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Tau XV107 Rvarna Battlesuit ............................................... 260 points

The XV107 Rvarna is a rare variant of the recently introduced Riptide battlesuit which mounts as its main armament two pulse

submunitions cannon, experimental weapons systems which re micro-cluster projectiles capable of saturating the target area in a

deadly storm of plasma pulses. The Rvarna also has far heavier armour than the more mobile, jump-capable Riptide, allowing the

veterans assigned to pilot it to stand rm against any foe, while the more mobile elements of the cadre envelop and destroy them.

The stoic Earth caste of Kelshan was almost forced to abandon its plans for developing the Rvarna battlesuit due to the

monumental cost of these new war engines. Instead FioO Kelshan ShoAun turned to the Ethereal Councils demands for

improved stealth and inltration units, appropriating resources intended for this project to create the initial prototype units under

the guise of developing a new Stealth suit. Renewed Tyranid attacks against the beleaguered sept world of Kelshan were to

reveal OShoauns deception to the Council, as the trio of prototype units held back the savage host of organic nightmares that

threatened to engulf the Septs primary city.

The destruction they wrought on the alien horde earned the battlesuit the title Rvarna, named for Commander Burning Rain, a

legendary hero of Kelshans wars against Hive Fleet Gorgon. It also earned OShoaun the full attention of the Ethereal Council,

who have summoned the errant engineer to Tau, though he has delayed this honour, citing the need to complete his work

before accepting any accolade. Meanwhile, the Rvarna battlesuit has entered full production on the world of Kelshan, whose

grim and fatalistic warriors favour the tenacity and repower of the new battlesuit, with many other examples of OShoauns

masterwork dispatched to other septs for combat evaluation against the myriad of threats arrayed against the Tau Empire.

Unit Composition

1RvarnaShasvre

Unit Type

RvarnaShasvre:

MonstrousCreature

ShieldedMissileDrone:

JetPackInfantry(Drone)

Wargear

Rvarnabattlesuit

Twopulsesubmunitions

cannon

Integratedshieldgenerator

Wargear

(Shielded Missile Drone)Missilepod

Shieldgenerator

Special Rules

NovaReactor-Rvarna

Class(RvarnaShasvre

only)

SupportingFire

Options

TheRvarnaShasvremaytake:

- UptotwoShieldedMissileDrones........... +25pointseach

TheRvarnaShasvremaytakeuptotwoitemsfromthe

Supportsystemslist(seepage95ofCodex: Tau Empire

withthesamerestrictionsofchoicethatapplytoaRiptide

battlesuit).

WS BS S T W I A Ld Sv

RvarnaShasvre 2 3 6 7 6 2 3 9 2+

ShieldedMissileDrone 2 2 4 6 1 4 1 7 4+

An XV107 Rvarna battlesuit is a Heavy Support choice in

a Codex: Tau Empire army.

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XV107 Rvarna Battlesuit

AheavyresupportvariantofthestandardXV104Riptide

battlesuit,theRvarnabattlesuitprovidesa2+Armoursave.

Itincludesinbuiltmulti-trackers(seepage69ofCodex: Tau

Empire),inbuiltblacksunlters(seepage68ofCodex: Tau

Empire)andaechettedischarger(seepage72ofCodex:

Tau Empire).Inthecaseoftheechettedischarger,all

modelsincontactwiththeRvarnasbasearesubjecttothe

attack.

Integrated Shield Generator

Thisprovidesa5+Invulnerablesave,whichincreasestoa4+

Invulnerablesaveagainstshootingattacks.

Pulse Submunitions Cannon

Unlikestandardpulseweapons,thesepowerfulcannonre

clustersofsophisticatedmicro-submunitionsthatdetonate

inproximitytotheirtargetinastormofseparatepulse-

discharges,showeringtheareawithdeadlyeffect.Larger

targetssufferproportionatelygreaterharm,astheycan

bestruckwithawaveofnear-simultaneousdetonations,magnifyingtheblastandshreddingthemapart.

Weapon Range S AP Type

Pulsesubmunitions

cannon 60" 6 3 Heavy1,

LargeBlast(5"),

ClusterFire

Cluster Fire: VeryBulkymodels,aswellasthosewiththe

Bike/Jetbike/Beasts/Cavalrytype,suffertwohitseachfrom

thisweaponatanincreasedStrengthof7.ExtremelyBulky

andArtillery/MonstrousCreature/FlyingMonstrousCreature/Vehicle(anytype)modelsandspecicallytargetedbuildings

andforticationssuffer3hitseachiftheyarehitbythe

weaponatanincreasedStrengthof8.

Example:The Large Blast (5") from a pulse submunitions

cannon hits models from two separate units: one comprising

Space Marine Devastator Centurions and the other being

a Tactical squad two Space Marine Centurions and three

Tactical squad Space Marines are affected by the blast.

Against the Tactical squad,the weapons listed prole of

Strength 6 is used as the Cluster Fire rule does not affect

infantry models without the Bulky rule, and only 3 hits(one per model under the template) are inicted, as per

the standard rules. The Centurion squad suffers 4 hits at

Strength 7 (two hits per model with the Very Bulky rule).

Nova Reactor Rvarna Class

TheRvarnaclassutilisesavariantinstallationoftheRiptides

powerful,ifdangerous,novareactor.Thereactorfollows

thesamerulesasforaRiptide(seepage45ofCodex:

Tau Empire).Declareanattempttousethenovareactorif

desiredatthestartofthemodelsMovementphase.Rolla

D6.

Onaresultof1-2,theRvarnafailsandsuffersawound

(nosavesofanykindmaybetaken).Ona3+,oneofthe

followingabilitiesmaybeused,itseffectslastinguntilthe

startofthecontrollingplayersnextMovementphase.

Ability Effect

Nova Shield BothofthemodelsInvulnerablesavesare

increasedto3+againstbothshootingand

closecombatattacks.

Volley Fire Themodelspulsesubmunitionscannon

caneachberedtwice.Eventhoughthese

weaponsareredtwice,eachstillonlycountsasringasingleweapon.

Electromagnetic

Shockwave Allmodelswithin6"oftheRvarnasbase,

enemyandfriendly,sufferanimmediate

singleStrength2AP5hitwiththeHaywire

type.

Flank Speed ThemodelgainstheFleetspecialruleand

whenmakingaRunmove,thecontrolling

playerrolls2D6todeterminethedistance

movedinsteadofjustone.