Come see the new rumors today on the Primaris vehicle we had heard about before most of 8th Edition was even released this summer.
According to the fluff at least the Primaris Space Marines do get an aircraft of their own. The Overlord flyer saw its debut way back in the Dark Imperium novel in June of 2017 with the releases of 8th Edition 40k.
The novel also spoiled two new primaris units; the Agressor and Reviers, which have both been releases since. (Lore below via Lexicanum)
Aircraft image above via our Stormbird article from years past.
The Overlord is a new aircraft used by Primaris Space Marines, one of the vehicles commissioned by the PrimarchRoboute Guilliman to the ArchmagosBelisarius Cawl.
Overview
Overlords are a new aircraft that seems to be an evolution of the Thunderhawk. It has powerful quintuple engines and twinned hulls thick enough to permit insertion from orbit like Thunderhawks or Stormbirds, despite being similar to Corvus Blackstars.
Like Blackstars, Overlords possess twin transport bays with their own assault doors, but they’re considerably bigger and even more blessed with advanced technologies like energy shields.
Armament
An Overlord is equipped with anti-munitions cannons, wing-mounted Desolator Lascannons, nose-mounted Melta Cannons and Heavy Bolters fixed on its lower wing surfaces.
Transport Capacity
An Overlord can transport up to forty Space Marines. During the Battle of Adrium, an Overlord transported one early-pattern Space Marine and thirty-nine Primaris Space Marines, some of which were wearing Mk X Gravis Armour.
Fast forward to now, and we have actual rumors on this awesome sounding vehicle.
According to BoLS:
The New Kit is named the Overlord
- Similar to the Astraeus Superheavy
- Very similar in profile view
- No top turret
- Twin dorsal “fins”
- Twin “wings” extending out the sides with large Aquillas on them
- Front Assault ramp(s)?
- Forward Siege Melta Array, (similar to the Mastadon) in the forward turret position
- Forward side Las-cannons
- Underwing heavy bolters/missile options
So from all this it almost sounds like a combination of the Mastodon (Siege Melta Array) meets the Astraeus (Forward side Las-cannons), meets the Corvus, just like the fluff roughly describes above.
Is this the inspiration of the Primaris Overlord or just wishful thinking made manifest though rumors? Maybe more important of all what vehicle do you think this description most closely resembles? Leave your thoughts below on what you think it would look like.
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