Onager Dunestalker – Complete Details
The newest Ad Mech vehicle is coming and it has some cool battlefield tricks… Come take a look at the Skitarii’s big hitter:
Onager Dunecrawler
WS3 BS4 S5 I2 A1 HP3 Vehicle (Walker)
FA12 SA12 RA11
Comes with interesting Equipment options, for example the Icarus Array instead of the Eradication Beamer oder Neutron Laser. The walkers have energy shilds (6++) which increase by 1 for every walker within 4″ (max. 4++)
Weapons (some)
Icarus Array (Dunecrawler only): Deadalus missile launcher: heavy 1, 7/2 48″ skyfire + gatling rocket launcher: heavy 5, 6/4 48″ skyfire, ignores cover + twin icarus Autocannon: heavy 2, 7/4 48″ skyfire, interceptor, twin-linked.
Eradication Beamer (Dunecrawler only, Basic weapon): 0″- 9″: 10/1, 9″ – 18″: 8/3 blast, 18″ – 36″: 6/5 large blast
Neutron Laser: 48″ 10/1 blast, concussive
Doctrines (usable by the Onager):
There are 6 Doctrines. At the beginning of each movement phase you may use one of them (one use)
+1 BS
+1 WS
+2 BS / -1 WS
+2 WS / -1 BS
+3 BS / -2 WS
+3 WS / -2 BS
And some extra nuggets from one of Gary’s birds 4-3-2015
Eradication Beamer
Broad Spectrum Data-Tether
Emanatus Force Field
SearchlightSpecial Rules
Crawler-ignores diff terrain and auto passes dangerous
Field Harmonics-increases invul saves +1 for each model in the same squadron within 4″Options
May include two more at 90pts each
Can replace its main weapon with a twin linked heavy phosphor blaster 15pts, nuetron laser and cognis heavy stubber 25pts, icarus array 35pts
Can take any items from the Skitarii Vehicle equipment list.
Yikes an Onager squadron could hang back an increase their BS to 6, then charge forward with WS5 using doctrines!