Two deadly, new Battlefleet sets are entering the seas of Dystopian Wars this April; are you ready?
Preparing to demonstrate their persistence to the rest of the Great Powers, the Commonwealth is deploying a new weapon in its arsenal. The Khodynka Battlefleet Set easily leads the charge in any Commonwealth fleet, able to withstand a torrent of attacks with one hand and compromise any opposing ship’s defences with the other.
Dead set on its mission to ensure the Chinese troops it carries make their way onto the shores of their foes, the Ergun Battleship is preparing to endure any resistance to its arrival this April. Supported by a range of new support vessels, the Ergun Battlefleet Set will become a great asset for any Empire admiral.
Expand your fleet as the Union Aerial Squadrons provide additional firepower from above, adding an extra element to your existing ground fleets or reinforcing your aerial force.
These are due to be released at the end of April 2024.
Dystopian Wars
April sees the release of two new battlefleet sets for Dystopian Wars, the Khodynka Battlefleet Set and the Ergun Battlefleet Set, as well as Union reinforcements in the form of the Union Aerial Squadrons.
Khodynka Battlefleet Set
The Khodynka Heavy Skycruiser “Nebesnaya Gora” hung in the sky, defiant against the laws of nature. Ablative armour plates had been blown off, and small fires were being extinguished by weary skymen. The engine at the heart of the beast rumbled on, with nothing but the occasional splutter to suggest there was anything wrong at all.
The Commonwealth fleet had been ambushed while making routine patrols around the Barents Sea. The Scions of Jutland had appeared like wolves in the night and unleashed a stream of rockets that would have obliterated a lesser vessel. Only the crew of Nebesnaya Gora had understood that this night would be a loss to the Scions.
Steel, molten from the intense heat of the barrage, fell from the sky and yet the Khodynka remained in the air, only having lost redundant systems and armour designed to fail without letting worse damage through.
As the battle waged on, more damage was sustained by both sides, Scions and Commonwealth crew alike sharing a freezing tomb. Only the Nebesnaya Gora remained, damaged but stoic and impressively, still airborne.
This box contains:
1x Khodynka Heavy Skycruiser (may also be built as Konostoga or Krasnaya Class)
2x Irkutsk Skycruiser (may also be built as Saransk or Tunguska Class)
2x Giyena Shockwave Hovercraft (may also be built as Yak Class)
4x Escort Hovercraft
Ergun Battlefleet Set
The Ergun Assault Battleship has no peer when it comes to leading landing operations. Most naval forces believe in the idea of multiple smaller vessels, admitting that while they may lose some, they can’t lose them all.
The Emperor believes that losing troops before they’ve even made landfall is madness. To this end, the Empire built the Ergun: a resilient battleship that can take the fire of coastal defences before reaching its target. Volleys of alchemical rockets and gun battery fire pummel into enemy emplacements and shore defences as the vessel closes in.
This makes the Ergun a huge target for fire which canny Commodores can make use of by setting up feints and counterattacks. This helps to mitigate the damage taken by the Assault battleship before it reaches the shoreline.
Then, with a clash of metal, the ramp descends and the assault begins. Once the troops have disembarked the paddlewheels easily extricate the behemoth from the land and back to sea, all the better to support the troops from afar.
This box contains:
1x Ergun Assault Battleship (may also be built as Heilong Class)
2x Diyu Immolation Cruisers (may also be built as Yaoji, Mekong, Wuhan, Lantau or Qiang Class)
2x Hexie Hover Zebeks
1x Yangshi Firebase
2x Escorts
2x SRS Landing Troops
Union Aerial Squadrons
“The military optimism of the Union is exemplified by their enthusiastic bellows whenever a Union dirigible passes overhead. I’ve had multiple reports from assets placed in vital positions describing their, please excuse the term, “hooting and hollering.”
“Of course, it shows a lack of engineering skill that they aren’t simply appalled by the reliance on newfangled airship designs over our vastly superior, tried-and-tested rotorcraft.
“Admittedly they seem to be doing well spreading their influence thanks to the smaller fuel requirements of those designs, but I have no doubt that a minor rerouting of supply lines will remedy the problem.
“We simply have to make recommendations to any of our forces that they should make an effort to destroy any Bogota Carryalls which accompany the airships so as to cause problems with their logistics. I understand that won’t be easy while taking fire from the airships themselves, but my suggestions certainly make theoretical sense.”
Commodore Gerald St.John-Smythe, debriefing to the Crown Military Intelligence Service
This box contains:
2x Republic Cloudraker Airships (may also be built as Constellation, Ticonderoga, Steward or Ranger Class)
2x Bogota Carryall Rotor
2x SRS Tokens
You can pre-order all these exciting new products at your FLGS or online at Wayland Games on the 29th of March 2024.
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