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First post...
What's wrong with replacing the "support craft" ability with skimmer and planetfall. It could hug the terrain, or decide to "pop-up" every turn using the normal skimmer rule. It wouldn't be able to hide in low hills or in a city since it's to big, but it isn't impossible to imagine it hiding behind something incredibly massive such as a mountain range and then popping up to unleash some tasy railgun death...
Maybe give it "aircraft-bomber" ability aswell, with the option of using the skimmer rules when it lands...
Worth considering?
Type----------Speed--Armour-Close Combat-Firefight
War Engine--20cm-----4+-----------X-------------4+----
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Notes: Support Craft, Skimmer, Planetfall, Reinforced Armour, Fearless, Transport (may carry 16 of the following units: Fire Warriors, Pathfinders, Stealth, Gun Drones, Heavy Drones, Crisis, Broadsides, Piranha, Tetra; Crisis, Broadsides, Piranha and Tetra take up two spaces each. Additionally, up to four of the following vehicles may be carried as well: Devilfish, Hammerhead, Swordfish, Skyray, Stingray);In the end phase, the Manta may choose to make a disengagement move as if it were an aircraft that had landed during the turn.
I imagine it landing from a space craft, dropping off and ferrying troops while providing substanstial fire support, and then leaving the field should the fighting become to fierce. The "leaving" option might need to be taken off though...
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