
| Cruisers | Adeptus Mechanicus Cruiser • Lunar • Tyrant • Gothic • Dictator • War Barge |
| Light Cruisers | Adeptus Mechanicus Light Cruiser • Endeavor • Endurance • Defiant • Secutor • Lathe |
| Escorts | Firestorm • Nova • Gladius • Sword • Falchion • Cobra • Hunter |
| Attack Craft | Fury Interceptor • Starhawk Bomber • Shark Assault Boat |
| Transports/Landing Craft | Macro Transport • Heavy Transport • Lifter Barge • Conquesitus Ark • Coffin Ship • Titan Barque • Knight Transport • Invasion Lander • Drop-Vault • Drop-keep |
| Support Craft | Explorator Vessel • Eradication Ark • Explorator Ark • Goliath Class Factory Ship • Megiron Class Forge Vessel • Goliath Class Forge Tender • Capacitar Ship • Salvator Ark • Scavenger Scow |
| Planetary Aircraft | Avenger Strike Fighter • Lightning Fighter • Thunderbolt Fighter • Storm Eagle Gunship • Vulture Gunship • Archaeopter • Lysander Targeting Craft |
