Land also discovered information regarding powerful and compact plates capable of emitting an anti-gravitic field and Land later developed theories on their uses. The first was the mighty battle tank which would later be known as the Land Raider, and the second was the humble utility vehicle called the Land Crawler.
During these expeditions Land rediscovered the Standard Template Construct (STC) designs for two heavy tracked vehicles. The Land Speeder's origins date back to the first century of the Great Crusade, when Techno-Archaeologist Arkhan Land led several expeditions into the uncharted and extremely dangerous depths of the Librarius Omnis on Mars.
8.1 Chapter-Specific Land Speeder Variants.It is known that some Astartes formations, such as the Ravenwing Company of the Dark Angels Chapter, will use Thunderhawks to quickly and safely deploy Land Speeders while in-atmosphere. While it is capable of reaching altitudes of up to 100 metres and is capable of gliding down to a planetary surface from obit, it is much more suited to skimming the ground. The Land Speeder is not an aircraft, and is not capable of flight in the truest sense. Land Speeders are fast-response units, quickly dropping down from orbiting transports to add their firepower to the Space Marine forces deployed on the ground. On the battlefield, Land Speeders are often deployed in squadrons of 3. The grav-drives of Land Speeders do not function at high altitudes, but they can be used to perform a controlled descent suitable for deployment via overflying Thunderhawk gunships.Īs the Land Speeder design was only rediscovered at the time of the Horus Heresy, and due to the difficulty and expense of maintaining them, there are no Land Speeders amongst the Traitor Legions of the Chaos Space Marines, though they are available to Renegade Space Marines who turned to Chaos from a Chapter created after the Heresy. They use anti-gravity repulsion plates to perform breathtaking manoeuvres that conventional vehicles would find impossible. The Land Speeders fielded by the Space Marines employ this ancient technology to skim above the ground at breathtaking speeds. The use of Land Speeders by the Imperial Army's successor, the Astra Militarum, was gradually phased out, as over the millennia since the Land Speeder's rediscovery the plasma and anti-gravity technologies required to manufacture it became increasingly rare.Īs such, only extremely resource-rich Imperial planets or Adepta such as the Forge World of Ryza and the Space Marines can afford to create and utilise them.Ī Land Speeder Tornado of the Dark Angels Ravenwing during combat Land's Speeder, later known simply as the Land Speeder, was soon widely produced and used throughout the Imperium of Man by the various Space Marine Legions and the Imperial Army. The Land Speeder is based on a Standard Template Construct ( STC) design that was recovered early in the 31st Millennium by the Techno-Archaeologist Arkhan Land during his famous expedition into the Librarius Omnis on Mars. The Land Speeder is a light anti-gravity vehicle which serves as the primary reconnaissance, scouting, resupply and fast attack vehicle of the Imperium of Man's Adeptus Astartes.
Artor Amhrad (Deceased), Chapter Master of the Astral KnightsĪ Land Speeder of the Salamanders Chapter Even the most destructive weapons are worthless if absent from battle." " Victory often rests on the correct weaponry being in the right place and at the right time.
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