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Robilus
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7?  Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:58 pm |
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I should also mention it is an Armoured Vehicle.
I think they have them armed as such to match the Forgeworld 40k ones, and so you can use the Razorback guns to make Tarantulas.
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dafrca
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:48 am |
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| Quote (Robilus @ 01 2005 Jan.,05:58) | I should also mention it is an Armoured Vehicle.
I think they have them armed as such to match the Forgeworld 40k ones, and so you can use the Razorback guns to make Tarantulas. |
Armored vehicle?
Could you post the stat line as it shows up in the magazine? That is strange.
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Robilus
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:59 pm |
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Type
Armoured Vehicle
Speed
Immobile
Armour
6+
Close Combat
none
Firefight
6+
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dafrca
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:56 pm |
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Thanks.
Seems odd that it is an armored vehicle when the sentinal is just a Light Vehicle. Seems like it should have been either infantry or light vehicle. 
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:25 pm |
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I would guess that the reasoning is because it is unmanned and automatic. As I understand it, LV represents the chance of taking out the driver/operator. The Tarantula doesnt have one.
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dafrca
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:43 am |
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Cyber, in Epic A all Light Vehicle does is allows it to be shot at by both AP and AT fire. And yes, because of the light armour you could kill operator, knock out engine etc.
Now, I admit I have not played 40k for a small while and thus missed the FW re-release of the tarantula, but in the past it did not have a "driver" but did have a crew. Did this change somewhere?
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:30 am |
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The FW Tarantula is *now* a sentry gun in a similar vein to the sentry guns in ALIENS - Special Edition.
The original Tarantula (in 40K and Epic) had a crew of one.
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:00 am |
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| Quote (Jimbo @ 04 2005 Jan.,07:30) | The FW Tarantula is *now* a sentry gun in a similar vein to the sentry guns in ALIENS - Special Edition.
The original Tarantula (in 40K and Epic) had a crew of one. |
But it was still robotic and could fire by itself. The operator was present to do field repairs and, if necessary, targeting override.
And no, I don't have the Fanatic #7 either. It probably arrives some 2 weeks after it's out in the UK just like #6. 
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Post subject: Do you have Fanatic #7? Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:57 pm |
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| Quote (Jimbo @ 03 2005 Jan.,23:30) | The FW Tarantula is *now* a sentry gun in a similar vein to the sentry guns in ALIENS - Special Edition.
The original Tarantula (in 40K and Epic) had a crew of one. |
Now that makes sense. There was a clear disconect with some on the Epic site about how to handle the tarantula.
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