In their unrelenting hunt for the Fallen, the Dark Angels,have had to adapt to many situations in order tosuccessfully capture their prey. They cannot reveal theirsecrets to anyone in the Imperium and so must forgo theirassistance. The Ares pattern Land Raider was developedbecause of this reason. Following years of rumors, thedistant planet Murus, was found to be under the control ofthree Fallen Dark Angels calling themselves 'The Tribunal'.In order to reach their fortress citadel the Deathwing wouldbe forced to traverse the city surrounding it. The Tribunalhad anticipated this eventual confrontation and hadfortified the city with weaponry made all the morepowerful by their knowledge from ages past. The leaders ofthe Dark Angels determined that the armour of thechapters vindicators could not stand up to the fire powerthey faced and so commissioned the Chapters Techmarineswith finding a solution that would allow the Deathwing toreach the fortress and bring these Fallen to theirredemption. Day and night they worked, and finally aftermany weeks they had successfully developed a tank withthe heavy armor of a Land Raider and the crushing powerof the Vindicators Demolisher cannon.

The Ares was also equipped with a pair of Sponson-mounted twin-linked Heavy flamers and a hull-mountedtwin-linked Assault cannon. Weapons that would proveinvaluable during battle in the heart of a city. The Ares hasno troop carrying capacity as it must have room for thelarge demolisher shells it will unleash. For this reason it hasbeen mostly used in conjunction with the other troopcarrying patterns of Land Raiders. Unfortunately the battleof Murus was a failure. The Tribunal was able to escapelong before the battle began and the Deathwing lost theirquarry. However the Ares was a success and of the sixcreated only one did not make it through the city to theFortress. Following the battle the Master Techmarine, in amove unpopular with the Dark Angel’s Inner Circle,submitted this newly created pattern to the AdeptusMechanicus on Mars but it has never officially beenaccepted as a viable variant of the Land Raider. Thus It isone of the rarest Land Raiders. However in a very few casesother chapters Techmarines have acquired the plansdetailed by the Dark Angels Techmarines and have usedthem to create the Ares for situations that might call for itsuse.

LAND RAIDER ARES POINTS: 300

Hull mounted twin-linkedAssault cannon.

Sponson-mountedTwin-linkedHeavy flamer.

UNIT: 1 Ares pattern Land Raider.

TYPE: Tank.

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT: - Demolisher cannon.- Two sponson-mounted twin-linked Heavy Flamers.- One hull-mounted twin-linked Assault cannon.- Smoke Launchers.- Searchlight.- Dozer blade- Power of the Machine Spirit.

WEAPONS RANGE STR AP SPECIALDemolisher 24" 10 2 Ord. 1/Large BlastHeavy Flamer Template 5 4 Assault 1Assault cannon 24" 6 4 Heavy 4, Rending

Size Comparison.

OPTIONS:Take extra armour for +15 points.

ARMOURBS FRONT SIDE REAR4 14 14 14

“The city must fall.Our chapters purity depends on it!”

– Litany spoken by Interrogator Chaplain Bishon the 42nd day of the siege of Murus.

Smoke Launcher.Searchlight.

Demolishercannon.

Extra Armour.

Dozer blade.

Blast ExhaustFans

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