Land Raider Achilles

The Land Raider Achilles is a heavily armoured variant of the standard Land Raider used by the Adeptus Astartes. The Land Raider Achilles was developed during the Great Crusade of the 30th Millennium by the Imperial Fists Legion. The Achilles is considered one of the rarest of all Land Raider variants. It utilises so many of the most arcane machine-artifice rites in its construction that each must be wrought individually and under the scrupulous gaze of the most senior Adepts of the Machine God.

The Land Raider Achilles is equipped with an enhanced Necris-Phobos Pattern Machine Spirit, and it is known to be one of the most warlike and frighteningly self-aware of any Astartes vehicle. As a result, the Land Raider Achilles is nigh-unapproachable by an enemy, or even a friendly who is recovering the vehicle from a battlefield. All personnel who will work in or near a Land Raider Achilles are warned to use extreme caution when dealing with the vehicle and its temperamental Machine Spirit.

Type: Tracked Vehicle

Tactical Speed: 14

Cruising Speed: 50 kph

Manoeuvrability: 0

Structural Integrity: 85

Size: Immense (8)

Armour: Front 56, Side 52, Rear 47

Vehicle Traits: Enclosed, Reinforced Armour, Tracked Vehicle, Command and Control

Crew: 1 Commander, 1 Driver, 1 Quad Launcher Gunner

Carrying Capacity: 6 Astartes or 3 Terminators

Weapons
Hull-mounted Quad Launcher: Quad Launcher has capacity for 360 shells which can consist of any combination of any type
 * Shatter shells (200m; –/4/8; 3d10+10 X; Pen 6; Tearing)
 * Thunderfire shells (400m; –/4/8; 2d10+5 X; Pen 2; Tearing, Indirect (2), Blast (10))
 * Incendiary shells (400m; –/4/8; 1d10+9 X; Pen 4; Indirect (2), Blast (10), Flame)

Sponson weapons:
 * 2x Twin-Linked Multi-Meltas (60m; S/–/–; 2d10+16 E; Pen 12; Clip 48; Blast (1), Melta, Twin-Linked)

Options
Land Raider may take one Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter
 * Storm Bolter (90m; S/2/4; 1d10+9 X; Pen 4; Clip 60; Reload Full; Storm, Tearing)

Special Rules
Power of The Machine Spirit (Necris-Phobos Pattern)- Weapons of this machine are operated by powerful, and very aggressive Machine Spirit. Sponson mounted weapons fire "on their own" using BS of 50 and do not suffer normal penalties due to traversed distance. Machines Spirit actions take place during Commander's turn and are controlled by the Commander. Further more, if during combat Land Raider's crew gets killed or incapacitated while the vehicle is still operational, Machine Spirit continues to fight on its own for 1d5+3 turns. GM then takes full control of its actions, including movement. Achilles will aim to cause as much destruction as possible and may have problems distinguishing allays from enemies.