>>5470392Well I have a feeling anyone who has mastery of energy weapons will never lack for anti-tank options. We would do well just simply replacing the standard ballistic guns with more effective energy variants. Long range melta or powerful laser weapons perhaps if we're talking about something we want to sell to Imperials that their minds can comprehend.
For AA, that's a solid point. I wonder if we could design a more effective Lascannon variant of the Hydra or some form of continuous or rapid fire beam weapon indeed.
Custodes weapons for example do have Arachnus Storm Cannons (gatling lasers), so upscaling something like that perhaps? If at least to replace the Vulcan mega bolters with something with longer range and still devastating firepower. Especially if we're talking about an AA Variant of the Baneblade, the guns we can mount upon its hull will be hefty.