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Internal Memorandum: Field Commander Mackenzie filed in her battle
report 23/JM-2419 that during the initial landing engagement she
successfully destroyed two Volans units with a single marine squad.
The marine squad equipped with CG-89mm AT Rockets managed slip
behind the hoverdynes. It should be noted, however, that the marine
squad was killed right after their victory by a Sunburst from one of
the surviving hoverdynes. The deceased soldiers were postmortem
awarded the Crayven Medal of Valor.
An interesting side note is that the number of heavy hoverdyne units so far
detected on Krig-7B, far exceeds the number stationed at any other Order
conflict zone.
Special Weapons
Plasma Sunburst The Plasma Sunburst explodes on impact, sending molten
plasma over a wide area, lethal to infantry. 3 charges.
Plasma Moonburst The Plasma Moonburst is a single charge anti-infantry
weapon. 1 charge.
Equipment
Repair Module Tools and software for minor field repairs to armor plates
and vital systems. 3 charges.
Protectorshield When activated protects the squad against all weapons.
3 charges.
Speed booster Improves movement speed when activated. 3 charges.
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Order Heavy Hoverdyne - O1/WL8 “Volans”
Firepower Good Armor Great
Health Great Speed Medium
View range Medium Stealth None
Perception None Tech level 3
The massive
O1/WL8 -
Volans is the
Order of the
New Dawn’s
largest hover-
dyne capable
of unsurpassed
destruction.
The Volans is
sometimes
called God’s
Might in inspiring
Order speeches. The hoverdyne is often employed by the Order as stationary guns
additionally protected by sandbags or other protection. Some critics claim that
the Volans is too slow on the battlefield and that it would be more suitable
to call it a mobile cannon instead of a hoverdyne.
It is an incredible honor to command and crew a Volans and the privilege are only
given to those soldiers with an impeccable religious background. Volans crews are
selected from the children of the priesthood at an early age and are both mentally
and physically trained during their entire adolescence.
The fearsome Volans is not only huge on the battlefield; it’s turret supports
a twin mounted Shogata-PDX9 particle beam accelerator. It was praised during
the Atherstone acquisition for its supreme firepower and accuracy but the skilled
Pax Dei technicians have not yet been able to improve its relatively slow fire rate.
The fusion generator is not able reenergize the particle accelerator any faster
without endangering the crew.
The Volans armor consists of a thick titanium-4 layer, reinforced with electro-treat-
ed crysteel bars. The heavy armor is responsible for its low acceleration but,
according to most Pax Dei officers, is still a good tradeoff.
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