Archaeopter Transvector

Sacred Hovering Conveyor of the Cohort

The Archaeopter Transvector is the troop-carrying configuration of the recovered Archaeopter pattern, trading the Stratoraptor's lascannons and the Fusilave's bomb-bay for an enclosed pressurised cargo bay capable of conveying six fully-augmented Skitarii or Sicarian operatives — or a single Tech-Priest Magos with full retinue. The Transvector's three-rotor propulsion makes it equally at home in pressurised forge-vault corridors and open battlefield airspace, allowing the Cult Mechanicus to deliver elite operatives to the most contested points of any campaign without exposing them to a dangerous parachute drop or vulnerable ground transport. Its armament is deliberately minimal — a single cognis heavy stubber covers the cargo bay's rear ramp during disembark — but its airframe is heavily armoured for its weight class, and the Transvector's machine spirit is rumoured to refuse take-off if the embarked cohort has not properly recited the embarkation litany. Veteran Tech-Priest passengers describe the Transvector's hovering descent as a 'falling chapel', the pressurised cargo bay's interior etched with hexagonal seals and binary catechisms that calm the cybernetic anxiety of disembarking augmented operatives.