Kalran: Tales of the four nations/Revenant

"Our foes shall know fear!"

Tactical Analysis

 * Armed to the teeth: The Revenant gunship is a powerful close air support gunship used by Able battalion, a miniaturization of the famous Harbinger. Three 7.62mm Gatling guns make short work of infantry, a 105mm howitzer for armour, and a 60mm autocannon for in between on each side. Coupled with the Revenant's fairly heavy protection against anti-aircraft weapons, it can fly circles around enemy divisions ignoring counterattack. And the reputation it holds, combine with the deathly roar of their weapons, means that most foes stand in fear upon seeing the shadow it cast while allies spirit soars as they now fight with greater fervor, knowing they have a guardian watching them


 * Up in a Puff of Smoke: On authorization, the Revenant can launch a highly explosive "Thunderhail" rounds from its howitzer, obliterating anything within a significant radius. Or fire an EMP/MDP pulse that will temporarily disable all ground vehicles and damages droids/undead, however its effects are lessened when hitting aircrafts, instead slowing them


 * There is no more room: Very powerful, but not totally indestructible; the Revenant has no defense against fighters and sustained anti-aircraft fire will bring it down if left unchecked. Not to mention that it has limited ammo, having storage sacrificed so that it can fly from the Complex, means it must return after every so often, which is rather slow as the plane lacks afterburners


 * Eyes in the sky: Some Revenant gunships are being retrofitted with long range scanners and communication arrays that allow it to detect enemies from further away, locate hidden enemies and give information to nearby friendlies to make their combat more effective and a prototype jet engines, allowing them to come into the fray faster. However, these upgrades are in short supply and are only given to veteran crews

History
"On that damned day, with the Reclaimers swarming around the city, I though me and the platoon were goners, that was until I heard a Revenant crew saying they're in the are and commencing bombardment, recommending that we hunker down. And with a loud roar, as if the gods cast their divine bolts, the Reclaimers began to scatter, of course the chosen and their lapdogs tried to stop their retreat by murdering them but they were soon silenced by a high explosive shell to the face. And afterwards, the area decimated with corpses and vehicle husk surrounding us, I saluted to that pilot. If not for them I wouldn't be here."

-After action report of sergeant Eric Lee, recounting the battle of Tybers where his platoon were surrounded by Reclaimer but were saved by a Revenant

Trivia

 * The Revenant, and its larger cousin the Harbinger, are based off the ac130.