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VALKYRIE

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Entire infantry regiments can

be embarked from their

forward bases and transported

for hundreds of leagues.

The elite of the Imperial Guard’s airborne assault formations

armoured flyer used primarily by the

Imperial Guard to launch massive air

assaults upon the enemy. Entire infantry

regiments can be embarked from their

forward bases and transported for

hundreds of leagues, the exact range

limited only by the availability of refueling

facilities. As the formations close on the

target, the carriers swoop in low so as to

attain maximum surprise. At the last

moment, the Valkyries slow to a virtual

stop, engaging their wing-mounted jets to

hover over the target area so that the

infantry may leap from the rear ramp or

rappel from the side hatches.

Valkyries are also capable of

atmospheric insertion, being launched

from Imperial Navy carriers in low orbit.

Such formations are at great risk from

interception by enemy fighters during these

operations, for the Valkyrie is much less

manoeuvrable in space.

As such, assault formations are often

accompanied by Imperial Navy fighter

squadrons in order to defend them against

enemy fighters.

Organisationally, most Valkyrie

formations are part of the Imperial Navy,

and based on naval assault carriers. They

are called on to transport infantry

regiments, and rarely serve alongside a

ground-based army beyond the scope of a

single campaign. However, there are some

Valkyrie formations that have proved

particularly successful fighting alongside

individual regiments and have therefore

been assigned to them on a more

permanent basis. In such cases, the

Valkyrie crews and the infantry they carry

become comrades-in-arms, experts in

specialist combined operations.

One such combined unit is the

Catachan 22nd Airborne Assault Group.

The assault group consists of around 150

Valkyries formally of the 1139th Orbital

Attack Group of the Imperial Navy’s Ultima

Segmentum command. The group was

attached to the Catachan 22nd throughout

the course of the second, third and fifth

pacifications of Joogunda Prime,

a protracted series of wars that saw the

Valkyrie crews and the Catachan infantry

become proficient in combined assault

missions. The conflict was concluded in

disastrous fashion amidst the nucleonic

fires of Joogunda’s capital city, and the

22nd were one of the few Imperial Guard

units to emerge relatively intact, thanks in

no small part to their mobility and the skills

of the pilots. In recognition of the unit’s

specialist skills, the aircrews were inducted

into the regiment permanently and a

number of the Jungle Fighters cross-trained

as crew chiefs. A few, including the 22nd’s

commanding officer, Colonel Paseski, even

trained as pilots, ensuring the two units

were fully integrated and shared a common

heritage. This was a great honour indeed,

as Catachans are an insular lot and

notoriously hard for outsiders to impress.

The integration went so far that many

pilots, whatever their background, wear the

red bandana of the jungle fighters.

The newly restructured regiment went

on to earn a plethora of battle honours

under the leadership of its daring

commander. These victories include the

capture of the elusive rebel high command

at the Battle of Groxtown, the evacuation

of Lord High General Xa’chan, the

destruction of the recidivists’ orbital

defence silo during the invasion of Alat,

and the spearheading of Operation Scarlet

Wasp. So successful was the regiment at

airborne assaults that a number of similar

units have been formed along the same

lines – around a hundred of these are

currently believed to be active in Ultima

Segmentum alone.

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T he Valkyrie is a twin-engined,

‘BELLEROPHON’ PATTERN

AIRBORNE ASSAULT GROUP

POINTS: 150 + MODELS

RED FLIGHT, CATACHAN 12TH AIRBORNE ASSAULT GROUP

Shown below is Red Flight of the Catachan 12th Airborne Assault Group, demonstrating

the organisation of a typical Airborne Assault Group

REGIMENTAL ATTACHMENTS:

- Scout (Vulture Gunship)

- Fire Support

(Vendetta Gunship Squadron)

- Search and Rescue (Valkyrie)

- Navy Liason (Valkyrie)

- Supply Squadron (Valkyrie)

The Bellerophon pattern airborne assault group is the

codename by which the formation first used by the

Catachan 22nd has come to be known. The formation has

yet to be widely utilised, due in no small part to the high

level of coordination and cross-training required between

the infantry and the aircrews. The nature of the Imperial

Guard makes the training and logistical support of such

units hard to maintain in all but the most exceptional of

circumstances. As a result, those assault groups that are in

active service are composed of veteran units and their

services are frequently requested by commanders needing

to insert large numbers of troopers into an enemy held

area. But, with the success of formations such as the

Catachan 22nd, Cadian 172nd and the Valhallan Grey

Devils airmobile assault groups, commanders are viewing

such tactics with increasing interest.

Flight Commander (Major or Captain)

Flight 2nd in Command (Captain of Senior Lieutenant)

Airborne Assault Group

Steel Eagle

You’ll notice that we’ve given the Valkyries here the

Flyers and Hover Mode special rules. This is to

represent their use in the larger battles represented

using the Apocalypse scenario. If you plan on using

Valkyries and Vendettas from Codex: Imperial Guard

in your games of Apocalypse then counting them as

flyers is entirely appropriate, and is the perfect role for

these great models.

A Squadron Commander (Senior Lieutenant)

B Squadron Commander (Lieutenant)

C Squadron Commander (Lieutenant)

Squadron Commander

A Squadron 2nd in Command (Master Sergeant)

B Squadron 2nd in Command (Master Sergeant)

C Squadron 2nd in Command (Master Sergeant)

Squadron 2nd in Command

Squadron Number 3

A Squadron Number Three (Sergeant)

B Squadron Number Three (Sergeant)

C Squadron Number Three (Sergeant)

FORMATION:

1 Command Flyer (Valkyrie or Vendetta, or Steel Eagle – see overleaf)

1+ Valkyrie Assault Carrier Squadrons (see Codex: Imperial Guard)

Any number of Vendetta Gunship Squadrons (see Codex: Imperial Guard)

SPECIAL RULES:

the purposes of reserve rolls, deployment and so on. All

carriers in the formation must enter the table within 12" of

the point entered by the command flyer.

: All Valkyries and Vendettas in the

formation are Flyers and have the Hover Mode special rule.

e: The airborne assault group is used to transport

infantry units. Infantry units and carriers are assigned to one

another before the game begins, and the group and all the

units assigned to its carriers count as a single formation for

: The assault group’s final approach on

a target is often screened by a coordinated blind barrage.

The formation grants the Blind Barrage strategic asset, the

target point for which must be visible to the command flyer.

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‘STEEL EAGLE’

COLONEL PASESKI’S COMMAND VALKYRIE

Colonel Paseski started his military career as a lieutenant of

the 22nd Catachan Jungle Fighters, and by the time of the

fifth pacification of Joogunda Prime had risen to command

the regiment’s Delta Company. It was following the death

of the commanding officers of both the Catachan 22nd

and the 1139th Orbital Assault Group, during the abortive

evacuation of Joogunda Prime’s capital that Paseski took

command of both units. He soon demonstrated to sector

command that a permanently combined force was not only

viable, but could be highly successful in specialist mass

airborne assault missions.

POINTS: 200

MARKINGS OF STEEL EAGLE

around the massed rapid deployment, support and

extraction of airmobile infantry. Colonel Paseski has a

reputation as a daring leader and is well respected by the

officers and men under his command. Although a

dedicated Imperial servant, the Colonel demonstrates the

rare quality of giving a damn about his troopers, a trait that

has earned him the enmity of his peers but the loyalty of

those brave men who follow him into battle. He has

gathered an elite aircrew, who accompany him on every

mission. His crew always includes a pair of twins, Kade and

Hauser Bruga, infamous as the regiment’s champion

marksmen. These two snipers continuously compete with

one another, whether they are firing in the regimental trials

or from the side doors of their Colonel’s circling Valkyrie.

Over the next few years, Colonel Paseski and his staff

perfected the formation’s airborne tactics, which revolved

Chad used spare heads from the Catachan

Command frame instead of the normal pilot

heads. The crew of Steel Eagle have either been

inducted into the Catachan regiment, or are

drawn from the death world itself.

Whilst Steel Eagle’s searchlight could be

represented by the sensors on the edge of the

cockpit, Chad wanted to make it a feature of the

Valkyrie. He added a searchlight from the tank

accessory frame to the nose of the Valkyrie.

Chad used the Spray Gun to basecoat the

Valkyrie Dark Angels Green, and then

drybrushed it with Catachan Green. He masked

off areas with adhesive putty and sprayed the

camouflage pattern with Tausept Ochre.

Colon el Paseski

Instead of a pair of heavy bolters mounted in the side doors, Colonel Paseski employs a pair of

champion sharpshooters to pick off targets of opportunity as Steel Eagle circles the battlefield. Chad left

the heavy bolters and mounts off when assembling the kit, and instead added a couple of Catachans

armed with sniper rifles taken from the Catachan Command Squad frame. To emphasise the fact that

the snipers are twins, Chad assembled them both from identical components.

Chad added some directional weathering to

the Valkyrie by drybrushing on Boltgun Metal.

Chad also added claw marks onto the wings,

representing a run in with a Catachan skyborne

predator or a winged Tyranid beast.

ARMOUR

BS FRONT SIDE

SPECIAL RULES:

REAR

e: All friendly Valkyries, Vendettas and Vultures within 24"

of Steel Eagle may re-roll Immobilised results on the damage tables.

UNIT: Steel Eagle

TYPE: Vehicle, Flyer

r: Instead of door gunners armed with heavy bolters, Colonel Paseski’s

crew includes a pair of master snipers. Each is armed with a sniper rifle, and one

fires from each side door. The sniper rifles may always fire, even if not normally

allowed to, and may engage any enemy unit they can see, not only ones fired at

by Steel Eagle’s other weapons. Once per game, you may declare a single,

‘champion’ shot to be fired by each sniper. This rolls to hit as normal, but is at

Strength 10 and AP1, and rolls 2D6 armour penetration if fired at a vehicle. The

snipers may be lost as a result of weapon destroyed results (one per result).

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT:

- 1 lascannon

- 2 multiple rocket pods

- Searchlight

- Extra armour

s : Steel Eagler is a Supreme Headquarters, as described in

the Strategic Assets section of the Apocalypse rulebook.

Chad achieved the scorched effect on the

exhausts by first applying a wash of Asurmen

Blue over the Boltgun Metal. He then

drybrushed the end with Bestial Brown,

and overbrushed them with Chaos Black.

The squadron markings have been taken from

the Imperial Guard tank transfer sheet. The skull

denotes that the squadron is the command

squadron, the number that Steel Eagle is the first

vehicle in the squadron.

Similarly, the Catachan regimental name has

been taken from the transfer sheet. For a Valkyrie

to be adopted into a regiment is a great honour.

The stripes have been painted on freehand, and

denote that it belongs to the HQ flight.

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