We are entering the final days of the KS! Today's update featured an awesome shark-shaped submarine for the COA:
Here is the text from the update (in spoilers for brevity):
[spoiler]Praxilla Class 'Hunter Killer' Submarine (Medium) (Unit size 1-2)
Praxilla is one of the newest ships, and concepts, to appear in the Covenant naval forces. Developed in the aftermath of the stinging American assault on the ‘ghost island’ Hooke’s Reach in 1872, the Praxilla is, in the words of its designer, Shipwright-Primus Amberley Hawtin, ‘a floating assassin’.
The shark-like submersible is a true hunter-killer, a seaborne archer of cruel efficiency. Its primary weaponry is a lethal ‘Long Lance’ magnetic impeller, capable of hurling metal darts at huge velocities, sufficient to smash through the toughest armour. A group of Praxillas often seek to triangulate their fire, performing a massive, deadly precision strike on key enemy target before slipping beneath the waves.
Though less at home at short range, with a crew of no more than twenty-five, the submersible is by no means defenceless. In-built luminescent designators allow the vessel to mark targets for destruction by other Covenant units, and an overconfident enemy crew can quickly find their ship flayed to red-hot scrap by a criss-crossing web of killing light beams. Neither is it a particularly easy prospect for opportunistic boarding attempts, as it also carries a complement of Iron Men automata aboard.
Each model comes with a highly detailed 'submerged' base. Please note that following feedback we have modified the edges of our water bases and we will be retro-fitting this look to the other models in our Kickstarter which feature a water base.
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In general, I'm always a fan of having more submarines in the game
. This one definitely looks awesome, a literal "Shark of Steel." It will be interesting to see if it can fire the "Long Lance" weapon while submerged. I'm also wondering if it will have the hull ripper MAR given that row of spikes on its dorsal.
