Pacu
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The Tau Pacu is a long ranged fighter for tank hunting.
Under the guidance of Commander Shas'O Mesme' Vre the Earth Caste was instructed to build upon the Devilfish's chassis to be able to Lift twice the amount of weight so it could carry twice the amount of gear, armour, troops and carry twice the fire power. But had to be Tau so had to stay light enough and nimble enough.
With extra thrusters which where mounted upside down for a more stable and be more of a violent vehicle and improve hover abilities to be able to shoot large amounts of fire power at the enemy. Plus the extra thrusters and wings where added to the front and side pods removed the weight capacity was nearly doubled and the speed was also increased to a minimal degree.
This improvement made it possible to carry the extra weight of lots of extra fire power. The Pacu can have almost any wing mounted weapon combos that the fighter pilot and gunner could want. The armour was also improving some but not enough to take away all the added benefits the new engines and wings afforded it.
But then the Earth Caste was requested to improve the gunner's ability to be able to see and track targets faster and more reliable. This was also done by adding a gun turret to the top of the hammerhead where the gunner was located out side to see and track with no interference.
The thrusters had no problem lifting the turret and the weight. The Earth Caste where able to add twin linked Broadside Rail Guns to the Turret. And 4 wing mounted pods which can carry any of the Tau's Twin linked Crisis Suits weapons. Plus the original burst cannon is still in the nose cone.
This extra fire power and power and ammo take up a good amount of room inside the ship but still afford enough room for 8 Fire Warriors to travel inside.
This ship was dubbed "The Pacu" for its hungry appetite and rolls in taking the battle to the enemy and attacking targets much larger than itself. When the enemy was pounded until nothing was left the team of Fire Warriors would deploy and quickly wipe out anything if at all left.
The "Pacu" is not massed produced and is a rare site and at this moment it is pretty clear the imperium has yet to even encounter one.
The poor Orks and Tyranids have met there deaths at its hands many of times.
This long range fighter and troop transporter is a mobile army in its own rights.
Shas'o Mesme' Vre has ordered immediate building of this model after such great victories in the battle field proving itself time and again.
The Pacu ship was built using four jets from the hammerhead and four wings from the hammerhead also. Then I mounted them in the front and back and mounted the wings onto the jets. The jets are mounted upside down to look different and I mounted the wings in the correct direction. Pick the drones weapons of your choice.
Then as an added detail, I used the Eldar cockpit from the wave serpent as my gunner's compartment and also added rail guns and a Tau fire warriror inside as the gunner of the ship.
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| Comment made by wood on 06:25:51, 20 April 2008
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| it looks really cool but you should have given it a paint job first
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| Comment made by Gatorfan83 on 08:50:19, 31 January 2008
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| too many weapons but other wise, awsome
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| Comment made by elltashen on 00:34:50, 10 January 2008
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| awsome whish i had one. Hey show us when its painted.
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| Comment made by 000676048 on 17:31:04, 5 January 2008
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| Wonderful job and diverse name even though it\'s a fish =/
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| Comment made by rocker360 on 02:34:15, 15 December 2007
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| wowo it terns me on
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| Comment made by Daempera on 21:06:03, 24 November 2007
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| good job, but it looks like it\'s going to nosedive to the ground :S
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| Comment made by rocker360 on 10:03:25, 15 October 2007
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| i love it i what to hold and kiss it XxX
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| Comment made by destroy worm on 20:48:19, 13 September 2007
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this is the best i have ever seen
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| Comment made by Theory5 on 14:11:59, 20 August 2007
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| Really good. looks awsome, great story also.
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| Comment made by suvantom on 19:30:09, 17 August 2007
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| cool but slightly humanlike
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| Comment made by Jon-azz on 08:14:59, 11 July 2007
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nice
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| Comment made by Chriszed on 13:07:44, 7 July 2007
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looks like a person
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| Comment made by .::cmd.Farsight::. on 15:32:58, 2 July 2007
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| can u get it in red?because i dont want the blood for all the guys it kills to show...
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| Comment made by Shas'ui T'au Kais on 05:23:37, 28 June 2007
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| lots of weapons, just the trick for diispatching foes of the Greater Good
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| Comment made by urban1142 on 08:17:35, 6 May 2007
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| a very large selection of weapons on it, i like it
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| Comment made by THA WOLOLO RETURNS on 05:29:03, 26 April 2007
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Very well designed model and has great look, colour scheme would highlight it a bit better and making it more outstanding. Well done
!!! Wololo !!!
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| Comment made by goth bass player on 02:57:15, 9 April 2007
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| just shut up bought complaining bought the thing gees it's an awesome peice of the army i rekon it should do fine in battle cause it should confuzzle them pretty quick but i dont play it i just make and show off my work
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| Comment made by Metalstorm on 01:17:54, 13 February 2007
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| fluff wise the internal engine and gunnery maintenance (ammo, engines, targeting programmers) would literaly fill the tank to the brim in mechanics
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| Comment made by Adonom on 07:36:58, 8 January 2007
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| An Eldar piece... shame on you.
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| Comment made by Mad Martin on 05:40:00, 7 December 2006
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| How much does it cost to build
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| Comment made by Andy on 12:48:44, 25 November 2006
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I have to say I did sort of assume it would be a 'flyer' rather than a skimmer, so would not have problems with catching on the ground. Also it gives me the impression it would have some limited VTOL capability. Although i do think the rear engine placement is at odds with the 'fast tracking' concept behind the turret.
Still pretty cool conversion.
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| Comment made by thecatinthehat on 05:54:52, 7 November 2006
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| and to all that whineing about extra armour, catching on ground, can't get off, etc... he said tank killer with extra thrust. this thing is, tacticaly speaking, nothing like a tank. as i said, think attack chopper. higher altitude, faster and used as aggressive support
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| Comment made by thecatinthehat on 05:49:39, 7 November 2006
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| cool concept, a Tau attack chopper. it reminds me of the Russian Hind-D. i just hope the gunner has goggles
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| Comment made by solomon on 10:00:28, 19 October 2006
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| this is cool but it wouldnt stand a chance against most tanks, you should have added extra armour with green stuff
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| Comment made by xv101 on 02:33:32, 7 October 2006
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| ACE I LIKE UR WORK GRAYDEATH I LIKE THRE DRONES AT THE BACK AT A ANGLE
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| Comment made by yeroc on 16:29:56, 4 September 2006
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wolf, to fix the "shooting the engine off" thing, he can just mount the back engines on the side hatches. that would also take care of the burst cannon problem because it would fly straigt up, not at an angle.
otherwise, it's just cool looking.
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| Comment made by Wolf_Kazumaru on 18:33:34, 19 August 2006
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Ah, yes, I forgot something on there.
Regardless of all that: It looks dang cool.
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| Comment made by Wolf_Kazumaru on 18:22:31, 19 August 2006
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... Just to be totally clear, you're aware that there are several design issues and fluff inaccuracies in there, right? For example: That thing would snap in half like the Titanic upon takeoff. The Burstcannon serves only as a hazard to anyone inside, as it's likely to catch on the ground and flip the vehicle, causing a catastrophic explosion, which in reality would destroy a large portion of your army. Instead of ranting about the laws of physics, I'll just give you a quick, easyish way to fix almost every problem with this (Except for the "It can't really land" part. You're on your own there.)
Impose a speed penalty so it only goes about 3/4 speed, and can only carry half the normal troops (Therefore 4). Also, if you were to rotate the engines to vertical, and put the wings on so they look right like that, it probably wouldn't snap in half... well, at least not as fast.
I also can't help with the "The gunner would probably end up shooting the engine and destroying the whole craft" thing.
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