>>5469797So we need:
-A transport
-Provides ample and heavy cover
-Lots of firepower
-Mobile
Hmm, without having as indepth knowledge of our advanced weapons system what comes to mind is looking at something like the Stormlord chassis. As a transport it can hold up to 40 men, 20 of which can fire out of gun ports from inside. We can replace its standard armaments with whatever advanced energy weapons we are capable of, and the tread systems can be converted to hover ala the same method as turning Predators into Repulsors. Only I believe our Grav is much more advanced that Cawls "just beat the ground hard enough until the tank go up" method.
We can also then consider additional deployable defenses to further assist troops outside or near the vehicle. Perhaps deployable energy shield projectors akin to Tau Tidewalls / Eldar Holo-fields and Celestial Shields. Or do what the crons do and transmute energy into matter and digitally construct defensive emplacements on the spot. Throw in some proper shield drones too if it helps, or some sort of defensive Aura. There are various 'Aura' effects on tabletop iirc, some that come to mind is Cawl's autorepulsor which can slow down charging enemies as well as some other shield types that slow down incoming kinetic projectiles.
Of course, this presumes we want to find and reengineer the Baneblade after we aquire a model and don't just have the capability of making a completely new tank from scratch that matches this general description. Whichever is more cost efficient.
Thoughts?
(I know pic related is a Shadowsword, couldn't find a hover conversion for the Stormlord)
