HIT THE BEACH

Imperial Planetary Assault Carrier

2nd battalion Arkadian mechanised infantry heads dirtside. 

               The Empire has never been noted for it's concern for loss of life in the service of the Emperor but the casualties incurred during the Horus rebellion shocked even the hardest of Imperial commanders. The heaviest losses incurred were in the transports used to carry the forces from planet to planet and these proved at their most vulnerable at the moment of invasion. To counter this problem the Empires ship designers produced the Tarawa class assault carrier from a little used STC held at the forge world of Antibes III . The ships were fast ,well armoured heavily shielded and had good anti-ordnance protection. Each carrier was capable of carrying a full battalion of troops and had sufficient assault landers to despatch the whole battalion in one assault wave. They also carried a squadron of  atmosphere capable fighter bombers to protect the landers in the assault phase and support the troops once on the ground. These were a purely military class vessel operated by naval personnel and were extremely successful. At the start of the Golgotha campaign most naval bases had lift capacity for up to 3 divisions.  Each carrier has 4 squadrons of assault landers and a squadron of fighter bombers. An assault lander squadron can carry a full company of troops and vehicles or a higher Hq formation and assets. ie to land a full battalion requires 4 lander squadrons.  

                         When using standard BFG rules in a planetary assault scenario one assault point is earned for each assault lander that reaches the planetary surface. For turns and targeting treat the vessels as cruisers.

THE MODEL

                          The model is completely scratch built from plastic card and is based on rectangular section tube. the following shows a model before painting