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I need a transport with a 12 capacity. The only ones I can find are a Stormraven and a Land Raider Redeemer. Which of these is the better points investment? If there are other SM transports with 12 capacity please include them in the discussion.

I would take the Crusader over the Redeemer. Against most lists the Stormraven is probably better than either, but it will be absolutely instakilled by Dark Reapers. What do you plan on transporting?

The crusader land raider can hold up to 16 and it can be argued is armed better since the bolters have further range than 8 inch flamers.

The difference of the raven and raider depends on your list and meta though. If you have raven guard tactics -2 to hit is awful. Though if you have other tanks a raider will push target overload and it is t8 to the flyer t7.

What are you transporting? Will you have a dread in the flyer as well?

A unit of 5 purifiers and 2 HQs that are terminators (I use GK). As a new player I don't own many options although I do have the Raven and Redeemer. I could pad out the purifiers to help in case of explosions but right now I'm looking at only having 5 in the unit.

If you want more room and firepower get a Spartan from Forge World.

Hefty points wise though.

 mrwhoop wrote:

The difference of the raven and raider depends on your list and meta though. If you have raven guard tactics -2 to hit is awful.

Chapter tactics does not apply to vehicles

Corvus Blackstar in Deathwatch codex is pretty solid.

lazcannon, hurricane bolter, 2 stormstrike launchers, and the mortal wounds when it moves over a unit thing.

with its 12 unit capacity it can drop 2 5 man kill teams and 2 characters down with their fragstorm cannons.

Thanks for the advice but the blackstar can only transport deathwatch models and not GK models.

Not sure if the GK can take a Spartan but it's pretty damn good for a Marine transport.

Trick question. They all suck

Put the purifiers into a razorback and the deepstrike the termies when they get to their destination. Don't waste points carting terminators around when you don't have to.

Martel732 wrote:
Trick question. They all suck

Oh you

Unfortunately the Spartan is a FW model with the <chapter> keyword. FW and GW have said that it is not legal to place GK in that keyword slot.

It seems that what is good enough for a standard SM chapter is not good enough for the GK. By that I mean no tanks, plasma and/or, lascannons can be given to a GK unit unless it comes on a specific model.

 Renesco P. Blue wrote:
Put the purifiers into a razorback and the deepstrike the termies when they get to their destination. Don't waste points carting terminators around when you don't have to.

This.

I just reread my codex and one of the terminators isn't (It's Crowe and he's a PAGK). So I need something that can transport 6 models and, if convenient, a Terminator.

Sorry, Renesco P. Blue and Martel732 didn't mean to move the goal post.

Honestly, roll the dice with the raven. GK need anti-tank and you can give the thing 6 anti-tank shots a turn. Dark Reapers are probably about to get their knees taken out.