Footsoldiers are on high alert this month, as the unmistakable sound of aircraft can be heard barrelling towards the battlefields of Armoured Clash
A new dimension to combat has opened up in Armoured Clash as aircraft for the released factions are coming this March. Get ready to add aerial units for the Crown, Empire, Union and Enlightened with the Defiance Fighter, Doksuri Fighter, Corsair Fighter, and Scythe Drone, respectively.
Following the launch of the Enlightened last month, you can also bolster your army with the Wells Battlegroup Set, Enlightened Armoured Regiment and Enlightened Infantry Regiment. These sets offer elements of the Enlightened Faction Battlegroup and are ideal for acquiring additional units for your army.
Finally, Union and Alliance players can add a legendary relic of the Ore War to their Dystopian Wars fleets as the Gotham Battlefleet Set is released this March. This Battlefleet Set offers a great mix of manoeuvrability and firepower, and it's a great addition to any Union or Alliance.
These new products are due to be released at the end of March 2025.
Armoured Clash
March is a massive month for Armoured Clash as four new aerial units are available soon: The Defiance, Doksuri, Corsair, and Scythe, as well as even more Enlightened reinforcements. The Wells Battlegroup Set, Enlightened Armoured Regiment and Enlightened Infantry Regiment follow last month’s introduction of the Enlightened and offer players even more machines.
Defiance Fighter
Lakenheath Warren had seen use as a training ground for Spitfire Rocketeers since their inception, the ‘Marsh Harriers’ gaining some notoriety for their cavalier attitudes while still getting the job done.
This had been expanded into the use of other aircraft, as field commanders have increasingly recognised the importance of aerial warfare in modern wars. After pioneering the Doncaster, the first fully enclosed aircraft, as a long-range craft for transportation and reconnaissance, the Crown commissioned a sister vehicle to be used as a fighter.
Boasting a tailgun as protection, an innovation that the other Great Powers deemed superfluous, dozens of Defiance class fighters are now based at RFC Lakenheath Warren, each ready to set flight at a moment's notice to defend the Crown against her enemies or to be transported to Avalon Class carriers to extend Queen Victoria's reach across the world.
Contents:
1x Defiance Fighter
Doksuri Fighter
In this current age of invention and engineering innovation, defined by a reliance on steel and mass production, the Doksuri is unusual compared to the fighters of the other Great Powers, with the Empire looking to tried and tested techniques, refined over hundreds of years, as the basis of their aircraft engineering.
Boasting a resin-lacquer shell, combined with the hanji paper of Korea, the fuselage of the Doksuri Fighter is flexible, light and durable, making it significantly more manoeuvrable than many of the fighters employed by the other Great Powers.
Owing to the expense of such time-consuming production, Doksuri are not wasted on expendable missions. However, the cost has proven to be worthwhile, as its resistance to shear forces, provided by the reinforced hanji, allows for sharper banking, meaning that these fighter craft are more than capable of evading their equivalents during aerial battles.
Contents:
1x Doksuri Fighter
Corsair Fighter
The Sarius Engineering Company began developing the Corsair in 1866. Even as it was being constructed, it was clear that it would be more than a typical fighter. Speed was the watchword of the design process, and now these aircraft can reach a velocity of 450 miles per hour.
Pilots are known for both their bravery in the face of fire and their hotheadedness, and it is this impetuousness that seems intrinsically linked to those who dare strap themselves into a Corsair cockpit. Liberty Gatling Cannons rake the ground once a Corsair begins its strafing run, tearing apart infantry and light targets alike. The enemies of the Union can only run in horror, unaware of the sadistic glee on the faces of the Corsair pilots.
Contents:
1x Corsair Fighter
Scythe Drone
Scythe Drones bring aerial support to the forces of the Covenant. Lightweight, fast, and eminently replaceable, these machines streak across the combat zone, unleashing their particle beam weapon upon anyone unfortunate enough to attract their ire.
Whether by accident or design, they have a tendency to explode spectacularly when they are shot from the sky. This has caused more than one anti-air unit to be taken out by the very targets they succeeded in destroying.
Contents:
1x Scythe Drone
Wells Battlegroup Set
The Wells Super-Heavy Surveyor is a behemoth worthy of such nomenclature. Looming over even the Monarch Landship of the Crown, it is a walking testament to the rightful superiority of the Covenant.
Its aetheric destabilizer is rightly feared by the other Great Powers, for it does not simply destroy its targets but annihilates them completely.
Deimos Guardian Tripods stalk alongside these great machines, daring any aerial targets to come close.
Enceladus Mortar Crawlers scuttle across the battlefield, their mortars raining invisible flaming death against anyone who would think themselves protected within a building.
Sickle CAVs, though each sporting an implanted construct-pilot, are the undisputed masters of their specific battlefield role, hovering, looking for targets where other units cannot reach. Whilst Packs of K9 Gun Dogs may seem loyal, this is simply their basic automata orders being followed to the letter.
Contents:
1x Wells Super-Heavy Surveyor (may also be built as Horsell Super-Heavy Extractor)
5x K9 Gun Dog Pack
4x Heavy Construct Devastator Cohort
2x Mars Battle Tripods (may also be built as Deimos Guardian Tripods or Phobos Assault Tripods)
2x Europa Artillery Crawlers (may also be built as Enceladus Mortar Crawlers or Callisto Assault Gatherers)
2x Sickle Gyro CAV Cohort
Enlightened Armoured Regiment
In the Enlightened Armoured Regiment Box you'll find heavy support for your Enlightened force.
Mars Battle Tripods stride towards the enemy, eager to unleash beams of blazing energy capable of disintegrating anything in their path.
Far above, Sickle Gyro CAVs soar through the air, their sensors constantly searching for vulnerable targets, before diving down to capitalise on their unfair advantage. In the vanguard, Callisto Assault Gatherers reach out with their inescapable tendrils, grabbing anything of use and securing it away in the darkness of their iris-mouthed containers, ready to be broken down and used to further Enlightened efforts.
K9 Gun Dog packs stalk the flanks of the battlefield in search of light targets, reaching any foolish enough to believe they were safe away from the main battlelines. Heavy Construct Devastators charge forward, these multi-limbed monstrosities capable of crushing almost any target beneath their weaponised industrial tools; huge drills and buzzsaws screeching as they cut through steel and bone alike.
Contents:
5x K9 Gun Dog Pack
4x Heavy Construct Devastator Cohort
2x Mars Battle Tripods (may also be built as Deimos Guardian Tripods or Phobos Assault Tripods)
2x Europa Artillery Crawlers (may also be built as Enceladus Mortar Crawlers or Callisto Assault Gatherers)
2x Sickle Gyro CAV Cohort
Enlightened Infantry Regiment
In the Enlightened Infantry Regiment Box you'll find support for your Enlightened force.
Citizen-Soldiers drawn from across the globe march together, their training and augmentations helping them operate as a cohesive unit, despite their disparate origins. Brute Wardens, as dependable as they are expendable, take the lead, their powered shields and shear brawn acting as a potent shield for more valuable troops.
Strider CAV and Mono CAV Cohorts skitter and skid around these larger walkers, ready to rush at any foes foolish enough to stray too close. Brute Enforcers excel up close, their flame weapons and gatling guns the ideal armaments for suppressing an enemy that the rest of the Enlightened’s forces can easily mop up.
Hellion Cohorts and Seeker Outriders move rapidly around the battlefield; as above, so below. While the Seekers search for skirmishers and other small light units to attack at close range, the Hellions hover, waiting for the enemy to show signs of faltering. They then descend, their arm-mounted blades eviscerating opponents in bloody melee combat, their lust for violence rendering them perfect terror troops.
Contents:
8x Citizen-Soldier Contingent
4x Brute Enforcer Cohort
4x Brute Warden Cohort
4x Mono CAV Cohort
4x Strider CAV Cohort
4x Hellion Cohort
5x Seeker Outrider Cohort
Dystopian Wars
The Gotham Battlefleet Set introduces a relic of the Ore War to Dystopian Wars this March, serving as a versatile pickup for both Union and Alliance players
Gotham Battlefleet Set
The Gotham Battlefleet Set for Dystopian Wars is an excellent way for a Union or Alliance player to include a relic of the Ore War in their fleet.
The Gotham Littoral Fleet Carrier was rightly feared during the bloody conflicts of the Ore War. Despite its size, the shallow draught allowed it to access coastlines, estuaries and the larger rivers of the Americas.
Its complement of Talon Autogyros allowed Terminators and Pacifiers to make lightning strikes against enemies who believed themselves to be completely safe.
Accompanied by Gettysburg Heavy Monitors and Springfield Corvettes, as well as numerous escorts, the Gotham and its entourage resemble nothing short of a coastal fort set adrift from the land, its edifice sailing forth across the waves ready to assault more stationary targets.
At the height of the Ore War, it was the terror of the coast and even now, years later, it still elicits fear in the enemies of the Union.
Contents:
1x Gotham Littoral Fleet Carrier
2x Ore War Cruisers
(Each Cruiser can alternatively be built as either Gettysburg, Providence, Saratoga or Sumter Class)
4x Springfield Corvette
4x Escorts
2x Talon Tokens
You can pre-order all of these products at your FLGS or online at Wayland Games on the 28th of February 2025.
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