Editing Stormraven

[[File:99120101088 StormravenNEW 02.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A Blood Angels Stormraven]]
The '''Stormraven Gunship''' (also known as The Brick, The Hindenburg Class Gunship, Dorn's Nightmare, The Pig ("I'll stop mutilating corpses when Pigs fly!"), The Anvil, The I Can't believe It's Not Aerodynamic™, The Flying Clown Car, The [[XCOM|Skyranger]], The Dakka-TARDIS, The Space Guppy, The Metal Bag of Holding, and The Dude This Shit should Not Fly!) is a vehicle used by [[Space Marine]]s in [[Warhammer 40,000]]. It is built <s>for maximum air resistance so that the air can never defeat the Space Marines.</s> in such a way that it doesn't have to follow the laws of physics (the entire lower section of the cargo bay is made of antigrav units), because [[Tzeentch]] says so.

Space Marines are, at their core, a surgical strike force, and so they have developed many ways of delivering Marines into precise, heavily-guarded locations. The [[Thunderhawk]] can carry a relatively large number of Space Marines from orbit, but it is an extremely large, inviting target. Sometimes, a smaller aerial insertion is what is required, and the Stormraven fills that role. The Stormraven is capable of carrying [[Valkyrie#In_Warhammer_40000|12 Space Marines]] into battle as well as a dreadnought slung from a set of mag-clamps under the tail. Unlike the [[Rhino]], the Stormraven has no restrictions on what models it can carry (besides the [[Primaris Marines|Primaris Pretty Boys]]) but TERMINATOR models count as 2 models and CENTURION models count as 3 models. Pointing out that it would take [[Doctor Who|Time Lord]] technology to fit twelve marines, sensor equipment, the hardware for the [[Machine Spirit]], and all the ammo and loading mechanisms for the guns while still carrying enough fuel to engage in planetside ops and return to a spacecraft inside a Stormraven is heresy.

The Stormraven is armed with a twin [[Assault Cannon]], which can be swapped out for a twin [[Lascannon]] or Twin [[Plasma Cannon]], a Twin [[Heavy Bolter]], which can be swapped for a [[Typhoon Missile Launcher]] or Twin [[Multi-Melta]], and Two [[Stormstrike Missile Launcher]]s. Optionally it can also take a pair of [[Hurricane Bolter]]s.

[[TL;DR]] It's basically a [[Star Wars|LAAT/i]], just bricky.

== Tabletop ==

It used to be that only [[Grey Knights]] and [[Blood Angels]] armies could take the Stormraven, because apparently, the Stormraven didn't exist when [[Roboute Guilliman]] wrote the [[Codex Astartes]], and because the Grey Knights did not see fit to allow others to use the technical plans in the millennia that they have employed the Stormraven (while the Blood Angels only got their hands on some Stormravens in M41), but when the Death From The Skies Compendium was released ALL [[Space Marines]] except the [[Space Wolves|Space corgis]] and [[Dark Angels]] gained access to the Stormraven as well. [[Retcon|Why they were never mentioned as having it before, they blame it on administratum bureaucracy.]] 

As 8th edition Dark Angels Codex it seems Guilliman have given the [[STC]] to the Dangles [[Noblebright|free of charge.]]

The model was released around the same time as [[Codex]]: Grey Knights; its initial entry in Codex: Blood Angels didn't even have a picture. As it was a fairly tough transport capable of taking 12 Marines, it became known as a "flying [[Land Raider]]," due to it AV 12 12 12, and was often [[Proxy | kitbashed]] as such. As far as actual preformance goes it's fairly versatile for a flyer, being capable of being given [[plasma cannon]]s, twin-linked [[multi-melta]]s, [[hurricane bolter]] sponsons, and a mish-mash of other weapons. With solid armour all around and three hull points, the Stormraven can take as much damage as it dishes out. 
8th edition has turned it into a monster. T7 and W14 make it pretty tough to kill. Every formerly twin linked gun is now two separate guns, doubling the volume of fire for most loadouts. Points-wise, it's a fair bit more expensive, but worth the increase.

==See Also==
* [[Stormwolf]], basically the [[Space Wolves]]' equivalent.
* [[Corvus Blackstar]], a Stormraven crossed with a [[Valkyrie#In_Warhammer_40000|Valkyrie]], used exclusively by the [[Deathwatch]].

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Kurt cobain 40k meme by nplusplus-d3d8ez1.jpg|Your average first reaction to seeing the Stormraven.
File:Stormraven_gunship_iron.jpg|Just like that, but even LESS aerodynamic
File:Stormraven-2.jpg|Hey look, an actual picture
File:Stormraven_Conversion.jpg|Thank god for conversions
</gallery>

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