Tie Up Those Walkers With FFG’s Star Wars: Legion T-47 Airspeeder
January 16, 2018 by brennon
Countering the AT-ST that we saw yesterday from Fantasy Flight Games for Star Wars: Legion, we have the T-47 Airspeeder which is going to be an essential addition to your Rebel force.
Released alongside the base game of Star Wars: Legion, the Airspeeder is a heavy unit which will fight alongside your Rebel army and give you the option to take down some of the heavier units arranged against you.
The Airspeeder can't be hit in close combat, but I'm sure a few rockets might be able to bring it down. However, it's speed gives it a basic Cover 1 allowing it to shrug off most fire aimed at it. It is also armed with some dangerous cannons which can rip up the ground and cause havoc for vehicles and units alike.
One of the cool things that the Airspeeder can do is that it chooses a harpoon for its rear weapon. This can then be fired at vehicles whereby you can then yank them into a new position, twisting them around to take them out of the action slightly. You won't be doing a lot of killing with that harpoon but it could give you the tactical edge you need.
Are you going to snap one up when the game is released?
"You won't be doing a lot of killing with that harpoon but it could give you the tactical edge you need..."
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So you could use the harpoon to turn the AT-STs to expose their weaker back armor? If I remember correctly, the AT-STs are hard to damage, but the back has less armor, and can be damaged by blaster fire. I can see how this was designed to work together, but if your opponent doesn’t take AT-STs, what do you do with it? Do they work on speeder bikes?
Also, is there an actual release date yet? Or just “early 2018” still?
You give it a different rear gun. It has two options I believe. As for a release I think around February.
Very nice.
I’m all for that I feel like I could take on the Empire by myself.
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I won’t though, I’m not an idiot like Dax, I’ll be part of a larger force 😀
looks good (pre painted)?
@zorg, unpainted.
strange.
Oh dear, this Star Wars: Legions thing is getting more and more tempting. What a model! And what prospects for a Hoth expansion. Great!
Great mini, will picked it up when I get to rebels, still deciding on a setting for them ie hoth, endor etc.
Always thought a harpoon gun was sort of dumb . What do they shoot at when not hunting AT-STs ? Whales ? Nice to see the kit ( or at least the cards ) gives you options