Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Deathcopter

"Deathcopter ready for strafin!"

-Deathcopter

A Deathcopter is a rotary-wing aircraft that is often employed by the Great Horde, particularly Orcs who are part of an Orc tribe's Kult of Speed. These flying machines are the lunatic inventions of Meks that are obsessed with the power of flight, usually in the search for ever greater speed. Voiced by

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Overview
Deathcopter commonly make a hell of a lot of noise, spit out a constant stream of bullets, and frequently kill their pilots within a single solar week of operation.

Nevertheless, they are without doubt the fastest and most dangerous way to get an Orc to the front line. Each Deathcopter is a one-Orc flying machine that is little more than a scavenged Warbike frame with its wheels removed and to which a set of whirring rotors has been attached, mounted above the pilot's head. Additionally, a jet engine has been added to the rear of the airframe.

The rotors hold the machine aloft as the jet engine propels it forwards, allowing the Deathcopter to scream across the battlefield in the general direction of the enemy, all the while firing its underslung weaponry in the vain hope of actually hitting a target.

These aircraft are extremely temperamental and are prone to falling apart mid-flight or crashing spectacularly without warning or notice, yet surprisingly there are always a number of Deathcopters, known as Flyboys, who volunteer to fly these ungainly machines into combat.

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