Montuhotep Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Got a little question for you all; well, to be more exact eitherconfirming or busting a theory of mine regarding the above weapon.....Was always a little confused over how this worked since each of the twoheavy bolter pairs on a Prometheus sponson is counted as twin linked.According to the rules in IA: Apocalypse 2, that is. Now, the closest comparison I can find is the Spartan with it's quad Lascannonper sponson. This whole sponson becomes a Heavy 2 (as opposed to anormal Heavy 1) with a re-roll for twin-linking.If I take the above as the pattern for these things, does that mean a Prometheussponson becomes Heavy 6 with a reroll? A standard HB being Heavy 3.Thoughts? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoc Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Not quite. Horus Herey Book One - Betrayal gives stats for quad heavy bolters. They're a Heavy 4, Twin-linked heavy bolter. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3325895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hh betrayal is hh tho... I would have gone with same system as hurricane bolters and made it 2 x heavy 3 twin linked per sponson, rolling each 3 separately. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3325896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hh betrayal is hh tho... I would have gone with same system as hurricane bolters and made it 2 x heavy 3 twin linked per sponson, rolling each 3 separately. Why roll separately? I'd just roll 6 dice for one sponson (12 for two) and reroll any misses. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3325972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurth Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The way I've always used my Prometheus is to do just that: roll six dice per sponson and re-roll the misses. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3326058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Good point - was getting confused with single re-roll things like Sang Guard squads... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3326135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 You're over-thinking the whole situation: A LR Prometheus is armed with two sponsons, each equipped with two twin-linked Heavy Bolters (36"/5/4/Heavy 3). These don't "become" anything. The Prometheus is armed with a total of 4 TL Heavy Bolters. This becomes important because, unlike the Hurricane Bolters in a LR Crusader which require just one Weapon Destroyed result to silence a sponson, the Prometheus requires two Weapon Destroyed results to silence each sponson. As for the to-hit re-rolls, each of the four Heavy Bolters will re-roll all misses for being twin-linked. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3326157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoc Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hh betrayal is hh tho... And yet quad heavy bolters would still be quad heavy bolters. Which is a moot point as the Prometheus doesn't actually mount quad heavy bolters anyway, which really should have occurred to me earlier, I foolishly got hung up with thread title and Paladin7221's reference to quad lascannons... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3326554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvih Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Ah, so there is a LR variant with "quad" heavy bolters. I always wished LRC could have that as an upgrade option (seeing as it didn't get it as stock to begin with). Would've been so much nicer But yeah, I found the stats for it and clearly it's 4 separate TL HBs, so a total of 12 twin-linked shots. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3326893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Ah, so there is a LR variant with "quad" heavy bolters. I always wished LRC could have that as an upgrade option (seeing as it didn't get it as stock to begin with). Would've been so much nicer But yeah, I found the stats for it and clearly it's 4 separate TL HBs, so a total of 12 twin-linked shots. Yeah, the only down-side to a Prometheus is it gives up any kind of long-range heavy firepower. It should have had a turret-mounted, twin-linked Lascannon with just a 6-man Transport Capacity (enough for a Commander and Command squad). They're easy to kit-bash, also, so long as you have a couple of spare Heavy Bolter turrets from the Razorback kit. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3326896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurth Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 They're easy to kit-bash, also, so long as you have a couple of spare Heavy Bolter turrets from the Razorback kit. Here's how for the bolters, and here for the rest (and more ). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/272648-prometheus-lrs-quad-heavy-bolter-sponsons/#findComment-3327176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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