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Aerospace operations: Aircraft
Rules for operations involving aircraft.
Krukfang pushed the control stick forward and steered Deffblasta down into a strafing run. The words of Gobstikk came back to him from when the Mekaniak had been teaching the young Krukfang how to fly. Long, uncontrolled bursts the clever Mek had taught him…
Fighta-Bommer by Gav Thorpe, from Imperial Armour II
This is one of the most complicated sections of the Epic rulebook. We recommend that you play a few games without aerospace units first; and when you do use aerospace units, limit each side to very few for the first few times.
We don't recommend that you dive in the deep end and use aircraft, drop pods and spacecraft in your first game!
Most Epic armies are supported by aircraft. These units range from small fixed-wing aircraft with a single crewman to big bombers and transport aircraft with heavy payloads and numerous crew members.
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