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Here is the rules for my troop carrier:

DROGUE FLEET CARRIER- 6000

ARMOUR
BS FRONT SIDE REAR
4 14 14 13

1 massively awesome flying fortress!

Super-heavy Flyer

structure points: 14

Void shields: 8

Transport: 300 & 6 maruaders

ACCESS POINTS: Models are deployed anywhere
within 12" of the base of the ship.

FIRE POINTS: 100 right, 100 left, 50 rear

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT:
2 double-barreled turbo laser Turrets

8 lascannons on AA mounts

12 cyclone missile launchers on AA mounts

hull mounted double-barreled turbo laser

24 turreted heavy bolters

Thoughts?

picture is hopefully inclosed

DC

Why is the pic downloaded ?

I made it on paint and saved it as a BMP when I attached it dakka must made it a downloadable.

I will try to sort out an other way of posting it.

Give me a bit

DC

Hopefully this will work.

here you are:

DC

Honestly, not a huge fan. The picture doesn't look like it would fit any race in 40k, and is not very high quality.
The picture also does not seem to match the rules you have.
The unit does not seem like it would be interesting to play in 40k, even in apocalypse.
This size of ship would best be left to epic or battlefleet gothic.
Also the all caps title is annoying.
And you spelled "continuum" wrong in your location.

1) it took me 5 minutes on paint to do that pic and is lacking in detail
2)The picture lacks in detail and is missing some of the turrets and a ramp.
3)I would find that fun too play against. I could imagine 3 of those in a kind of get to the LZ style game.
4)People build Imperators, I build that.
5)sorry about that.
6) I know and don't care.

DC

Alright, picture aside, wouldn't ships of that size be more appropriate to play a game ON? Imperators are already kinda ridiculous to play with, this is even huger. The game would basically come down to "I hope you have 6000 points of hammerheads with anti-air railguns".

Yeah I think the same with this thing
1: Too big to begin with
2: With the carrier costing 6000pts, you wont have enough points for the troops.

If this concept was put into the design for a land-based vehicle, then I would be more interested, but now it seems kinda boring.

At the moment I think its lame...but as soon as you build a giant space lander model with all those guns on it I will think it is awesome.

So get back to us then.

Jack

If the manta is not too big why is this too big?????

Oh and I like to play massive games!!!!!

So far the biggest I've played is 7500 points but I am currently planning to make 3 banelords and a imperator....

I guess I could make a land based version but that would be too much like a CAPITOL IMPERIALIS....

DC

I think the Manta holds a couple more things than this does. I'd basically lose a few of the Fire Points and give it a similar points cost to the Manta, whatever it is
Also change the access point, other wise infantry is just going to be falling out of the walls. Maybe just give it a big ramp at the back and maybe one smaller emergency escape style hatch on either side of it somewhere.

There already is a super carrier its called the gorgon or some such.
Or as we have dubbed it the Giant Dump Truck, something like this can easily be deployed by one of the Battalion landers so the Imp really has no need for anything else.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/gorgon.htm

But what if the IG need to unload on a island, or on a mountain..........

plus the gorgons are for DKoK.

I don't know the points cost of a manta though.

troops will be teleported or roped in...

oh and It can carry vehicles.

DC

this could be cool... but you'd need to have some additional rules.

1) the top of the thing is flat, and it counts as a playable surface (its probably huge)
2) enemy models with jump packs can jump onto it.
3) enemy models can deep strike onto it, though if they scatter off of the hull they land on the ground
4) enemy skimmers can land on it and unload troops.
5) I'd say it can have up to a company of guardsmen on it to act as a defense force in case of a boarding action. (no marines or allies... guardsmen) this is in addition to its transport capacity.
6) tone down the weaponry available to something reasonable (not less powerful, but 24 heavy bolters would take forever). lets see...
*2 hull mounted volcano cannons
*3 apocalypse missile launchers
*2 vortex missiles
*4 hydra autocannon platforms
*1 high - yield implosion trigger (you may only use if you have an imperial guard HQ on the ship, in the control room. Roll a d6. on a 3+, the ship implodes. all models still onboard are considered destroyed, no matter what. on a 1 or 2, the trigger is defective, and causes a catastrophic explosion, as though an imperitor titan just exploded. all models onboard take a strD hit, but may take invulnerable saves. the wreckage lands on the ground, causing an additional strD hit any model it lands on)

if the enemy gain access to the control room (by killing their way through the garrison protecting it) they gain control of the vehicle, and you'd have to fight to get it back.

I picture this having more missile weaponry.... to level the enemy target before unloading guardsmen in to take it over. Its armed similarly to an imperator titan, with 7 apocalypse weapons, the imperator packs more power (at 8) but this has a greater transport capacity.

I like your ideas.....

i think i will make some changes.

DC

i think you need to give the thing hover mode special rule so the troops can actually deploy since unless they have some sort of grav equipment they cant disembark from the flyer in midair

I thought flyers had that standard...

cool.

DC