[R&N] Aeronautica Imperialis de retour - Look to the Skies | Skies of Fire | Wrath of Angels

[Zagzdreg]

En avril normalement.

Ça a été dit lors de la première annonce il me semble.

[latribuneludique]

Sortie prévue en avril.

 

Edit : Grillé, oui précisé à la fin de la vidéo de la première annonce il me semble.

Modifié le 19 février 2020 par latribuneludique

[Skael]

Merci pour les réponses!
Ça me laisse mars pour Titanicus, parfait !

[TheBoss™]

L'Avenger Strike fighter figure au New York Toy Fair :

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/02/22/revealed-at-the-new-york-toy-fairgw-homepage-post-1/

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Strike from the Skies!

Hot on the tails of the new aircraft revealed in Skies of Fire (check here if you missed them), we’ve got even more teeny planes for you!

Avenger Strike Fighters have long been beloved by generals in both Warhammer 40,000 and the Age of Darkness for their ability to deploy armour-busting firepower at ridiculous speeds. This new, plastic kit will allow you to reinforce your Imperial Navy squadrons with four of the blighters!

We’ll have more details on these closer to release – for now, rest assured that you won’t have to wait too long to add these cult classics (we know some of you folks LOVE Avengers!) to your force.

 

Modifié le 22 février 2020 par TheBoss™

[Skael]

Oui, excellent !!! Mon aéronef 40k favori, preachat direct.

A moi la joie d'imiter le bruit de l'A10 à chaque fois que je vais lancer ma brouette de dés!

 

Bon j'espère juste que les joueurs Orks auront aussi une sortie prochainement.

[bjorn29]

Il y a 15 heures, Skael a dit :

Bon j'espère juste que les joueurs Orks auront aussi une sortie prochainement.

 

ou une nouvelle faction ! parce qu'il y en a d'autre possible, hein! eldars (de toutes sortes, plus ou moins déjà annoncés), chaos, nécrons, space marines, tyranides... squats?

 

[Skael]

Je n'ai jamais dit l'inverse hein, juste ne pas sortir le minimum pour une faction avant de passer à une autre. Histoire que tout le monde soit gaté.

[latribuneludique]

Si l'on suit la logique actuelle, on pourrait imaginer une prochaine vague Eldars/Chaos/autre nouvelle faction vs Orks qui permettrait d'ajouter une nouvelle faction ET des renforts aux peaux-vertes. Là, vu que c'est Imperium vs T'au, je doute qu'il y ait le moindre profil Ork (et donc figurine associée) dans le lot.

[arkhosh]

les sorties aeronautica se concentrent sur un théâtre d'opération:

- première boite = Rynn, donc de la marine impériale et des orks

- prochaine boite = Taros, donc garde imp et tau

 

les orks ont été très gâtés jusqu'à présent et ont pour l'instant le plus de réf pour le jeu.

[TheBoss™]

Il y aura un article "Flight Plan" tous les 3èmes mardi du mois :

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[TheBoss™]

Arvus au progamme du nouveau Plan de Vol :

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/17/flight-plan-imperial-transports-air-caste-bombers-and-moregw-homepage-post-2fw-homepage-post-4/

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Flight Plan: Imperial Transports, Air Caste Bombers, and More!

 

 

Imperial Navy Aces and T’au Kor’el* alike will want to strap in with a full five-point harness for this month’s Flight Plan. We’ve got a couple more model previews for you, another free scenario, and a taste of some the new T’au Empire background material you’ll find in the upcoming Taros Air War Campaign Book. Kick the chocks away and prep for launch!

Blips on the Radar

We’ll be checking out another couple of aircraft today, one from the Imperial Navy and the other from the T’au Air Caste. The first one might not be what you expect, but you’ll fall in love with it anyway.

Affectionately called “the Little Pig” because of both its distinctive shape and stubborn machine spirit, the Arvus Lighter is a true workhorse of the Imperial Navy. It’s armoured, but unarmed – you’ll want to protect them while they ferry personnel and equipment into and out of hotly contested war zones. On the other hand, they can quickly exit the atmosphere once the job is done…

This is the second finely detailed Forge World resin model we’ve featured for Aeronautica Imperialis, and the recognisable silhouette and details translate perfectly to the smaller scale. While not built for combat, the Transport value of 3, Max Speed of 6, and Ace Manoeuvres 1-6, will prove invaluable during missions like Garrison Relief and Troop Landing. Costing a mere 10 points each, the Arvus Lighter can zip in to score 15 points before using Rocket Boosters to blast into orbit, freeing up more costly aircraft to concentrate on taking out your enemies! 

The fact they’re unarmed and valuable makes them a target of opportunity for long- to mid-range enemy aircraft, like the T’au Air Caste’s Tiger Sharks. Larger and more powerful than the Barracuda, these versatile aircraft can be tailored to punish both ground and air targets.

Tiger Sharks have a wide, flat design** with room for two primary weapons to the fore. You can choose between paired swiftstrike railguns to punch through tough targets, unleash no fewer than nine Firepower dice at mid-range with swiftstrike burst cannons, and ion cannons for maximum versatility. Add in the air-to-air missile pods built into the wing structure, plus optional drones, and a powerful seeker missile. These sleek bombers can dish out an awful lot of high-quality mid-range firepower. They’re even effective at long range, where most other aircraft falter!

Want to make sure your Tiger Shark keeps kicking out the pain? Spend a point on some Decoy Drones to give you a shot at avoiding high-damage missiles and rockets. Make the enemy work to strip each of your solid 5 Structure Points.

Speaking of drones, the Taros Air War campaign book delves deep into the T’au Empire’s way of war – including the use of advanced drone technology in the Air Caste.

In game, this is represented by optional weapons for your aircraft with All Round fire arcs, and special rules like Decoy and Defensive Drones. Now, let’s talk about this month’s free scenario! 

Flight Deck Briefing

We hope you had fun with Ambush in the Clouds last month! This month’s free scenario sees one side desperately attempting to evacuate vital personnel with an overburdened transport, whilst their opponent pulls out all the stops to take it out. Download it now!

Stay Frosty

There’s loads more on the horizon, and we’ll be back in a month to show it off. Check out last month’s Flight Plan to download the free scenario and take a look at a couple more previews. While you’re waiting for these upcoming releases, grab a box of Thunderbolt Fighters and get ready to blast those Tiger Sharks out of the skies! Until next time – watch your six. 

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* Do you remember our lesson from last month? Kor’el is the term for T’au Air Caste Aces.
** It’s basically one large wing with some jets and a cockpit.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/17/flight-plan-imperial-transports-air-caste-bombers-and-moregw-homepage-post-2fw-homepage-post-4/

 

[Skael]

Mignon l'Arvus!!

[irishwizz]

Super mignon, je confirme!

[latribuneludique]

Il y a 15 heures, Glad a dit :

Je débarque en retard mais : c'est la seconde campagne de Taros. C'est du pur neo fluff, ce n'est pas issu de l'excellent Imperial Armour d'antan. Du coup il pourrait être impacté par le néo fluff (aucune idée de si cette campagne se passe 15 ou 200 ans après).

 

Ah merci pour l'info. On n'a plus qu'à attendre avril pour en savoir plus.

 

Notez que l'Arvus sera une figurine en résine Forgeworld. Cela me choque beaucoup moins que pour le Vultur puisque si la figurine est très sympa elle n'est pas non plus indispensable.

 

Le scénario gratuit du mois, Escape Velocity, est également sympa avec son transport à évacuer qui prend lentement de l'altitude...

[TheBoss™]

Technologie contre ténacité dans les cieux de Taros :

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/30/technology-versus-tenacity-in-the-skies-over-tarosgw-homepage-post-3fw-homepage-post-4/

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Technology Versus Tenacity in the Skies Over Taros

 

 

The upcoming Taros Air War Campaign Book for Aeronautica Imperialis is packed full of incredible new art and background material that dives deep into the T’au Empire’s Air Caste. On top of that, we also get to see more of the aircraft used by different branches of the Imperial Navy, like those seconded to the Astra Militarum. Before we get to them, let’s talk a bit about Taros itself. 

Taros, the Hollow World

Predating even the Imperium of Mankind, Taros was an ancient human mining colony. For millennia, the people toiled and dutifully turned over a tithe from their planet’s rich mineral deposits in return for protection and security – or so the Adeptus Terra believed. In truth, the planetary governor had struck a devil’s bargain with the T’au Empire. When this perfidy was discovered, the jealous Imperium deployed a subjugation force to return the planet to its rightful place.

As it happened, the T’au Empire wasn’t about to give up their prize so easily. Taros had been claimed during the Third Sphere Expansion, and was now considered a part of the ever-growing xenos empire. When the Imperium arrived to take it back, they were surprised to find an entrenched and established adversary nestled into planet-wide defensive networks. 

Battles Both High and Low

The people of Taros had been working closely with the T’au Empire for far longer than the Imperium knew, and the invading armies found ample evidence of treachery in the form of T’au architecture and technology. One of the grandest structures was a space elevator that delivered raw materials up and out of the atmosphere to orbital processing plants. The xenos called it the Supremacy of Earth and Air, but the Imperial forces simply dubbed it ‘the Needle’. Many of the fiercest air battles swirled around the dizzying heights of this soaring landmark, but some of the most intense fighting took place far below…

The relentless efforts of thousands of years of human mining, in addition to the coldly efficient drones of T’au Empire, resulted in a planet festooned with subterranean caverns large enough to house entire cities. During the course of the war, daring pilots on both sides took the fight underground. Meanwhile, the desiccated and sweltering surface offered little cover for the massive Astra Militarum invading force, and so the air war was often fought dangerously close to the terrain or in yawning chasms and canyons.

Skies of Fire

The Imperium of Man played the war to their core strength – nearly limitless legions of Astra Militarum troops and columns of heavy armour. Exposed as they were, the ground troops quickly came to rely on the Imperial Navy for defence.

The T’au Air Caste wielded sleek aircraft fitted with sophisticated targeting sensors that gave them an edge in low visibility situations, whilst their extensive use of drones kept pilots alive longer than those of other races. Both fighters and bombers mounted a variety of weaponry, each deadlier than the last, to eviscerate ground targets and send opposing aircraft spiralling to a fiery death. 

The Imperial Navy countered this with fleets of Avenger and Lightning Fighters, protecting squadrons of Valkyrie Assault Craft as they redeployed entire regiments of the Astra Militarum where they were most needed. Vulture Gunships stalked the skies, ready to unleash hell with punisher gatling cannons. The Imperial fleets relied on their numbers to swarm the enemy.

Ultimately, the war came down to a test of high technology against sheer grit and determination, with neither side willing to back down in the face of horrendous destruction.

If you think this sounds intense, you’re absolutely on the right track. You’ll have to check out the Taros Air War Campaign Book to learn more! Don’t forget, if you have an Imperial Navy squadron, these new units combine seamlessly with your existing collection, ready to conduct daring raids on the Needle and dogfight through canyons and caverns.

 

 

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Par ailleurs, il y aura un jeu vidéo dérivé :

Aeronautica Imperialis : Flight Command

 

Edit : sujet pour en discuter en section Jeux Vidéos: là.

Modifié le 30 mars 2020 par TheBoss™

[latribuneludique]

Confirmation de combats aériens... souterrains ! Pas une surprise puisqu'on savait déjà que le plateau qui accompagnera le supplément aura une face souterraine mais je suis impatient d'en connaître les détails !

[TheBoss™]

Plan de vol d'avril : Les gros canons ne s'épuisent jamais

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/04/21/flight-plan-big-guns-never-tirefw-homepage-post-4/

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Flight Plan: Big Guns Never Tire

 

 

April’s Flight Plan has arrived, bringing you exciting previews of two of the upcoming aircraft that will be featured in the Taros Air War Campaign Book! The theme for this month’s featured aircraft is guns that are impractically large for their frames… One each for the Imperial Navy and the T’au Air Caste.

We’ll be taking a much closer look at their rules below. In fact, since we don’t have a scenario to give you this month, we’re just going to show you their full rules! 

Avenger Strike Fighter

The Avenger is the strafing craft of choice for the Imperial Navy, created for attacks of opportunity against mass columns of armour and troop transports. Plus, it looks really cool… 

In Aeronautica Imperialis, it’s a very solid ground attack plane for its size, and a more than capable dogfighter, which makes them quite versatile. The main feature – the avenger bolt cannon – is a beast at mid-range. Take a look at these stats and see for yourself! 

4+ Damage, plus extra on a 6, isn’t bad at all when you’re rolling five dice! Bolt on a pair of lascannons or autocannons to tailor their firepower to your target of choice, add some extra missiles or bombs, and you’ve got a lot of damage output in a quick, light frame.

While similar in some ways to the Lightning Strike Fighter, the Avenger fills a different role in your roster. It can kick out more firepower, but it’s not quite as fast or agile.* The Avenger works best in a well-coordinated attack with the rest of your squadron, where it’s got a better shot at lining up the juiciest targets, protecting the more cumbersome aircraft, and setting up the perfect strafing run.

Watch out for the Max Altitude of 4, though, which could allow some enemies to fly higher than you and reduce the effectiveness of your firepower. And also keep in mind you can’t strafe a ground target and drop bombs on the same turn, so choose wisely.

While zippy little fighters are fun and all, we know T’au Air Caste players have been waiting patiently** for the really, really big guns. Well, Patient Hunters, let us introduce you to your new best friend.

Tiger Shark AX-1-0

Now THOSE are some Greater Good guns! What you’re witnessing is not one, but two heavy rail cannons that happen to have a Tiger Shark wrapped around them. This thing is an airborne assassin.

We know, it’s really easy to confuse this with the EXTREMELY SIMILARLY NAMED Tiger Shark AX-1-0-2, or AX-1-0-3, or even the AX-1-0-4! Luckily, the truly massive cannons are pretty hard to miss on the tabletop.

This is not a subtle aircraft. It’s good at one thing – taking out high-value targets before they can enter effective range – and it’s very, very good at it. If you’re concerned about your enemies getting up close and personal, you can choose instead to mount a pair of heavy plasma accelerators, changing up the AX-1-0’s role significantly. You can also spend 3 points to mount either cyclic ion blaster drones or long-barreled burst cannon drones to add a bit of versatility to this otherwise highly-specialised plane.

There’s Plenty More to Come

While we promised to bring you a new scenario in every Flight Plan, we had to take a break this month, given the lockdown. We hope the full rules for these two aircraft are just as exciting!

We can’t wait for things to get back up and running, and you’ll hear a lot more about the Taros Air War Campaign Book in which you can find these rules and more. Make sure you’re signed up for our newsletter so you know when they’re available to order for yourself! Until next time – watch your six.

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* To be fair, the Lightning sets the bar pretty high in terms of speed and agility…
** Must be that “Kauyon” thing we’ve heard so much about, right?

 

[bjorn29]

Il me paraît plutot sympa cet avenger!

J'aime bien l'idée de l'armement "basique" modulaire (que l'on est pas obligé de prendre, d'ailleurs ! ) 

 

Le tau a un goût de bof, pour l'instant, en attendant le reste ! 

 

Et moi qui me faisait la réfection " toujours pas de news de AI !", hier. 

 

Modifié le 21 avril 2020 par bjorn29

[ian0delond]

L'Avenger a pas une puissance de feu incroyable, même avec les options.
Il a des stats pas folles d'un côté, structure 1, un throttle de 1, une altitude max de 4, mais de l'autre une vitesse min de 1 avec un handling de 2+ (ce qui en fait l'avion avec la meilleure manœuvrabilité), tout en ayant plus de manoeuvres qu'un thunderbolt.

 

Il donne l'impression d'être un biplan au milieu de la seconde guerre mondiale. Sans être nul, on n'est pas vraiment sur le Avenger Strike Fighters have long been beloved [...] for their ability to deploy armour-busting firepower at ridiculous speeds, annoncé au départ. 

Si on a déjà des thunderbolts il a pas vraiment d'intérêt. Si c'est l'avion de base pour les impériaux de la boîte d Taros et qu'on a pas de Thunderbolt, pourquoi pas. Après on va avoir des combats souterrains et l'Arvus Lighter (un avion qui n'a pas d'armes) dans la vague de sortie. Les scénarios vont peut être faire sens de pourquoi il est interessant en jeu.

Modifié le 21 avril 2020 par ian0delond

[latribuneludique]

Et l'on se pose toujours la question au sujet de l'introduction éventuelle de factions au sein de l'Imperium : le Thunderbolt et l'Avenger seront-ils jouables dans une même escadrille au final ?

 

Ajoutons que Taros va introduire des combats souterrains, la manoeuvrabilité de l'Avenger pourrait peut-être y faire la différence ?

[Loishy]

Il y aurai une plus grande différence sur la vitesse minimal je me dirait la même chose. Mais bon entre 1 et 2 est ce que ça va vraiment jouer ? 

[ian0delond]

Le paquet de carte pour l'Imerium s'appellait Astra Militarum and Imperial Navy. La navy et de garde ont pas des identités faciles à distinguer. Je pense pas qu'ils fassent vraiment une distinction, déjà que FW la fait pas dans ces règles 40k. 
En revanche s'ils sortent du Space Marine ou de l'Admech ça me laisse beaucoup plus probables d'avoir des factions à part.

[latribuneludique]

Il y a 9 heures, ian0delond a dit :

Le paquet de carte pour l'Imerium s'appellait Astra Militarum and Imperial Navy. La navy et de garde ont pas des identités faciles à distinguer. Je pense pas qu'ils fassent vraiment une distinction, déjà que FW la fait pas dans ces règles 40k. 
En revanche s'ils sortent du Space Marine ou de l'Admech ça me laisse beaucoup plus probables d'avoir des factions à part.

 

Il est vrai qu'entre l'Astra Militarum et l'Imperial Navy, on commence à vraiment creuser dans le subtilités, beaucoup plus que pour les Space Marines et l'Adeptus Mechanicus en effet.

 

Reste à comprendre pourquoi ils en ont fait une espèce de sous-Thunderbolt que, à première vue, personne ne voudra déployer. C'est étonnant pour une nouvelle unité...

 

Il y a 16 heures, Loishy a dit :

lI y aurai une plus grande différence sur la vitesse minimal je me dirait la même chose. Mais bon entre 1 et 2 est ce que ça va vraiment jouer ? 

 

Ca paraît peu en effet... Va falloir s'armer de patience et attendre le supplément Taros pour se faire une idée réelle de la chose. Ils savent entretenir le suspense chez GW.

[ian0delond]

Je suis curieux de voir la tête des objectifs au sol. Vu qu'on a l'Astra Milit, j'aimerais avoir d'avoir des Leman Russ ou de l'infanterie 6mm à bombarder avec des règles d'objectifs mobiles pour changer des bunkers. 

[Le-Captain]

Oh, tu penses bien que s'ils sortent du Leman Russ plastique, nouvelle génération, en 6mm, ils vont en vendre par douzaine de pelletés !