Editing Predator Tank (section)

=== {{anchor|Baal}} Baal Pattern Predator ===
[[Image:BaalPredator.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Would likely be a runaway favorite if other armies could field the damned thing.]]
The Baal Predator is unique to the [[Blood Angels]], which is designed specifically for urban combat. As such, many of the weapons it has are designed for clearing out troops in defilade or buildings. The primary armament of the Baal is either a twin-linked [[Assault Cannon]], or a [[Flamestorm Cannon]], which is functionally a bulked-up heavy flamer designed to deal with armored infantry, ideally ones inside bunkers or hiding in forests. Its sponsons, likewise, are designed for urban combat - either [[Heavy Bolter]]s or [[Heavy Flamer]]s. The Baal thus excels not only in dealing with troops in cover, but in dealing with large clusters of enemy units, such as Orks or Tyranid swarms. Funnily enough, given the weapon loadouts of terminators, you would think this Predator variant would be able to have a flamestorm cannon as its main weapon and use sponson-mounted assault cannons. Oh well, guess that would be too [[Awesome|good]]. Or sponson-mounted inferno cannons and turret-mounted assault cannons. If it'd fit.

Sadly, the Baal Pattern is only available to the Blood Angels and their descendant chapters. The Blood Angels were the ones who found the STC (Standard Template Construct) for the design during the [[Great Crusade]], and decided that they liked the design a lot. So in a [[Heresy|borderline-heretical]] move in the eyes of some, the Blood Angels refused to show the specs to the Adeptus Mechanicus, functionally deciding to take their Baal and go home... {{BLAM|'''BLAM!''' Making terrible puns is '''HERESY!'''}}. Apparently it escaped the notice of the Blood Angels that such an act would violate the Treaty of Olympus and would give the Mechanicus every right to pack up and leave the Imperium. Nice going. Good thing the Mechanicus kept their heads and decided to win technologically, instead. Though it does make one wonder why the Mechanicus doesn't just create the pattern themselves since it's made entirely from weapons that they already have the STC for; and if they're that pissy about it, why they still train Blood Angel techmarines...

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