"In The Grim Darkness Of The Far Future There Is Only War" Warhammer 40k is set in a Universe where no one is safe from the horrors of space. The Imperium of man struggles to hold its borders or protect its citizens from the the alien, the mutant and the heretic. The human race is no longer a progressive race, most of the weapons and vehicles they use date back to the "Dark age of Technology" long before the days of the Emperor. Technological advance is at standstill and much has been forgotten, never to be recovered. In this dark millenia danger lurks behind every corner, and it is the holy duty of the Inquisition to guard and purge the threats within and without the Imperium. Take the role of Malachias Kane, Young Inquisitor under the command of Lord Inquisitor Dante, warring agains the notorious Chaos sorcerer Bathomeos. It is your mission to rendevouz with allies, and deliver the final piece to the plan to bring the Chaos scum under the Emperor's hammer.
WIP Part of an Anti-Air system.
Sensory array and quad AA-Autocannon turret.
What if the autocannons looked more like a Hydra setup?
Still pretty awesome regardless.
Hydras are definitely not out of the picture! Just felt like we could use something different too.
Hydra needs somewhat more space than a compact turret slaved to a master sensory array and isn't so handy where we're putting these. Other places could house Hydras too tho! Hydras are Neat.
I wonder if we could place a player usable Hydra emplacement somewhere along the story.. Gotta discuss this possibility. :D
Cool!
IIRC Hydra turrets are sometimes mounted on a stationary platform, instead of a chimera chassis.
Just the turret mounted on a ground platform wouldn't take up much more space than this.
Like this: Forgeworld.co.uk
We are familiar with hydras, no need to point out the obvious :p
That's why it indeed takes only "somewhat" more room.
Just making sure. :P
A suggestion I thought of a little while after writing the first post;
Maybe change the turret system to heavy stubbers, since one setup of quad auto cannons would have the same firepower as another, thereby reducing the overlap. Save the Hydra emplacement for bigger targets, and use heavy stubbers for either a compact turret, or multiple turrets for volume of fire.
They could be Stubbers well enough. Doesn't really matter as long as they look menacing enough. :D As Hydra is the basic AA system in Imperial tech, we'll use it too. Don't worry.