Not only is the Sokar pattern Stormbird heavily armed and armoured with four turret-mounted twin linked lascannon; three twin-linked heavy bolters; a complement of six dreadstrike missiles; incredibly dense composite armour plating; and a series of void shield generators; it also has a huge transport capacity.
Its cavernous transport bays can hold up to 50 fully armed Space Marines in power armour, or a mix of infantry, Dreadnoughts, bikes and more, even including a Rhino armoured transport.
As the Stormbird can carry half a Space Marine company into battle, we've paired it with a copy of The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth to represent a full strength landing force to disembark in the midst of the enemy.
The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth includes thirty-eight plastic models; a Praetor in Cataphractii Terminator Armour; a Legion Chaplain; a Contemptor Dreadnought, armed with a Close Combat Fist with inbuilt combi-bolter and a choice of multi-melta or Kheres assault cannon; a squad of five Cataphractii Terminators including a Sergeant, with weapon options including combi-bolters, power fists, lightning claws, chain fists, power swords, a heavy flamer and a grenade harness; and Thirty Legion Tactical Space Marines in MK4 armour, with a huge selection of weapons and custom features, including bolters, missile launchers, heavy bolters, chainswords, power swords, power fists, plasma pistols, lightning claws, plasma guns, melta guns, flamers, combi-weapons, combat blades, ammo packs, holstered bolt pistols and a selection of grenades. These thirty Space Marines make perfect Legion Tactical, Veteran Tactical, Legion tactical Support or Legion Heavy Support Squads.
Also included is the full Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth game, including four double-sided boards, beautifully printed on thick card stock; a forty-eight page book, featuring an introduction to the battle on Calth and comprehensive rules and scenarios for playing the game; forty-two command and reference cards, used to introduce effects and events into the game; twelve dice and an array of markers used in-game.
Rules for using the Sokar pattern Stormbird and all of the above Space Marine units in Horus Heresy games can be found in The Horus Heresy Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List. Rules for using the Sokar pattern Stormbird in standard games of Warhammer 40,000 can be downloaded from the rules tab on this page.
